1. One Corridor, One Strategy (The story of Cody and Cora)
Coen Mekers
6 May 2015, Malmö

2. Corridor Development Rotterdam Genua (CODE24)
Presentation
Corridor Development Rotterdam Genua (CODE24)
From CODE24 to EGTC Rhine Alpine
Lessons learned

3. The Rhine - Alpine Corridor

4. Facts Corridor Rhine Alpine
70 million inhabitants in the catchment area
50 % of the north-south rail freight
700 million tons of goods per year
About 1300 km long

5. Gelderland: border and transit region

6. Corridor Rotterdam - Genua
Bottom-up strategic Initiative
INTERREG IVB NWE
TEN-T Network 2010
Themes:
Spatial and infrastructure planning
Economic development
Environmental issues
Final conference 20th November in Mannheim

7. - No joint strategy for Rhine-Alpine-Corridor
Motivation for CODE24
- No joint strategy for Rhine-Alpine-Corridor
- Strong belief in interregional and international cooperation
- Necessary for a coordinated spatial development
CODE24: platform for
- the necessary exchange and communication
- cross-border concepts
- coordinated action and decision

8. Strategy paper One Corridor, One Strategy Studies, project results
Some results
Strategy paper One Corridor, One Strategy
Studies, project results
Two books
Two academic dissertations (Netherlands, Italy)
Website:

9. Declaration EGTC in Mannheim

10. European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
EGTC: Definition
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
legal personality defined by European Law
designed to facilitate and promote territorial cooperation (cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation)
in view of strengthening the economic and social cohesion of the European territory
an EGTC may carry out actions of territorial cooperation, with or without a financial contribution from the EU (Art. 7 of the EGTC Regulation)

11. FROM CODY TO CORA

12. THE EGTC RHINE-ALPINE
Founded on 24 April 2015 in Mannheim

13. THE EGTC RHINE-ALPINE Founded on 24 April 2015 in Mannheim
Founding Members:
More members: Port of Rotterdam Authority, Regione Piemonte and Uniontrasporti

14. One Corridor – One Strategy
Development priorities:
Optimise the network, procedures and the cooperation of key players
Raise capacity
Repair spaces and sustainability
Accelerate speed
Essential measures to bring to live the joint strategy:

16. Lessons learned Joint actions and cross border cooperation Site visits
Social programme (cultural differences !)
Italians, Germans, Swiss, Dutch
Communication!
One voice: member states, Europe

17. Key-notes One Corridor, One Strategy! One Network, One Strategy!
Think Europe, Act Local!

18. Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC
c/o Verband Region Rhein-Neckar
P7, 20/21
D Mannheim
Germany
Phone +49 (0)
Fax +49 (0)
Web egtc-rhine-alpine.eu

19. Thank you for your attention!
Contact:
Coen Mekers
Province of Gelderland
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)

20. One Corridor – One Strategy!