COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the application of the Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/2013 as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment of such groupings
Date: 2018-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Subjects: European cooperation, European legal status, administrative formalities, cross-border cooperation, economic and social cohesion, regional cooperation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 17.8.2018  SWD(2018) 395 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS    on the application of the Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/2013 as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment of such groupings  {COM(2018) 597 final}  
 
 
1. METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSING THE APPLICATION OF THE AMENDED 
EGTC REGULATION 

To gather the necessary data in order to assess the application of the amended EGTC Regulation, the 
European Commission worked in close cooperation with the Committee of the Regions, while it was 
preparing the 2017 EGTC Monitoring Report, as well as commissioning a specific study to assess the 
questions and indicators set out in the Annex to the future delegated act on the EGTC implementation 
indicators. For answering the assessment questions – besides the indicators, the following additional 
information from several sources and data were used to draw up this Report.  

Firstly, this Report is based on the questionnaires sent to EGTCs and approval authorities for the data 
collection of the EGTC monitoring report 2017. These questionnaires contained annually posed 
questions and additional questions focussing on relevant assessment indicators. 

Secondly, additional data on EGTCs, e.g. their current membership structures, have been collected 
through online sources, including EGTC webpages. This complements data for EGTCs that did not 
answer the questionnaire. It was furthermore used to check the robustness of the data received from 
EGTCs by testing samples and checks on data incoherencies provided by EGTCs.  

Thirdly, a literature review was conducted that focused in particular on a) legal issues raised by legal 
experts and b) experience gathered from EGTCs that can shed light on the application of the amended  
EGTC Regulation.  

Fourthly, additional interviews were carried out with key persons, i.e. EGTCs' experts etc. These 
interviews addressed specific questions of the assessment for which no or little other information was 
available. 

The outcome of the analysis was discussed with relevant experts of the Commission as well as the 
Committee of the Regions. 

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2. REFERENCES 

1.  CoR, (2018). EGTC monitoring report 2017. European Committee of the Regions. 

2.  CoR, 2017a. EGTC monitoring report 2016 and impacts of Schengen area crisis on the 

work of EGTCs. European Committee of the Regions. 

3.  CoR, 2017b. Simplification of the implementation of Cohesion Policy. Workshop on 

European Territorial Cooperation (ETC). Final Report. Brussels. 

4.  European Parliament – European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation as an instrument 
for  promotion  and  improvement  of  territorial  cooperation  in  Europe  –    Zillmer,  S., 
Lüer,  C.,  Toptsidou,  M.,  Krzymuski,  M.,  Dallhammer,  E.,  Kintisch,  M.,  Schuh,  B., 
Celotti,  P., Colin,  A.,  Preku,  A.,  Brignani,  N., Waterhout,  B.,  Zonneveld,  W.,  Stead, 
D.,  2015.  European  Parliament.  Policy  Department  B:  Structural  and  Cohesion 
Policies. 

5.  MORO Praxis. Experience of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) 

(No. 08/2017), Zillmer, S., Lüer, C., 2017 MORO Praxis. BMVI, Berlin. 

6.  Spatial foresight – Assessment of the application of the EGTC regulation . Zillmer, S. 
Hans,  S.  2018.  European  Commission,  Directorate-General  for  Regional  and  Urban 
Policy, 
on 
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/cooperation/european-territorial/egtc/ 

available 

report 

2018. 

made 

The 

will 

be 

7.  Krzymuski,  M.,  Kubicki,  P.,  2014.  EVTZ-2.0 

für  die 
grenzübergreifende  Zusammenarbeit  öffentlicher  Einrichtungen?  NVwZ  20/2014, 
1338–1344. 

-  Neue  Chance 

8.  Krzymuski, M., 2017. Der EVTZ im Innenverhältnis, in: Krzymuski, M., Kubicki, P., 
Ulrich, P. (Eds.), Der Europäische Verbund Für Territoriale Zusammenarbeit. Nomos, 
Baden-Baden, pp. 131–158. 

9.  TIA report 2018. Territorial impact assessment (TIA) report on EGTCs based on the 
expert  workshop  organised  by  the  European  Committee  of  the  Regions  and  ESPON 
EGTC on 13 March 2018 in Brussels.  

10. The  participation  of  entities  of  outside  the  EU  in  the  European  Groupings  for 

Territorial Cooperation, European Committee of Regions, 2015. 

