40 th Congress of the European Regional Science Association Barcelona, 30 th August - 2 nd September 2000
The Euro-regional cooperation «Danube-Drava-Sava», established in the year of 1998, includes three regions as a part of Stability Pact in South-eastern Europe, that is: the region of Baranja in Hungary, Osijek-Baranja Canton in Croatia and Tuzla Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today «DSS» Euroregion, as other regions in transition on European territory, is passing through the phase of complex social and economical transition with the characteristic problems, especially in the transformation process of an economical structure. The particular problem also is to define a long-term priorities of development of this region, that is, to answer to the question with what economy, that is, with which products and services enter to European economic flows, and how with well known postulate of sustainable development, accomplish the competition in global economy. The new ways of development in the world in the context of globalization and localization obligates the representatives of economic policy of this region that as soon as possible define the longterm goals of development, that is the way to achieve these goals, having in mind the new events and new problems. The result of this need to be detailed choices of a business orientation. Beside that, realistically set down goals of development could be used as a base for negotiation to finance the projects of development of the private sector and to support the entrepreneurship through the PHARE program of EU.