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Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière A cross-border operational organisation

Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière A cross-border operational organisation. Françoise Schneider-Français Legal officer Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, MOT. Presentation MOT , Cross-border Operational Mission 2. European activities of MOT. Main goal. MOT

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Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière A cross-border operational organisation

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  1. Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière A cross-border operational organisation Françoise Schneider-Français Legalofficer Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, MOT

  2. Presentation MOT, Cross-border Operational Mission 2. Europeanactivitiesof MOT

  3. Main goal • MOT • Cross-border Operational Mission To ease the implementation of cross-border projects and promote cross-border cooperation

  4. 1. MOT History

  5. 1. MOT Partners French foundingpartners • DATAR, Delegation for territorial planning and regionalattractivity • Caisse des Dépôts • Ministry of Ecology • Ministry of Foreign and EuropeanAffairs • Ministry of the Interior

  6. The network of MOT in 1997

  7. The network of MOT in 2011

  8. 1. MOT Partners Partners of the network: 58 members in 2010

  9. 1. MOT Structure A multi-levelgovernance structure to serve projectswith a cross-border strategy InterministerialSteeringCommittee Information + Feedback on needs and requirements (need for adaptation of orientations) Technical team Government Orientation + Support from national level Association(public, semi-public, privateactors)

  10. 1. MOT Composition Board

  11. 1. MOT Activities[1] 1) Operational assistance 2) Networking and information 3) Helping to outline a coherent policy at national level

  12. 1. MOT Activities[2] 1) Examples of Operational Assistance concerning the EGTC (2007/2009)

  13. 1. MOT Activities[3] 2) Networking and information a) Information tools • Monthly newsletter:Cross-border News • Information letter:Espaces transfrontaliers • The MOT guides (civil society, EGTC, etc.) • Website: www.espaces-transfrontaliers.eu • Extranet for membersonly

  14. The MOT guides: civil society and cross-border cooperation

  15. 1. MOT Activities[4] b) Seminars for information and exchange on cross-border cooperation c) Databases for cross-border cooperation • Resource center of documents and legal information • Cross-border cartography 2) Networking and information

  16. 1. MOT Activities [6] 3) Helping to outline a coherent policy at national level Information to French ministriesabout local problems, obstacles and development including - comparative analysis of different cross-border areas - proposals of solutions for legal and administrative problems

  17. 2. European activities of MOT

  18. 2. European activities of MOT Main goals • To highlight the needs of cross-border cooperation at European level and within EU policies • To bring up local problems to the relevant level • Through a multi-level approach Two fields of action • 1) Representation of shared interests of cross-border stakeholders • 2) Exchange of experiences

  19. 2. European activities of MOT 1) Representation of shared interests of cross-border stakeholders… • Implication in the strategic debates at European level • Cooperation with EU institutions and the Council of Europe • Strategic alliance with AEBR (Association of European Border Regions) • Founding member of the “Conference of European cross-border and interregional Cities Networks” (CECICN)

  20. 2. European activities of MOT 2) Exchanges of experiences • Lead partner of European projects (INTERFORM, URBACT “EGTC”) • Organization of Europeans seminars and conferences • Publications and compilation of good practices • Supporting and networking of similar structures to MOT in Europe: founding member of the CESCI* in Hungary • Participation to the EGTC Platform of the Committee of the Regions * Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives

  21. 2. European activities of MOT 2) Exchanges of experiences Example of the “EGTC” URBACT projectExpertising Governance for Transfrontier conurbation • The “EGTC” project is a working group co-financed by the URBACT II programme (2007-2013) Duration: May 2008 – May 2010 • The “EGTC” URBACT project: • Network of 6 cross-border agglomerations (different political, cultural, socio-economic contexts) • Exchange on cross-border governance tools, including the EGTC • To improve their system of transfrontier partnership • A global coordination led by the MOT, supported by a Lead Expert

  22. Partnership MOT, Lead Partner Lille Métropole Urban Community Eurométropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, FR/BE Slubice Frankfurt on Oder/Slubice conurbation, PL/DE Chaves EurocidadeChaves-Verin, PT/ES Esztergom Ister-Granum EGTC, HU/SK Canton of Basel Stadt TrinationalEurodistrict Basel, CH/DE/FR Urban Community of Strasbourg Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau, FR/DE

  23. 2. European activities of MOT Exchanges of experiences Activities of the “EGTC” URBACT project • One Local Action Plan per partner on cross-border urban governance • Several opened dissemination conferences • Kick-off event, several thematic seminars • Final conference, 7 May 2010 in Esztergom (HU) • Handbook and European Action Plan (large dissemination): • Methodology followed by the partners, lessons learned, best practices of local CB actions • Multi-level recommendations • For more information: www.urbact.eu/egtc

  24. Thank you for your attention More information www.espaces-transfrontaliers.eu www.urbact.eu/egtc www.interform-eu.org Contact 38 rue des Bourdonnais – 75001 Paris – France mot@mot.asso.fr Phone +33 1 55 80 56 80

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