Juan Lirón Lago , GNP-EGTC Director [email protected]

Juan Lirón Lago,GNP-EGTC Director

[email protected]

Galicia – Norte PortugalGalicia – Norte PortugalEuropean Grouping of Territorial CooperationEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

GNP-EGTCGNP-EGTC

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EGTC PLATFORM: The EGTC ready to use. State of play and strategies in the

perspective 2020

Workshop 1: The EGTC ready to use – Facing the crisis

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Cross Border Cooperation highly focused on economic and social cohesion development

Two Partners: Xunta de Galicia and CCDR-Norte

Regional Administration (single-tier governance)

Cooperation strategy definition and euro-regional interest initiatives coordination.

GNP-EGTC concluded and in full activity

3rd EUROPEAN EGTC

1st IBERIAN EGTC

2nd GENERATION COOPERATION

GNP-EGTC

1991 2002 2006 2008

GNP-CT Executive Board

2010

EGTC Reg (EC) Nº 1082/2006

GNP-EGTC creation Convention

GNP-EGTC creation Convention

Valencia Treaty

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Promoting cross border relationship.

Adding value to the euroregional entrepreneur base, by promoting competition through knowledge and innovation.

Increasing euroregional social and institutional cohesion.

Developing transport and access to basic transport systems.

Facilitate and encourage the territorial cooperation between Galicia and Norte Portugal, collaborating with the GNP-Working Community, in accordance with the 2007-2013 Cooperation Strategic Plan Objectives.

Main Goals

GNP-EGTC

Main Functions Contract and agreements’ execution and management, arranged under the GNP-Working Community supervision.

Services of general interest, infrastructures provision, public construction, common management of facilities.

Cooperation actions development

Implementation of the GNP-Working Community 2007-2013 Strategic Cooperation Program

Management of the 2007-2013 Operational Program of Spain-Portugal Cross Border Cooperation (POCTEP).

1st OPEN DAYS - Local Event of the Galicia-Norte de Portugal Euroregion: Integrating Spaces - Cross-border Challenges of Europe 2020

6 - 8 July 2011- Vigo, Braga, Oporto


Clusters - Productive Sectors:Culture / Tourism / Textiles / Transport / Environment and Forestry / Nanotechnology / R+D+i / Sea / Marine / Automotive


Xacobeo 2010 – Portuguese Route to Santiago de Compostela

Culture and Cooperation with Local Authorities


Database: Provision of hotel accommodation in GNP

Tourism


Mobility and Logistics

Workshop “Mobility in the Euroregion Galicia Norte de

Portugal: Problems and Solutions”

Study: interoperability among

toll systems GNP

Study: Impact of tolls on

trade GNP

Online guide to cross-border

transport GNP


Environment

Planting of native woods in the Euroregion Galicia – Norte de Portugal, organized by the GNP-EGTC in Eurocity Valença-Tui


Creative Industries

Signature of a protocol between the Cultural and Creative Industries of

Galicia and Norte de Portugal

International Conference "The creative industries: keys for future. Analysis and

perspectives“

Creative Industries Project

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Features of the ICC sector:

• Intensive in labor: a framework importance of high unemployment

• High qualification of HR

• Low cost of creating new jobs: only requires talent and creativity

• Large investments are already made: heritage, auditoriums ...

• High potential for entrepreneurship

• Permanence of workers in the sector (functional versatility)

• Ability to transfer to other sectors, innovation engine “intersectoral“

Public presentation of the study conclusions

“In the Euroregion

Galicia-Norte Portugal

there are more than

7400 companies, giving

employment to more

than 60,000 workers”

“The joint turnover

of the two regions

exceeds 2.3 billions

of euros”

As one of the strategic areas of GNP-EGTC activity, we developed a study that consisted in mapping the creative industries in the Euroregion Galicia - Norte Portugal, aiming to demonstrate the potential of culture to generate growth and employment, taking

into account the importance of investment in this sector to generate added value to the territory.

Conclusions:

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EGTC:

Represent a quantum leap in cooperation and is a reflection of his future but needs support for consolidation

Very useful tool for cooperation in times of crisis, generator synergies: context costes (highways, telecommunications, etc.).

Financing EGTCs is also affected by the economic crisis: use of own resources and requiring the project partners;

In times of crisis the EGTCs mobilize both public and private institutions

Next period 2014-2020:

Own projects or reimbursed by EGTCs should have positive discrimination (plus financing,% of funds, etc.).

There should be greater convergence between the financing of projects of regional cross-border cooperation;

Audits: The need for existence of homogeneous criteria and efficiency between institutions and countries.

European Grouping of Territorial CooperationEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

GNP-EGTCGNP-EGTC

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONTHANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Galicia – Norte PortugalGalicia – Norte Portugal

European Grouping of Territorial CooperationEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

Galicia – Norte Portugal

Address: Edificio CETMAR – Rúa Eduardo Cabello, S/N

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