Трансформація прикордонного співробітництва Закарпаття у транскордонне: напрями, форми, інструменти

Abstract

The article analyzes the transformation of Transcarpathian region border cooperation in the transboundary region, analyzes the change of directions, forms and tools of Transcarpathian interrelations with neighboring regions during the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. It is determined that the main directions of the TCS with the participation of Transcarpathia are: forestry, tourism, transboundary ecological-economic cooperation, development of local culture and preservation of the historical heritage; protection of the environment, mitigation and adaptation to climate change; improving access to the regions, developing sustainable and climate-friendly transport and communications networks and systems; common challenges in the field of security and protection, growth of the welfare of the population of the border areas, activation of foreign economic relations, etc. The main organizational forms of TKS include: clusters, urban agglomerations, regional networks, transport corridors, interregional industrial alliances, interregional business associations, interregional corporation, regional agreements and projects, Euroregions, etc. stressed that the most promising direction of activation of foreign economic relations in the studied territory is the expansion of the network of cross-border tourist clusters in the Ukrainian-Slovak, Ukrainian-Hungarian, Ukrainian-Romanian and Ukrainian-Polish transboundary regions. One of such projects may be a tourist cluster covering the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine and the border areas.