# C_2020167EN.01001601.xml

| 15.5.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 167/16 |
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15.5.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/16

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Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2)

Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19))

(2020/C 167/08)

I.1)   Name, address and contact point

| Registered name: Proximity GECT |
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| Registered office: Agenzia di Sviluppo ‘La Cittadella del Sapere’ c/da Calda n° 8 – 85043 Latronico (Potenza) |
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Registered name: Proximity GECT

Registered office: Agenzia di Sviluppo ‘La Cittadella del Sapere’ c/da Calda n° 8 – 85043 Latronico (Potenza)

Contact point:.

Institutional manager to the EU institutions

Stavros Kalogiannis (+ 30 6972806280, st.kalogiannis@yahoo.gr)

President

Giuseppe Suanno (+ 39 3351025960, presproximitygect@gmail.com)

Director-general

Gilberto Zinzani (+ 39 3388489471, dirgproximitygect@gmail.com)

Email: proximitygect@pec.it

Internet address of the Grouping: www.proximitygect.eu

I.2)   Duration of the Grouping:

Duration of the grouping: unlimited

Date of registration: 24.12.2019

II.   OBJECTIVES

Proximity GECT is a pilot project at European level in the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region (EUSAIR). It pursues a strategy linked to the Mediterranean, and in particular the EUSAIR strategy for the area of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region, in order to achieve the following objectives and in view of the very close historical and cultural ties, shared traditions and relations between the resident populations (Magna Graecia):

| (a) | strengthen the economic, social and cultural links between the populations of its members; |
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strengthen the economic, social and cultural links between the populations of its members;

| (b) | work towards the development of the territory of its members within their respective remits by focusing particularly on the following areas of cooperation: research and innovation; culture and tourism, sustainable mobility and trans-European transport networks; healthcare; mountain economy and environment; promotion of internet, social and film multimedia. |
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work towards the development of the territory of its members within their respective remits by focusing particularly on the following areas of cooperation: research and innovation; culture and tourism, sustainable mobility and trans-European transport networks; healthcare; mountain economy and environment; promotion of internet, social and film multimedia.

More specifically:

| — | culture: digitalisation of cultural systems (exhibitions – collaboration between museums) and an integrated system for harnessing cultural and environmental heritage, atlas of paths, |
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culture: digitalisation of cultural systems (exhibitions – collaboration between museums) and an integrated system for harnessing cultural and environmental heritage, atlas of paths,

| — | healthcare: innovation strategy and joint prevention campaigns and initiatives in the health sector, |
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healthcare: innovation strategy and joint prevention campaigns and initiatives in the health sector,

| — | economy, agriculture and mountain environment: staging events on the climate and on parks in the Epirus and Basilicata regions, |
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economy, agriculture and mountain environment: staging events on the climate and on parks in the Epirus and Basilicata regions,

| — | management of the innovative ‘product club’ system in Italy and Greece in the EUSAIR concerning the areas of Slow and Sustainable Intermodality, National Cycle Paths and Culture-Environment-Tourism, |
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management of the innovative ‘product club’ system in Italy and Greece in the EUSAIR concerning the areas of Slow and Sustainable Intermodality, National Cycle Paths and Culture-Environment-Tourism,

| — | taking part in the Agenda for EU Mountainous Regions, |
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taking part in the Agenda for EU Mountainous Regions,

| — | Sustainable Intermodality (national cycle path network) and Intermodality with secondary and tourist railways and river systems. |
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Sustainable Intermodality (national cycle path network) and Intermodality with secondary and tourist railways and river systems.

III.   ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON NAME OF THE GROUPING

Name in English: EGTC Proximity

Name in French: GECT Proximité

IV.   MEMBERS

| IV.1) | Total number of members in the Grouping: 2 |
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IV.1)

| IV.2) | Nationalities of the members of the Grouping: Italy, Greece |
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IV.2)

| IV.3) | Member information (1)






  Official name: Basilicata Region |
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| Postal address: Viale Vincenzo Verrastro, 4, 85100 Potenza, Italy |
| Internet address: www.regione.basilicata.it |
| Type of member: Regional authority |

IV.3)

Official name: Basilicata Region

Postal address: Viale Vincenzo Verrastro, 4, 85100 Potenza, Italy

Internet address: www.regione.basilicata.it

Type of member: Regional authority

| Official name: Epirus Region |
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| Postal address: Pyrrhus Square 1, 45521, Ioannina, Greece |
| Internet address: www.php.gov.gr |
| Type of member: Regional authority |

Official name: Epirus Region

Postal address: Pyrrhus Square 1, 45521, Ioannina, Greece

Internet address: www.php.gov.gr

Type of member: Regional authority

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