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Brussels, 17.8.2018
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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT
Accompanying the document
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE
COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
on the application of the Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European Grouping of
Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/2013 as
regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment of such
groupings
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1. METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSING THE APPLICATION OF THE AMENDED
EGTC REGULATION
To gather the necessary data in order to assess the application of the amended EGTC Regulation, the
European Commission worked in close cooperation with the Committee of the Regions, while it was
preparing the 2017 EGTC Monitoring Report, as well as commissioning a specific study to assess the
questions and indicators set out in the Annex to the future delegated act on the EGTC implementation
indicators. For answering the assessment questions
–
besides the indicators, the following additional
information from several sources and data were used to draw up this Report.
Firstly, this Report is based on the questionnaires sent to EGTCs and approval authorities for the data
collection of the EGTC monitoring report 2017. These questionnaires contained annually posed
questions and additional questions focussing on relevant assessment indicators.
Secondly, additional data on EGTCs, e.g. their current membership structures, have been collected
through online sources, including EGTC webpages. This complements data for EGTCs that did not
answer the questionnaire. It was furthermore used to check the robustness of the data received from
EGTCs by testing samples and checks on data incoherencies provided by EGTCs.
Thirdly, a literature review was conducted that focused in particular on a) legal issues raised by legal
experts and b) experience gathered from EGTCs that can shed light on the application of the amended
EGTC Regulation.
Fourthly, additional interviews were carried out with key persons, i.e. EGTCs' experts etc. These
interviews addressed specific questions of the assessment for which no or little other information was
available.
The outcome of the analysis was discussed with relevant experts of the Commission as well as the
Committee of the Regions.
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2. REFERENCES
1. CoR, (2018). EGTC monitoring report 2017. European Committee of the Regions.
2. CoR, 2017a. EGTC monitoring report 2016 and impacts of Schengen area crisis on the
work of EGTCs. European Committee of the Regions.
3. CoR, 2017b. Simplification of the implementation of Cohesion Policy. Workshop on
European Territorial Cooperation (ETC). Final Report. Brussels.
4. European Parliament
–
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation as an instrument
for promotion and improvement of territorial cooperation in Europe
–
Zillmer, S.,
Lüer, C., Toptsidou, M., Krzymuski, M., Dallhammer, E., Kintisch, M., Schuh, B.,
Celotti, P., Colin, A., Preku, A., Brignani, N., Waterhout, B., Zonneveld, W., Stead,
D., 2015. European Parliament. Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion
Policies.
5. MORO Praxis. Experience of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
(No. 08/2017), Zillmer, S., Lüer, C., 2017 MORO Praxis. BMVI, Berlin.
6.
Spatial foresight
–
Assessment of the application of the EGTC regulation . Zillmer, S.
Hans, S. 2018. European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban
Policy,
2018.
The
report
will
be
made
available
on
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/cooperation/european-territorial/egtc/
7. Krzymuski, M., Kubicki, P., 2014. EVTZ-2.0 - Neue Chance für die
grenzübergreifende Zusammenarbeit öffentlicher Einrichtungen? NVwZ 20/2014,
1338–1344.
8. Krzymuski, M., 2017. Der EVTZ im Innenverhältnis, in: Krzymuski, M., Kubicki, P.,
Ulrich, P. (Eds.), Der Europäische Verbund Für Territoriale Zusammenarbeit. Nomos,
Baden-Baden, pp. 131–158.
9. TIA report 2018. Territorial impact assessment (TIA) report on EGTCs based on the
expert workshop organised by the European Committee of the Regions and ESPON
EGTC on 13 March 2018 in Brussels.
10. The participation of entities of outside the EU in the European Groupings for
Territorial Cooperation, European Committee of Regions, 2015.
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3. COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL INDICATORS
Indicator
1. Conformity of MS' national
rules with the Regulation
1
2. Conformity of MS’ national
rules with Regulation
Unit
21 June
2014
31 Dec 2017
3. Increase of EGTCs set-up
4. Increase of members in
Number of EGTCs
-
11
existing EGTCs
2
Improvements in intensity and quality of cooperation including better
5. Participants' assessment of
funding access, more visibility and involvement in decision-making,
improvement of the quality of
higher ranking of cross-border issues, multi-level governance approaches
cooperation as a result of the
and facilitation of cross-border processes
EGTC instrument
6. Increase of members per
Number of types of EGTC members
628
829
category
2
MS
22
22
Authorities at national level
3
4
Regional authorities
78
117
Local authorities
509
640
Public undertakings
6
13
Undertakings entrusted with services of general economic interest
0
11
Associations of bodies belonging to one or more of these categories
8
17
National, regional or local authorities, or bodies or undertakings, equivalent
0
5
to those above from Third countries
7. Number of EGTCs involved in
Number of EGTCs according to
categories
-
10
organisation of cross-border
3
services
Health
-
1
Education and training
-
0
Environment, energy, nature protection
-
1
Transport
-
5
Research
-
1
Other
-
2
Effectiveness
No. of MS with adopted implementation
-
23
rules the amendment
The degree of detail laid down in national implementation rules, including
their amendments, differs considerably. National implementation rules are
subject to national considerations only, no lack of conformity with the
EGTC regulation could be identified. This does not exclude possible
overregulation.
