REGIONAL POLICIES AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION: NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW DEVELOPMENT MODELS IN CENTRAL EUROPE

Abstract: The article analyses the emergence of local cross-border institutions in public governance by addressing their context, dimensions and causal underpinnings. First, it provides a brief background on the typology of border areas and border regions in Europe and history of cross-border regions in Europe. Second, it offers a conceptual definition of cross-border regions and co-operation policies in Europe. Third, it analyses the experiences of cross-border co-operation in Central Europe in the case of Slovenia and shown advantages and obstacles of established forms of cross-border co-operation. It concludes stressing the future development perspectives in regional cross-border co-operation