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30.09.2014 - The Polish-Slovak Action Strategy for the EGTC TATRY for the Years 2014-2020
The Polish-Slovak Action Strategy for the EGTC TATRY for the Years 2014-2020 The creation of a shared legal entity, the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TATRY Ltd in August of 1993 by Euroregion Tatry Association on the Polish side and Region Tatry Association on the Slovak side is the natural outcome of the stable cooperation of the two partners as parts of the Euroregion Tatry, a cooperation based on good practice and numerous shared projects. The objective of the EGTC TATRY...
28.03.2014 - Getting ready for the new Cohesion Policy: 45 EGTCs established by end of 2013
The activities of 45 European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and 15 more in the pipeline – put in place during 2013 for the next programming period – have been summarised and are accessible to the public via the Committee of the Regions' thematic EGTC portal. Coordinator of the EGTC Platform, Mr Herwig Van Staa (AT/EPP), presented the study entitled 'EGTC Monitoring Report 2013 – Towards the New Cohesion Policy' during the Platform's annual meeting on 18 February. The...
20.12.2013 - The new EGTC Regulation has been adopted
The Council of the EU adopted on 17 December the revised EGTC Regulation, together with the rest of the package on cohesion policy. The Regulations was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 20 December and entered into force. The revised EGTC Regulation shall apply from 22 June 2014. The Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as...
03.12.2013 - The CoR and the AEBR call for more participation of border regions and EGTCs in the Operational Programmes
On 19 November 2013, the Committee of the Regions and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) organized jointly a seminar on the issue of the participation of citizens of the border regions in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes. The seminar also focused on the specific situation of the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), which are called on to have a more active role in the next programming period. The conclusions of this seminar have been sent...
21.11.2013 - The European Parliament approves new cohesion policy 2014-2020
Key rules and regulations for implementing EU cohesion policy in 2014-2020 were endorsed by Parliament on 20. November. One third of the EU budget for 2014-2020 (€325bn) will be invested in member states, to boost regional development, with a strong focus on employment, energy efficiency, innovation and research. In a compromise deal struck with the Council after more than a year of tough negotiations, MEPs secured substantial funding for EU regions to invest in their development...
21.10.2013 - An award for the EGTCs
The Committee of the Regions launches the Award 'Building Europe across Borders' for the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation. The objective of the award is to give visibility to the EGTC as an instrument for fostering economic growth and especially for implementing the Europe 2020 strategy. Mr Herwig Van Staa (AT/EPP), political coordinator of the EGTC Platform, presented on Monday 7 October the initiative to the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions: 'The award intends to...