Dear colleagues!

The International Association of Regional Development Institutions "IARDI" invites to cooperation local regional authorities, advices, administrations, institutions of regional development, research institutes, the organizations and the enterprises from Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, and also from other countries interested in cooperation.

The association was created in September, 2003 within the framework of the project: "Carpathian mountains 2003-2011" under the initiative of institutions of regional development and authorities of frontier regions of Slovakia (Коsice and Presov territories), Hungary (Sabolcs-Satmar-Bereg megye) and Ukraine (Zakarpatye area), and in 2004 is recommended by the Slovak-Ukrainian international commission for cooperation within the framework of preparation and realization of the international projects.

"IARDI" was organized by the conducting international organizations of Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary: Fund of Development Transborder Cooperation and Special Economic Zones (Ukraine), the Center of Innovations and Business " CASSOVIA BIC Kosice " (Slovak Republic), Association of Regional Development "КІUТ" Felso Sabolcs-Retkez (the Hungarian Republic).

Activity of "IARDI" is directed on assistance to realization of euro-integration processes, formation of a uniform economic complex in the frontier countries, to an establishment and a deepening of direct contacts to the organizations, associations, authorities, between separate regions of Ukraine and countries - members and candidates for members of the EU, supervising structures of EU, other International donor organizations, assistance of synchronization of programs and procedures of realization of programs of the technical help of EU Tacis, PHARE, Interreg, and also other programs of the technical and humanitarian help.

Primal objectives are: realization of regional and national programs, initiation, introduction and realization of the international projects, granting of highly skilled expert support at the decision of social and economic problems in target regions.

With the purpose of realization of joint experience in field of transborder, inter-regional and international cooperation, the management of Association "IARDI" hopes for the further fruitful cooperation with your organization and personally with you.

Yours faithfully,
Рresident of Association "IARDI"
Oleg Pylypenko