To the 30th Anniversary of INTERREG. Cross-Border Cooperation in Europe

• Main Author: Natalia Kondratyeva
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2020-03-01
• Series: Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
• Subjects: cross-border cooperation; europe of the regions; euroregions; european identi- ty; interreg; council of europe; european union; european commission
• Online Access: http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/Kondratieva32020.pdf

The article is dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of INTERREG – a program of financial support for border regions in Europe. The main dates and organizations that defined the history of relations between European border regions are named. The course of cross-border cooperation scientific understanding is traced. Its contribution to the development of integration «in breadth» and the formation of European regions is marked. An idea is given about the evolution of INTERREG goals from a charitable program to support the periphery of the EU single market to a program that fulfills a pan-European mission. Based on the generalization of sources and specific examples of cross-border cooperation, the scale and effects of financial incentives from the EU budget are estimated. The leading role of the INTERREG program for cross-border cooperation in Eastern Europe was emphasized.