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"Territorial Cooperation and Territorial Cohesion" Brussels 25 September 2009

Learn about the successful cross-border partnership involving 14 institutions across 145 municipalities in France and Belgium. Discover the innovative governance model and recommendations for effective EU cooperation.

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"Territorial Cooperation and Territorial Cohesion" Brussels 25 September 2009

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  1. The Green Paper on Territorial CohesionContribution from the EGTC “ Eurométropole Lille Kortrijk TournaiEurometropool Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai ” "Territorial Cooperation and Territorial Cohesion" Brussels 25 September 2009 Réjane Beurrier Project coordinator

  2. Origins and main features of the EGTC“ Eurométropole Lille Kortrijk TournaiEurométropool Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai ”

  3. located at the crosspoint of major European liaisons, • The Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai is • a continuous cross-border conurbation • whose 2 millions inhabitants live in 2 countries, 3 regions, and speak 2 different languages. • At institutional and territorial level: • 14 partner institutions (4 in France, 10 in Belgium), representing intermunicipal, county, region and state levels • Covers the territory of 145 municipalities

  4. Result of a nearly 20-year process

  5. The critical experience and added-value of the COPIT/GPCI The COPIT/GPCI (technical platform for 5 French, Walloon and Flemish intermunicipal organisations) was aunique laboratory for cross-border cooperation, operating from 1991 to 2007. From 1998 to 2002, the implementation of the European Project “Grootstad” (developed under the TERRA programme) resulted in a "Strategie for a cross-border metropolis”, with hundreds of proposals for action.

  6. The French-Belgian Parliamentary Working Group • 12 parlementarians were mandated in November 2005 by the French and Belgian authorities, and requested to : • Identify the main legal, legislative and regulatory obstacles limiting effective cross-border cooperation in the Greater Lille metropolitan area, and more largely on the French-Belgian border; • Define conditions for experimentation concerning adapted organisational patterns.

  7. The French-Belgian Parliamentary Working Group • Their Final Report was delivered in March 2007, with concrete propositions concerning: • modalities of implementation of cross-border cooperation projects, including recommendations for legal convergence in specific areas • The set up of an integrated form of governance immediately applicable to the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai metropolitan area development project, and, in the longer term to the development of an European scale cross-border metropolis (with potential duplication in other areas)

  8. The governance of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Political level Technical level Civil Society The Presidency Conference of Mayors The Executive Agency (operational services) The Assembly The Forum of the Eurometropolis (economic and social sphere) The Board • Six Thematic Committees • - Mobility - Economic Development • Culture - Services to population • Territorial strategy - Tourism Bilinguism Double parity France / Belgium Wallonia / Flanders

  9. The Green Paper on Territorial CohesionWhat we expect from the European commission

  10. At policy and legislative level • the common framework offered by the European set of legislations and regulations is an asset and a strong incentive to cross-border cooperation (example of the Water Framework Directive) • territorial cohesion can not be ensured by the Cohesion Policy only; territorial issues also have to be mainstreamed in other EU sector policies (Research, competitivity, transport...), • Need for articulation between cohesion policy and the sector policies which have an impact on territories. (cohesion policy should not only remediate these impacts).

  11. At implementation level • Support from the EC need in the implementation of the EGTC regulation (practical legal solutions have to be found to overcome legislative and regulatory discrepancies in the social and fiscal areas in particular) • Innovative approaches developed in EGTCs require a support from the EC in diffusion of good practices and exchange of experiences. • No need to change the instrument itself before a phase of implementation + comparative evaluation and analysis with other similar instruments.

  12. Need for tailored European programmes, instruments, or initiatives • Importance of structural funds and INTERREG programmes, which have to be complemented by specific instruments (financial or normative) related to other EU policies; • Need for a specific approaches concerning urban metropolitan areas (in the fields of mobility, housing, economic development, environment...) • Support to training and mobility of local elected officials and civil servants

  13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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