Editorial


CENTROPE is prospering. Last year, the economy of the CENTROPE countries grew almost twice as quickly as the EU-15 average. Forecasts claim that this trend will continue 2008. Cross-border economic activities, too, have increased markedly over recent years. According to current surveys, roughly one fourth of all enterprises in CENTROPE maintains business contacts with neighbouring countries. The magic formula for this success is “co-operation and networking”. Clusters are a promising instrument to focus and evolve existing assets of the region. This edition presents an overview of the multi-faceted cluster scene in the Central European Region, ranging from the booming automotive industry and renewable energies to furniture manufacturing and health tourism.

However, the CENTROPE Conference held in late November 2007 in Bratislava made it very clear that CENTROPE is ready for take-off not only from the economic-political angle. Eighteen months after adopting “Vision 2015”, a detailed business plan is nearing completion as a roadmap for concrete co-operative activities implemented by equal partners. With the Bratislava Memorandum “Long-term and Professional Co-operation”, the CENTROPE partners have agreed to implement this business plan together.

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We wish you an interesting read, a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2008!
Your CENTROPE Consortium


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Newsletter 06 "economic area" in the different languages

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