2. Region, name, history Region Austria Czech Republic Hungary Slovak Republic Name & history Political agreement Project BAER DIANE-centrope - already established label Pupils contest

3. Official centrope partner Austria Region (federal states): Burgenland, Lower Austria, Vienna Cities: Eisenstadt, St. Pölten, Vienna Interested: Wiener Neustadt Czech Republic Region: South Moravia City: Brno Interested: Olmütz Hungary Region (county): Györ-Moson-Sopron Cities: Györ, Sopron Slovak Republic: Region: Bratislava, Trnava Cities: Bratislava, Trnava Wien Bratislava Trnava Brno Györ Eisenstadt St. Pölten

4. centrope region in detail Wien Bratislava Trnava Brno Györ Eisenstadt Wr. Neustadt Sopron St. Pölten Graz Population 6 mio. pop. 3 mio. pop. in cities Economy 3,8 Mio employees 55 – 65% employees in the service sector Unemployment rate between 4 and 14% GDP between 50 and 120 Growth of GDP between 0,8% and 3,6% in 2003 Infrastructure 3 int. airports 2 harbors TEN-corridors Deficits rail, road

5. Central European Region Wien Bratislava Trnava Brno Györ Eisenstadt Wr. Neustadt Sopron St. Pölten Graz Main objectives International attractiveness Sustainable Integration Location with high quality of life Professional co-operation

6. Bodies Multilateral platform centrope Multilateral advisory board centrope National steering committee centrope Club centrope

7. ARGE centrope BAER WIBAG, Burgenland ECO PLUS, Lower Austria WWFF, Vienna Europaforum Wien (project secretariat) Regional Consulting centrope executives

8. Tasks Binding co-operation framework Development of vision & strategy Identification of added value Mobilization of stakeholders Strategic coordination Realization pilot projects Impulse PR & Marketing

9. Activity fields Economy Labor force Urban and regional development Knowledge Society Organization

10. Regional development Laws and responsibilities on different levels Centralized organization Consideration of regional development objectives of each partner region CREP centrope Regional Development Perspective Infrastructure Environment Economy and location development Education, research and development Labor market and qualification Information and communication

11. Regional development Requirement for statistical data concerning the centrope region centrope map

12. Contacts ARGE centrope BAER CENTROPE home page www.centrope.info Project secretariat Europaforum Wien 1060 Wien, Rahlgasse 3/2 office@centrope.info Contacts ARGE partner ECO PLUS, Michaela Roither: m.roither@ecoplus.atm.roither@ecoplus.at EFW, Johannes Lutter: lutter@europaforum.or.atlutter@europaforum.or.at RC, Julia Sauskojus: julia@regcon.co.atjulia@regcon.co.at WIBAG, Claudia Ziehaus: claudia.ziehaus@bice.atclaudia.ziehaus@bice.at WWFF, Arkan Zwick: zwick@wwff.gv.atzwick@wwff.gv.at