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Platform of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation 38 EGTCs registered Contact us: [email protected] Information available in: www.cor.europa.eu/egtc Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat, 101 –1040 Brussels — Belgium T +32 (0) 2 282 2211— F +32 (0) 2 282 2325 ww.cor.europa.eu © CoR, June 2013 A TOOL TO EMPOWER REGIONS AND CITIES ‘EGTC’ stands for ‘European Grouping of Territorial Coopera- tion'. EGTC enable public entities from different Member States to come together to create a new body with legal personality under European Law. The EGTC was established by Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Member States have implemented this legislation at national level. Since then, the number of EGTC created has been steadily growing. Following the recommendations of the CoR, the EU institutions are revising the legal framework to make the creation and the functioning of the EGTCs easier, and to give them more scope of action DELIVERING GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES The EGTC can carry out many types of cooperation action with a view to strengthening the economic, social and territo- rial cohesion of the European Union. They can implement cross-border, transnational or interregio- nal cooperation programmes and projects, co-financed by the structural funds or other EU funds, or they can carry out tasks without European co-funding. The limits are the activities of police, justice or foreign policy tasks. The EGTC can be a tool for multi-level governance and for implementing the Europe 2020 Strategy, boosting competitive- ness and sustainability. HOW IS IT SET UP? The regions, territorial authorities, municipalities, public law bodies and associations have the right to set up an EGTC should they wish. National bodies may also participate. They must sign a convention, adopt a statute and receive the final authorisation of the Member States involved. An EGTC must have, at least, an assembly and a director. Newly-created EGTC must inform the Committee of the Re- gions. Abaúj - Abaújban Alzette Belval Amphictyony ArchiMed Arrabona Bánát - Triplex Confinium Bodrogközi Duero - Douro Espacio Portalet EUKN Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - Trentino Euregio Senza Confini Euro-GO Gorizia - Nova Gorica - Šempeter-Vrtojba Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai European Park Alpi Marittime - Mercantour Eurodistrict Saar Moselle Eurodistrict Strasbourg - Ortenau Euroregion Aquitaine-Euskadi Euroregion Pyrénées - Méditerannée Efxini Poli - SolidarCity Network Gate to Europe Galicia - Norte Portugal Hospital de La Cerdanya Interreg Programme Grande Région Ister-Granum Karst-Bodva Linieland van Waas en Hulst Novohrad - Nógrád Pannon Pons Danubii Pirineus - Cerdanya Rába-Duna-Vág Sajó-Rima/Slaná-Rimava TRITIA UTTS - Ung - Tisza - Túr - Sajó Via Carpatia West-Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d´Opale ZASNET What is the EGTC?
