1. EGTC Workshop Brussels, 22 Nov.2017

2. Continued Cooperation as EGTC
Transfer from Interreg project “CODE24” to permanent cooperation:
► “Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-
Alpine Corridor EGTC”

3. THE RHINE-ALPINE CORRIDOR…
Connecting the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea
70 million inhabitants in the catchment area
(=13% of EU's population)
19% of EU's GDP generated
50 % of the north-south rail freight
1 billion tons of freight per year
1300 km long

4. Challenges and Motivation for Cooperation in the Corridor:
Regional/local level so far not directly involved
No joint strategy, no cooperation existing
Increase of traffic and transit tasks
Urgent conflicts (bottlenecks, capacities) to be tackled incl. sustainability
Cross-border issues and technical hurdles
New capacities implemented

5. EGTC Founding: 24 April 2015

6. The main objective of the Alliance:
Jointly strengthen and coordinate
the integrated and territorial development
along the multimodal Rhine-Alpine Corridor from the regional and local perspective.
This includes application of EU funded projects!

7. 21 Members: Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V. Provincie Gelderland
Provincie Zuid-Holland
City of Venlo
Port of Antwerp
Duisburger Hafen AG
City of Mainz
Region FrankfurtRheinMain
Region Rhein-Neckar
City of Mannheim
Region Mittlerer Oberrhein
TechnologyRegionKarlsruhe
City of Karlsruhe
Port Autonome de Strasbourg
City of Lahr
Region Südlicher Oberrhein
Kanton Basel-Stadt
Region Piemonte
Region Liguria
Region Lombardia
Uniontrasporti, Milano
Nachdem wir im letzten Jahr mit elf Mitgliedern begonnen hatten, sind wir nun bereits bei 20 Mitgliedern angekommen. Es sind im Wesentlichen Städte und Regionen beziehungsweise Provinzen entlang des Korridors, sowie Häfen in öffentlicher Hand, wie zum Beispiel Duisburg und Rotterdam.

8. Organisation
As you can see, we have decided to work as a lean and slim organisation with a clear structure.
The Advisory Board is a very important part of this structure. And we, the EGTC members, are very happy to have the opportunity to exchange ideas and to discuss with you in this board!

9. Projects: … Approvd : Name Funding Program Funding Rate Role EGTC
RAISE-IT
CEF
50%
Coordinator
European Rail Freight Line System
Observer
VitalNodes
Horizon 2020
100%
Project Partner
Under preparation:
Corridor Capacity Platform
Interreg
60%
Lead Partner
Listen to the Corridor
LIFE
~50% …
One major part of our concrete activities concerns the projects which we are preparing and implementing.
So far, the EGTC is involved in three approved projects. You will learn to know about the content and first results of these projects later on today at agenda number 7.
Of course, we will prepare more projects for EU funding, helping us to achieve the set goals of the Joint Strategy step by step.

10. Difficulties in accessing EU funding:
No knowledge of EGTC at DG‘s/Agencies
(„What is that?...“)
Eligiblity questioned
(minimum 3 project partners from 3 countries)
Financial implementation
(no proper EGTC staff, but beneficiary)
Administrative hurdles/ application form
(category „other international organisations“)

11. Improvement / simplification possibilities
Inform all DG‘s & agencies about existence and role of EGTC‘s
Make sure that EGTC‘s are mentioned explicitely as eligible project partners and beneficiaries of all funding programmes
Prepare programmes, manuals and application forms accordingly
Provide trainings and information workshops for both programme managers and EGTC‘s as project/lead partners

12. Thank you very much for your attention!
Contact:
Interregional Alliance for the
Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC
Jörg Saalbach, Director
c/o Verband Region Rhein-Neckar
M1, 4-5
68161 Mannheim
Germany
Phone +49 (0)
Fax +49 (0)
Web egtc-rhine-alpine.eu