UDC 334.726; JEL F02, F55
Demedyuk, O. P. (2016). European groupings for territorial cooperation as the instrument of cross-border cooperation activation in Ukraine. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 82(4), 118-124.
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The article dwells on EGTCs advantages over other similar structures in the sphere of cross-border cooperation. The European experience of EGTC establishing and their geographic distribution are outlined. The types of EGTCs are defined depending on their nature and those, which can be the most efficient in Ukraine, are determined. In order to facilitate the process of interested parties’ organizing themselves under the EGTC the detailed procedure of establishing the EGTC is developed. Necessity of extended informational campaign to introduce local authorities and public organizations to the nature and advantages of EGTCs and of finishing the administrative and territorial reform is emphasized.

Keywords:

cross-border cooperation, European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation, Regulation 1302/2013, EGTC Tisza

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