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The paper aims to develop a mechanism for managing cross-border cooperation based on a flexible application-oriented approach and show the potential of its application using the Republic of Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region) and the Russian Federation (Orenburg and Samara Regions) as an example. The authors identify three major areas that require flexible application-oriented management of cross-border cooperation: political, economic, and socio-cultural contexts. High flexibility and an application-oriented approach are provided by project financing to a wide range of participants. Businesses, universities, and local communities have the opportunity to develop and implement joint projects that contribute to solving major problems for border regions. An important advantage of the proposed mechanism is its consistency with the strategic goals and priorities of the border regions because their support is required to participate in the cross-border cooperation program. The paper shows that border regions need flexible application-oriented management of cross-border cooperation. The problem of insufficient cross-border cooperation resides in outdated methods of vertically constructed management that are currently being used, where the government authorities play the main role. Local communities and businesses are poorly involved in solving common problems. The focus is primarily placed on cost-effective projects. A flexible and application-oriented mechanism is required to solve this problem, including a program of providing grants for financing cross-border projects and a digital platform for seamless interaction between participants and all stakeholders. The developed mechanism includes principles, forms, methods, and tools for flexible and application-oriented management of cross-border cooperation. The potential of such mechanism application was assessed on the example of terms of cross-border cooperation between the West Kazakhstan Region (Kazakhstan) and the Samara and Orenburg Regions (Russia).
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Khmeleva, G.A., Serikbayev, S.K., Mekin, M.A. (2023). The Problem of Cross-Border Cooperation and Its Solution Based on a Flexible Application-Oriented Approach. In: Makarenko, E.N., Vovchenko, N.G., Tishchenko, E.N. (eds) Technological Trends in the AI Economy. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 625. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7411-3_9
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