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Villach Fair 2012
 
Town Villach- member of AACC

Following the mutual decision of the Municipality Council the town Villach decided to become the member of the AACC. Besides the President Bernard Sadovnik also the Secretary-General Filip Warasch and the Financial Advisor Štefan Lesjak were present at the ceremony of the signing the membership contract from the Mayor Helmut Manzenreiter.
AACC will support the town at the coordination of cross border activities.

 
 
 
 
Christmas tree lights in Ljubljana

The Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler together with the Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković solemly turned on the lights of the Christmas tree in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The tree is positioned at the restaurant Figovec in the center of Ljubljana. This tree is coming from the Municipality Moosburg near Klagenfurt and it is meant to be a sign of the good new neighbourhood relations between Carinthia and Slovenia.
Afterwards the Carinthian Country Governor met in Bled the President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia dr. Ernest Petrič and the Mayor Janez Fajfar. Their discussion was very relaxing and friendly.
The Carinthian Country Governor was accompanied by the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Beate Prettner in Ljubljana about future of atomic energy

The delegation of the Carinthian Country Government led by the counsellor for Energy and Environment Beate Prettner was in Ljubljana on Thursday, November 22nd. In the delegation were beside other members also the professor Wolfgang Kromp and the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik. After visiting the Austrian Ambassador Clemens Koja the delegation participated at a working meeting with Slovenian delegation led by the Minister Franc Bogovič at the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. The discussion was about the expertise of the professor Kromp on the thema of Krško Nuclear Power Plant, this expertise clearly presents the Austrian standpoint toiwards atomic energy. The expertise suggests that the biggest risk is in changing of climate conditions.
The Slovenian side took the Carinthian evaluation very seriously and plans to include it in its future strategy about energetic future. Counsellor Prettner invited the Minister to Carinthia to see on spot how it is possible to survive without atomic energy - with the use of alternative, renewable sources of energy such as wood and waste.
The Slovenian side was represented by numerous members, among others also Branko Ravnik, the State Secretary for Agriculture and Environment.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dialogue and national groups

On October 18th, 2012 in the House of Music in Klagenfurt The European Congress of National Groups took place, the thema was "Meeting, Dialogue and Culture: instruments of understanding within and among the national groups". This congress was organised by the Office for Slovenian National Minority at the Carinthian Country Government.
Numerous eminent persons were discussing, among others the ORF reporter in Belgrade mag. Christian Wehrschütz spoke about reconciliation in Southeast Europe, the Belgrade Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar spoke about respect of the identity, which promotes the complementation of life.
The afternoon part of the programme began with the lecture of the publisher Lojze Wieser, who presented his thoughts about lost words, newly found , the recipes , which could ensure live words in the whole public space.
This time the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik addresed the public, too, he pointed out the meaning of including the national groups in the cross border cooperation. He suggested to establish a geographically wide European region, inclusively Slovenia. Per his words Slovenia could – as a member of EU- take over an important and connective role.

 
 
 
 
Holiday of Town Municipality Maribor

Recently the Town Municipality Maribor celebrated its municipality holiday, Maribor is this year also the European Capital of Culture. The Mayor Franc Kangler invited numerous eminent guests, among others also the Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler. With the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik also the mixed singing group "Peca" from Globasnitz was invited, the group enrichened the interesting cultural program.
The public accepted the guests with loud applause .All present guests took the opportunity and used the celebration for pleasant dialogue among neighbours and friends.

 
 
 
 
The State Secretary Dr. Josef Ostermayer, the member of the Austrian Federal Government, recently gave the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik the big silver sign for merits for the Austrian Republic, one of the highest ranking awards in Austria, the award was granted by the Austrian President Dr. Heinz Fischer.
 
