Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Lower Inn
The Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Unterer Inn e. V. (Czech Euroregion Šumava - Bavorský les - Dolní Inn ) is a municipal association founded in 1993. It represents the Bavarian part of the trilateral Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Mühlviertel, which includes the areas of the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic , the Bavarian Forest in Germany and the Mühlviertel in Austria . The Czech section is the Euroregion Šumava - Southwest Bohemia (Euroregion Šumava - jihozápadní Čechy), the Austrian section is the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest / Regional Management Mühlviertel. The Bavarian section of the Euregio is a registered association under German law with more than 150 members. The Euregio contributes to strengthening cross-border cooperation and promotes contacts between the regions and institutions involved. In addition, the Euregio tries to break down the barriers between the populations and to strengthen mutual trust.
area
The area of the Euregio includes parts of Lower Bavaria in Germany, southern and western Bohemia in the Czech Republic and the Mühlviertel and Innviertel in Austria with a total area of approx. 16,000 km². Around 1.3 million people live in the area in 350 cities and communities. Large areas of the area are also located in the Bavarian Forest National Park on the German side and in the Šumava National Park on the Czech side.
history
On January 25, 1993, the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest was founded in Cham . This was expanded on September 20, 1993 in Český Krumlov when the Mühlviertel joined the trilateral Bavarian - Czech - Austrian Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Mühlviertel . With the fall of the Iron Curtain , the main interest of the Euregio was initially to reduce mistrust between the countries and to start new talks. Politicians of the three countries took the Euregio on the German-Dutch border as a model and transferred the concept to the three-country region Germany - Austria - Czech Republic. The lead here were Dr. Christoph Leitl (Upper Austria), Ingo Weiß (Lower Bavaria) and Jan Vrána (Bohemian Forest). Guided by the idea of European neighborhood, the countries and regions approached each other again and intensified their cooperation and communication.
In 2004 the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest was expanded through the addition of the Rottal-Inn district to the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Lower Inn.
tasks
The dismantling of prejudices is still of elementary importance for the work of the Euregio, but the scope of the Euregio has meanwhile expanded to include further core topics:
- Cross-border coordination, planning and development in political, social, economic and cultural areas of common interest
- Representation of regional interests and content
- Contact point for cross-border projects between Bavaria , the Czech Republic and Austria
- Initiation of sustainable, innovative projects in regional and economic policy, increasing the attractiveness of the location and competitiveness in the region and increasing the quality of life in the region
- Supervision of regional projects through support in the planning, coordination and implementation of important cross-border measures
- Representation of the border region at European level in the Working Group of European Border Regions (AEBR)
- Informing citizens about relevant issues in the European Union
- Advice on the procurement of national and European funding ( EU , federal, state or district)
From the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) , EU funds are available for cross-border projects for the Euregio area if they are part of the programs Target ETZ Czech Republic - Free State of Bavaria 2014 - 2020 and INTERREG VA Austria - Germany / Bavaria 2014 - are eligible for 2020.
Since 2012 the Euregio has also been actively involved in the development of the Danube-Moldova European region .
organization
Most of the work is carried out within the Sections, for the Euroregion Šumava - jihozápadní Čechy in Klatovy , for the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Regional Management Mühlviertel in Freistadt and for the Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Lower Inn in Freyung . The trilateral "Euregio Assembly" holds the chair here.
As a registered association, the Bavarian Euregio has a board consisting of three district administrators from the member districts. Currently (as of March 2015) the District Administrator of the Freyung-Grafenau district Sebastian Gruber holds the chair. His deputies are the Cham District Administrator Franz Löffler and the Passau District Administrator Franz Meyer . The main committee of the Euregio also acts as an extended board. The Euregio also has an office in Freyung.
The Czech section is headed by the mayor of the municipality of Bělá nad Radbuzou Libor Picka and the Austrian section by LAbg. KommR Gabriele Lackner-Strauss .
Members
Members are both the cities and municipalities of the respective districts or districts as well as the districts and districts themselves and other associations and organizations:
Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Lower Inn
Circles in Germany
Independent cities in Germany
Euroregion Šumava - jihozápadní Čechy
Districts (okres) in the Czech Republic
Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest - Regional Management Mühlviertel
Districts in Austria
Web links
- German homepage of the Euregio
- Austrian homepage of the Euregio
- Czech homepage of the Euregio
- Homepage program ETZ Czech Republic - Free State of Bavaria
- Homepage program INTERREG VA Austria - Germany / Bavaria