Partner meeting & Thematic expert workshop on cross-border participatory governance in Central Europe

Hybrid
Location: Gorizia / Nova Gorica, Italy
Date: 21.10.2025 - 23.10.2025
 

Partner meeting & Thematic expert workshop on cross-border participatory governance in Central Europe

Partner meeting  – 21 October 2025

Venue: GO! Center, Corso Verdi 51, 34170 Gorizia

Program

10:00  Welcome and introduction ot the agenda

          Mid-term assessment and study tours

10:30  Intermediate results of pilot activities

13:30  Outlook on the final phase of the project

          Administrative and management issues

14:30  Site visit on the Isonzo–Soča project – joint cycling tour

Link to partner meeting: https://fs-sachsen.webex.com/fs-sachsen/j.php?MTID=m3227274582c673a46dabb7f793e05cd6

 

Thematic expert workshop on cross-border paricipatory governance in Central Europe –

22 October 2025

Venue: Sala consiglio provinciale, Corso Italia 55, 34170 Gorizia

10:30      Welcome and introduction

11:00

Theoretical framework for cross-border participatory governance

 

 

 

­  Dr. Krisztina Keresztely, Comparative Research Network (Berlin): Principles of participatory governance

­  Dr. Peter Ulrich, University of Potsdam – Institute of Local Government Studies: Participatory governance in border areas

 

12:00

Coffee break

 

 

12:15

Good practices of cross-border participatory approach

 

 

 

­  Irene Covi, Programme Officer Interreg Italy-Austria Managing Authority: Introduction of the CLLD tool of the Interreg Italy-Austria Programme (online)

­  Friedrich Veider, Project Manager: Participatory factors of the HEurOpen Cross-Border CLLD

­  Elisa Bertò, General Secretariat of the EGTC Euregio Tirol-South Tyrol-Trentino: Citizens’ Councils in the EGTC

 

 

13:30

Lunch break

 

 

14:30

Reports from the PILOT partners: Frankfurt (Oder), EGTC GO, EGTC Ister Granum, Euroregion Nisa, Provincial Government of Upper-Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:45

Coffee break

 

 

16:00

Concluding discussion: How can cross-border participatory governance contribute to the further integration of the Central European space?

 

 

 

Outlook and upcoming workshops

 

 

16:30

End of the meeting

Link to thematic expert workshop:

https://fs-sachsen.webex.com/fs-sachsen/j.php?MTID=m3a609e62a0a79f4a333bd0858b4e609a