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Walther StöcklCity of ViennaDepartment EU-strategy and business development

we grow togethertogether we grow

4 EU-Member States South Czech Republic West Slovakia West Hungary East Austria

characteristicsof the region

Population 6-8 Mio inhabitants 3 Mio in cities

Economy 55 – 65% employees service sector Growth GDP A 0,8% CZ 2,6% SK 3,5 % H 3,6%

Infrastructure 3 int. Airports 2 ports TEN-Corridors

initiators & associates

Hungary Region Györ-Moson-Sopron, Vas Cities Györ, Sopron

Czech Republic Province South Moravia City Brno

Slovak Republic Provinces Bratislava, Trnava Cities Bratislava, Trnava

Austria Provinces Burgenland, Lower Austria, Vienna Cities Eisenstadt, St. Pölten, Vienna

> gain international attractiveness

and visibility

> achieve sustainable integration on the

basis of diversity

> establish a cross-border location with high

economic dynamics and quality of life

> implement a professional cross-border

co-operation management

objectives & benefits

CENTROPE against the backdrop of the Lisbon Strategy

shaping a new functional model of good governance for the cross-border regional co-operation and social integration in CENTROPE

using the variety of science and research institutions and businesses of the whole region to gain competitiveness at European level as a regional competence centre

strengthening the knowledge based capabilities of citizens and enterprises in the cross-border region for innovation and sustainability

bundling financial, personnel and organisational resources in the cross-border region for the development of hard and soft infrastructure measures

the european dimension

Building a binding cooperation framework Multilateral concept, development and set up

Development of Vision & Strategy

Development of common perspective, strategy and activities

Identification of added value

Identify multilateral competences and potential andcommonly increase them

Mobilization of stakeholder

Win private and public stakeholders, institutions,and businesses for set up

Strategic coordination

Coordination and focus on existing and futuremultilateral cooperation (structural funds 2007-2013)

Realization of pilot projects

Procure procedure and implementation of pilot projectswith common benefit

Impulse PR & Marketing

Outward and inward public awareness and marketingfor the entire region

tasks of the project

activity fieldsEconomy Infrastructure,technology, support, financing,

tourism, economic space and policy

Labor force Labor market, instruments, service, qualification

Urban and regional development Location suitable infrastructure and development

planning, increased use of networks

Knowledge Education, Science, R&D

Society Integration, culture, social issues

environment, recreation, sports

Organization Institutional infrastructure, administrative and

political procedures, vertical network set up

> pilot LABOUR

> pilot MAP

> pilot BIO-CLUSTER

> pilot CO-OPERATION MANAGEMENT

> pilot REGIONAL MANAGEMENT

pilot projects

> pilot SOUND

> pilot IMAGE

> pilot SAILING

> pilot VIDEOCLIPS

> pilot XPRESS

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pilot projects

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more information

Syndicate CENTROPE– Ecoplus, The Business Agency of Lower Austria– Europaforum Wien (project secretariat)– Regional Consulting– WIBAG Burgenland Business Agency– WWFF Vienna Business Agency