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Greater Region: Uniting Strengths for Greater Goals

The Greater Region brings together 5 regions from 4 countries to achieve greater goals in economy, transport, labor market, and health. Explore the benefits of this cross-regional collaboration.

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Greater Region: Uniting Strengths for Greater Goals

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  1. Greater Region What else ? 24/09/2015

  2. Philippe LEDENT President of the economic and social Committee of the Greater Region Presidente del Comité Económico y Social de la Gran Región

  3. The Greater Region (French: Grande Région, German: Großregion) is the area of 5 regions (4 countries) namely: Lorraine, Luxembourg, Saarland,  Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia and the rest of the French Community of Belgium, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium

  4. The Greater Region .

  5. ZOOM: The Greater Region on the EU map Located in the heart of Europe 11,5 mio inhabitants 65.500 km2

  6. And much more: • The Greater Region Business Days 17/06 and 18/06/2015 http://www.gr-businessdays.com/

  7. Wallonia • Good logistic infrastructure • Top quality of the Higher Eduction • Industries (wood…) • Nice real estateopportunities • Excellent connections with the neighbourregions

  8. Lorraine • Touristeconomy • Industry Parc Metz-Châteauroux Sino-French • Industrial tissue • High Gastronomy • Excellent connections with the neighbourregions

  9. Saarland • Industry (automobile, ICT, china) • Good logistic infrastructure • Gateway to France • Excellent connections with the neighbourregions

  10. Rhineland-Palatinate • Industries (glass, chemical and pharma, china, automobile...) • Lots of highereduction institutions • Excellent connections to the neighbour countries

  11. Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg • House of Biohealth • Logistic Hub, Incubators • Freeport near the airport • Financial know how • Excellent connections with the neighbourregions

  12. 5 regions - 5 strengths put together in the Greater Region in order to achievegreater goals • All (brains) in one ! ICT, cleantech, biotech, fintech, RDI, nature, gastronomy, organicfood… • Try and find out the benefits of the Greater Region

  13. For more information, the Chamber of commerce of the differentregions: Wallonia: www.ucm.beor www.uwe.be Lorraine:www.nancy.cci.fr, ww.lorraine.cci.fr Saarland: www.saarland.ihk.de Rhineland-Platinate: www.pfalz.ihk24.de Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: www.cc.lu

  14. ESCGR receives a mandate from the Summit of the GR (since 1995) and has also the right to self-referral (auto-saisine).  Submitsresolutions to the Summit GR. • Secretariat of the Summit of GR (since 2014)

  15. ESCGR (fr.: CESGR), (since 1997), Secretariat ESCGR is a part of the ESCGR: advisory organ, dialog with social partners • IPC (Interregional Parliamentary Council), (since 1986): advisory parliamentary assembly of the GR • Summit GR, ESCGR, IPC = 3 key pillars of the political architecture of crossborder cooperation

  16. 2015/2016: Presidentship of Wallonia in the frame of the 15th Summit of GR • The ESCGR has 4 working groups (WG): • WG1: Economy • WG2: Transport • WG3: Labour market • WG4: Health and SilverEconomy Each WG isled by a president. • Industry Booster Group

  17. Contact: • M. Philippe LEDENT, President of the Economic and Social Committee of the GreaterRegion (ESCGR) T. +32 497443702 • Secretariat of the Economic and Social Committee of the Greater Region B.P.402, L-4005 Esch-sur-Alzette cesgr@cesgr.etat.lu, T. + 352 247-80116

  18. Any questions?

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