Working Community of Cantons, Provinces, Counties, Regions and Republics of East Alpine Region or The Alps-Adriatic Working Group ( Croatian: ''Radna zajednica Alpe-Jadran'';

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpen-Adria''; Hungarian: ''Alpok–Adria Munkaközösség'';

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

: ''Comunità di lavoro Alpe Adria''; Slovene: ''Delovna skupnost Alpe-Jadran'') is an

international organization An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own le ...

that promotes co-operation between the states of the

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

and the Northern Adriatic region in the field of tourism, environmental protection, culture, science, politics, economy and European integration. The initiative to establish the group came from Italy and the body was founded in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

in 1978. It initially served as a common forum for subnational units of

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

and

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

Establishment

The Alps-Adriatic Working Group was established on November 20, 1978 in

with the signature of the ''Joint Declaration of regional Prime Ministers''. The association has no legal personality. Area in which The Group acts has 190,423 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 30 million people.

Bodies

Bodies of AAWC are: 1. Plenary Assembly of Prime Ministers of the members - they meet once a year, usually in November, to evaluate the activities conducted, determine the main tasks for the coming period, accept joint documents, conclusions and declarations 2. Executive Committee - the main executive body that includes permanent representatives and decides on the current activities and initiate individual actions, debate and decide on the proposals coming from commissions, and coordinate the activities of working and project groups. They also decide on the financial support for projects and on sponsorships. They make the preparations for the Plenary Assembly, including the proposed conclusions 3. Presidency -responsible for preparing the meetings of the Executive Committee. It consists of representatives of the former, current and future presidencies. They meet 1 to 3 weeks prior to a meeting of the Executive Committee. They assist the Executive Committee in the implementation of its responsibilities towards the Plenary Assembly -every two years, one member assumes the presidency, working committees and the Secretariat. They rotate in alphabetical order. 4. Expert and project groups- established at the request of one or more members with a view to implementing particular projects Secretariat is located at Klagenfurt. It deals with the administration, organisation and coordination.

Goals and areas of cooperation

Its main goals are: # jointly discussing and coordinating issues that are in the interest of the members # developing cooperation and exchange in the Alps-Adriatic area # strengthening the Central European cultural identity # inclusion in the processes of European cooperation and integration # support for the admission of candidate states from the area of the AAWC to the EU, and nomination of joint projects for co-financing from EU assistance programs

Members

The organization currently has 15 regular members that come from 4 countries of the Alps-Adriatic region,

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

. There are also 3 associate members, Club Tre Popoli, Sanicademia-International Training Academy for health professionals and Slovenska gospodarska zveza v Celovcu.

References

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