Convention on the Creation of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TATRY was signed

On the 14th of August 2013 in Nowy Targ, the Euroregion Tatry Association from the Polish side and the Region Tatry Association from the Slovakian side signed the Convention on the Creation of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TATRY. Then, the first session of the Assembly was held in Kežmarok, at which the statutory bodies were elected – the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Assembly, the Director, and members of the Supervisory Board.

Finally, after four years of work, discussions, and agreements, after having received the approval of the Polish and Slovakian authorities, we have an EGTC, the second in Poland and the first created by a Euroregion. The headquarters of the Grouping are located in Nowy Targ, Poland. We will soon complete the formalities associated with the registration of the EGTC TATRY in the registry maintained by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On the 25th of September we are organizing the inaugural conference of the EGTC TATRY, which will comprise a summation of the From Euroregion Tatry to the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation project, the project which provided the framework for our efforts to create the new Grouping.

A. Nowak, From the Euroregion Tatry to the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TATRY