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Abstract
In this article, Hans Rudolf Schäfer and Michal Arend inform about their project carried out in co-operation with the Jesenicko Region in the northeastern part of the Czech Republic in 1992–1996. Jesenicko is a rural region with conductive climatic and topographical preconditions to summer and winter tourism, but nevertheless the region is in a peripheral position and features an above-average unemployment rate of about 9 to 12 percent due to structural causes.
The project has been composed of a pilot phase and an additional concretizing phase. During the pilot phase, there has been elaborated—under the lively participation of the authorities, pressure groups and local representatives—a regional development plan, which subsequently has been concretized within the realms of telecommunication, transport, economic encouragement and tourism.
Subsequent to the project description and the characterization of the Jesenicko Region, the authors examine the question of the success and unsuccess of their project and in which context and under which conditions their initial goals could not be reached. Finally, recommendations are given for current and future regional co-operations within countries of the former Eastern Bloc.