1. The Regional Bureau of Spatial Planning in Wroclaw TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH Ilona Szarapo

2. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH OVERVIEW: 1.Info about the Dolnoslaskie Voivodeship region 2.Characteristic of the transborder area 3.Tools for the implementation of the activity 4.Innovation aspect 5.Results

3. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH THE LOWER SILESIAREGION THE LOWER SILESIA REGION AREA: 200 000 km 2 INHABITANTS: almost 3 mio THE CAPITAL: Wroclaw WROCŁAW THE LOWER SILESIA REGION

4. TRANSBORDER AREA – CHARACTERISTIC TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH AREA: 130 000 km 2 THE BOARDER LENGTH: 1564 km POPULATION: 17 076 000 GDP: 3700– 5000 Euro UNEMPLOYMENT: max: 30%, average 20% THE POPULATION IN PROD. AGE: 65% - 70% PROTECTED AREAS: ~25 World Heritage Site/UNESCO: ~15 S U D E T Y C A R P A T H I A N

5. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH NEEDS OF THE TRANSBORDER AREA: 1.Improvement to the economic situation. 2.Halting of the depopulation process. 3.Reducing an unemployment. 4.Protecting and promotion of the natural environment and cultural heritage.

6. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH TOOLS FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE ACTIVITIES: Delineating and promoting of the tourist route for motorist Via Montana Access to peripheral areas Near the natural areas The highest landscape values Drive by tourism, enabling the familiarization of eco-cultural merits Easy access to programs with services for motoring tourists Possibility of using active forms of tourism

7. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH Employment growth VIA MONTANA TERRITORIAL BACKGROUND DIFFERENT SPHERES MOBILIZATION Transborder cooperation Area promotion Society information Local and regional government activation INNOVATION:

8. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH TERRITORIAL BASIS TRIGGERING OF THE DIFFERENT SPHERES

9. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH RESULTS: 1.Stimulation of the Carpathian and Sudety economic areas by intensification of tourism development. 2.Intensifying of the socioecomic activity by increasing the accessibility to peripheral areas. 3.The strengthening of transborder cooperation between regions. 4.Motivation of local governments to stimulate transborder area development. 5.Growth of the employment.

10. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH PROJECT TITLE: PROJECT TITLE: European Development Corridor III VIA REGIA – ED-CIII PROGRAMME: PROGRAMME: INTERREG IIIB CADSES Action 5.4.: DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURIST ROUTE VIA MONTANA ROUTE VIA MONTANA NOWNOWNOWNOW

11. TRANSBORDER SENSITIVE AREAS – POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH NEW PROJECT: NEW PROJECT: Development and promotion of the Sudetic – Carpathian tourist route Via Montana FUTURE PROGRAMME: PROGRAMME: EWT – CENTRAL EUROPE

12. oThank you for your attention o Questions? Ilona Szarapo The Regional Bureau of Spatial Planning in Wroclaw Swidnicka 12/16 WROCŁAW Phone 0048 71 343 80 05 E-mail iszarapo@poczta.wbu.wroc.pl