EGTCs: A trendy tool?

Borders: something still actual?

Where are the borders?

The Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai: the first EGTC.

West Vlaanderen

Wallonie Picarde

Lille Metropole

The Eurometropole

2 main objectives :

• Erase step by step the border obstacles

• Create and implement a common metropolitan strategy

Bottom up

Top

down

European Level

1

States

Etat français Etat fédéral belge

Belgische Federale Staat

2

RegionalRégion Nord-Pas de

Calais

Vlaamse overheid

Wallonie

Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

3

ProvincialDépartement du Nord

Provincie West-Vlaanderen

Province de Hainaut

4

Intermunicipal

organisations

Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine

Intercommunale Leiedal

Intercommunale Wvi

Intercommunale IDETA

Intercommunale IEG

Mayors & Forum

The Eurometropole

Workshop 2030(database, long term reflexion

on metropolisation & the future development of the cross border

region)

General Assembly (84)

Board (32)

Presidency (4)

FORUM(80 civil society representatives)

147 municipalities

Europe Group

COMMITTEE ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

COMMITTEE ON MOBILITY &

ACCESSIBILITY

Axis 1 Axis 2

Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai: new political organisation

COMMITTE ON THE BLUE & GREEN

EUROMETROPOLIS

Axis 3

The Eurometropole

RegionNat/Int Politics

Operators

Market

Civil Society

Local Politics

Titolo

CIT

IZE

NS

HIP

The GO EGTC: Areas of cooperation

EGTC STRATEGICPLAN

Transport

Energy

Culture

Urban Planning

Health

Youth

EGTC – GO : MAIN TOPICS

Urban Mobility

Healthcare Services

Connecting People

GO EGTC: work in course:

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN FOR THE 3 MUNICIPALITIES

MATERNITY HOSPITAL

JOINT URBAN PLANNING FOR REVITALIZATION OF MARGINALIZED CITY AREAS

URBAN MOBILITY – ONE BUS LINE FOR 3 CITIES

ISONZO/SOČA RIVER – A COMMON HERITAGE

EGTC Galicia-Norte Portugal

• A cooperation adapted at each levels of governance:

- A common tourristic and work market strategy at the regional level.

- Activities between municipalities such as twin cities activities.

EGTC Galicia-Norte Portugal

EGTC Galicia-Norte Portugal

Cerdanya Cross-Border Hospital 

Cerdanya Cross-Border Hospital.

A partnership before the EGTC legal status are accepted? It´s possible.

• French side: 1national authority, 1 regional authority.• Spain: 4 regional authorities, 1 national authority.

• Cerdanya Cross-Border hospital Private Foundation:“The Foundation was constituted on 4 July 2006 with the participation of the French and Catalan public administration. It is the governing body responsible for monitoring the project of Cerdanya Hospital, the cross-border hospital of Cerdanya and Capcir.

The Foundation is a temporary organization until the cross-border cooperation treaty is signed by the French and Spanish governments, at which time the joint inter-administrative body will be created. ”

Study cases: which similarities?• EGTC: a willingness of cooperation between

local/regional actors for answering to common challenges and practical limits.

• EGTCs have always a strategical goal: it is not only for running classical transborder cooperation.

• EGTCs relies often on a common territorial history and linked cultures.

EGTCs added-value and challenges.

• EGTCs are not made for creating a territory into the territory: no new borders!

• EGTCs give visibility to the cooperation and bring the EU to the citizens.• EGTCs answer to practical challenges through joint investements.• EGTC bring adapted, coordinated and integrated answers to territorial

challenges.

• BUT…EGTCs like all cooperation models can fail if:– There is no political support at the local/regional level.– If the share of tasks are not respecting the legal capacities of each level of

actors.– If the information/communication activities are not well-run.

Thank you for your

attention!