Study on the perception of cross-border cooperation in the European Union (EU) among the population of citizens living in border areas.

The goal is to identify and map people’s perceptions of EU cross-border activities and the levels of mutual trust by exploring a range of issues:

— Awareness of cross-border cooperation programmes running in the respondent’s area,

— Travel abroad in general, and to partner country in particular,

— Reasons for travelling across the border,

— General level of trust, and, more specifically, attitudes towards citizens of neighbouring countries in specific social categories or situations (work, family, neighbours),

— The border as an opportunity or an obstacle,

— Specific obstacles to cross-border cooperation between border regions.

The tasks of this contract are:

— Survey Design,

— Data Collection and Analysis,

— Reporting of the survey.