Open AccessADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS TO THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION BETWEEN TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OR AUTHORITIES 1980
Author(s) -
O. O. Boyarsky
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
socìalʹniĭ kaleĭdoskop/socìalʹnij kalejdoskop
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-5121
pISSN - 2709-0906
DOI - 10.47567/bomivit.1-4.2020.03
Subject(s) - ukrainian , cross border cooperation , convention , political science , context (archaeology) , politics , promotion (chess) , public administration , international trade , regional science , business , law , geography , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
The article attempts to systematically analyze the additional protocols of the European (Framework) Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities of 1980 in the context of its development. Peculiarities of their adoption and implementation of provisions in Ukraine are revealed. It is noted that differences between the Council of Europe and the EU in the Euroregional sphere have intensified, as the promotion of the concept of creating such structures in the Council of Europe on the basis of interstate agreements actually increases the legal status of interested administrative-territorial entities and fuels political ambitions of local elites. Therefore, at the initial stage, the Council's proposal to create a single pan-European document and thus prevent the "gap" of the European legal space in the field of Euroregional construction, did not find support from the EU. It is noted that the Council of Europe has developed a tool for cooperation at local level, similar to the organizational structure proposed in Regulation 1082/2006, namely the ETS. The basic documents on the regulation of cross- border regional associations were developed by the Council of Europe is noted. It is determined that international agreements contain a systemic block of basic international legal norms on cross-border cooperation; agreements ratified by Ukraine (except for Additional Protocol № 3) are very important for the conceptual development of not only the strategy of Ukrainian border cooperation, but also the concept of regional policy of Ukraine, which is objectively due to Ukraine's activity in European interregional cooperation and pan-European integration; The implementation of Ukraine’s pro- European efforts is directly related to the active participation of its state institutions and local self-government bodies, which represent their territorial communities, in cross- border cooperation.