2013-07-06 Civex Bolzano ALCOLEA - The EGTC
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EGTC Overview
and State of Play
CIVEX Commission meeting
Bolzano/Bozen, 8 July 2013
Alfonso Alcolea
Committee of the Regions of the EU
What is the EGTC
Examples on the ground
The new Regulation
The EGTC Platform
EGTC - European Grouping
of Territorial Cooperation
What is an EGTC?
EGTC – European Grouping
of Territorial Cooperation
At the beginning, an idea of the Committee of the Regions
Created by Regulation (EC) 1082/2006
Public entities from different Member States can get together
under an entity with European legal personality.
The EGTC has its own organisation, budget and staff.
It may implement programmes and projects of territorial
cooperation, with or without EU funding.
Entered into force on 1 August 2007, the Member States adopt
national provisions.
What for?
Missions
Art. 1 (2) “To facilitate and promote cross-border,
transnational and/or interregional cooperation between its
members with the aim of strengthening economic and social
cohesion”.
Art 7 (3) Tasks of the EGTC:
Implement ETC programmes co-financed by ERDF, ESF
or Cohesion Fund
Implement ETC projects […]
Other specific cooperation actions with EU funding
Other cooperation actions without EU funding
Limits: Powers of the State such as police, regulation, justice
or foreign affairs.
Who can participate?
Who can be a member?
Basically, entities of Public Law (reference to the Directive
2004/18/EC on public procurement) and associations
Participation of entities from third countries:
2 EU Member States needed (minimum 2 EU + 1 non EU)
The third country adopts similar legislation or signs an
agreement with the country of seat of the EGTC
The EU Member States involved authorize it
How to set up an EGTC
The basic procedure
Registered office
The seat determines the applicable Law
Convention and statutes
Authorisation by the Member States
The Regulation says 3 months
Publication
National journal and OJEU
Notification to the CoR
Launching of the EGTC
Trends
and developments
EGTC trends and developments
Figures
37 EGTC set up,
according to the
Register of the CoR
+1 pending
registration
More than 650
LRA involved
A reality in 19
Member States
Impact on the life
of 30 Mo
Europeans
EGTC trends and developments
National implementation varies
Only one EGTC implements programmes: ‘Greater Region’
The use of structural funds is not the main object of activity
Although ‘laboratory for multi-level governance’, most of the
EGTC group entities of the same level
Main focus on cross-border cooperation
Main areas: Axis Benelux-FR-DE, around HU and Mediterranean
Precedent cooperation started in the 90s.
Need of awareness among LRA, public and EC services
Examples of EGTC
Grande Région
First EGTC to become management authority of a programme
Involves FR, DE, LU, NL, BE
www.interreg4a-gr.eu
Examples of EGTC
Amphictyony
Twinning 53 cities of the Mediterranean
More than 39 non-EU cities associated
www.amphictyony.gr
Examples of EGTC
Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Conurbation between Belgium and France, 3 regions, 2
languages, 1.7 Mo inhabitants
www.eurometropolis.eu
Touristic site:
www.visiteurometropolis.eu
Examples of EGTC
Galicia-Norte de Portugal
Big euroregion with more than 20 years
of co-operation History
Projects:
Working plan fostering competitivness and promoting
employment.
Transport: Guide, study on interoperativity
Cooperation between technology centres and campuses
Many sectors: Sea, automotive, creative and cultural
industries, tourism
www.gnpaect.com
Examples of EGTC
Duero-Douro
Rural development: 187 municipalities with an average
population of <500 inhabitants
Projects:
Econometric model for investments
Goat livestock to prevent forest fires and create jobs
Culture, education: project ‘Conociendonos’
Project ‘tourism vital’
Joint purchase centre: Public lighting for more than 100
municipalities
www.duero-douro.com
Examples of EGTC
West Vlaanderen / Flandre - Dunkerque - Côte
d’Opale
Integration of a highly urbanised border area
Projects:
Interreg IVA project 'Cross-border cooperation‘
Project ‘Coast to coast’ and ‘Tourism without borders’
Public transport and recreational mobility
Health cooperation
Training and employment
Cross-border GIS
Culture
Examples of EGTC
Cerdanya cross-border hospital
Service to 60,000 inhabitants in the Pyrenees
www.hcerdanya.eu
The CoR
has made
a choice
The EGTC as “preferential instrument for cooperation”
Own-initiative opinion Núñez Feijóo - 2011
Leadership of the CoR
CoR Opinions of Bresso (2008),
Núñez Feijóo (2011), Delebarre (2012),
and two consultations (2010 and 2012)
Remove bureaucratic obstacles
Harmonize national implementation
Use the EGTC beyond regional policy
Strategy Europe 2020, mainstream
all EU policies
Awareness needed at all levels
Participation of non-EU countries
Influence on the new legislation
Ambitious proposal of the EC (Oct 2011)
Inter-institutional conference
29/03/2012 Fast-track the EGTC
The EP-REGI assumed the amendments
proposed by the CoR on 11/07/2012
Debate about the EGTC in the future
cohesion policy OPEN DAYS 2012
Political agreement of the Council on
20/02/2013
Inter-institutional trilogue March-May
2013, CoR invited
New aspects of the Regulation
Approved tacitly after 6 months.
Main document to be approved will be the convention.
Clarification on the legal situation of the staff of the EGTC
CoR wanted to create groupings in the fields of health,
education and vocational training (even if entities are
private)
3rd countries will be able to get involved in EGTCs,
including neighbors of outermost regions and territories
The CoR will maintain its role of register of the EGTCs
The EGTC Platform
The Platform groups all players in EGTC and cross-border
•
Coordinator: Mr Herwig Van Staa (AT/EPP)
•
Monitoring Study ‘EGTC Monitoring Report’
•
Assistance and support
•
Political input
Face-to-face communication:
•
Annual meeting 25/02/2013
•
Open Days 8/10/2013
•
Portal www.cor.europa.eu/egtc, social networks
Short and medium term issues
How will the Member States implement the new
Regulation?
How will the new generation of EGTCs look like?
Governance of the EGTCs
Participation of the civil society
Participation in the Operational Programmes
EGTCs implementing new instruments ITI,
CLLD, JAP...
EGTCs and macro-regions
Mainstreaming the EGTC in other EU policies
Events with DG Move and DG Enterprise
Next event with DG Markt on 9 October
Visibility EGTC award
… Last reminder
“Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan.
It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de
facto solidarity”.
Declaration Schuman – 9 May 1950
Thank you
Committee of the Regions
Direction of horizontal policies
and networks – Unit E.2
Alfonso Alcolea Martínez
Administrator EGTC & territorial
cooperation
URL: www.cor.europa.eu/egtc
E-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: @EGTCPlatform
FB group: EGTC