Three-Seas Initiative countries and their competitiveness in Europe

Abstract

The paper shows the regional characteristics of the Three-Seas area in terms of defining the competitive advantage of the whole region and its countries through the development of relationships and changes in their approaches to the competitive paradigm in this area. The scientific discussion undertaken in this paper is related to internal resources in terms of ICT and human resources development (and its involvement in science and technology – measured by Human Resources for science and technology) as well as innovativeness. The authors have chosen indicators of development that could be beneficial in terms of decreasing historical economic developmental inequalities, with some differences between the Three-Seas countries being analysed for the period of 2006–2018. The secondary data was taken from Eurostat and other available sources. The regional strategy should focus on the knowledge-based economy, and the possibilities for rapid development in this area. This gives opportunities to make rapid progress in a region centrally located in Europe to generate great potential to strengthen accumulated resources and, in the nearest future, to create the possibility of becoming a hub connecting eastern and western Europe.