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SEP - Strengthening economic potentials at border regions by means of cross-border business parks

General description of the project

Border regions are usually perceived as having a peripheral position in the national context. However, seen from a European perspective, they are often centrally located within the European Union. Therefore border regions increasingly try to explore new possibilities of economic development associated with the potentials of cross-border cooperation and promotion.

Cross-border business parks are one instrument to stimulate the economic development by bringing together advantages of both sides of the border. However, realising a cross-border business park is often not easy. A lot of questions are resulting from different tax systems, legal requirements or planning and building permissions, which have to be solved before a cross-border business park can be successfully realised. Also a good marketing concept is necessary in order to communicate the 'unique selling point' of a cross-border business park. Therefore the project partners from three regions, which are developing or already implementing cross-border business parks, are working together to learn from each other. Avoiding already known difficulties and errors in the development of cross-border business parks is the central aim of the partnership. The sub-project's results will feed into the actual implementation of cross-border business parks in the respective regions.