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| "How to survive with tourism"
An open conference was held under this slogan
on January 11th, 2012 in Goriška Brda (Slovenia).
The conference was organised by The Institute
for Tourism, Culture and Sport of the Community
Brda, led by mag.Ariana B.Suhadolnik.
Interesting and very well prepared lectures were
going on in more directions. The director of the
Directorate for Tourism of the Slovenian economy
Ministry mag.Marjan Hribar was talking about the
role of the government and its institutions at
the development of tourism. He especially explained
the preparation of the strategy for the development
of tourism in the period from the year 2012 to
2016 and concluded that Slovenian tourism is moving
towards perfect, active , safe and green destination.
In the direction aOpportunities for the development
of tourism in the region, the advantages of connecting
destinations´ among others the Mayor of Brda Franc
Mužič and the Mayor of Nova Gorica Matej Arčon
were discussing . The stressed the necessity to
overpass the small community and country borders.
They stated it is very important to be aware of
the final destination, of the region we want to
promote and finally it is essential to connect
all elements into a mutual and unique appearance-
on the domestic and as well on the foreign market.
The most interesting discussion was held by the
honorary guest of the evening dr.Christoph Engl,
the Marketing Director of Sudtirol. Namely this
region has a brand name which includes the landscape,
its products and the offers of various services.
The President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik and
the Secretary-General Filip Warasch were also
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Cultivate and continue cooperation -
The Mayor of the community Nova Gorica Matej
Arčon while visiting Klagenfurt
The towns Nova Gorica and
Klagenfurt are partner communities for
more than 40 years. Have you been in Klagenfurt
before?
Arčon: It is my first official visit as
a Mayor. We met the town officials and
had a short sightseeing of the town. Klagenfurt
is very nice and we are eager to cooperate.
However I was here with my family last
year for the first time, we saw the Christmas
market, had a town walk and visited the
lake of Velden.
It seems you want to strengthen
the cooperation between the partner towns
which is lasting over 40 years. Is this
true?
Arčon: When people meet and have contacts,
new ideas and definite conclusions are
created. Mid of November we met with the
Mayor of Klagenfurt Christian Scheider
in Nova Gorica, last Saturday we »returned«
the visit. We agreed to organise a mutual
service in 3 languages in the beginning
of December . We should cultivate and
continue cooperation on the level of Mayors.
We want cooperation on the fields of culture,
sport and economy. We have positive cooperation
with the Mayors of the former community
Nova Gorica, we strengthened the cooperation
with neighbour town Gorizia, now we want
to upgrade the cooperation with Klagenfurt.
I am convinced that a wonderful triangle
of cooperation could be formed.
Photo: Major Matej Arčon
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| Photo: Franc Mužič, Bernard Sadovnik,
Filip Warasch, Zlatko Martin Marušič, Helmut Malle,
Matej Arčon, Franc Jožef Smrtnik, Christian Scheider,
Aleš Bucik in Milan Turk (from left) - Foto, copyright:
Štukelj |
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Communal Forum 2011
New incentives for cross border cooperation
This year the main thema
of the second communal Forum , which was
held on November 16th, 2011 in Velden,
was athe financing of the local community,
innovations and coopeartions´. It was
visited by eminent representatives of
Carinthia and- of course- the representatives
of the communities for who the Forum was
meant. The European Commissioner Joahnnes
Hahn was the main speaker at this Forum.
He reported about his work and the perspectives
in the new initiative period 2014-2020.
About 35 millions of European inhabitants
are living in less or poorly developed
areas. In the future the less developed
regions will receive 70% of the promotion
funds. (In Slovenia the Eastern part of
the country could apply for these funds)
Just an interesting information: in the
past years Carinthia received 67 millions
EUR for cross border cooperation.
The Forum was visited also by some Slovenian
and Italian community representatives.
It is a pity that the coordination in
preparing the Forum was not too good,
what was a reason for a smaller number
of participants and therefore smaller
meaning of the Forum.
The Alps-Adriatic Centre took part at
both Forums, since it tried to increase
the number of Slovenian visitors, however
one of the most important roles of the
Centre is connecting Carinthian communities
with Slovenian ones and this will be continued
in the future, too, regardless of the
Forum.
Photo: from the
left: Mayor of Bled Janez Fajfar, Carinthian
Governor Gerhard Dorfler, Mayor of Velden
Ferdinand Vouk. |
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Town Klagenfurt wants closer
cooperation with
Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy)
On November 3rd, 2011 Nova
Gorica was hosting the working meeting of the
Mayors from Nova Gorica (Matej Arčon) , Gorizia
(Ettore Romoli) and Klagenfurt (Christian Scheider).
The purpose of the meeting, at which also the
Mayors of the nearby municipalities ( Brda, Kanal
ob Soči, Miren-Kostanjevica, Renče-Vogrsko, Šempeter-
Vrtojba ) participated, was strengthening of the
cooperation on the fields of economy and tourism
in the near future.
Mayor Scheider proposed that also
the partner communities or their companies should
participate at the next exhibitions. At the next
aHoliday of valleys a in Klagenfurt also the Italian
and Slovenian gastronomy should be present, in
front of Landhaushof concerts of music groups
from partner municipalities are to be held.
The first occasion for the concerts
of music groups is this year's Christmas market
in Klagenfurt. The Mayor of Klagenfurt invited
all present Mayors to visit the opening of the
Christmas market. The meeting of Klagenfurt delegation
in Nova Gorica was organised by the Alps-Adriatic
Centre, its President Bernard Sadovnik was also
accompanying the meeting, which ended in Brda.
Photo: Mayor Scheider with
collegues from Nova Gorica and Gorizia , with
Mayors from nearby Municipalities and Bernard
Sadovnik ( third from the left).
