MAHLDE NET is a project financed by Interreg IIIA Adriatic Cross Border which aims at increasing the opportunities for interaction between economic and social actors of the Balkans Countries and the Italian regions.

In sinthesys the project's goals can be summarized as follows:
- to reinforce territorial integration
- to improve"institutional building"
- to promote cultural and environemntal exchange
- to provide assistance on development of infrastrutures and networks.

The Mahldenet partners are: Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia (I), Regione Puglia (I), Regione Emilia-Romagna (I), Universities of Venice and Trieste (I), IUAV (I), IAL FVG (I), ISIG (I), the network of 11 local Democarcy agencies, the LDAs of Sisak (Hr), Verteneglio (Hr), Osijek (Hr),, Mostar (BiH), Prijedor (BiH), Zavidovici (BiH), Subotica central and southern Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, Municipality of Monfalcone (I), Municipality of Mogliano Veneto (I), Association of the Local Democracy Agencies.

In the frame of the project a special enphasis is given to the themes of territorial marketing, democratic participation and economic development.

Among the most important outputs of the project we can cite training courses, economic surveys, technical seminars on one stop shop, negotiated planning, agrobusiness and tourism, publications and guidelines on the same topics.

Furthermore considering Mahlde.net strategical priorities a pilot action has been designed for the set up of a web site devoted to the territorial promotion of a group of partners : Prijedor, Mostar and Zavidovici (from Bosnia); Subotica, Nis and Kragujevac (from Serbia).

This website is the final result of the project activities carried out by the partners aiming to promote economic development , attract foreign investments, ease interlinks between actors and institutions at local and international level.