Number of EGTCs
48
68
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Efficiency
8. Costs for setting-up an EGTC
compared to comparable
structures under international or
national law
9. Costs for the functioning of an
EGTC compared to comparable
structures under international or
national law
10. Approval procedure for
EGTCs compared to the
approval procedure for
comparable bodies under
international or national law
Euro per EGTC
-
n.a.
Euro per EGTC
-
-
The few responses received indicate that approval procedures are similar.
The possibility for tacit approval was not appreciated by the vast majority
of authorities.
Relevance & Sustainability
11. Use of EGTC for the
Number of EGTCs
1
2(3)
4
implementation of a cooperation
programme (as MA)
12. Use of EGTC to implement
part of a cooperation programme
Number of EGTCs
-
20
5
(e.g. sub-programme, Small-
project-fund; people-to-people
projects; ITI, JAP)
Small-project-fund
-
4
ITI
0
7
JAP
0
6
CLLD
0
4
S3 strategy
0
5
13. Use of EGTC to implement
an operation (according to sub-
Number of EGTCs
-
36
5
categories of different funding
sources)
6
Operation under a cooperation programme (CBC, transnational,
18
33
interregional)
Operation supported by the EU through the ERDF under an Investment for
-
2
Growth and Jobs Goal programme
Operation supported by the EU through the ESF
3
1
Operation supported by the EU through the Cohesion Fund
1
0
Operation supported by the EU through the EAFRD
1
3
Operation/project supported by the EU outside Cohesion Policy
1
10
programmes (CEF, Erasmus(+), Horizon 2020, etc.)
The targeted clarification has not been achieved but the amendment has
14. Use of the different options
created new ambiguities as well as possibly unnecessary requirements.
for the choice of applicable law
EGTCs can usually specify the reasons why they prefer one solution or
15. Use of own staff compared to
another for their staff. No difficulties have been reported since amendment
delegated staff
of the regulation.
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16. Motivating factors in
choosing to set-up an EGTC, for
those bodies who have formally
entered into an EGTC agreement
17. Probability that an EGTC is
to be continued after its duration
has come to an end
18. EGTCs registered without
performing activities
No EU wide data is available on individual motivating factors. Studies
suggest that they are in line with achieving typical benefits of EGTCs.
Benefits related to joint forces can be crucial motivations.
Only a few EGTCs have a defined dissolution date. One of these will be
dissolved since its tasks are not relevant anymore (it has been replaced by
a new EGTC). For all other EGTCs no assessment can be made currently.
Number of EGTCs
The few EGTCs without any or only
very few activities tend to suffer from a
lack of both human and financial
resources. There seems to be a critical
threshold of resources necessary to
successfully run an EGTC.
EU added-value
19. Number of territorial
cooperation structures and
networks which would not have
been set-up without the EGTC
instrument
20. Advantages of a legal body
set-up under EU law compared
to (other) legal bodies existing
under international or national
law
21. Average time for setting-up
an EGTC
–
phase 1
22. Average time for setting-up
an EGTC
–
phase 2
23. Number of tacit approvals
-
3
-
-
Advantages have several dimensions such as better decision-making,
long-term strategy and objective development with cross-border focus,
higher independence combined with legal personality, joint forces for
obtaining a critical mass and better visibility. Together these contribute to
illustrating the European added value of the EGTC instrument
Simplification
Months
Months
Number of tacit approvals
20
18
19
7
/ 19
8
17
7
/ 11
8
Approval authorities seem to prefer to
-
-
use the explicit approval. If no additional
documents are requested, this implies
that the six months period is reduced.
‘-‘
indicates not relevant or not available.
1
Not all approval authorities replied to the information request in 2017. The indicator is based on the responses
for 2016 and 2017.
2
Not every EGTC provided sufficient and reliable data for this question at the cut-off date. Data includes all 68
EGTCs as of 31 December 2017 based on additional data collection. Data for 21 June 2014 refers to the 48
EGTCs at that point in time. Data for 2014 is indicative as changes to EGTC member structures are not always
transparent.