 
 
 
International Integration in Ptuj

On October 4th, 2012 the business conference was held with the title »International Integration of local Entrepreneurship« - upon invitation of Government Office for Slovenians Abroad.
The conference, where about 100 businessmen from Slovenia, Germany, Austria and Hungary were present, was opened by the representatives of the Government Office, of other Ministries, of the Parliament and of theTown Municipality Ptuj. It was stated that that there are numerous not enough used possibilities and that is essential in the time of crisis to use all given possibilities for economic entrance to foreign markets.
Besides economic associations from Slovenia also associations from Germany and neighbour countries got their opportunity to present themselves. From Austria besides Slovenian Economic Association and Bank Association (Zveza Bank) also the AACC - Alps-Adriatic Centre was invited to the conference.
The Secretary-General mag.Filip Warasch presented the structure and activities of his organisation, pointed out the already finished projects and stressed the successful cooperation with many economic subjects. Especially he mentioned the cooperation of the Centre with the Carinthian Country Government and with municipalities and regions in the Alps-Adriatic region.
The discussion about the possible ways of cooperation and about the possible obstacles on the way to foreign markets followed next. Finally, successful companies from the region and from abroad had the chance of their presentation.

 
 
 
 

AACC started with autumn work

On August 28th, 2012 the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik accompanied the Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler to a new working visit to the Premier of the Sarajevo Canton Fikret Musić. The main purpose of the visit was to prepare the Cooperation contract between Carinthia and the Sarajevo Canton. The aim of this contract is the cooperation on the fields of ecology, infrastructure, energy, tourism and administrative matters , which should bring Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the European Unity. The Cooperation contract will be also presented to the officials in Brussels as an example of good practice cooperation among the economically stronger and economically weaker regions.
The President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović also accepted the Carinthian Governor during his stay in Sarajevo.
Bernard Sadovnik participated also at the press conference of the Carinthian Governor on August 24th – when the Ambassador dr. Kubesch took leave from Ljubljana.

 
 
 
 
Warm meeting between Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler and Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković.

The Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler met officially for the first time the Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012. This was a warm receipt of the Mayor who is very popular among his citizens. At the meeting were also present Darko Brlek, the Director of Ljubljana Festival, Miran Gajšek, the Chief of the Board for Spatial Management and Planning, the Member of the Slovenian Parliament Mitja Meršol, the Austrian Ambassador Erwin Kubesch and the President of the AACC Bernard Sadovnik. The Alps-Adriatic Centre prepared this meeting.

The Governor and the Mayor shared the same opinion that it would be necessary to determine definite projects, especially on cultural field. They discussed the possibility of a regular bus service between Klagenfurt and Ljubljana, which already now offers numerous Carinthians a rich and interesting cultural programme. At the end of the meeting the Carinthian Country Governor invited the Mayor Janković to visit Carinthia.

Before this meeting Dörfler visited Zagreb where he was accepted by the Croatian Minister for Traffic and Infrastructure Siniša Hajdaš Dončić, who expressed his positive opinion about the intention of Austria and Slovenia to build also the second tube of the tunnel Karavanke, since the tunnel is a significant part of X road corridor.

 
 
 
 
 
Solving of future problems together with neighbours

In past weeks two meetings of the Carinthian Municipality Association with both Associations of Slovenian Municipalities were held, the first projects have already been discussed, either on the field of tourism or on the field of renewable energy sources. The Alps-Adriatic Centre (AACC) was involved in the initial preparations and will also in future accompany the new coming projects.
We asked the President of the Carinthian Municipality Association Mayor Ferdinand Vouk to comment:
"When I started my function as the President of the Association I advised that I would support international cross- country cooperation among municipalities in connection with the Centre, because I want to know urgently, how questions of today' s time- demographical changes, environmental, energetical and exsistence questions are being solved in other countries. Constant exchanges of opinions will be usefull for all partners and we will be able to create a piece of Europe in our Alps-Adriatic region.
The European proverb says: Who begins nothing, creates nothing.
Therefore our Association wants to cooperate in future closely with both Slovenian Associations of Munipalities."

