EUROREGION AS A LINK IN INTEGRATION AND EXECUTION OF TASKS UNDER EU REGIONAL POLICY AND LISBON STRATEGY

The aim of this paper is to present the nature of Euroregions and the position they occupy in the regional policy and the Lisbon Strategy. The article analyses the emergence of these local cross-border institutions in public governance. In first section it offers a brief background of the development of cross-border cooperation and Euroregional institutions. In second section the authors are trying to prove that Euroregions have flourished because of their increasingly relevant role as implementation units for European regional policy and achieving the Lisbon Strategy objectives. The third section presents the activities within the supported areas in Euroregions, that could positively influence thesuccess of regional policy and the Lisbon Strategy. The authors conclude that Euroregions can become engines of growth and change their role in regional development.