The Cross Border Cooperation Between Romania And Hungary- A Bridge To The Development Of The Bussiness Environment And Cross Border Tourism

The novelties brought by the cohesion policy for 2007-2013 consist of: a more strategic approach, more trust within the Member States and rules simplifying the cohesion policy (European Commission, 2005; European Union, 2007). According to the multi-annual programming documents (European Union, 2007), the objectives of the EU cohesion policy for 2007-2013 are: convergence, regional competitiveness and employment and European territorial cooperation. European territorial cooperation means a balanced development of the whole community territory, trough encouraging the cooperation and exchange of good practices among all EU regions, organized on three axes: cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation. Cross border cooperation is not only about funding and creating infrastructure, but it is also set to strengthen cooperation: one of the key ideas behind cross-border cooperation programmes is to facilitate the joint development of areas that geographically belong together, share resources but are separated by artificial borders. I use an approach that builds on a combination of evidence – vision and indicators to show the impact of the use of founds to achieve a sustainable economic development on the Hungarian - Romanian border. The consolidation of the economical and social cohesion in the border region can be accomplished by supporting the investment in the business infrastructure that is with supporting the cross border business cooperation and tourism develpment between the two countries.