Изменение роли приграничных регионов в региональной политике стран ЕС и России

Alexey V Kuznetsov,Olga V Kuznetsova

doi:10.5922/2079-8555-2019-4-4

Alexey V Kuznetsov, Olga V Kuznetsova

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https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2019-4-4

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Abstract

This article analyses how the role of border regions has changed in the regional policies of Russia and European countries since the early 1990s. The study aims to estimate the efficiency of Russia’s regional policy with regard to border regions (its completeness, a focus on actual problems, etc.) and to compare it with that of European counterparts. The article relies on publications on the experience of EU countries, earlier contributions from Russian researchers, federal regulations, and statistics on the regional distribution of federal investment in fixed assets. It is shown that the federal border region policy is largely a reflection of the features and problems of Russia’s regional policy as a whole. Currently, the development of cross-border cooperation is affected more strongly by national security concerns than by economic growth considerations. Cross-border cooperation is no longer part of the regional policy. Border regions, however, have received an increasing proportion of federal investments in recent years, particularly, amid the reunification with the Crimea. The study calls for better coordination between different areas of the federal socio-economic policy on border regions and closer attention to border regions’ foreign economic ties, particularly, within the implementation of the Strategy for the Spatial Development of the Russian Federation.

Highlights

Problem settingThe border regions of Russia and other countries are often the focus of ac ademic publications, including monographs [1,2,3] and collections of papers [4; 5]
We examine the in centives of authorities to support border regions and the tools they use to that end
In the 1990s, the focus was on infrastructure projects, whereas today particular attention is paid to diverse initiatives, including environmental programmes

Summary

Introduction

The border regions of Russia and other countries are often the focus of ac ademic publications, including monographs [1,2,3] and collections of papers [4; 5]. National governments can support cross-border cooperation within both regional and foreign economic policies. Only some border regions can develop cross-border cooperation These are the regions that do not suffer from their position on the periphery and require a different type of national support for socio-economic development. The 1990s, witnessed a boom in euroregion-based coopera tion; cross-border cooperation received at the time particular attention within the supranational regional policy of the EU. Despite the continuing reduction in the number of special initiatives within the Union’s supranational regional policy (from thirteen to four), the Interreg III programme was launched. The resultant European Territorial Cooperation was not transboundary in the narrow sense of the term It comprised both transboundary projects and sub-regional partnerships in Europe (including Russia) and on other continents where the member states have overseas territories [12].

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