 
 
 

The Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia visited the Carinthian Association of Municipalities

After visiting the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia the delegation of the Carinthian Association of Municipalities with its President Ferdinand Vouk met the second organisation of municipalities in Slovenia- the Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia, led by the Mayor of Miklavž na Dravskem polju and its President, Leopold Kremžar. The meeting was held in Velden am Woerthersee on July 6th, 2012.
The Association of Municipalities and Towns in Slovenia has 173 members and is one of the two organisations which are in Slovenia active at connecting municipalities. On the other side, the Carinthian Association is uniting 132 municipalities.
The visit of Slovenian municipality representatives is the first of such kind in Carinthia, mutual contacts are to become closer and usefull for both sides, especially on the field of tourism. The Austrian delegation should visit the Slovenian Association still in this year. The visit was organised by the AACC.
The members of the Carinthian delegation were: President Ferdinand Vouk, the Mayor of Velden and the member of the AACC ' s board, Vice-president Valentin Happe, the Mayor of Schiefling am See, Vice-president Arnold Marbek, the Mayor of Poggersdorf, Vice-president and the Mayor of Municipality Afritz am See Maximilian Lindner, Vice-president and the Mayor of Klein St. Paul Hilman Loitsch, mag. Stefan Primosch, the Manager of the Association, mag. Vladimir Smrtnik, the Member of the Presidency of the Association, mag. Raimund Grilc, the President of the Association of Austrian-Slovenian friendship, Bernard Sadovnik, the President of the AACC and mag. Štefan Lesjak, Financial Advisor of the AACC and Municipal Council Member in Velden am Woerther See.

 
 
 
 
 

AACC - Ambassador of Sarajevo

The visit of the Premier of Sarajevo Canton Fikret Musič and the Minister for Economy dr. Rusmir Sendic in Austria, which was organised and led by the AACC, was very successful. Numerous meetings with representatives of Carinthian Country Government and economy, with representatives of Vienna and of Lower Austria, among others with the Carinthian Country Governer Gerhard Dörfler and the Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl, enabled definite cooperation on various fields.
In all discussions Premier Fikret Musič stressed the role of the Centre as the ambassador of the Sarajevo Canton in Austria and EU and also its connecting role at all future projects. The Premier is especially happy with the signature of the partnership contract between Carinthia and the Sarajevo Canton. From the side of the AACC the delegation was accompanied by its president Bernard Sadovnik, Secretary - General mag. Filip Warasch and the members of the Board mag. Stefan Lesjak, Ferdinand Vouk and dr. Heinrich Schuster.

 
 
 
 
 
Delegation of Carinthian Association of Municipalities visited Association of Municipalities of Slovenia

The delegation of the Carinthian Association of Municipalities with its President Ferdinand Vouk (the Mayor of Velden) vistited on June 6th, 2012 the Municipality Pivka. It was accepted by its Mayor and President of the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia, Robert Smrdelj.
The Association of Municipalities of Slovenia has 141 members and is one of two organisations , which are active in Slovenia on the field of connecting municipalities. The Carinthian Association of Municipalities is on the other side uniting 132 municipalities. This Carinthian visit was the first of this kind in Slovenia. In future the contacts with Slovenian municipalities should become closer and usefull for both sides. It is planned that the Slovenian delegation visits Carinthia still in this year. The visit of Carinthian delegation was prepared by the AACC.
The members of the Carinthian delegation were: the President Ferdinand Vouk, Mayor of Velden and member of the board of the AACC, the Vicepresident Valentin Happe, Mayor of Schiefling am See, mag. Stefan Primosch, the Manager of the Association, mag.Vladimir Smrtnik, the member of the Presidency of the Association, mag.Raimund Grilc, the President of the Association of Austrian-Slovenian friendship and Bernard Sadovnik, the President of the AACC

 
 
 
 
AACC expanding to Sarajevo

Today (on June the 1st, 2012) the Premier of the government of Sarajevo Canton Fikret Musić signed a contract about multilateral cooperation with the President of the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation Bernard Sadovnik (AACC) . The contract foresees the cooperation of both parties on the territory of the Republic of Austria and also broader in the European space. With the signature of this contract the Sarajevo Canton - with the assemby' s approval -also became a member of the AACC.
In explanation the proponents also stressed the previous very positive cooperation of both partners which culminated with the visit of Carinthian Country Governor in Sarajevo on March the 23rd this year. The Canton of Sarajevo measures 1.277 square kilometers and has 419.000 inhabitants, it is mainly town Sarajevo and five municipalities in the vicinity.
At the ceremomy also the Financial Advisor of the Centre mag.Štefan Lesjak was present.

