Newsletter 2/2011 - CENTROPE accelerates

  • Editorial

    CENTROPE accelerates. With the upcoming Győr summit meeting, the political project CENTROPE will soon be taken a step further. At the same time and as a result of CENTROPE Capacity activities, the contours of the cross-border cooperation agenda for the coming years become increasingly clear. more >>>

  • A tale of two cities: Vienna new railway station will be ready by 2014.

    Of roads and trains: Towards a common CENTROPE infrastructure agenda. Large infrastructure projects loom in CENTROPE and will improve the region’s competitiveness and quality of life. However, huge gaps remain in the grid of capable and up to date facilities. The CENTROPE Infrastructure Needs Assessment pilot project will lay the foundation for improved cross-regional cooperation. more >>>

  • Back to growth: CENTROPE has emerged from the crisis more rapidly than expected

    Regional Development Report 2010. A first result of a major CENTROPE Capacity pilot project, this report will provide a valuable analysis of the economic situation of the CENTROPE partner regions in the year 2010 and include policy recommendations. more >>>

  • Organic plastic material
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    CENTROPE Life Science cooperation at the starting line. One of CENTROPE’s greatest potentials in terms of research, technology and innovation rests with its growing life science sector, and biotechnologies in particular. But to become a true global player, a number of complex challenges need to be overcome, experts agreed on a dedicated CENTROPE Capacity workshop. more >>>

  • One of Biogest's biogas gadgets

    Growing within and through CENTROPE. Representing a new generation of enterprise that makes the most of the cross-border entrepreneurial opportunities within CENTROPE, Klosterneuburg-based Biogest specialises in the field of renewable energy. more >>>

  • The EdTWIN project enables the four-country region to understand differences of their educational systems and work together towards a multilateral cooperation

    Project EdTwin: Nurturing the common educational area bottom-up. Thirteen years have passed since the inception of the educational cooperation in what later became CENTROPE – a cooperation which has now led to the creation of an educational framework for the region. more >>>

  • CENTROPE will host the annual IIHF Ice Hockey Championship

    The puck goes CENTROPE. The Central European Region will be at the centre of one of the biggest sport events this year, as Slovakia will host between 29 April and 15 May 2011 the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship. more >>>