Abstract
The article is devoted to analysis of the peculiarities of transborder cooperation in the Carpathian and Barents regions and optimization of its management through comparative sociological analysis. The institutional capacity of managing transborder cooperation, in the Barents region of northern Europe, its focus on increasing human capital and reorienting to cluster development can serve as an example for the development of cross-border cooperation in the Carpathian region. This is evidenced by the multifaceted activities of the Barents Euro-Arctic and Barents Regional Councils for the development of cooperation between the border regions and territorial communities, coordination of priorities and implementation of Barents Co-operation programs at the international, intergovernmental and interregional levels, synchronization of their activities in the Arctic region with EU institutions, cooperation leading international structures in Northern Europe, the Arctic and the Baltic. Such institutional experience in the Barents region indicates the feasibility and high potential impact of establishing a new multilateral international instrument for supporting cross-border cooperation in the Carpathian region. This experience should not be copied, but should be implemented taking into account the specifics of the Carpathian region. The author`s position on the methodological foundations of the sociological study of crossborder interactions as a differentiating and solidarizing factor is formulated. Perspective directions of research of cross-border interactions are seen first of all in: creation of international research collectives; elaboration and improvement of sociological tools for monitoring the state and dynamics of cross-border interactions; constructing a system of indicators that characterize the factors of micro, meso, macro and global levels that determine the content of cross-border interactions. The Ukrainian-Slovak, Ukrainian-Hungarian and Ukrainian-Romanian borders as a special space of social differentiation and integration remain extremely unexplored.
Highlights
The article is devoted to analysis of the peculiarities of transborder cooperation in the Carpathian and Barents regions and optimization of its management through comparative sociological analysis
The aim of the project was: a) obtain and analyze authentic, high-quality and complete information on the forms, methods and results of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Barents Regional Council activity ; 2) development for the managing authorities of Slovakia and Ukraine of the practical recommendations on its implementation to improve the efficiency of transborder cooperation between border regions of these countries, in particular, and in the Carpathian region in general; The project team set themselves the task of systematic study of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Regional Council activities
The search for innovative ways to enhance the SlovakUkrainian cooperation in the Carpathian region led Slovak and Ukrainian experts to in-depth analysis of developments in Norway and other Nordic countries of bilateral and multilateral transborder cooperation, that have been for a long term consistently implemented by Barents Euro-Arctic Council and the Regional Council in the format of Barents Cooperation
Summary
The article is devoted to analysis of the peculiarities of transborder cooperation in the Carpathian and Barents regions and optimization of its management through comparative sociological analysis. This is evidenced by the multifaceted activities of the Barents Euro-Arctic and Barents Regional Councils for the development of cooperation between the border regions and territorial communities, coordination of priorities and implementation of Barents Co-operation programs at the international, intergovernmental and interregional levels, synchronization of their activities in the Arctic region with EU institutions, cooperation leading international structures in Northern Europe, the Arctic and the Baltic Such institutional experience in the Barents region indicates the feasibility and high potential impact of establishing a new multilateral international instrument for supporting crossborder cooperation in the Carpathian region. Институциональный потенциал управления трансграничным сотрудничеством в Баренцевом регионе Северной Европы, его ориентация на увеличение человеческого капитала и переориентацию на кластерное развитие может служить примером для развития трансграничного сотрудничества в Карпатском регионе. Very strange is the fact that since its inception in 1993, not one ministerial meeting devoted to its problems took place
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