Survey of Accessibility of Information on International Cooperation of Municipalities on Border Regions Administrations Official Websites (case of AIRR member regions)

Abstract

One of the problems researchers encounter when researching the topic is the availability of relevant information from official sources. This problem is especially acute when collecting data on international cooperation at the local level, since there is very little or no information on cooperation with foreign partners in the public domain on the websites of administrations. At the same time, the municipality is a border municipality, which means that it has conditions for the organization of inter-municipal cooperation with neighboring countries. Consequently, questions arise. Firstly, why does the administration not publish up-to-date information on international projects implemented on its territory? Secondly, if such interaction does not take place, why does the municipality, having a favorable geographical location, not implement inter-municipal partnerships with foreign municipalities? In this article the author tries to prove the relevance of the stated problem and suggests some ways to solve it by the example of studying the official websites of the border districts of some subjects of Russian Federation.