{"id":9000439,"date":"2026-11-04T08:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/eng\/vips\/filip-warasch\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:46","slug":"filip-warasch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/filip-warasch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mag. Filip Warasch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9000439\" class=\"elementor elementor-9000439 elementor-9000437 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0000 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0000\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0001\" data-id=\"aac0001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-band\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><nav class=\"aacc-krumen\" aria-label=\"Brotkrumen\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/\">The Alps-Adriatic Centre<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">What others say about us<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <span class=\"last\">Mag. Filip Warasch<\/span><\/nav><h1>Mag. Filip Warasch<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Secretary General of the AACC<\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0003 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0004\" data-id=\"aac0004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt\"><div class=\"aacc-innen aacc-iv\"><aside class=\"aacc-iv-seite\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aacc-iv-bild\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/waraschpic2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Filip Warasch\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Mag. Filip Warasch<\/b><span>Secretary General of the AACC<\/span><small>Position at the time of the interview<\/small><\/p><p class=\"aacc-iv-quelle\">This interview was published on the AACC\u2019s former website.<\/p><\/aside><article class=\"aacc-iv-text\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-titel\">About the development and challenges of the Cross-border Cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic region<\/p><blockquote class=\"aacc-iv-zitat\"><p>\u201cThe AACC will \u2013 in cooperation with the local communities \u2013 find new and new challenges at the formation of regional orientated concepts and initiatives in the future, too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>How do you evaluate the today\u2019s European situation \/ the situation in the Alps-Adriatic region and what were the comments about the initiatives and activities of the AACC in the recent years?<\/h2><p>The \"New Europe\" significantly and dynamically changed its political picture in the last ten years. The changes - also in the economy - were and always are feelable in the typical European Alps-Adriatic region where numerous initiatives endeavour to catch the actual time trends and to orientate them in the prosperous and at the same time balanced development of the perspectives impulses in the region. Among them the initiatives of the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation (AACC) are for sure recognisable, we are establishing our actual informational network for 8 years-in the sense of the interests and demands and also for the well-being of our partners and economical innovations, what positive echoes to our initiatives and activities confirm us continuously.<\/p><p>It is possible to say that the AACC formation precisely fits the time challenges and that the AACC is faced nowadays with many new trends which co-form the picture of the region where we are active.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Where are the changes, which put us in front of the new challenges, recognisable, which answers should be given to these questions?<\/h2><p>The cross-border cooperation between Austria and Slovenia has-without doubt-increased on all fields, at the same time it can be noticed that the places directly at the Slovenian-Carinthian border are exempt from this development. The trends of diminishing, moving away and aging of the population are not stopping in the Karavanke region. On one side it is a part of the global concentration process to the centers, however for the future of the \u201cleft\u201d regions new perspectives, answers and accesses should be found.<\/p><p>The second challenge - which is also a part of the global process - is the financial and economic crisis. Since we should not neglect the long-term and for now even not recognisable events, the measures should be found and established-just in these regional dimensions-which are in principle not against the globalisation trends, however must be capable of the reaction to negative trends in the course of the globalisation. The AACC will \u2013 in cooperation with the local communities \u2013 find new and new challenges at the formation of regional orientated concepts and initiatives in the future, too.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Which are the main points of your activities and how far does the geographical bow of your Centre go?<\/h2><p>16 Slovenian communities, which seek the contacts and know-how of the Austrian side, are members of the Centre. We offer them our experiences and excellent contacts-even to the level of country governments-what is of extreme meaning for new projects and cooperations. Our activity has expanded to Croatia (one important member is the community Mali Lo\u0161inj) and also to Cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina (among others Posavina and Sarajevo). More than 50 companies are members on the Austrian side, some cooperations are in full course, for instance the Porr project in Gori\u0161ka Brda.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>The Austrian ORF is your member, too. The member of your board is its former general superintendent Gerhard Weis, who was honoured by the AACC recently. What is the meaning of such personalities?<\/h2><p>Since our future depends quite a lot from the ability to understand the changes in our surroundings and to form new accesses-and since the AACC also has the goal to overcome the today\u2019s economic and mental barriers of the region, the personalities as Mr Weis are of extreme value for the penetration of our ideas and goals. The vice-president of the AACC is this year also the honorary speaker of the 17th Cultural Week of Carinthian Slovenes in Krka (Gurk).<\/p><p>With such personalities the AACC is even more efficient in building the cooperation of Austrians and especially Carinthians with the inhabitants of the neighbourhood countries, in building of good neighbourhood relations, in the successful establishment of new partnerships and in the reinforcement of the existing ones.<\/p><p>In the frame of our contacts and with our specific knowledge we are primarily active as a lobbyist and catalyst and are in this way fulfilling successfully and efficiently our numerous projects.<\/p><p>The projects in the fields of alternative energy, waste waters and waste materials, agriculture, tourism and outdoor advertisement were already successfully carried out-as well as the links among many communities-what makes a firm future basis for the implementation of new modern and in the future orientated projects and cooperation.<\/p><\/section><p class=\"aacc-iv-schluss\">Thank you very much for the discussion.<\/p><\/article><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0006 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0007\" data-id=\"aac0007\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt aacc-abschnitt--grau\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2 class=\"aacc-h2\">More voices<\/h2><div class=\"aacc-sk-raster aacc-sk-raster--drei\"><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/gerhard-weis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/weis-gerhard.jpg\" alt=\"Gerhard Weis\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cI believe in the Europe of countries, the Europe of regions, the Europe of cultural differences.\u201d<\/span><b>Gerhard Weis<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Vice President of the AACC, former Director General of the ORF<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the speech<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/ferdinand-vouk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/vouk.jpg\" alt=\"Ferdinand Vouk\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cExactly such organizations contribute that the idea of United Europe can develop and strengthen.\u201d<\/span><b>Ferdinand Vouk<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of the market town of Velden<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/joze-antonic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/antonic.jpg\" alt=\"Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cHowever, very important was the meeting at the headquarters of AACC (Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border co-operation) where we continued the discussion and agreed upon the signature of the document about partnership cooperation between the two communities.\u201d<\/span><b>Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Bled<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"aacc-sk-alle\"><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">All voices<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0009 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0010\" data-id=\"aac0010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-cta\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2>Would you like to learn more about the AACC\u2019s work?<\/h2><p><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"mailto:office@aacc.co.at\">office@aacc.co.at<\/a><a class=\"aacc-knopf aacc-knopf--hell\" href=\"tel:+43463500762\">+43 (0) 463 500 762<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you evaluate the today\u2019s European situation \/ the situation in the Alps-Adriatic region and what were the comments about the initiatives and activities of the 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