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Overall objectives of the action

To strengthen the economic capacities and investment attractiveness of border communities in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine and Maramureş County in Romania through the promotion of sustainable development, investment opportunities, and infrastructural changes to improve the accessibility of the regions (building a motorway and opening a border pass in the vicinity of Shybene village in Verkhovyna District, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Ukraine) and the village of Poienile de sub Munte in Maramureş County (Romania

Specific objectives of the action

1. Join the efforts of the border communities in planning sustainable socio-economic development. 2. Promote the investment opportunities of the border areas in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Romania’s Maramureş County. 3. Investigate social, technical, economic, and environmental aspects of opening a border checkpoint and building a motor road by preparing design specifications and estimates for the road construction from the Ukrainian side and studying the possible impact of this project on the environment. 4. Support official public dialogue between the governments of both countries on opening the border checkpoint by holding a lobbying campaign supporting this cause; facilitate the cooperation between the communities, business-associations, and environment protection agencies from both sides of the border.

Estimated results

. Cross-border collaboration between two target regions facilitated to join the efforts of the border communities; the common sustainable development strategy of two cross-border regions developed (a framework document for local economic development and investment promotion); common vision and common action plans will be elaborated, and joint strategy implementation committee set up. 2. The investment opportunities and advantages for business development in both target regions identified and promoted through community profiles, local manufacturers and investment proposals’ data base, and investment maps for priority investment sectors in the target regions. 3. The planning documents, design specifications and estimates for Iltsi-Shybene motorway construction prepared and environment impact of this infrastructural project assessed . 4. The structural changes towards the border pass opening on the Ukrainian-Romanian state border achieved (minimum result is submitting the application by the Oblast State Administration to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine concerning the border pass opening; maximum result is introduction of changes into the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Romania on the checkpoints at the Ukrainian-Romanian border of 2 February 2006 and the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Romania on the conditions of the reciprocal travels of the citizens of 19 December 2003).