EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION (EGTC)

MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRACTICE

Bolzano, July 9, 2013

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro (Duero-Douro EGTC)

REFERENCE FRAMEWORK OF THE Duero-Douro EGTC

NUTS III:• Alto Trás-os-Montes• Douro• Beira Interior Norte• Zamora• Salamanca

FRANCE

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MEMBERS OF THE EGTC DUERO-DOURO

200 Spanish and Portuguese public entities

115 Spanish Municipalities

9 Portuguese Municipal Chambers

74 Portuguese local municipalities

Salamanca University Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

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SITUATION DATA, PEOPLE AND SURFACE OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC

• Geographical scope: NUTS III Alto Trás-os-Montes, Douro, Beira Interior Norte y Provincias de Salamanca and Zamora

• Surface: 8 910,27 Km2

• 356,19 km of luso-spanish border

• Population from Portugal in the EGTC: 73.328 inhabitants

• Population from Spain in the EGTC : 46.815 inhabitants

•Total population of the Duero-Douro EGTC: 120.143 inhabitants

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Size of the municipalities of the Duero-Douro EGTC

by number of inhabitants

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POPULATION OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC BY AGE RANGE

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FUNCTIONING OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC

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GOVERNING BODIES OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC

General Assembly

President of the General Assembly and of the EGTC

(three-year revolving term by a member of Spain and a member of Portugal)

Vice President of the General Assembly and of the EGTC (three-year revolving term by a

member of Spain and a member of Portugal)

Coordination Council

President of the Coordinating Council

  Vice President of the Coordinating Council

6 Sectoral Councils

1 Territorial Coordinator

1 General Director

1 Secretariat

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SPHERES OF ACTION

√ Equalization of Opportunities

√ Economic Development

√ Local Development

√ Public transport accessible to all citizens

√ New Technologies

√ Environment and Sustainable Development

√ Education, Training and Employment

√ Health, Social Services and Social Action

√ Tourism, Culture and Heritage

√ Sport, Leisure and Recreation

√ Agriculture

√ Local Government

√ Transport and communications

√ Research, Innovation and Development

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PROGRAMS THAT THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC IS IMPLEMENTING

. Conociéndonos (knowing each other)

. Artistas del Duero (School Theater)

. Self-Prevention Project: Self-organizing model for forest fire

prevention

. Recuperación Integral y Sostenible of the Border– FRONTERA

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. Energy Efficiency Project in Public Lighting.

. Microcredit program

. Territoria.net Project.

. Observatory for the promotion of culture in the Duero-Douro axis.

. Legend Turism.European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro (Duero-Douro

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. Difficulties encountered until the implementation of the Duero-Douro EGTC

. ADDED VALUE of the Duero-Douro EGTC

. OPERATING experience

good experiencesproblems encountered

. Justification for the need for a Duero-Douro EGTCEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Duero-Douro (Duero-Douro

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EVALUATING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC

√ 97% of the population of the Duero-Douro Territory, claimed not to know any cooperation project funded by Europe and developed in their territory.

√ 94% of the population believes that territorial cooperation investments on their territory will be useful only if managed by the own territory.

√ 98% of the population considered as excellent or very good the creation of the Duero - Douro EGTC

√ 96% of the territory's population knows the Duero-Douro EGTC Source Survey: D-ARRIBEUniverse: 120.143 personsGeographical Scoope: 182 municipalities

in the border regionConfidence level: 97%Sample: +- 3,5%

NEED FOR AN EGTC IN DUERO DOURO

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ADDED VALUE OF THE DUERO-DOURO EGTC

•Entity that ensures joint management of the territory, facilitating the application of the

principle of subsidiarity.

• Proper formula for the integrated management of a space, ensuring coordination in the

public decisions appropriate to their reality, achieving economic and social cohesion

throughout.

•Best Tool for local authorities in rural areas.

•Union of 200 public entities seeking the same goal: quality of life for their population.

•REAL Elimination of the border effect, managing a single territory in a join policy (facing

joint problems and joint solutions).

•Rational sharing of resources and utilities.

•Real elimination to the citizens of the differences between countries by the mere existence

of a border.

•Multiplication of the results of the economic investments made.

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