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Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations - "EGTC" Project

Countries: Germany, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, Hungary, Spain, Portugal
Border(s): Germany-Poland, Germany-Switzerland, Portugal-Spain, France-Germany, France-Belgium, France-Switzerland, Hungary-Slovakia,
Territories:
Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict, Ister-Granum, Basel Trinational Eurodistrict, Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, Esztergom-Štúrovo, Chaves-Verín Eurocity, Frankfurt (Oder)–Słubice,
European programme(s):
URBACT
Topic(s):
- Cross-border conurbations
- Cross-border governance
- Legal instruments

Lead partner: Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT)

Led by MOT between October 2008 and May 2010 and co-financed by the European URBACT programme, the EGTC project worked on the promotion of innovative governance tools in a panel of cross-border agglomerations. Whereas some cross-border conurbations are quite in advance in the governance process, other ones, especially from the new Member States, need good practices as model, to be adapted to their own context.

Partners

  • Basel for the Trinational Eurodistrict Basel (F/D/CH)
  • the Urban Community of Strasbourg for the Eurodistrict of Strasbourg-Ortenau (D/F)
  • Słubice for the agglomeration Frankfurt (Oder)-Slubice (D/PL)
  • Lille Metropole for the Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai (F/B)
  • Esztergom for the Euroregion Ister-Granum (HU/SVK)
  • Chaves for the Eurocidade Chaves-Verin (S/PT)

Project goals

The “EGTC” project aimed to enable stakeholders of urban development in cross-border conurbations to exchange on governance methods regarding any kind of projects, strategies (from observation, urban planning, operational projects to cross-border integrated urban strategies), different legal tools (cross-border convention, common structures, public and private partnerships…), and to identify concrete results, success and failure, so as to improve cross-border cooperation (institutionally, legally, financially…).

Further information

Target group(s)

Local authorities, government departments, European institutions and programmes and, more widely, all stakeholders in cross-border cooperation.

Project duration

2008 - 2010