3
Indicator renamed from "Increase of services provided as a result of EGTCs" due to lack of reliable data in line
with the original formulation.
4
Both EGTCs refer to the Interreg programmes of the Greater Region, i.e. the inactive INTERREG "Programme
Grande Région" EGTC founded for the 2007-2013 period and the now active EGTC for the Interreg VA
programme 2014-2020.
5
An EGTC for which more than one of the sub-categories applies is counted only once.
6
The numbers for the baseline in June 2014 refer to projects of the 20017-13 programming period and are not
verified, due to inconsistencies in the 2014 EGTC monitoring report.
7
Based on all 41 EGTCs providing the information, since introduction of the EGTC instrument.
8
Based on 13 approved EGTCs providing the information, approved after 21 December 2014.
Source: Spatial Foresight, based on CoR (2018), CoR (2015a), data from EGTCs and national authorities and
own data collection. Qualitative information is also based on interviews and literature review.
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4. LIST OF EGTCS
Note to the reader: For improved legibility, the EGTCs are referred to by their official acronyms as detailed in
the EGTC register of the CoR
1
. If there is no official acronym, either the English name (if listed in the register)
or the
name in the local language of the seat country is used. In all cases, the language abbreviation of ‘EGTC’ is
translated into English to avoid confusion. The following list gives an overview of the abbreviations with their
number in the CoR register.
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Acronym/ Abbreviation
Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Ister-Granum
GNP
Amphictyony
UTTS
Karst-Bodva
Duero-Douro
Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte
d'Opale
ArchiMed
Pyrénées-Méditerranée
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-
Ortenau
ZASNET
HC
Grande Région
SaarMoselle
ABAÚJ - ABAÚJBAN
Pons Danubii
BTC EGTC
Arrabona
Linieland van Waas en Hulst
Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige -
Trentino
GO
Pirineus - Cerdanya
Espacio Portalet
RDV
Eurorégion Nouvelle
Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre
Poarta Europa GECT
BODROGKÖZI
Novohrad-Nógrád
Pannon
Efxini Poli
–
SolidarCity
Network
EUKN
Full name (in English or local language of the seat
country)
Eurométropole Lille-Kotrijk-Tournai
Ister-Granum European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation Ltd
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Galicia
–
Norte
de Portugal
EGTC Amphictyony of Twinned Cities and Areas of the
Mediterranean
Ung-Tisza-Túr-Sajó (Hernád-Bódva-Szinva) Limited Liability
EGTC
Limited liability European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Karst-Bodva
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Duero-Douro
Groupement Européen de Coopération Territoriale West
Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale
GECT ArchiMed
GECT Pyrénées-Méditerranée
GECT Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau
Agrupamento Europeu de Cooperação Territorial ZASNET, AECT
Agrupació Europea de Cooperació Territorial Hospital de
Cerdanya
GECT INTERREG "Programme Grande Région"
Eurodistrict Saarmoselle
ABAÚJ - ABAÚJBAN European Grouping of Territorial Co-
operation Ltd
Pons Danubii EGTC
Bánát - Triplex Confinium Limited Liability EGTC
2
Arrabona Korlátolt Felelősségű Európai Területi Együttműködési
Közhasznú Csoportosulás
"Linieland van Waas en Hulst" Europese Groepering voor
Territoriale Samenwerking
GECT Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - Trentino
Territorio dei comuni: Comune di Gorizia (I), Mestna Občina
Nova Gorica (Slo) e Občina Šempeter-Vrtojba
(Slo)
GECT Pirineus
–
Cerdanya
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial "Espacio
Portalet"
Rába-Duna-Vág European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
with Limited Liability
GECT Eurorégion Nouvelle Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre
Gruparea Europeană de Cooperare Teritorială Poarta Europa cu
Răspundere Limitata (Poarta Europa GECT)
BODROGKÖZI Korlátolt Felelősségű Európai Területi
Együttműködési
Közhasznú Csoportosulás
Novohrad-Nógrád European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
with Limited Liability
Pannon European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Ltd.
EGTC EFXINI POLI - Network of European Cities for Sustainable
Development
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation European Urban
1 https://portal.cor.europa.eu/egtc/CoRActivities/Pages/welcome.aspx
2 The abbreviation has been changed by adding "EGTC" by request of EGTC.
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33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
Euregio Senza Confini
TRITIA
Sajó-Rima / Slaná-Rimava
Via Carpatia
Parc européen Alpi Marittime
–
Mercantour
P.M.I.B.B.
