Improving the cooperation of the border regions and exploiting the new opportunities brought by the project “Increasing Mobility through Road Development in Banat”
In August 2017, the implementation of the project “Increasing Mobility through Road Development in Banat”, financed by the European Union under the INTERREG IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program Romania-Serbia, was co-financed by the partner countries in the program, bringing together four partners: Serbia – the project leader, Jimbolia localities in Romania, Serbia’s Kikinda and the Regional agency for Socio-Economic Development Banat in Serbia.

The main objective of the project is to contribute to increased mobility in the cross-border eligible area by improving quality standards in public transport services and by setting up cross-border cooperation structures. In this respect, the Romanian partner will rehabilitate the streets adjacent to the 59 C National Road in Jimbolia, a road leading to the Nakovo-Lunga border crossing. The rehabilitated sections will be the following:

• Mărăşeşti Road – between Kikindei Road and Basarabia Street
• Str. Ioan Slavici – between Republicii Street and West Towers
• Str. Liviu Rebreanu – between Peter Jung Street and Spre Vest Street
Rehabilitation works are scheduled to begin in September 2018, to be completed by August 2019.

Regarding the establishment of cross-border cooperation structures, a round table on “Improving Border Cooperation and Exploiting the New Opportunities of the IBC Project” was held in Jimbolia on 12.06.2018. The event was attended by relevant representatives of the public and business sector in both countries and project team members. The purpose of the round table was to identify ways of improving and expanding economic cooperation between localities and border regions.