Tag: Institutional development
Planning, institutionalization, implementation: CESCI at the V4-Ukraine CBC closing conference
On February 5-6, 2026, the University of Uzhhorod hosted the closing event of a project examining the best practices and institutional conditions for cross-border cooperation (CBC) between the Visegrad Four and Ukraine. The two-day event was both a professional forum ...
Contribution in the establishment of the BOTILA EGTC
On August 29, 2025, the Bodrog-Tisza-Latorca European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (BOTILA EGTC) was officially registered. It was established along the Slovak-Hungarian border to strengthen cross-border cooperation ...
A new EGTC is being prepared to manage the first cross-border geopark in the world jointly
Within the #ACCESS project framework, the experts of CESCI and CESCI Carpathia seek solutions for legal and administrative obstacles hindering cross-border integration and mobility across the Slovak-Hungarian border. One of the obstacles is the difficulty of integrated management of a ...
A new EGTC is being formed on the Hungarian-Slovak border
So far, the largest number of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation in the EU have been established on the Hungarian-Slovak border, 15 all in all. At the beginning of 2023, 22 Hungarian and 33 Slovak local government leaders declared their ...
Close cooperation with the Ukrainian partners persists. A visit to Uzhhorod
On 19 April, the Secretary General of our association visited Uzhhorod, where several meetings were held to prepare the future cooperation between CESCI and its Ukrainian partners ...
The founding document of the cross-border “Cross-border World Heritage Fertő-Neusiedler See Consultative Council” was signed
In the framework of the Common Heritage (ATHU0136) project, based on the feasibility study prepared by CESCI, the preparation of the cross-border cooperation agreement between the "Fertő-táj World Heritage Hungarian Council" in Hungary and the "Verein Welterbe Neusiedler See" in ...
To put cross-border cooperation back into the heart of the European project. Joint declaration of AEBR, MOT and CESCI
Considering the unfavourable evolution of the European discourse on open borders, the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), the Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) and the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI) adopted a joint political declaration with an aim ...
EGTC-Workshop 2022/1 (Budapest)
The first EGTC workshop was organised this year in Budapest. The main topics of the workshop were the new programming period and the role of the EGTCs in regional development ...
Key proposals, recommendations and commentaries regarding the Draft Law of Ukraine “On Transfrontier Co-operation”
The document systematically analyzes the Draft Law suggesting recommendations in connection with 14 articles all in all. The compilation can be read both in English and in Ukrainian ...
Preparations for a joint management organisation of the World Heritage Site were continued
The third workshop of the Local Support Group, which aims to prepare a joint management organisation for the World Heritage Site Fertő/Neusiedler See, was held on 2 March 2022 in Fertőszéplak ...