THE IMPACT OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FROM BIHOR COUNTY ON CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION DURING 2014-2020
THE IMPACT OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FROM BIHOR COUNTY ON CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION DURING 2014-2020

Summary/Abstract: The intensification of cross-border interactions, the progress achieved in the process of European integration and the expansion of the EU to the east raises the issue of cross-border cooperation in a political-geopolitical context. The issue of cross-border cooperation in general goes beyond geographical, economic and legal approaches. If we intend to treat the phenomenon from a specific point of view, we will find ambiguities and uncertainties regarding the role and functioning of some institutions in the process of cross-border cooperation and partnerships. Therefore, the full analysis of the cross-border cooperation process cannot be done only if we also evaluate the effects produced by the institutions in the local governance sector and their political dimension. The principle of partnership applied in Cohesion policy, offered the opportunity to the participants in the cooperation process to weaken the traditional relations between the actors. Certain actors, who are legally subordinated in the programming phase, become partners in the implementation phase. The process of cross-border cooperation, beyond the general cohesion policy, not only reshapes the legal-administrative relations in a certain national state and especially at local level, but also manages to transpose it on a cross-border basis. The study aims to realize an inventory of the contributions and achievements of some institutions from the local governance apparatus in Bihor County in the process of cross-border cooperation in the development period 2014-2020.

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