The DKMT Euroregion: a Framework for Regional Stability and Inter-Ethnic Tolerance


July – January 2001 – The DKMT Euroregion: a Framework for Regional Stability and Inter-Ethnic Tolerance

Partners:

  • Intercultural Institute Timisoara
  • Maros Foundation Szeged
  • Distrikt 0230 Kikinda
  • The Presidents’ Forum of DKMT (president: Mr. Viorel Coifan)

Financing: Confidence Building Measures Programme, Council of Europe

The objectives of the program were:

  • to inform the citizens about what cooperation in DKMT Euroregion is;
  • to stimulate public debates on cross-border cooperation in an intercultural context, implicating both civil society and public authorities.

The main activities were:

  • organizing 12 local reunions – 4 in each part of the Euroregion –, which included a series of debates on creating a regional partnership and the role of cross-border cooperation in providing regional stability, mentioning examples of good-practice in diverse domains of activity;
  • publishing and circulating informative materials in the three languages of the euroregion.