1. Experience of the Slovak Republic Budapest April 16, 2015 European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

2. EU legal framework Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and functioning of such groupings

3. Slovak legal framework Act No 90/2008 Coll. on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and on the amendment of Act No 540/2001 Coll. on state statistics, as amended Act No 31/2015 Coll. amending and supplementing Act No 90/2008 Coll. on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and on the amendment of Act No 540/2001 Coll. on state statistics, as amended as amended and Act No 25/2006 Coll. on Public Procurement, as amended

4. Government Office of the Slovak Republic National approval authority Register Office maintains the register of EGTC also in electronic form the register is available at http://ezus.vlada.gov.sk/ http://ezus.vlada.gov.sk/

5. Overview of issued approvals

6. Categories of Slovak members

7. The EGTCs established in the Slovak Republic 1. EGTC KRAS - BODVA ltd. - 2009 Members: local authorities (municipalities) 2. EGTC Pons Danubii ltd. - 2010 Members: local authorities (cities) 3. EGTC Spoločný región ltd. - 2012 Members: bodies governed by public law 4. EGTC VIA CARPATIA ltd. - 2013 Members: regional authorities (self-governing region)

8. Findings of the Slovak Republic insufficient identification of objectives and tasks of the EGTC EGTCs established on small territories different legal status of the EGTC in MSs

9. Findings of the Slovak Republic lack of overview in available legal framework insufficient funding of established EGTC inaction of some EGTCs

10. EU Cohesion Policy in the 2014 - 2020 period brings new opportunities and challenges: new legislation - new categories of entities - members from third countries or overseas countries or territories - simplification of establishment process EGTC´s new role - ETC programme/ project - in Joint Action Plans - Integrated Territorial Investment

11. Programming period 2014 - 2020 Authority responsible for the preparation and implementation Cross- border cooperation programmes Slovak Republic - Czech Republic 2014 - 2020 Slovak Republic - Hungary 2014 - 2020 Slovak Republic - Austria 2014 - 2020 Poland - Slovak Republic 2014 - 2020 ENI Hungary - Slovakia - Romania - Ukraine 2014 – 2020 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic Transnational cooperation programmes Central Europe ETC Danube Government Office of the Slovak Republic Interregional cooperation programmes INTERREGMinistry of Economy of the Slovak Republic ESPON URBACT Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic INTERACTBratislava Self-governing Region and Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

12. Thank you for your attention. Section of Central Coordination Body Cohesion Policy Department e-mail: ezus@vlada.gov.skezus@vlada.gov.sk Phone: +421 2 209 25 961 Government Office of the Slovak Republic Námestie slobody 1, 813 70 Bratislava Slovak Republic