Declaration on Co-operation on the Tisza/Tisa river basin
adopted by the ministers responsible for regional/spatial planning of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic and Ukraine, at the 13th session of CEMAT, in Ljubljana, on 16 September 2003
We, the ministers responsible for regional/spatial planning of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic and Ukraine, meeting in Ljubljana on 16 September 2003 at the 13th session of the CEMAT, thank the Council of Europe for the work done in order to achieve the Initiative on sustainable spatial development of the Tisza/Tisa river basin with the goal of implementing the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent (GPSSDEC CEMAT).
We,
– express our intention to implement the initiative as a “CEMAT innovative Region” of transfrontier character;
– ask the Council of Europe, the European Union and other international organisations to support the work for implementation of the initiative;
– agree to consider and decide on continuation of the work for preparation of an agreement in the light of results of implementation of the initiative.