1 Pons Danubii EGTC

2 the abbreviation stands for: Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

3  Official registratration:15 December 2010, Bratislava

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5 Where it is

6 Founding members  Hungary: o Tata o Komárom o Kisbér  Slovakia: o Komárno o Kolárovo o Hurbanovo

7 The membership of Oroszlány was approved on 12 October 2011 by the General Assembly

8 Aims: cooperation between the members establishing of cross-border cohesion fostering of economic and social cohesion implementing of projects to support joint strategic developments making the life of people easier in the Grouping's member settlements

9 Activities:  General Meetings  Specialised Committees  Projects

10 General Meetings:  2011 January 25 - Kolárovo  2011 March 18 - Hurbanovo  2011October 12 - Kisbér  2012 April 12 - Tata

11 Specialised committees  Tourism  Education and vocational training  Healthcare  urban development and infrastructure (cycle paths)  Environmental protection  Energy and water resource management  Media and information technology  Economy, industrial development and supporting of SMEs  Culture, sports, CSOs and NGOs

12 Role of specialised committees:  data gathering for the elaboration of development plans  Screening of the current situation, identification of development needs  Committee meetings organised by Pons Danubii EGTC in close cooperation with the member towns.

13 Committee meetings:  2011 April 20 - Kisbér, Meeting on Healthcare  2011 May 5 - Komárno, Meeting on Tourism  2011 May 11 - Komárom, Meeting on Economy, industrial development and supporting of SMEs  2011 May 18 - Kolárovo, Meeting on urban development and infrastructure  2011 May 25 - Komárno, Meeting on education and vocational training  2011 June 1 - Hurbanovo, meeting on environmental protection  2011 June 8 - Tata, meeting on Culture, sports, CSOs and NGOs

14 Our projects HealthcareLabour market Culture TourismRenewable energy Cycle path

15 Our winning projects:  Media project  Labour market  Cycle path  Danube days in the Pons Danubii region

16 Media project  Establishment and development of a new, regional web portal (  Media Office  production and broadcasting of general and thematic television programmes covering issues regarding cross-border co-operation in Slovak and Hungarian languages

17 Labour market  Non-discrimination  labour market developments  increasing of competitiveness  improvement of the accessibility of border regions and of the information flow in them  Improvement of the business environment of SMEs  Strengthening of existing cross-border cooperation relations  Pushing back of unemployment  development of an informative website

18 Cycle path  Building of a kilometer long path on the Slovak side, which will join the HUSK/0801/2.3.1/0163 cycling path  Building of a 2.2 kkilometer long cycling path on the Hungarian side  to increase the competitiveness of the border region by sights that are attractive even for foreign tourists

19 Projects on a reserve list  Healthcare  Culture

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21 Contact: Address: PO BOX 106, Komárno, SK Tel:

22 Thank you for your attention.