In order to facilitate the creation of thriving regions across national borders, the Nordic Council of Ministers has established specific transborder organizations. These depend in their day-to-day activity on the collaboration of local and regional public institutions in each separate country, a fact that may in part provide an explanation as to why only limited success has been achieved. Although there are cases in which promising incipient developments can be noted, these have not yet evolved beyond an embryonic state.
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