Mapping Cross-border NetworksHungary, Slovakia, Ukraine

Source:the Euborderregions (http://www.euborderregions.eu/) and the „Európai Léptékkel a Tudásért” projects (the latter is financed by ELTE - TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003).

SLOVAKIA

UKRAINE

HUNGARY

RO

Why networks?

• What kind of networks? • Who are the stakeholders participating in the

networks? • Is there any network effect on attitudes

towards EU, economic growth, or quality of life?

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Methodology

• Data collection: – 143 stakeholders (organization or person) has been

collected by 4 rounds of snow-ball sampling– 15 face to face interviews (round 0)– 53 phone interviews - Cross-border Questionnaire

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Source: the Euborderregions (http://www.euborderregions.eu/) and the „Európai Léptékkel a Tudásért” projects (the latter is financed by ELTE - TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003). 4

ID Name City Country Sector

1 X Miskolc HU NGO

2 Y Miskolc HU GOV

3 Z Kassa SK NGO

4 W Munkács UA GOV

Sender Receiver

1 3

1 4

2 3

2 4

AttributesList of organizations

participating in the research

RelationsList of relations

between organizations

Building the database

The whole network

Hungary

Ukraine

Slovakia

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N Density Avarage Indegree

Clustering Coefficient Diameter

Nr01 58 0,019 1,069 0,131 9Nr02 25 0,04 0,96 0 8Nr03 20 0,053 1 0 5

Nr01

Nr02Nr03

• Fragmented network• The largest component: N = 58 (41%) • Mostly Slovakian-Hungarian ties• Low clustering

coefficient

Cross-Border relations

Hungary

Ukraine

Slovakia 6

Cross-borderrelations:

42%

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Country Hungary Slovakia Ukraine Total

Hungary 69% 43% 52% 59%Slovakia 25% 54% 10% 29%Ukraine 6% 3% 38% 12%

Total 100% (71) 100% (37) 100% (29) 100% (139)

Whole network: Internal and cross-border

Cross-border

Country Hungary Slovakia Ukraine

Hungary 94% 83%Slovakia 82% 17%Ukraine 18% 6%

Total 100% (71) 100% (37) 100% (29)

Whole settlement network

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SLOVAKIA

UKRAINE

HUNGARY RO

Stakeholders’ links aggregated by settlements

Cross-border network

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SLOVAKIA

UKRAINE

HUNGARY RO

Márton, GERŐ – István, MICSINAI

Source:the Euborderregions (http://www.euborderregions.eu/) and the „EurópaiLéptékkel a Tudásért” projects (the latter is financed by ELTE - TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003).

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Twin settlements in the CBR

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- Miskolc and Kassa (Kosice) are the center of the two regions.- Miskolc is more embedded than Kosice, it has connections with larger cities and villages on the other side of the border.- Kosice has connections only with similar-sized cities.- We can see strong co-operation through the border between smaller villages.- The villages on the Slovakian side has significant Hungarian population – it supports co-operation

Cross-border network between Hungary and Slovakia

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-Nyíregyháza is the Hungarian center of the region, but there is no center on the Ukranian side.- We see cross-border relations between cities, no village appears in the network.

Cross-border network between Hungary and Ukraine

Ukraine isn’t a member of the Schengen area, so the citizens of Ukraine has to apply for visa before entering Slovakia or Hungary. (60€ for three months)

Relations Internal Cross-border

Gov-gov 33,8% 56,9%

Gov-nongov 48,1% 20,7%

Nongov-nongov 18,2% 22,4%

Total 100 100

Proportion of cross-sectorial relations internal/crossborder

Source:the Euborderregions (http://www.euborderregions.eu/) and the „EurópaiLéptékkel a Tudásért” projects (the latter is financed by ELTE - TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003).

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Attitudes

Impact In the regionIn the region

across the borderOn your

organization?

Not really 49 48 42

Some 39 32 36

Significant 12 20 22

Összesen 100 (50) 100 (50) 100 (48)

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Do you think that EU CBC projects in the past five years have had any impact? %(N)

Cross-Border relations and opinion on the effects of CBC projects

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Effects

Having Cross Border Relations Not really Some/significant

None 48 52Yes 35 65Total 42 (20) 58 (28)

Do you think that EU CBC projects in the past five years have had any impact on your organization? (% (N))

Effect of behavior? Sharing (or recommending) causes higher commitment?

Márton, GERŐ – István, MICSINAIELTE TÁTK – MTA TK-SZIgero@socio.mta.hu

ELTE TÁTKistvan.micsinai@gmail.com

Source:the Euborderregions (http://www.euborderregions.eu/) and the „EurópaiLéptékkel a Tudásért” projects (the latter is financed by ELTE - TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003).

Thank you for your attention!

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