István Pálfi Day

 “Institutionalized co-operations after 2014 – The future of the EGTCs”

 

Nóra Bella Ivády dr.Head of Department

Department of Cross-Border Cooperations for Territorial Public Administration

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice

15th October 2013

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Legal instruments for cross-border cooperation

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Two forms of cooperation: EGTCs vs. EuroregionsEGTC

• Regulated by EU law: Regulation 1082/2006/EC

• Objective: to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational and/or interregional cooperation between its members, with the exclusive aim of strengthening economic and social cohesion

• Legal personality, with full legal capacity• Members: MSs, local/regional

authorities, bodies governed by public law• Has its own resources – collected from its

members• Mandatory organs: Assembly + Director

(not mandatory: technical and administrative team, committees)

• More stable cooperation• More options: can be MA of a ETC

Programme, can apply for funds from ETC Programmes

EUROREGIONS

• Based on intergovernmental treaties or agreements between the partners– international law applies

• Objective: Arrangements for co-operation between units of local or regional government across the border in order to promote common interests and enhance the living standards of the border populations

• More of a „transfrontier association” – no legal personality

• Members: local/regional authorities• No mandatory organs, sometimes

parliamentary assembly; permanent secretariat and a technical and administrative team

• Loose form of cooperation

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EU EGTCs: 41

• Top 3 countries: Hungary, Slovakia, France

Hungary EGTCs: 16

• 12 registered in Hungary

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EGTCs in Hungary

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Revision of the EGTC Regulation Revision process started in 2011

Amendments include:• Public undertakings can also participate in an EGTC• The option of establishing EGTCs between 1 MS and 1 third country

or overseas territory• The fact that the Madrid Convention can serve as a legal basis for

cooperation• Introduction of the tacit approval – after 6 months• Clarification regarding the content of Convention and of the Statutes• Simplification of the joining procedure

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The future: new period, new possibilities

EGTC in Structural Funds programmes & projects :

• Managing authority• sole beneficiary of EU projects or run part of ETC

programme• can be involved in interregional cooperation in

mainstream programmes

EGTC can be involved in new cooperation instruments – ITI, CLLD, JAP

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