Transcript EUROREGION ALPS

EUROREGION
ALPS MEDITERRENEAN
Euroregione Alpi Mediterraneo
Eurorégion Alps – Mediterranée
Giulia Marcon
Regione Piemonte
Community of Interest set up
by Piemonte, Liguria,
Valle d’Aosta, Rhône-Alpes and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
on 10th July 2006
17 MILLION INHABITANTS
(3.6% of EU25 Population)
GDP:416 830 mln €
(4.2% of EU25 GDP)
EXTENT:110.00 KM²
(approximately)
THEMATIC PRIORITIES
• Environment and Natural Risks
• Transport and Accessibility
• Research & Innovation, Growth & Employment
• Culture and Tourism
• Linguistic Exchanges
• Quality of Life and Sustainable Development
• Collective Services, Cohesion and Solidarity
Actual Developments:
Singled out some of
these themes
Organising different
workgroups
Next Steps….
COMMON SEAT
IN BRUSSELS
Large visibility for
Euroregion
Carrying out the joint
program of activities
in an efficient way
OPEN DAYS 2007
Disclosing all the
Euroregion’s potential at the
European Institutions
Carry out a
Model of Governance
for Euroregion:
GECT/EGTC
(European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation)
The EGTC/GECT is a new
instrument for territorial
cooperation
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Piemonte, Liguria,
Valle d’Aosta, Rhône-Alpes and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur will
be among the first Regions in
Europe to resort to it
BUT :
as the EGTC/GECT Regulation will be
applicable only from 1st August2007
…and there is a strong willingness
anyhow to sign a formal act
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PROTOCOL OF UNDERSTANDING
as intermediate step