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European Territorial CooperationThe Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities

European Territorial Cooperation: The Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities [To speak of the role and rise of European cross-border entitiesCross-border entities, some remarks must first be made in relation to territorial governanceTerritorial governance as such, as well as the complexity of territory and borders. After some introductory remarks on these themes, the rise of new forms of territorial governance in Europe is debated, which then follows with the description of the institutionalisationInstitutionalisation of European cross-border entitiesCross-border entities, and the progress from the EuroregionEuroregion to the EGTC. To reflect upon the role of cross-border entities in the twenty-first century, the example of binational citiesBinational cities is used, to then close with some future recommendations. While one of the best contributions cross-border entities have made so far and may continue to make is in lobbying for a continued interest in the territorial dimension of European policy in the future, they should be more proactive, defining their own agenda, based on their own challenges, and involving all the social actors in their cross-border communities. This would make their solutions more contextual and their identity more established—even if this takes a longer period of time to accomplish.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

European Territorial CooperationThe Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Medeiros, Eduardo
Lange, Emily; Pires, Iva
European Territorial Cooperation — Apr 1, 2018
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Corrected Publication 2018
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978-3-319-74886-3
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135 –149
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10.1007/978-3-319-74887-0_8
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Abstract

[To speak of the role and rise of European cross-border entitiesCross-border entities, some remarks must first be made in relation to territorial governanceTerritorial governance as such, as well as the complexity of territory and borders. After some introductory remarks on these themes, the rise of new forms of territorial governance in Europe is debated, which then follows with the description of the institutionalisationInstitutionalisation of European cross-border entitiesCross-border entities, and the progress from the EuroregionEuroregion to the EGTC. To reflect upon the role of cross-border entities in the twenty-first century, the example of binational citiesBinational cities is used, to then close with some future recommendations. While one of the best contributions cross-border entities have made so far and may continue to make is in lobbying for a continued interest in the territorial dimension of European policy in the future, they should be more proactive, defining their own agenda, based on their own challenges, and involving all the social actors in their cross-border communities. This would make their solutions more contextual and their identity more established—even if this takes a longer period of time to accomplish.]

Published: Apr 1, 2018

Keywords: Cross-Border entities; Cross-Border cooperation; Euroregions; EGTCs; Binational cities

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