 
 
 
 
 
Minister dr.Turk met AACC delegation

On Monday, May 21st, the Slovenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport dr. Žiga Turk accepted the delegation of the Alps-Adriatic Centre (AACC) , led by its President Bernard Sadovnik and with members- the Secretary-General Filip Warasch and the Financial Advisor Štefan Lesjak. The President of the Centre expressed his satisfaction about the cooperation in the past on the fields of schools and sport with hope that in future this cooperation would remain on the same level. The Minister accepted the Centre's initiative to take over the sponsorship for multilinguality . With it he would strongly support the strengthening of the cross border cooperation. The representatives of the AACC informed the Minister about the idea of possible organisation of the cross border World Championship in Alpine skiing and about more active cooperation between the youth from Slovenia and Austrian Carinthia , especially in the form of expert excursions. The Minister warmly supported both ideas.

 
 
 
 
Town Villach and Municipality Brda will cooperate
mainly on cultural and tourist fields

The Mayor of Brda Franc Mužič and the Mayor of Town Villach Helmut Manzenreiter, who was on May 7th, 2012 for the first time on official visit in Municipality Brda, agreed for future close cooperation especially on cultural and tourist fields. So this year Villach will be present in Brda on June 10th on the Cherry Festival with its musical group and own stand, on the other side Brda will cooperate on the renowned Villach Town Fair. The Mayor Manzenreiter was accompanied by the President of the Association »Villach Town Fair« Gerhard Pfeiler and Mayor Mužič by two Vice-mayors, the Director of the Municipal administration , the Director of the local Institute for Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport and by some other experts.
On Saturday, May 26th from 10.00 Brda will have it own stand in Villach- near the Town hall in the old town center – inviting to the Cherry Festival. Warmly welcome!
The meeting was organised by the Alps-Adriatic Centre, the Villach delegation was accompanied by Bernard Sadovnik and Filip Warasch. Also the Austrian Ambassador in Ljubljana dr.Ervin Kubesch was present at the meeting.

 
 
 
From left: Jožko Zamar, Vice-mayor Brda, Damjan Birtič, Vice-mayor Brda, Gerhard Pfeiler, President of the Association »Villach Town Fair«, Filip Warasch, AACC, Helmut Manzenreiter, Mayor Villach, Ariana Suhadolnik, Director of the local Institute for Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport, Franc Mužič, Mayor Brda, Bernard Sadovnik, AACC, Andrej Markočič, Director of the Municipal administration Brda
 
 
 
 
 
Slovenian Minister of Interior accepted AACC delegation

On March 28th, 2012 the Slovenian Minister of Interior dr. Vinko Gorenak accepted the delegation of the Alps-Adriatic Centre , led by its President Bernard Sadovnik. The members of the delegation were also the Secretary-General mag. Filip Warasch and Financial advisor mag. Štefan Lesjak.
On the meeting they discussed the activities of police in multilingual communities and the possibilities of the AACC cooperation at the strategy and programmes between the Interior Ministries of Austria and Slovenia. .

 
 
 
 
 

Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler
visited Bosnia and Herzegovina

Years long cooperation of AACC with Sarajevo
Canton shows first results

At the meeting of CCG Gerhard Dörfler with the members of the Regional Government of the Sarajevo Canton led by the Premier Fikret Musić on Friday March 23rd, 2012 a cooperation of Carinthia with Sarajevo Canton was agreed, the cooperation has to be finalised before this summer.
Carinthia could offer a lot, especially on the fields where it is a leader- for instance energy, tourism, building of kindergartens, social issues. EU Commissioners Stefan Füle and Hannes Hahn should also be invited when this contract is to be signed.
In the programme of his visits of city Sarajevo , city Mostar and pilgrimage village Medjugorje CCG Dörfler was welcomed by the Bosnian President Bakir Izetbegović and the Chairman of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda.
The AACC ' s President Bernard Sadovnik , who accompanied CCG Gerhard Dörfler and his delegation, was very satisfied with the deepening of relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Carinthia , and also with the fact that all meeting partners accepted the invitation of CCG Dörfler to visit Carinthia.

