Cross-border integration and local communities, 2015

In the border area of Istria, a case study (in-depth field research) was carried out among members of the Italian national minority in Croatian Istria. The purpose of the study is
was to learn about the life of a minority in the border, culturally mixed area of Istria, to define the intensity of cross-border contacts along the Slovenian-Croatian border and to recognise the role of a minority in maintaining a diverse
contacts with Slovenia, the role of various media in providing information on minority issues, the envisaged role of Slovenian border areas and Slovenian and Italian minorities after Slovenia's accession to the EU and expectations
the effects of the entry of Slovenia (RS) into the Schengen area and Croatia (HR) into the European Union on the further development of relations between the two countries. The same study was conducted at the same time.
members of the Italian national minority in Slovenian Istria (see ADP - IDNo survey: ISTRAS15).