EGTC European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Fundamentals and activities 2013 Committee of Regions / CIVEX / Bozen-Bolzano / July 8 th 2013 Speaker: Matthias Fink / EGTC

EUROREGION New opportunities for the citizens of the State of Tyrol the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol and the Autonomous Province of Trento

TYROL - SOUTH TYROL - TRENTINO 1.7 million inhabitants, 618 cities and municipalities

CULTU RE COOPERATIVI SM HISTO RY ECONO MY ALPINE REGIO N NATUR E DISTAN CE VIENNA ROME DISTAN CE VIENNA ROME QUALIT Y OF LIFE WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON?

WHAT SETS US APART? Citizenship Autonomy vs. Federalism Economical structure vs. Social representation Language Culture Jurisdiction

WHAT MOVES US? Connecting instead of separating!

Common meetings of the Parliaments of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino every two years –10th “Dreierlandtag”: March 30th 2011, Meran- Merano Common meetings of the three Governments Common representation in Bruxelles (first transboundary office since 1995) Brenner Base Tunnel (56 km) as core part of the Trans European Networks railway transport project Berlin- Palermo ALREADY EXISTING COOPERATION…

Bilingual schools in Tyrol and Trentino (exchange of teachers teaching in their native language) Common regional exhibitions (1995, 2000, 2005, 2009) and celebration of the commemorative year ( Common pavillion at the "Expo 2000" in Hannover (Germany) Common projects within INTERREG Italy-Austria and many more… ALREADY EXISTING COOPERATION…

PILLARS OF THE EUROREGION Joint sessions of the legislative assemblies Partnership within the INTERREG framework Bilateral and trilateral cooperation between the provincial administrations EGTC “European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino” A network between universities, economy, associations and society

, Trento , Mezzocorona MAY 2009: Meeting of the Presidents of the 3 legislative assemblies and presentation of the EGTC resolution AUTUMN 2009: The 3 provincial executive boards establish the Common Office of the European Region The 3 legislative assemblies decide to establish the EGTC ON THE ROAD TOWARDS THE EGTC…

DECEMBER 2009: Opening ceremony of the European Region`s Common Office OCTOBER 2010: Authorization request to the Italian government for the foundation of the EGTC APRIL 2011: Rome approves the Agreement and the Statute of the EGTC JUNE 2011: The 3 Presidents of the territories sign the founding act , Bolzano-Bozen , Castle Thun ON THE ROAD TOWARDS THE EGTC…

,Castle Tyrol OCTOBER 13th, 2011: Establishment of the EGTC Assembly; Establishment of the EGTC Executive Board; Approval of the first balance sheet and the Work Programme 2012 SEPTEMBER 2011: Enrollment into the EGTC register -> Establishment of the legal personality ON THE ROAD TOWARDS THE EGTC…

EGTC BODIE S ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD GENERAL SECRETAR Y PRESIDEN T

EGTC BODIE S ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD GENERAL SECRETAR Y PRESIDEN T

THE ASSEMBLY Composed of 12 members of the three provinces: 3 Presidents of the Executive Boards 3 Councilors 3 Presidents of the Legislative Assemblies 3 Council members DELIBERATE THE GUIDELINES AND THE BALANCE SHEET 2/3 majority, unanimity: admission of new members, delegation of EGTC‘s duties on one or more members, amendment of convention/statute and termination of the EGTC EGTC BODIES

ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD GENERAL SECRETAR Y PRESIDEN T

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Composed of the Presidents of the executive branches of the three territories (Platter, Durnwalder, Pacher) APPROVES THE WORK PROGRAMME AND THE TASKS TO CARRY OUT EGTC BODIES 2/3 majority and 100% presence; unanimity: yearly membership fee

EGTC BODIE S ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD GENERAL SECRETAR Y PRESIDEN T

THE PRESIDENT Legal Representative of the EGTC This position rotates among the three territories every 24 months currently: Luis Durnwalder (Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol) EGTC BODIES

ASSEMBLE Y EXECUTIVE BOARD GENERAL SECRETAR Y PRESIDEN T

GENERAL SECRETARY Supports the President in accordance with the principle of rotation -> in charge: Birgit Oberkofler Coordination of the EGTC Common Office, which is composed of a representative for each province: Matthias Fink (Tyrol) Birgit Oberkofler (South Tyrol) Marilena Defrancesco (Trentino) 7 collaborators EGTC BODIES

Actualization of the operative programs in the field of the ETC (European Territorial Cooperation) Promotion of the EGTC’s interests in the field of the ETC towards the national and European institutions Joins organizations, associations and networks who are consistent with the EGTC’s objectives Development of other ETC’s activities with or without European funding EGTC DUTIES

The EGTC is currently carrying out: Direct projects (annual budget: 450,000€) Planning of the internal processes Communication Theme based projects Coordination of the organizational work for the joint session of the Assembly and the Executive Board, scheduled for October 10 th 2013 Detailed planning of the Work Programme 2014 Preparations for European programmes and projects ACTIVITIES

MAIN FIELDS OF ACTION Citizen Cooperation Youths Europe Health Mobility and traffic Energy, environment and natural resources Culture, education, research Economy, agriculture and tourism Work, social policies and integration

Common study on improvements regarding the network structure of ambulant and stationary services in retirement homes Common legal feasibility study on the Alpine Transit Exchange European Forum Alpbach – common Tyrol Day on innovation Euregio Youth Festival and Euregio Summer Camp Cooperatives’ school competition EDUCACOOP Interregional expert conferences on patient mobility integration and media retirement homes museums promoting regional products EXCERPT: WORK PROGRAMME 2013

Education –to foster contacts between students, extension of language teaching and cooperation in teacher- training Culture –interregional exhibitions, cooperation between museums, digital cultural event calendar and establishment of a common cultural award Energy –to foster renewable sources of energy and sustainable construction Sustainable mobility –to foster the Green Corridor Brenner and road safety sensitization MAIN PROJECTS AND ACITIVITIES

Health –prevention campaigns and common healthcare initiatives Research and innovation –creation of networks of excellence and knowledge Economy –to foster entrepreneurship, concentration on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), artisanry, tourism, trade and agriculture Mountain farming and environment –organisation of events on climate change, cadastre of geological occurrences, protection and common management of natural resources MAIN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

EGTC opens up a broad range of possibilities for cooperation EGTC should run high level initiatives and projects which can not be realised any better on a local level or bilaterally between regional administrations EGTC is a brand new reality in regional administration EGTC succeeds in projects which strong high level commitment on a political and administrative level BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

EGTC is a platform to identify new approaches and missing links in transborder cooperation EGTC can run European projects but still has to gather a lot of know-how EGTC profits by participating in the CoR-GECT- Platform BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE THE EUROPEAN REGION… …A DAILY CHALLENGE!

March 2013: presentation of the new EGTC‘s website The Layout is clear, simple and user friendly 10 thematic areas Constantly updated with new content VISIT US AT: NEW WEBSITE

Common Office of the European Region EGTC “European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol- Trentino” Drususallee 1, Viale Druso 1 I Bozen-Bolzano Tel.: Fax.: web: CONTACTS