CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION CZECH REPUBLIC - POLAND

State borders, long considered peripheral in every sense, have now become a major concern due to globalization and the ongoing construction of the European Union. Cross-border cooperation and governance are central to its continuing integration and enlargement. There is increasing awareness that we have to understand the nature of borders and how they are changing in order to appreciate the need and the opportunities for cooperation across them. This paper deals with specific border regions, ie border regions of the Czech Republic and Poland. The aim of this article is to introduce Operational program of border cooperation Czech Republic - Republic of Poland for the new programming period, ie. 2014 - 2020. Part of this paper is a concise definition of the program and the performance barriers between the territories in question still exist and are an obstacle to cross-border higher level cooperation.