Discussion Papers 2001. 
Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union 
CENTRE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES 
OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
DISCUSSION PAPERS 
SPECIAL 
Role of the Regions in the 
Enlarging European Union 
Edited by 
Zoltan GAL 
Series editor 
Zoltan GAL 
Pees 
2001 

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Discussion Papers 2001. 
Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union 
© HAS Centre for Regional Studies 
This volume includes the lectures of the international conference entitled "Role 
of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union" was held between 27 and 
29th of May 1999 in Pecs. The conference was organised by the Transdanubian 
Research Institute (TRI) of the Centre for Regional Studies (CRS) in co-
operation with the European Centre for Research on Federalism (ECRF) at the 
University of Tuebingen, Germany. 
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation supported the conference. 
ISBN 963 9052 15 9 
ISSN 0238-2008 
Publishing: HAS Centre for Regional Studies 
Type-setting: HAS Centre for Regional Studies 
Transdanubian Research Institute, Pecs 
Translator: Herczegne Stile Katalin 
Technical editor: Csapo Ilona 
Printing House: Sumegi Nyomdaipari, 
Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Kft. 

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Discussion Papers 2001. 
Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union 
CONTENTS 
Preface  / 5 
European Regional Policy and the East-Central European Enlargement /  7 
Gyula Horvath 
Regions and Regional Policy in Central and South-East Europe / 17 
Ivan Illes 
Regional Development in the Czech Republic: Taking Historical Development 
Into Consideration  /25 
Eugenie Triitzschler v. Falkenstein 
Regional Policy in the Czech Republic  / 32 
Michaela Brizova 
New Polish Regions in the Process of the European  Spatial Development  /46 
Maciej Borsa 
Regional Development in the Romanian  Border Areas  /61 
Simona Pascariu 
The Role of Regions of the South-Eastern Space in the  Enlarging European 
Union  /81 
Gesho Geshev 
Local Government in Slovenia (With Special Regard to Regionalisation) /  101 
Miha Brejc—Stane Vlaj 
Recent Trends in the Russian Regional Policy and Use of the EU Countries' 
Experience / 113 
Sergey Artobolevskiy 
Regional Policy in Ukraine: Challenges of  Transition / 124 
Serhiy Maksymenko 
Political Challenges of Regionalism  in Hungary / 137 
Ilona Paine Kovacs 

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Discussion Papers 2001. 
Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union 
Increasing Role of the Regions Within the Hungarian Spatial Structure  /146 
Laszlo Hrubi 
Spatial Planning in the Light of the European Integration /  157 
Laszlo Farago 
Potential Possibilities of Transborder Co-operation After Hungary's Accession 
to the European Union / 172 
Zoltan Hajda 
From a Fiction to the Implementation: Regional Transport /  182 
Ferenc Erdosi 
Rethinking Regional Governance and Planning / 194 
Henk Voogd 
Local Governments and "Strategic" Development Strategies: the Issue of 
Regional Governance  /214 
James W. Scott 
Contributors  /233 

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