Secrétariat du Sommet de la
Grande Région
TATRY
Spoločn�½ región
Torysa
Svinka
Alzette Belval
AEuCC
Eurocity of Chaves-Verín
European Common Future
Building
CETC-EGTC
HP-HP
AECT-FPI
European Border Cities
ESPON
PAHT
Interregional Alliance for the
Rhine-Alpine Corridor
MASH
Mura Region
Tisza
INTERREG Grande Région
NOVUM
León-Bragança
PONTIBUS
EUCOR The European
Campus
EMI
PROUD
Eurodistrict PAMINA
Ipoly-völgye
DIETAMED
HELICAS
MURABA
Knowledge Network Limited
GECT "Euregio Senza Confini r.l."
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TRITIA limited
Sajó - Rima / Slaná - Rimava European Grouping of Territorial
Cooperation with Limited Liability
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Via Carpatia
Limited
Parc européen / Parco europeo Alpi Marittime - Mercantour
Gruppo Europeo di Cooperazione Territoriale (G.E.C.T) Parco
Marino Internazionale delle Bocche di Bonifacio (P.M.I.B.B)
GECT "Secrétariat du Sommet de la Grande Région"
EGTC TATRY Ltd.
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Spoločn�½ región
limited
Torysa European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Svinka European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
GECT Alzette Belval
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Ciudades de la
Cerámica, AECT limitada
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Eurocity of
Chaves-Verín
European Common Future Building European Grouping of
Territorial Cooperation with Limited Liability
Central European Transport Corridor Limited Liability European
Grouping of Territorial Co-operation
Huesca Pirineos
–
Hautes Pyrénées
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Faja Pirítica
Ibérica
European Border Cities European Grouping of Territorial
Cooperation Limited Liability
ESPON EGTC
–
European Node for Territorial Evidence
GECT Pays d'Art et d'Histoire Transfrontalier Les Vallées
Catalanes du Tech et du Ter
Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC
MASH European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Mura Region European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Limited Liability
Tisza European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited
Liability
GECT-Autorité de gestion programme INTERREG V A Grande
Région
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation NOVUM Limited
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial León-Bragança
PONTIBUS European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited
Liability
Eucor The European Campus
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation "European
Mycological Institute"
Eisenbahnneubaustrecke Dresden Prag EVTZ
Groupement Européen de Coopération Territoriale Eurodistrict
PAMINA
Ipoly-valley European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation with
Limited Liability
DIETA MED EGTC
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation HELICAS
MURABA European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited
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5.
EGTCS IN ETC PROGRAMMES IN 2017
EGTCs involved
Amphictyony, ZASNET, Arrabona,
Eurodistrict PAMINA
EGTC EPM
EGTC PROUD
EGTC León-Bragança, EGTC GNP,
EGTC Eurocity of Chaves-Verín
EGTC SaarMoselle, EGTC Alzette
Belval
EGTC HP-HP, EGTC Espacio
Portalet
EGTC Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige -
Trentino, EGTC Euregio Senza
Confini
EGTC EUCOR The European
Campus, Eurodistrict Strasbourg-
Ortenau
EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, EGTC
Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale
EGTC Linieland van Waas en
Hulst
EGTC TATRY, EGTC TRITIA
EGTC RDV
BTC EGTC
EGTC Mura Region
EGTC ArchiMed
EGTC GO
EGTC NOVUM
EGTC Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige -
Trentino
EGTC NOVUM, EGTC TRITIA,
CETC-EGTC
EGTC Eurorégion Nouvelle
Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre
EGTC Pons Danubii
CETC-EGTC
EGTC Efxini Poli
–
SolidarCity
Network
EGTC León-Bragança, EGTC GO,
EGTC Pannon, EGTC Pons
Danubii, EGTC EPM
EGTC GNP, ESPON EGTC
Role of EGTCs
Project implementation
Project implementation
Associated partner
Project implementation
Project implementation,
managing partner,
Managing Authority
Project implementation
Project implementation
and observer
Project implementation
ETC programme
Unknown*
Interreg VA SUDOE
Interreg VA Saxony-
CZ
Interreg VA POCTEP
Interreg VA Grande-
Région
Interreg VA POCTEFA
Interreg VA IT-AT
Interreg VA Upper
Rhine
Interreg VA FR-
Wallonie-Vlaanderen
Interreg VA
Vlaanderen-NL
Interreg VA PL-SK
Interreg VA HU-SK
Interreg VA RO-HU
Interreg VA HU-HR
Interreg VA IT-FR
Interreg VA IT-SI
Interreg VA CZ-PL
Interreg Alpine Space
Interreg
Europe
Interreg
Space
Interreg
Interreg
Interreg
Central
Atlantic
Danube
Baltic Sea
MED
Project implementation
and associated partner
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Managing partner
Project implementation
Project implementation
Project implementation
Associated partner
Project implementation
Project implementation
Interreg Europe
ESPON
Single beneficiary and
stakeholder (associated
partner)
* Some EGTCs did not indicate the Interreg programme where they implement ETC project or have an
associated role.
Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs
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6. NON-PROJECT/PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION RELATED WORK OF
EGTCS IN ETC
EGTCs involved
EGTC Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale, EGTC
PROUD, CETC-EGTC
EGTC Alzette Belval, EGTC Euregio Tirolo -
Alto Adige - Trentino
Role of EGTCs
Associated partner
Managing partner, supporting Interreg
applications of other actors (Alzette
Belval) or supporting the CLLD process
through networking (Euregio Tirolo -
Alto Adige
–
Trentino)
Observer in a Steering Committee
Single beneficiary and stakeholder
(associated partner)
Project promoter
Member with a voting right in a
Monitoring Committee of an Interreg
VA programme
EGTC Euregio Senza Confini
EGTC GNP, ESPON EGTC
EGTC Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau
TRITIA EGTC
Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs
7.
EGTCS AND OTHER EU FUNDS IN 2017
EGTCs
EGTC Linieland van Waas en Hulst, EGTC
Spoločn�½ región, PAHT EGTC
ZASNET
EGTC Efxini Poli - SolidarCity Network
Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine
Corridor EGTC
AEuCC EGTC, EPM EGTC,
AEuCC EGTC, EPM EGTC, EUCOR The European
Campus, León-Bragança EGTC
BTC EGTC
Mura Region
EUKN EGTC
Fund/ Programme
European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development (EAFRD)
European Social Fund (ESF)
Horizon 2020
CEF
Creative Europe
Erasmus+
Europe for Citizens
Hercule III
Direct funding from DG Regio (under
the Urban Agenda)
Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs
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OVERVIEW OF EGTCS UNDER CONSTITUTION ACCORDING TO
STATUS
Status 2016
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Awaiting
approval
Status 2017
Awaiting approval
–
approved in
2018
Awaiting approval
–
approved in
2018
Awaiting approval
Countries
Portugal, Spain
EGTC InterPal -
Medio Tejo
Rio Minho
2
Spain, Portugal
3
EGTC Alpine
Pearls
Cittaslow
Eurociudad del
Guadiana
INNOVATIVE
EUROPE - INEU
European
Campus of
Studies and
Research
EGTC David
Alto
Adriatico/Severni
Jadran/ Sjeverni
Jadran
EGTC Saint
Martin Sint
Maarteen
Odra+Oder
Euro Contrôle
Route (ECR)
4
5
6
7
Awaiting
approval*
Awaiting approval
Awaiting
approval*
In preparation
Austria, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy,
Slovenia, France
Italy, Netherlands
Spain, Portugal
Greece, Bulgaria
Germany, Austria
8
9
In preparation
In preparation
Awaiting approval
In preparation*
Slovenia, Austria
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
10
In preparation
In preparation*
France, Netherlands
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12
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation*
Poland, Germany
Belgium, Luxembourg,
The Netherlands,
France, Germany,
Ireland, UK, Poland,
Austria, Romania,
Bulgaria, Hungary,
Lithuania, Croatia
Poland, Germany
13
14
15
16
17
Geopark
Muskauer
Faltenbogen
Geopark
Karawanken-
Karavanke
Sportzentrum
Ralingen-Rosport
EGTC Hercules
CIRCULAR
ECONOMY,
TERITORIAL
COHESION, AND
INSULARITY
EUROPEAN
GROUPING OF
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation
In preparation
Slovenia, Austria
In preparation*
In preparation
In preparation*
In preparation
In preparation
Germany, Luxembourg
UK, Spain
Greece, Croatia,
Cyprus, France, Italy,
Malta, Spain
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19
TERRITORIAL
COOPERATION
Pirineos-Pyrénées
Cross-border
University
Campus
Euregio
Bayerischer Wald
- Böhmerwald
Europaregion
Moldau
GEPACO -
GEmeindePArtner
PArtenaires
COmmunaux
In preparation
In preparation
France, Spain
Spain, France, Andorra
20
Idea
Germany, Austria,
Czech Republic
Germany, Austria,
Czech Republic
Belgium, Germany,
France, Luxembourg
21
22
Idea
Idea
* Assessment not based on response from EGTC but on information such as approval authorities, news etc.
Source: Spatial Foresight
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