Panorama

PANORAMA / SUMMER 2020 / No. 73
Uniting cities and citizens
During the pandemic, cross-border teams of doctors and
patients have continued to work remotely, events are being
organised via Facebook, including Slovenian and Italian language
courses which have attracted hundreds of people. The
city mayors have been in constant contact, urging their
respective national governments to reopen the border as
soon as possible, and coordinating mutual support in emergency-related
issues. Locals play badminton and volleyball
over the newly constructed fence, celebrate birthdays, and
separated couples meet.
EGTC GO is very aware that the pandemic could quickly undo
the progress made recently and are convinced that cooperation
is more than ever rooted in the hearts and minds of
most people living on both sides of the border who feel they
belong to a unique and unified city.
The ECOC 2025 candidacy must be seen as a development
opportunity for these cross-border territories, not only in the
cultural sector. ‘Our cross-border region has got a very
important and impactful tool – the EGTC – which should now
concentrate on the economic problems of our territory. It
must be able to channel EU funds for economic and development
projects to accelerate the economic recovery,’ Miklavič
concluded.
Videos (produced for the European Capital of Culture 2025):
Short: https://youtu.be/ZfsOrRuGvhE
Long: https://youtu.be/Z0K-VoXmM_0
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