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3. COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL INDICATORS 

Indicator 

Unit 

Effectiveness 

21 June 
2014 

31 Dec 2017 

1. Conformity of MS' national 
rules with the Regulation1 
2. Conformity of MS’ national 
rules with Regulation 

- 

No. of MS with adopted implementation 
rules the amendment 
The degree of detail laid down in national implementation rules, including 
their amendments, differs considerably. National implementation rules are 
subject  to  national  considerations  only,  no  lack  of  conformity  with  the 
EGTC  regulation  could  be  identified.  This  does  not  exclude  possible 
overregulation. 
Number of EGTCs 

48 

68 

23 

- 

11 

Improvements  in  intensity  and  quality  of  cooperation  including  better 
funding  access,  more  visibility  and  involvement  in  decision-making, 
higher ranking of cross-border issues, multi-level governance approaches 
and facilitation of cross-border processes 

Number of EGTCs 

3. Increase of EGTCs set-up 
4. Increase of members in 
existing EGTCs2 
5. Participants' assessment of 
improvement of the quality of 
cooperation as a result of the 
EGTC instrument 
6. Increase of members per 
category2 
MS 
Authorities at national level 
Regional authorities 
Local authorities 
Public undertakings 
Undertakings entrusted with services of general economic interest 
Associations of bodies belonging to one or more of these categories 
National, regional or local authorities, or bodies or undertakings, equivalent 
to those above from Third countries 

Number of types of EGTC members 

Number of EGTCs according to 
categories 

7. Number of EGTCs involved in 
organisation of cross-border 
services3 
Health 
Education and training 
Environment, energy, nature protection 
Transport 
Research 
Other 

3 

628 

22 
3 
78 
509 
6 
0 
8 

0 

- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

829 

22 
4 
117 
640 
13 
11 
17 

5 

10 

1 
0 
1 
5 
1 
2 

 
 
 
 
 
Efficiency 

Euro per EGTC 

Euro per EGTC 

- 

- 

n.a. 

- 

The few responses received indicate that approval procedures are similar. 
The possibility for tacit approval was not appreciated by the vast majority 
of authorities. 

8. Costs for setting-up an EGTC 
compared to comparable 
structures under international or 
national law 
9. Costs for the functioning of an 
EGTC compared to comparable 
structures under international or 
national law 
10. Approval procedure for 
EGTCs compared to the 
approval procedure for 
comparable bodies under 
international or national law 

11. Use of EGTC for the 
implementation of a cooperation 
programme (as MA) 
12. Use of EGTC to implement 
part of a cooperation programme 
(e.g. sub-programme, Small-
project-fund; people-to-people 
projects; ITI, JAP) 

Small-project-fund 
ITI 
JAP 
CLLD 
S3 strategy 

13. Use of EGTC to implement 
an operation (according to sub-
categories of different funding 
sources)6 

Relevance & Sustainability 

Number of EGTCs 

Number of EGTCs 

Number of EGTCs 

Operation under a cooperation programme (CBC, transnational, 
interregional) 
Operation supported by the EU through the ERDF under an Investment for 
Growth and Jobs Goal programme 
Operation supported by the EU through the ESF 
Operation supported by the EU through the Cohesion Fund 
Operation supported by the EU through the EAFRD 
Operation/project supported by the EU outside Cohesion Policy 
programmes (CEF, Erasmus(+), Horizon 2020, etc.)  

14. Use of the different options 
for the choice of applicable law 
15. Use of own staff compared to 
delegated staff 

The  targeted  clarification  has  not  been  achieved  but  the  amendment  has 
created new ambiguities as well as possibly unnecessary requirements.  
EGTCs  can  usually  specify  the  reasons  why  they  prefer  one  solution  or 
another for their staff. No difficulties have been reported since amendment 
of the regulation. 

4 

1 

- 

- 
0 
0 
0 
0 

- 

18 

- 

3 
1 
1 

1 

2(3)4 

205 

4 
7 
6 
4 
5 

365 

33 

2 

1 
0 
3 

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16. Motivating factors in 
choosing to set-up an EGTC, for 
those bodies who have formally 
entered into an EGTC agreement 
17. Probability that an EGTC is 
to be continued after its duration 
has come to an end 
18. EGTCs registered without 
performing activities 

No  EU  wide  data  is  available  on  individual  motivating  factors.  Studies 
suggest  that  they  are  in  line  with  achieving  typical  benefits  of  EGTCs. 
Benefits related to joint forces can be crucial motivations.  

