Presentation

• What is the MOT?
• Composition of the Board
• Institutional partnership

WHAT IS THE MOT ?

The Transfrontier Operational Mission (MOT) is an association that was set up in 1997 by the French government.

It is supported at national level by :
- the Commissariat Général à l’Égalité des Territoires (CGET - General Commission for Territorial Equality);
- the Banque des Territoires;
- the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Interior and Overseas France.

Its network is comprised of players in border territorie:
- 13 Plurinational grouping of local authorities
- 4 Municipalities
- 13 Groupings of local authorities and territorial authorities
- 5 Departments
- 11 Regions, provinces, etc
- 3 States
- 3 Public enterprises and chambers of commerce and industry
- 4 Federations and national agencies
- 2 Urban planning agencies
- 8 Associations of legal persons and other structures (including metropolitan centers)
- 2 Associations of physical persons
See the membership map below 

This positioning facilitates structured dialogue between national and European authirities and local and regional players.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD

The President:

Robert HERRMANN, President of the Strasbourg Eurometropolis

The Vice-Presidents – European and national parliamentarians:

Joël GIRAUD, Deputy of the Hautes-Alpes, national parliamentarian
Anne SANDER, European deputy

The Vice-Presidents – political representatives of the following territories:

Mathieu BERGÉ, Regional councilor, Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Laurence BOETTI-FORESTIER, Regional councilor, Region Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
François DECOSTER, President of the Agence d’urbanisme et de développement Pays de St Omer-Flandre intérieure
Christian DUPESSEY, President of Annemasse Agglo
Jean-Marc DURIEZ, President of the Agence d’Urbanisme et de Développement Durable Lorraine Nord (AGAPE) : Vice-President
Jean-Louis FOUSSERET, President of the Communauté d’Agglomération du Grand Besançon
Claudine GANTER, Regional councilor, Region Grand Est
Gilles PARGNEAUX, Metropolitan councilor, Métropole européenne de Lille (MEL)
Brigitte KLINKERT, President of the Department of Haut-Rhin

The Secretary:

Laurence NAVALESI, Metropolitan councilor, Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur

The Treasurer:

Michel CHARRAT, President of the Groupement Transfrontalier européen

Institutional partnership