Transcript Antonio Caponetto (ITA)

The experience of EGTC Italian
Approval Authority
Meeting of the Approval Authorities
21st- 22nd February, 2013.
Budapest
Antonio Caponetto
Director of the Office for the International relations of the
regional and local authorities in the Department of the
Regional Affairs, Tourism and Sport of the Italian
Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
This office is also the Italian EGTC approval authority.
My most important expertise is in the field of development
policies and EU fund programming, where previously I was
official. I was audit authority in some ERDF programs.
Born in Sicily, I live in Rome.
Italy implemented the EGTC Regulation
(EC) 1082/2006 in 2009
The Italian rules of implementation were
stated with the “EU Bill”
The so called “EU Bill” is the annual bill
which transposes EU Directives into Italian
law and implements every other legal
measure produced by the European Union
Every EGTC statute and convention are
approved by a decree of the Prime
Minister, president of the Council of the
Ministers
 Usually this decree is signed by the
Undersecretary of the Presidency of the
Council of the Ministers, that is the chief of
staff and delegated by Prime Minister to
sign some acts
Every EGTC prospective Italian member
has to submit to the Presidency the drafts
of convention and statute.
The task of the the Department of
Regional Affairs is to receive advice,
objections or amendments from the others
concerned Ministries
 In examining the draft, firstly the officials take
account of the EGTC tasks to verify they fall
within the competences of the regional or
local prospective members
 another point of examination is the
compliance to the EU regulation and to the
Italian laws
 after received this sectorial advises, as
authority of approval, our main task is to
evaluate if the EGTC project is not against
the national political interests
Ministries’ matters of interest
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 compliance with foreign policy
 Internal Affairs
 compliance with internal national security
 Economy and Finance
 compliance with public accounting and budget policy
 Economic Development
 compliance with cohesion policy and market freedom
 Presidency of the Council of the Ministers – EU Affairs
Department
 compliance with EU laws and policies
 Regional Affairs Department
 not fighting national interests
about the process of approval
 the Italian law stated as binding the time limit of 90 days for
the decision of approving or not approving the EGTC
proposal
 However, according to the Italian law, the approval or denial
of the EGTC project must be expressed
 Italy does not agree with the EU Commission new EGTC
Regulation proposal where it provides that the convention shall
be deemed to be approved without objection raised in time limit
 In all EGTC project submitted, the Italian authority has
approved or raised objection or amendments in time limit.
 In case of objection or amendments requested, the time start
again when the prospective member submits the new drafts of
convention and statute amended as request
At today, no EGTC project has been
rejected
 In one case, after the approval – which
according the Italian law remains in force for
six months – the EGTC was not established
After the signing of statute and convention,
the EGTC Italian member send the final
version and the departmental office, after
briefly verifying, insert the most important
EGTC data in the national register
At present, four EGTC were established
under Italian law (because in Italy they
have their registered office)
1 in 2010, 2 in 2011, 1 in 2012
Other two EGTC have been authorized in
2012 and the final sign is being waited to
insert them in the national register
ARCHIMED
[email protected]
EGTC with partners from Italy (Regions
Sicily and Sardinia), Spain (Balearic
Islands) and Cyprus (Larnaca District
Development Agency).
The registered office is in Taormina, Sicily
Main goal is to establish a cooperation
area between the Mediterranean isles, for
purpose of developing tourism, protection
of environment, fishing and transport
http://www.europaregion.info/it/
 EGTC was established in 2011 by the Austrian
province of Tirol and the Italian provinces Südtirol/Alto
Adige and Trentino
 The registered office is in Bozen/Bolzano
 Cooperation between the three provinces covers many
fields, especially the economy, traffic and
communication services, culture, education,
environment, tourism and various social areas
 One of the most important objectives of the Euroregion
is the improvement of the general conditions for a
lasting development that considers both the sensitive
eqilibrium of nature and environment and the
economic necessities in the alpine region.
THE GORIZIA, NOVA GORICA AND
ŠEMPETER-VRTOJBA EGTC
http://www.euro-go.eu/it/
 The Municipalities of Gorizia, Mestna občina Nova Gorica (SLO) e Občina
Šempeter-Vrtojba (SLO) have considered EGTC as the most suitable instrument
to further develop their mutual cooperation, started back in 1964 when the first
meeting between the municipal administrations of Gorizia and Nova Gorica was
held
 This EGTC is focused specifically on the strategic coordination of the policies of
the metropolitan area concerning, at a municipal level, the following
competences:
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management, implementation and modernization of the infrastructures,
systems and transport services, mobility and logistics;
coordination of urban transport policies also through a joint/coordinated
management of transport services;
management of the intermodal logistic knots of the metropolitan area;
exploitation and management of of local energy and environmental
resources;
drawing up of a metropolitan energy plan;
drawing up of joint intervention plans aiming at strengthening economic
and social cohesion in other sectors too.
EGTC «Euroregione Senza
Confini»
Established in 2012 between Italian
Regions of Veneto and Friuli Venezia
Giulia and Austrian Land of Carinthia to
improve the transfrontier cooperation
The registered office is in Trieste
 The EGTC main task should be to
manage programs and projects funded by
EU within the Territorial Cooperation
Objective
EGTC waiting for sign
 two EGTC projects – approved in 2012 shall have the task to improve the
cooperation in the field of environment
protection
 between the “La Maddalena” Natural Park
Authority and Environment Office of French
Region of Corse, for purpose to manage the
international natural park of the Straits of
Bocche di Bonifacio
 between “Alpi Marittime” Natural Park
Authority and French “Mercatour” Natural
Park Authority
Finally, on the basis of the experience. I
can say that the Italian regional and local
authorities prefer as main scope for the
activities of an EGTC the territorial
cooperation in economic programming,
firstly, and social and public services
providing and environment protection