Region, name, history

Region Austria Czech Republic Hungary Slovak Republic

Name & history Political agreement Project BAER DIANE-centrope - already established label Pupils‘ contest

Official centrope partner

Austria Region (federal states): Burgenland, Lower Austria, Vienna Cities: Eisenstadt, St. Pölten, Vienna Interested: Wiener Neustadt

Czech Republic Region: South Moravia City: Brno Interested: Olmütz

Hungary Region (county): Györ-Moson-Sopron Cities: Györ, Sopron

Slovak Republic: Region: Bratislava, Trnava Cities: Bratislava, Trnava

WienBratislava

Trnava

Brno

Györ

EisenstadtSt. Pölten

centrope region in detail

WienBratislava

Trnava

Brno

Györ

EisenstadtWr. Neustadt

Sopron

St. Pölten

Graz

Population 6 mio. pop. 3 mio. pop. in cities

Economy 3,8 Mio employees 55 – 65% employees in

the service sector Unemployment rate

between 4 and 14%

GDP between 50 and 120 Growth of GDP

between 0,8% and 3,6% in 2003

Infrastructure 3 int. airports 2 harbors TEN-corridors Deficits rail, road

Central European Region

WienBratislava

Trnava

Brno

Györ

EisenstadtWr. Neustadt

Sopron

St. Pölten

Graz

Main objectives International attractiveness Sustainable Integration Location with high quality of life Professional co-operation

Bodies

Multilateral platform centrope

Multilateral advisory board centrope

National steering committee centrope

Club centrope

ARGE centrope BAER WIBAG, Burgenland ECO PLUS, Lower Austria WWFF, Vienna Europaforum Wien (project secretariat) Regional Consulting

centrope executives

Tasks Binding co-operation framework Development of vision & strategy Identification of added value Mobilization of stakeholders Strategic coordination Realization pilot projects Impulse PR & Marketing

Activity fields Economy Labor force Urban and regional development Knowledge Society Organization

Regional development Laws and responsibilities on different levels Centralized organization

Consideration of regional development objectives of each partner region CREP centrope Regional Development Perspective

Infrastructure Environment Economy and location development Education, research and development Labor market and qualification Information and communication

Regional development Requirement for statistical data concerning the centrope region

centrope map

Contacts ARGE centrope BAER

CENTROPE home page www.centrope.info

Project secretariat Europaforum Wien

1060 Wien, Rahlgasse 3/2office@centrope.info

Contacts ARGE partner ECO PLUS, Michaela Roither: m.roither@ecoplus.at EFW, Johannes Lutter: lutter@europaforum.or.at RC, Julia Sauskojus: julia@regcon.co.at WIBAG, Claudia Ziehaus: claudia.ziehaus@bice.at WWFF, Arkan Zwick: zwick@wwff.gv.at