This issue starts with an interview with Raphaël Goulet, Head of Unit, and Peter Fischer, Communications and Information Officer, from the Information and Communication Unit of the Regional Policy Directorate-General

This issue starts with an interview with Raphaël Goulet, Head of Unit, and Peter Fischer, Communications and Information Officer, from the Information and Communication Unit of the Regional Policy Directorate-General. You will also find an article on social media impact on territorial cooperation programmes communication as well as tips on communication evaluation and many articles presenting good practices in communication activities from programmes and projects of the ETC world.

One of the good practises:

In 2009, Arianna Biriki, Communications Manager of the CBC Programme Hungary - Slovakia and her colleagues decided to organise a new type of major information activity. They decided to travelling by bike across the Hungary- Slovakia borders, the team of the Joint Technical Secretariat of the CBC Programme Hungary - Slovakia deserves a special “maillot jaune” (yellow jersey). This was a very successful communication action, which brought together applicants, media and citizens in an unconventional environment.

„"By crossing the border every day we symbolically tied the border region and facilitated the joint brainstorming among Hungarian and Slovak applicants"

Ferenc Márkus, Director of the JTS

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