The Role of the European Union in Initiating and Supporting Interregional Environmental Cooperation Between the EU Countries and Candidate Countries in the Baltic Sea Region - the Case of Sweden and Poland

• Autorzy: Paweł Bober
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Nowadays both municipalities and counties are no longer only agents subordinate to some national centre and acting within the country. Despite many legal and administrative constraints, those bodies possess both the resources, their own decision-making system and political legitimacy to work for their own needs and goals outside the borders of one country as well. Even in the countries of the Baltic Sea Region, local and regional authorities have been recently showing an increasing interest in international issues and cooperation with corresponding bodies in other countries. The environment is definitely one of those areas where international cooperation, not only between countries, but also regions or municipalities, is very important and effective. Different regions and towns in different countries are facing similar problems, and by exchanging experiences with each other, optimal Solutions to those problems can sometimes be developed in a much more efficient way than through contacts between national authorities. Some of the environmental problems must also be treated as common because they are shared by different countries. This is apparent in the Baltic Sea Region where e.g. all the countries with a coast are affected by the State of its water and only together are they capable of reversing the negative trend. Interregional cooperation can in this case complement international cooperation, as each region knows best its resources and specific difficulties, and is most anxious to "tidy things up" in its own area. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

International ecological cooperation; International regional cooperation; Natural environment; Cooperation of the Baltic Sea region countries; Candidate countries; Sustainable tourism; PHARE Programme

PL

Międzynarodowa współpraca ekologiczna; Międzynarodowa współpraca regionalna; Środowisko przyrodnicze; Współpraca państw regionu bałtyckiego; Kraje kandydujące; Turystyka zrównoważona; Program PHARE

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2002
• Numer: Vol. 2
• Strony: 75--92

Twórcy

autor

Paweł Bober

• Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

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