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RadioEurodistrict (RED) - History of the First French-German online radio (2004)
WALKER, Thomas
This paper has considered the history of the Radioeurodistrict (RED) which led to the difficulty of defining the concepts of Eurodistricts and Euroregions. A literature review was undertaken initially, and further information provided by a semi-structured interview with the general secretary of the Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict (the focus area). In order to understand the objectives to create a Eurodistrict the history of an established Eurégio (Germany-Netherlands) was examined as well as a Euroregion of the Centre-east of Europe (Poland-Czech Republic). The consideration of the history of war and conflict in these European regions further facilitated the understanding of the motivations which are shown to have changed over time. Since the main focus of this paper is the SOE, the motivations to form this Eurodistrict and its specific projects were described. By considering the functioning and administration of these regions, their complexity was examined. The SOE as an EGTC was addressed in relation to the finance and the administration and the role of INTERREG was discussed. The interview greatly enhanced the understanding of the functioning of the SOE. Reasons for the failure of RED radio were surmised and failure of the Eurodistricts examined. Some evidence of failure was provided by newspaper articles from as recent as this year as well as the interviewee who spoke of some of her difficulties. In order to improve future study, weaknesses in the questions asked are addressed and further research ideas put forward.
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Cooperation in the field of culture, science, economy - a comparison on the example of South Bohemia and Upper Austria
ONDRÁČKOVÁ, Ivana
This diploma thesis deals with the European Region Danube-Moldau, EUREGIO Bayerischer Wald Böhmerwald Unterer Inn/Mühlviertel and the cooperation of the participating partner regions in the fields of culture and tourism, science and research, universities and companies. For many years, cross-border cooperation works in all these areas. The first part of the thesis deals with the history of the Danube-Moldau region and the history of EUREGIO in general and also describes the differences between the two institutions as well as their structure. The next part describes the cooperation within the European region as well as the previous activities of companies, colleges and universities and the cultural and tourism institutions. The cooperation in each area is described in more detail in a separate chapter. The third, and thus the last part, assesses cooperation within the framework of the Danube-Moldova European Region, and only between two partner regions of Southern Bohemia and Upper Austria.
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