The Role of Transferring Knowledge in Case of Non-Business Sector Projects

The Hungarian-Slovenian-Croatian cross-border region, whose disadvantageous situation and hardship was dealt with by several authors, is placed in the focus of our research. Being aware of these facts it is conceivable that the subsidies from various proposal sources are of high importance for the cross-border region, especially those that support co-operation and region development and these proposals can become one of the primal movers of development. In our study the projects implemented in the concerned Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian counties were involved in the Hungary-Croatia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 and in the Slovenia-Hungary Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 as well as the knowledge transfer methods in the managing organizations were analyzed. Each of the studied organisations belongs to the non-business sector as local government, school, foundation or association. It was characteristic of these studied organizations that in the 7-year cycle of the given programmed period they were involved in implementing several projects; therefore, the transfer of the managerial and professional knowledge gained in certain proposals could be of crucial importance in case of further projects. As a result, the aim of the research was to assess the correlation between knowledge transfer within these non-business organisations and the success of the projects. The analysis is timely and fills a gap since both studied programmes were closed in 2013 and the financed projects were finished in 2014; therefore, it explores significant information and correlations with regard to the projects of the programmed period to be closed for both the Joint Technical Secretariats and the Intermediate Bodies as well as for the applicants.