NATIONAL MINORITIES IN THE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND ITALY

Abstract

The article presents the role of the Italian minority in Slovenia and the Slovenian minority in Italy in cross-border cooperation between the two countries. The main theoretical approaches to the definition of such concepts as cross-border cooperation, boundary regions, Euroregions are set out. Empirical research is based on the analysis of the implementation of cross-border cooperation Interreg and appeals to three of its main factors affecting national minorities: the organization of functional and intensive cross-border mobility; stimulation cultural / ethnic affinity between populations on both sides of the border; supporting by institutional cooperation.

Keywords

• national minorities
• slovenia
• italy
• cross-border cooperation
• euroregion