Euroregion as an Entity Stimulating the Sustainable Development of the Cross-Border Market for Cultural Services in a City Divided by a Border
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Department of Management and Production Engineering, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
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Faculty of Ethnology and Education, University of Silesia in Katowice, 43-400 Cieszyn, Poland
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Sustainability 2019, 11(8), 2232; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082232
Received: 1 March 2019 / Revised: 9 April 2019 / Accepted: 10 April 2019 / Published: 13 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Cross-Border Cooperation: Common Planning, Policies, Strategies, Methods and Activities)
This article discusses the issue of the sustainable development of the Polish-Czech cross-border market for cultural services in a city divided by an international border. The article uses the example of Cieszyn and Český Těšín, a city divided following the decision of the Council of Ambassadors in 1920. The research carried out so far indicates the main constraints in the harmonious functioning of the cross-border market for cultural services in this city, such as: The different cultural policies implemented on both sides of the city, the language barriers, as well as some legal and administrative differences. Therefore, the authors undertook research aimed at recognising the role of Euroregional structures in stimulating the sustainable development of this region. On the basis of an analysis of the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion’s documentation, and the results of qualitative and quantitative research, this article describes the role of the Euroregion in building a cross-border market for cultural services. The presented results shows that the level of familiarity with cultural events organised in Cieszyn and Český Těšín within the framework of Interreg cross-border projects, is much higher than the familiarity with cultural events that are organised without financial support received through the Euroregion. Recommendations were also prepared that could constitute the principles of a common cultural policy, not only for Cieszyn and Český Těšín, but also for other European cities in the Schengen Area, which, like Cieszyn and Český Těšín, have been divided by an international border.
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Keywords:
Euroregion; city divided by a border; cross-border markets; culture; sustainable development
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Wróblewski, Ł.; Kasperek, A. Euroregion as an Entity Stimulating the Sustainable Development of the Cross-Border Market for Cultural Services in a City Divided by a Border. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2232.
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Wróblewski Ł, Kasperek A. Euroregion as an Entity Stimulating the Sustainable Development of the Cross-Border Market for Cultural Services in a City Divided by a Border. Sustainability. 2019; 11(8):2232.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWróblewski, Łukasz; Kasperek, Andrzej. 2019. "Euroregion as an Entity Stimulating the Sustainable Development of the Cross-Border Market for Cultural Services in a City Divided by a Border" Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2232.
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