Slovenija je edina država , ki leži v treh makroregijah , Jadransko –Jonski, Alpski in Podonavski, kjer se v okviru regionalne in kohezijske politike odvijajo številni projekti , ki jih predlagajo evropski državljani, nevladne organizacije , regionalne institucije in povezujejo različne evropske države, kar je pravi medijski izziv. Z oddajami želimo nagovoriti vse generacije, zlasti mlade, ki razvijajo inovativne ideje v svojih okoljih, s tem pa tudi nova trajnostna delovna mesta in so tako lahko soustvarjalci razvoja MAKROREGIJ.
V 25 kratkih oddajah smo ujeli zgodbe ljudi, njihovih idej in povezovanja iz šestih držav, ki ležijo v treh makroregijah EU.

Vodja projekta: Barbara Zrimšek
Režiserki: Siena Krušič in Maja Prettner
Novinarke: Barbara Zrimšek, Darja Mihalič, Martina Vocci, Tjaša Kosar in Simona Jerala

Dobre prakse v posamezni makroregiji bomo zaokrožili in nadgradili v treh 25 minutnih oddaja, v 50-minutnem dokumentarcu ob koncu projekta, pa želimo predstaviti tudi politične cilje EU v okviru makroregijskih strategij.

Zgodbe vam bomo pripovedovali skozi ekrane, splet in družbena omrežja, da bomo tukaj in zdaj, iskali in zbrali ideje, ki nas bodo povezale.

Oddaje MAKROREGIIJE Tukaj in Zdaj bodo prevedene tudi v številne evropske jezike in bodo po koncu projekta odšle na pot v različne države.

TV Slovenija's Media Project 'Macro Regions: Here and Now'

Summary:

The series 'Macro regions: Here and Now' is a European project from the Slovene national broadcaster, Televizija Slovenija. The series is a joint project with the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

European Commission. It was designed and prepared with a plethora of journalists and film directors, amongst them, a crew from the TVS regional studio TV Koper-Capodistria where the programmes were dubbed into the Italian language.

Slovenia is the only European country which is part of all three macro regions, namely the Adriatic-Ionian, Alpine and Danube. Within these three macro regions, numerous projects take place as part of the regional and cohesion policy, upon the initiative of European citizens, regional institutions and NGOs. They connect different European countries, people, their ideas and projects. These projects are examples of numerous stories of success and good practices, a very interesting challenge for a national broadcaster and closely connected with its mission to serve the public. The stories which we followed with our camera in different countries within the three macro regions, proves that the idea of connecting on a macro regional level brings new challenges for the future of European citizens, opportunities for economic development, the creation of new jobs and development of a responsible attitude towards our common environment.

The programmes are aimed at all generations, but especially young people, developing innovative ideas in their respective environments and creating new sustainable jobs. Their ideas can enable them to become active players in designing the development of MACRO REGIONS.