CBC programmes impact in Northwest Nuts II Region of Bulgaria in the period 2007-2013

• Main Author: Georgieva Veselina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Geography, Belgrade 2016-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova: Geografski Fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu
• Subjects: CBC; programmes; impact; NUTS II Region
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-7552/2016/1450-75521664145G.pdf

The purpose of the paper is to study the impact of the cross-border cooperation programmes in the Northwest Nuts II Region of Bulgaria in the period 2007-2013. The results to be achieved with the study is to assess the effectiveness of EU CBC programmes in one of the most backward EU NUTS II region and to identify the positive and negative effects of various interventions realized with EU funding. In addition, the study evaluates the outputs and results of different types of measures, incl. hard and soft projects and their influence on the local economic and sustainable development as well as their contribution to achieving the objectives of EU cohesion policy in the observed programming period. The conclusion made in the paper is directly related to the cross-border and transnational cooperation with specific focus on particular geographical area. Best practices and challenges are also identified and related to the needs and objectives of the target region in the new programming period 2014-2020.