On Tuesday, September the 15th 2009, the first meeting of representatives of communities from Carinthia, Slovenia and Italy took place in a well known resort Velden am Woerthersee. The Communal forum was organised by the Department for communities country Carinthia, Forum Velden, the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation (AACC) in Klagenfurt and ECC from Villach. Numerous participants were able to attend lectures of different experts on the fields of financing the projects, the mayors presented the cases of “good practice”, also businessmen were involved in the discussions. The purpose of this international meeting of mayors and communal politicians, representatives of companies, banks and educational institutions is getting to know each other, establishing of inter-regional network of communities, exchanging of opinions and experiences and discussing the possibilities for cooperation and networks. ( see interview dr. Franz Sturm )
Cover photo: from the left: Franz Sturm (country government), Marjan Sturm (AACC), Bernard Sadovnik (AACC), Bojan Šrot (mayor Celje), Josef Martinz (country counsellor), Ivan Štular (mayor Naklo ), Franz Jožef Smrtnik (mayor Eisenkappel) and Filip Warasch (AACC). More information on website:
www.forumvelden.at
Photo and Text: Mirko Štukelj
