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Cross-border
economic
development
6
Practical guide : building partnerships
Identifying and
promoting the
cross-border
dimension
of economic
development
to institutional
players
To create a strategic partnership for cross-
border economic development, one must first
understand the economic fabric and identify
the specific existing or potential cross-border
components in the economic development of a
given territory.
This knowledge should help to establish a
rationale for developing policies to support
cross-border economic development.
This message may then be circulated among
citizens and elected officers, through seminars,
publications, newspaper articles and videos of
factual testimonials that convey the reality.