1. EGTC Lille Kortrijk Tournai Eurometropole

2. 60’ 40’ 80’ Lille Metropolitan Area Eurometropole

3. France Flanders Wallonia

4. Halluin (France) Menin (Belgium)

5. Comines (France) Comines-Warneton (Belgium)

7. Key Figures - surface area : 3 544 km² - population (Eurometropole) : 2,032 millions inhabitants in an Metropolitan area of 3,5 millions inhabitants - density of population : 574 inhabitants/km² = the biggest uninterrupted cross-border conurbation in Europe

8. Key dates of the cross-border cooperation 1991 : setting up the COPIT ( Cross-border Standing Conference of Inter-municipal Organisations ) 1990-1995 : first projects with INTERREG fundings (13 buslines, 5 FB Sewages) 1998-2002 : Building a FB Strategy for the Metropolitan area

9. WVI LMCUIDETA LEIEDAL IEG

10. 2002-2006 : towards a new governance 2002 : signature of a French-Belgian Treaty for the cross- border cooperation between local authorities 2005-2006 : Working group composed of 12 members of the French and Belgian Parliaments (6+6) June 2006 : proposal to build up a cross-border governance with 14 members : Eurodistrict

13. 2006-2008 : 18 months to build a EGTC July 2006 : EGTC Regulation 28 November 2006 : First meeting of the Comité Constitutif with elected representatives of the 14 members 19 March 2007 : Common declaration for the setting up of the Lille Kortrijk Tournai Eurometropole October 2007-January 2008 : Official decisions of the 14 members to join the EGTC 22 January 2008 : Creation of the legal body by the French Regional Prefect

16. 2006-2008 : 18 months to build a EGTC 28 January 2008 : First Assembly meeting : - election of the Board, the President, the 3 Vice-Presidents, - vote of budget for 2008, - creation of the two first positions : Director and Assistant

17. Eurometropole Area

19. Projected budget for 2008-2009-2010 2008 : 989 900 € 2009 : 1 493 300 € 2010 : 1 485 300 €

20. Incomes 50 % France50 % Belgium LMCU : 25%Belgium FL : 21,43 % Région : 10%Belgium W : 21,43 % Département : 10% State F : 5 %State B : 7,140 %

21. Two main operating principles 1) Parity between France and Belgium, then within Belgium, between French-speaking and Dutch-speaking regions 2) Application of the French/Dutch bilingualism

22. Tasks (no transfer of competences) ensuring concertation, dialogue and promoting political debate producing cross-border consistency throughout the entire territory facilitating, managing and realising projects facilitating the daily life of the inhabitants

23. Organisation Executive Management Committee :1 President + 3 Vice-Presidents Executive Authority : Board (32 members) Assembly (84 members) Cross-Border Agency Administrative and technical tool

24. Added value of the EGTC - a public body with 14 local, regional and national authorities combining all competences - a new space for technical and political dialogue to build up a coherent strategy of development - the possibility of managing European projects as only partner

25. Next steps - Recruitment of the director and the workingforces of the Agency (10) - Operational workingprogram - Building a European network of cross-border conurbations

27. Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine Direction Générale des Relations Internationales