EGTC

TRITIA

EGTC

TRITIA

Opole Voivodeship (PL)

Opole Voivodeship (PL) Silesian Voivodeship (PL)

Opole Voivodeship (PL) Silesian Voivodeship (PL) Moravian – Silesian Region (CZ)

Opole Voivodeship (PL) Silesian Voivodeship (PL) Moravian – Silesian Region (CZ) Žilina Self – Governing Region (SK)

Area: 9 411,67 km 2 Population: 1 016 2000 Capital: Opole

Area: 12 333 km 2 Population: 4 654 115 Capital: Katowice

Area: 5 427 km 2 Population: 1 243 220 Capital: Ostrava

Area: 6 788 km 2 Population: 694 129 Capital: Žilina

EGTC TRITIA – basic facts

Area: 34 069 km² Inhabitants: 7 855 000 Seat of secretariat Cieszyn

EGTC TRITIA – challenges we face

• • • • • • All TRITIA regions have undergone restructuring its economies traditionally based on heavy industries.

New investments make new interregional ties.

Mountainous border area creates opportunities for the development of tourism EGTC situated on a Baltic – Adriatic transport corridor Emmissions of greenhouse gasses are too high.

Regions suffer from record mortality caused by traffic accidents

EGTC TRITIA – general objective

to facilitate and support cooperation among members; support social and economic cohesion of the regions mainly through

intelligent implementation of programmes and projects of territorial cooperation

EGTC TRITIA – main areas of cooperation Transport and infrastructure

connectivity and accessibility of the member regions

Economic co-operation

innovative and competitive environment; support of SMEs cooperation and cross-border clusters creation and cooperation; applied R&D support; joint business missions and networking of the chambers of commerce

EGTC TRITIA – main areas of cooperation Tourism

joint promotion campaigns; support of effective destination management institutions operation; creation of supra-regional products and brandmark of EGTC as a competitive destination

Energy and environment

joint energy policy, renewable sources of energy, actions to limit air pollution

EGTC TRITIA – other areas of cooperation

• • • • • Emergency management Culture Human resources development including co operation of lifelong education providers Co-operation of public institutions Sports

EGTC TRITIA – history

• • • •

06/2009 – decision to establish EGTC made; working group established 12/2010 – regional assemblies approve convention and statutes 01/2011 – notifications of the regions’ intention to participate in the EGTC sent to national authorities 03/2013 – TRITIA registration

EGTC TRITIA – agreed structure

Assembley

4 members

Supervisory board

4 members

Director 4 working groups Office staff

EGTC TRITIA – building its strategy with the support of INTERREG 4A programmes

• • • “Strategy of systemic cooperation” (Moravian-Silesian Region, Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship) “Cooperation” (Moravian-Silesian Region and Žilina Self-Governing Region) “Innovative cooperation” (Žilina Self Governing Region and Silesian Voivodeship)

Thank you

Branislav Zacharides [email protected]

www.egtctritia.eu