The specific objective is to boost CBC along the western Ukrainian borders by improving the conditions thereof at national (legislative background), regional and local (capacity development) level. For the sake of better legislative background, the partners will analyse the current frames and, with the involvement of the representatives of the Ukrainian state administration, will draft textual recommendations on the amendments of existing legislation. The whole process will be accompanied with expert meetings and the final results will be presented at the international conference organised by the Košice Platform in Prešov. In parallel, also the regional and local actors’ capacities should be developed in order to be enabled to actively participate in cross-border activities and use the benefits of the improved conditions. For this purpose, the partners will develop training material and organise the first training in Uzhhorod on CBC with the following thematic components: legal-institutional and economic background of CBC; European policy background; citizens’ involvement in CBC; paradiplomacy of regional and local actors; intercultural cooperation; governance of CBC; joint cross-border planning; project development; fundraising. The targeted participants are the representatives of Ukrainian local and regional authorities located along the common PL/SK/HU/UA borders.

The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. For more information please visit - www.visegradfund.org.