The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

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The acronym 'EGTC' stands for 'European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation'. It allows public entities of different Member States to get together under a new entity with full legal personality.

The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) was established the 5 July 2006 by Regulation (EC) 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and came into force on 1 August 2006.

You will find on the website information regarding the:

+ Objectives and tasks of the EGTC
+ Legislation
+ Composition, convention and statutes of an EGTC
+ Governance Governance and budget of an EGTC
+ Added value of the EGTC

The EGTC Platform integrates, through the coordination of the European Committee of the Regions, political and technical representatives of all the existing EGTCs. The Platform aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences on the ground, promoting the EGTC as a tool for territorial cohesion and to give visibility to EGTC projects, while also supporting the consultative works of the CoR in cross-border issues.

Source Link https://portal.cor.europa.eu/egtc/
Related Links
Wikipedia: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Grouping_for_Territorial_Cooperation
Interact: Handbook: The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), November 2008 http://cor.europa.eu/en/documentation/studies/Documents/The%20European%20Grouping%20of%20Territorial%20Cooperation%20-%20EGTC/The%20European%20Grouping%20of%20Territorial%20Cooperation%20-%20EGTC%20-%20EN.pdf
European Commission: Press Release: IP/09/970: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation: Conference puts spotlight on new tool to help regions team up for projects across borders http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/970&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
ESO: Background information: 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) http://www.europeansources.info/record/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/
European Commission: DG Regional Policy: European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/EN/policy/cooperation/european-territorial/egtc/
CoR: Study: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), 2007 http://cor.europa.eu/en/documentation/studies/Documents/The%20European%20Grouping%20of%20Territorial%20Cooperation%20-%20EGTC/The%20European%20Grouping%20of%20Territorial%20Cooperation%20-%20EGTC%20-%20EN.pdf
EU Bookshop: Find the EGTC Monitoring Reports through the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/egtc-monitoring-report-2013-pbQGAD14001/issues/?PublicationKey=QGAD14001&EditionKey=QGAD14001ENN_PDF&CatalogCategoryID=cKYKABsttvUAAAEjrpAY4e5L
EP: EPRS: Briefing, October 2015: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2015)569003
ESO: Find all information in ESO on this topic http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=european%20grouping%20territorial%20cooperation%20&searchOption=all

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