Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation - evidence from border regions of Poland

Raczyk, Andrzej; Dołzbłasz, Sylwia

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Title: Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation - evidence from border regions of Poland

Abstract:

The aim of the work detailed here has been to identify the most important premises upon which cross-border cooperation can be established, the conditions for its further continuation or lack of continuation; and the key barriers to and benefits from the cooperation in question. Also examined was the intensity of cooperation in the periods before, during and after the implementation of individual cross-border cooperation projects – the aim being to assess the extent to which joint projects generate mutual relations of greater intensity. Analysis drew on a questionnaire survey run among all organisations involved in the implementation of Poland’s EU-funded cross-border cooperation projects in the 2007–2020 period.

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