   
 

 

 
 
 
 
Photo a) Governor Gerhard Dörfler and the Mayor of Brda Franc Mužič
Photo b): Bernard Sadovnik (AACC), Christian Scheider (Mayor of Klagenfurt), Dragica Urtelj (Consul General of RS), Gerhard Dörfler (Carinthian Governor)
 
GAST 2012 in sign of Cross-border Co-operation

The 44th International Fair for hotel and catering trade GAST , Klagenfurt started on Sunday, March 11th, 2012 with the opening ceremony . The Fair, where over 17.000 visitors are expected, is this year completely in the sign of the cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic region.
The opening ceremony was this time visited also by a numerous delegation from Goriška region-together with 5 Mayors of its municipalities. The Mayor of Klagenfurt Christian Scheider invited already in his opening speech all the visitors of the Fair to the Brda stand, where the hosts offered all their local specialities, with a glass of wine- of course.
Also the Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler said in his opening speech that in future it would be necessary to promote Carinthian region together with neighbouring regions, what means it would be necessary to stress the tourist offers of the neighbours, too. He meant that co-living should actually be lived and not only mentioned in Sunday speeches.
The Mayor of Brda Franc Mužič addresed the visitors in the name of the guests from Goriška region, he stated proudly that his municipality is for about 10 years the pioneer of the cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic region..

 
 
 
 
Minister Ljudmila Novak supports activities of AACC

The Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Ljudmila Novak who is competent for Slovenians abroad accepted the delegation of the Alps-Adriatic Centre from Klagenfurt for a profound exchange of standpoints on Tuesday, March6th, 2012.. The delegation was led by the president Bernard Sadovnik.
The representatives of the AACC presented the activities of their organisation, which is becoming more and more the connecting element between Carinthia and Slovenia, either among the municipalities on both sides of the border and as well among official representatives of Carinthia and Slovenia. In the frame of its consulting activity the AACC already in the past invited companies to invest in Slovenia, therefore it expects from the Slovenian authorities to create the most friendly climate for foreign investments. Minister Ljudmila Novak expressed all her support to the work and efforts of the AACC to increase the economic growth with the support of foreign investitors.

From the left: Breda Mulec (Office for Slovenians abroad), Stefan Lesjak, Bernard Sadovnik (AACC), Minister Ljudmila Novak, Filip Warasch (AACC)

 
 
 
 
Dialogue Forum for lasting dialogue between Carinthian Country Government and Slovenian national minority

While solving the problem of the bilingual table signs in the year 2011 also the decision about the constitution of the Dialogue Forum was accepted- the initial meeting was on February 21st, 2011. Twenty-one members participate- from the Carinthian Country Government, Slovenian national minority , Country Parliament and the Mayors of bilingual territory. The President of the Forum is the Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler.
At the first meeting the participants agreed upon the statute and insisted on keeping bilingual distict courts in Bleiburg ( Pliberk) , Bad Eisenkappel (Železna Kapla) and Ferlach (Borovlje), which should be closed according to the federal authorities. The next thema was the organisation and optimum functioning of the Slovenian music school. The way of the dialogue is extremely important and should be built continuously – this was the opinion of Bernard Sadovnik, too. The Forum will discuss all the problems which might influence the future development of the Slovenian national minority and of the bilingual territory. The Forum will pay special attention to the dialogue on cultural, social and economic development of Carinthia and to the promotion of relations with neighbourhood regions.

Photo from the left: Bernard Sadovnik (AACC/ SKS), dr.Marjan Sturm ( ZSO ) , Carinthian Country Governor Gerhard Dörfler, mag. Vladimir Smrtnik ( EL ), dr. Valentin Inzko ( NSKS )

 
 
 
 
"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 present at the conference.

 
 
 
 
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

 
 
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
 
 
 
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.

 
 
 
 
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).

 
 
 
 
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 Sadovnik

 
 
 
 
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.

 
 
 
 
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 year

 
 
 
 
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.

 
 
 
 
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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