Romanian cross-border economic cooperation with non eu countries

• Author: Alina Angela Manolescu
• Position: PhD. Candidate Assistant Alina Angela Manolescu, AGORA University, Romania
• Pages: 59-62

ROMANIAN CROSS-BORDER ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH

NON EU COUNTRIES

Alina Angela Manolescu

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Abstract

In relating with neighboring states, Romania is representing the European Union

itself. By building its foreign policy based on the concept of good neighborliness, cooperation

through cross-border relations between Eastern European states will be improved.

Keyword: instruments of cross-border, regional cooperation.

Introduction

Eastern European area is considered a region of tensions especially between

Romania and Hungary, Romania and Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary, Poland and Ukraine,

Russia and Baltic States. One way of solving these conflicts lies in the effort to avoid borders

to turn into fronts through the promotion of cross border co-operation with non-EU states.

The instruments of cross-border cooperation

Cross-border relations following the accession of Romania suffered a transformation

imposed by its new statute. Romania is developing integrated relations with the 5 neighboring

countries in 3 different modes of cross-border cooperation: with Hungary and Bulgaria as

part of a Union Member States - a partnerships of internal borders - the European Regional

Development Fund (Phaedrus), with Serbia - a pre-accession instrument (SPA) and with the

Republic of Moldova and Ukraine - a European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument

(ENPI).

Cross-border cooperation of EU at its borders is accomplished in two main directions:

Cohesion Policy and European Neighborhood Policy. The Cohesion Policy is aimed at

reducing disparities between the regions of the EU member states and the least developed,

while the Neighborhood Policy has a new approach that goes beyond the traditional one

based on cooperation. This tool provides funding for joint programs for the regions, Member

States and third countries which have common borders. The EU is also developing other

programs through the Cross-Border Cooperation Operational Program 2007-2013 in the area

of South-Eastern Europe.The funds are intended for some areas that are intended to protect

the environment, regional development, administrative capacity, technology, transport and

economic cooperation.

EU cross-border cooperation with the Republic of Moldavia is part offered by the

Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The European Commission follows the continuing

implementation of the Strategic Document on the CBC developed for 2007-2013

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contains a list of states and areas that have the possibility to be financed by ENPI and a group

of joint programs. The later analyzed by the European Commission that Romania will

provide development cooperation activities financed under the ENPI cross-border with the

Republic of Moldova and Ukraine as part of a trilateral, while for Serbia recommends a

bilateral approach. The trilateral approach with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine will

dominate the future with the implementation of the ENPI and will also influence the future

evolution of the accession process. The Strategic Document of cross-border cooperation in

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PhD. Candidate Assistant Alina Angela Manolescu, AGORA Universit y, Romania

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