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DG REGIO’s pilot project on multi-level governance: the deadline is September 30th, 2022!

Through this initiative, the European Commission wishes to experiment and develop pilot actions around the issues of "co-development", in particular through integrated territorial strategies targeting cross-border functional areas.
It should be noted that it also mentions the challenges relating to taxation (equalisation mechanisms, joint budgets, negative externalities on neighbouring countries, etc.) as an area of work that could be covered by this initiative.
A total of 5 territories will be selected at the EU level.

This work, which includes focus groups, the development of an action plan for each territory, peer-to-peer exchanges and high-level events, will take place between the beginning of 2023 and the first half of 2024. It will be led by OECD teams, which will provide expertise to the selected pilot cross-border regions.
The OECD will work with the 5 selected territories both individually and in groups.
The experiences will then be shared and will feed the reflections at the European level on cross-border governance and co-development.

Who can apply under this call?

Applications are eligible if they are submitted either jointly by legal entities from each side of the border or by legal entities which are cross-border by nature (EGTCs, Euroregions, etc.). These legal entities can be local authorities, universities or research centres, European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), Euroregions, etc. (in this case a single legal entity is eligible). These legal entities should be in the EU, in Candidate countries or in Switzerland, Norway, Andorra, Monaco or Liechtenstein.

Deadline for submission of expression of interest: Friday September 30th, 2022.
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