Territorial cooperation in South-East Europe.

Abstract

Territorial Cooperation has had an impactful presence in Southeast Europe for the last 20 years. In addition, Cohesion Policy instruments are constantly being refined and the new Programming Period is dawning over the Balkan Peninsula. Is Territorial Cooperation in the Balkans a driving force of regional integration and cohesion or does the region remain indifferent and unchanged? This work attempts to address the importance, if any, that Territorial Cooperation Programmes & Initiatives hold for South East Europe, to examine how these cohesive instruments change over time - and how that change impacts their capacity to respond to regional problématiques – and to identify how invested regional actors remain in Territorial Cooperation.