Cross-border regional cooperation is gaining importance within the EU whilst also facing new challenges in an age of growing nationalist tendencies. European Regions enable cooperation between neighbouring regions of EU member states sharing a border. The European Region Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino has leveraged this opportunity in diverse ways. How does the public perceive its accomplishments? How do you communicate effectively across borders? What role does the European Region play in media coverage? A look back that allows us to look ahead.
Alice Engl
Political Scientist, Eurac Research, Bozen
Matthias Fink
Secretary-General of the European Region Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino
Peter Nindler
Chief Reporter of Austrian regional daily newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung
Ulrike Tappeiner
Ecosystem Researcher, Eurac Research, Bolzano; Institute for Ecology, University of Innsbruck
among others
Moderator
Lisa Maria Gasser
Freelance Journalist, German weekly magazine ZEIT and others