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Data: 16/09/2015
Perceived obstacles to cross-border cooperation between border regions
• More than one third (37%) consider living in a border region as an opportunity, while only 4% say it is more of an obstacle. Half (55%) of respondents say living near the border with a partner country has no impact.
• At least half of the respondents (57%) identify language differences as a problem for cross-border cooperation.
• More than four out of ten consider socio-economic differences, and legal or administrative differences as problems, while at least three out of ten identify cultural differences or accessibility as problems for cross-border cooperation.
• Cultural differences are mentioned most often in the area along the German-Polish border. Accessibility was indicated as a problem more often in the West, in particular in Italy.
A recent Eurobarometer survey on "Citizens' awareness and perceptions of EU Regional Policy", found that only a fifth of all citizens (including those not living in border regions) were aware that EU regional funding is invested in this field. The results show that there is more work to be done to promote the Interreg programmes.
Those findings will be discussed at a high-level Conference celebrating 25 years of Interreg, which is organised by the Luxembourgish Presidency of the Council of the European Union together with the European Commission and the INTERACT Programme.
More Information
• Commissioner Cretu Blog
• Flash Eurobarometer 422 - Cross-border cooperation in the EU
• Eurobarometer 423 : Citizens' awareness and perceptions of EU Regional Policy
• Interreg - European Territorial Cooperation
• Conference "25 Years of Interreg"
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