CIAO DATE: 07/04

Prespa Economic Task Force Report: Barriers and Incentives to Cross-Border Economic Development

Abstract

The Prespa Economic Task Force provides a cross-border institutionalized framework for leadership in regional economic development, capable of identifying and promoting priority needs in the Lake Prespa Region. It promotes the establishment of functional cross-sectoral, cross-border networks for business promotion and SME development, allowing for contacts and relations to be built leading to the joint long-term strategic development of the region. Moreover, it provides a venue for the systematic exchange of best practices in a number of fields, bringing the region closer in line with EU standards and norms and placing the region as a whole in a favorable position vis-à-vis potential EU cross-border funding. Through the Prespa Economic Task Force, this Cross-border Regional Report was mandated to evaluate current obstacles to trade and investment in the region as a basis for the elaboration of local recommendations to address and remove them, and for the eventual elaboration of a cross-border regional development plan.

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