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| First phase of building Health
Care and Working Center in Globasnitz finished
The realization of the project
of the first cross- border Health Care and Working
Center for disabled
persons in Globasnitz started with the signature
of the contract end of August this year. The project
foresees daily tutoring of 24 disabled persons,
18 of them from Southern Carinthia, 6 from Slovenia.
The partner in the project is the Carinthian Caritas,
which will also manage the Center.. It is planned
that the building phase will be finished in some
months, since the opening is foreseen already
in March 2012. The value of the project is 1,6
milion Eur.
Numerous honorary guests were present at the celebration
at the occasion of the finished first phase, among
others the Slovenian Minister of Labour, Family
and Social Affairs dr.Ivan Svetlik, the
Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dorfler, the
Country Counsellor mag. Christian Ragger, the
initator of the project and the AACC President
Bernard Sadovnik, the Director of the Carinthian
Caritas dr. Viktor Omelko and many others.
All speakers agreed that this is the first case
of such cross- border regional cooperation
in the field of nursing and services for individuals
with special needs. Services and care will be
rendered in German and in Slovenian language,
too.
The participants discussed other projects as well,
since- as the Governor Dorfler stressed- we do
not have the problem of bilingual signs any more
before our heads, but we have future before our
eyes.
Photo: from the left: Contry
Counselor Christian Ragger, Governor Gerhard Dorfler,
Minister Ivan Svetlik and AACC President Bernard
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| Christmas tree for Maribor
The Mayors of the three Slovenian-Styrian
municipalities visited the Carinthian Country
Governor Gerhard Dorfler in Klagenfurt -upon the
initiative of the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border
Co-operation (AACC) .
The Governor Dorfler presented the Mayors of Maribor,
Celje and Murska Sobota especially the initiatives
on the fields of alternative sources of the energy
and e-mobility. Governor Dorfler informed the
Mayors also about the solution of bilingual signs
in Carinthia, the project of the
World skiing Championship of the three countries,
about the traffic connections between Carinthia
and Slovenia, and about other matters, interesting
for both sides.
The Mayors Franc Kangler (Maribor), Bojan Šrot
(Celje) and Anton Štihec (Murska Sobota) presented
their standpoints of the political situation in
Slovenia before the coming elections, mainly they
criticised the centralism, which is evolving.
The Mayor Kangler described the activities of
his town in the context of »The European Capital
of Culture 2012«.
The Christmas tree for Maribor will this year
come from Himmelberg, the home municipality of
Gerhard Dorfler.
Photo: from the left:Bojan Šrot
(Celje), Gerhard Dorfler (Country Governor), Anton
Štihec (Murska Sobota, Franc Kangler (Maribor)
and Bernard Sadovnik ( the President of the AACC)
in front of the inn Felsenkeller , Klagenfurt. |
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| Municipality Brda is extending
cooperation
The cheese festival in Kotschach-Mauthen
(Carinthia, September 24th and 25th, 2011 ) was
a good opportunity for the municipality Brda to
propagate cross border cooperation. The numerous
delegation (music group, dancers, women from Brda
in their traditional dresses ), led by the Mayor
Franc Muzic, who used the opportunity for the
meeting with the host- Mayor Walter Hartlieb.
Among the exhibitors- present were more than one
hundred- was also the Wine Cellar from Brda, since
it is well known that wine and cheese supplement
each other extremely well.
The contacts between the municipalities were coordinated
by the Alps Adriatic Centre (AACC) from Klagenfurt.
Photo left:Mayor Franc Muzic,
beside the cheese queen 2010, the fourth from
the left Filip Warasch (AACC), in the middle Mayor
Walter Hartlieb, beside the cheese queen of this
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| Slovenia and Carinthia for complete
construction of Karavanke tunnel
At the meeting, held on Tuesday,
September 27th, 2011, the Slovenian Minister of
transport Patrik Vlačič and the Carinthian country
Governor Gerhard Dorfler agreed to propose- due
to the safety reasons- the complete construction
of the second tube of the Karavanke road tunnel.
For them the building of the safety tube is not
acceptable and would be a wrong investment.
At this meeting in Kranjska Gora they discussed
also other important issues- the construction
of the third road axis Celje, Dravograd and Bleiburg
and the express bus connection between Klagenfurt
and Ljubljana.
Both delegations see a big potential in the mutual
marketing of the cross border trip connections.
Here a joint European project is possible, considering
the road connections over Predil, Vršič and Paulitsch
mountain pass. .
The President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik was
accompanying the Carinthian delegation. |
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Delegation from Bosnia visited
Carinthia
Letter of intent signed to strengthen cooperation
between Sarajevo and AACC
On Friday, July 15th, 2011 the
high ranking delegation from the Sarajevo Canton
(Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina ) visited Carinthia.
The delegation, led by its president Fikret Musić
, met the representatives of the Alps- Adriatic
Centre for Cross-border Co-operation in Klagenfurt
(AACC).
At the meeting they expressed their intention
for close cross border cooperation.
The partners agreed upon mutual interest for cooperation
in the frame of European cross border programmes
and on the basis of valid regulations.
The AACC will endeavour to intermediate all received
contacts and liasons in Austria and those from
European authorities.
The Sarajevo Canton will become a regular member
of the Centre in order to achieve all these goals.
Besides others, the President of the Sarajevo
Canton Fikret Musić, the Minister for questions
of war veterans Nedžad Asnadžić, the Minister
for culture and sport Ivica Šarić and the Minister
for trafic Haris Lulić, the President of the AACC
Bernard Sadovnik, the Secretary-General Filip
Warasch,
Vladimir Polzer and Joza Habernik were present
at the meeting.
Photo: Copyright Štukelj
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