{"id":9000445,"date":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/eng\/vips\/ferdinand-vouk\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","slug":"ferdinand-vouk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/ferdinand-vouk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand Vouk"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9000445\" class=\"elementor elementor-9000445 elementor-9000443 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\">Ferdinand Vouk<\/span><\/nav><h1>Ferdinand Vouk<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Mayor of the market town of Velden<\/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\/vouk.jpg\" alt=\"Ferdinand Vouk\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Ferdinand Vouk<\/b><span>Mayor of the market town of Velden<\/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\"><blockquote class=\"aacc-iv-zitat\"><p>\u201cExactly such organizations contribute that the idea of United Europe can develop and strengthen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Has the membership of the community Velden (Vrba), Carinthia in Alps-Adriatic Centre for cross-border Co-operation been successful?<\/h2><p>Yes, absolutely. AACC planned its objective to influence positively on economical and cultural relations between Carinthia and Slovenia. I think this also was successful. As an example I would mention our community, when we established contacts through AACC in year 2004 with the community Bled (Slovenia) and from then on a true partnership has developed. Exactly such organizations contribute that the idea of United Europe can develop and strengthen. Furthermore I think that the specific living area within the meeting point of three cultures in which we live, is a big opportunity that we act more consciously as regions in Europe.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Why is the cooperation with neighbors on community level so important?<\/h2><p>It has shown that in Bled, Gemona and Velden we have similar tasks and problems. Let it be town marketing, cooperation of members of communities, traffic policy, building of flats, tourism or environment protection- we all are looking for new solutions. Every community is happy with new initiatives, we know how important is a view over our own saucer. One who is ready to follow how people who grew up in other circumstances are solving the matters, can learn a lot. Everyone who engages with it will enlarge his own horizon. To exchange the acquired know-how, to discuss about common or contrary experiences, this helps all of us and opens the door to new solutions. We all know: opening is today also for small communities a necessary mark.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>What connects the people in community Velden with people in partnership communities of Bled and Gemona?<\/h2><p>Our common partnership is from the very beginning not only the matter of officials. The citizens have established a thick net of personal contacts. Numerous meetings were held: among pupils, older people, sportsmen\/women, artists, institutions, supporters of culture and of course also among politicians.<\/p><\/section><\/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\/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><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/mirko-brulc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brulc.jpg\" alt=\"Mirko Brulc\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cNow there will be no more border in physical sense what means our common area of Gorica will really be united.\u201d<\/span><b>Mirko Brulc<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Nova Gorica<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/bojan-srot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/srot.jpg\" alt=\"Bojan \u0160rot\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cI am convinced that in the future we will \u2013 in cooperation with the AACC \u2013 finalise some more projects, maybe not only on the field of tourism but on some other fields, too.\u201d<\/span><b>Bojan \u0160rot<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Celje<\/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>Has the membership of the community Velden (Vrba), Carinthia in Alps-Adriatic Centre for cross-border Co-operation been successful? Yes, absolutely. AACC planned its objective to influence positively on economical and cultural relations between Carinthia and Slovenia. I think this also was successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":366,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9000445","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9000445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9000445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9000445\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9000445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}