Only a few EGTCs have a defined dissolution date. One of these will be 
dissolved since its tasks are not relevant anymore (it has been replaced by 
a new EGTC). For all other EGTCs no assessment can be made currently. 

Number of EGTCs 

19. Number of territorial 
cooperation structures and 
networks which would not have 
been set-up without the EGTC 
instrument 
20. Advantages of a legal body 
set-up under EU law compared 
to (other) legal bodies existing 
under international or national 
law 

21. Average time for setting-up 
an EGTC – phase 1 
22. Average time for setting-up 
an EGTC – phase 2 
23. Number of tacit approvals 

The  few  EGTCs  without  any  or  only 
very  few  activities  tend  to  suffer  from  a 
lack  of  both  human  and 
financial 
resources.  There  seems  to  be  a  critical 
to 
threshold  of  resources  necessary 
successfully run an EGTC.  
EU added-value 

- 

- 

3 

- 

Advantages  have  several  dimensions  such  as  better  decision-making, 
long-term  strategy  and  objective  development  with  cross-border  focus, 
higher  independence  combined  with  legal  personality,  joint  forces  for 
obtaining a critical mass and better visibility. Together these contribute to 
illustrating the European added value of the EGTC instrument 

Simplification 

Months  

Months 

Number of tacit approvals 

Approval  authorities  seem  to  prefer  to 
use the explicit approval. If no additional 
documents  are  requested,  this  implies 
that the six months period is reduced. 

20 

18 

- 

197 / 198 

177 / 118 

- 

‘-‘ indicates not relevant or not available. 
1 Not all approval authorities replied to the information request in 2017. The indicator is based on the responses 
for 2016 and 2017. 
2 Not every EGTC provided sufficient and reliable data for this question at the cut-off date. Data includes all 68 
EGTCs  as  of  31  December  2017  based  on  additional  data  collection.  Data  for  21  June  2014  refers  to  the  48 
EGTCs at that point in time. Data for 2014 is indicative as changes to EGTC member structures are not always 
transparent. 
3 Indicator renamed from "Increase of services provided as a result of EGTCs" due to lack of reliable data in line 
with the original formulation. 
4 Both EGTCs refer to the Interreg programmes of the Greater Region, i.e. the inactive INTERREG "Programme 
Grande  Région"  EGTC  founded  for  the  2007-2013  period  and  the  now  active  EGTC  for  the  Interreg  VA 
programme 2014-2020. 
5 An EGTC for which more than one of the sub-categories applies is counted only once. 
6 The numbers for the baseline in June 2014 refer to projects of the 20017-13 programming period and are not 
verified, due to inconsistencies in the 2014 EGTC monitoring report. 
7 Based on all 41 EGTCs providing the information, since introduction of the EGTC instrument. 
8 Based on 13 approved EGTCs providing the information, approved after 21 December 2014. 
Source:  Spatial Foresight,  based  on  CoR  (2018),  CoR  (2015a), data  from  EGTCs  and  national  authorities  and 
own data collection. Qualitative information is also based on interviews and literature review. 

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4. LIST OF EGTCS  

Note to the reader: For improved legibility, the EGTCs are referred to by their official acronyms as detailed in 
the EGTC register of the CoR1. If there is no official acronym, either the English name (if listed in the register) 
or the name in the local language of the seat country is used. In all cases, the language abbreviation of ‘EGTC’ is 
translated into English to avoid confusion. The following list gives an overview of the abbreviations with their 
number in the CoR register. 

No   Acronym/ Abbreviation 

1 
2 
3 

4 

5 

6 

7 
8 

9 
10 
11 

12 
13 

14 
15 
16 

17 
18 
19 

Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai 
Ister-Granum 
GNP 

Amphictyony 

UTTS 

Karst-Bodva 

Duero-Douro 
Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte 
d'Opale 
ArchiMed 
Pyrénées-Méditerranée 
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-
Ortenau 
ZASNET 
HC 

Grande Région 
SaarMoselle 
ABAÚJ - ABAÚJBAN 

Pons Danubii 
BTC EGTC 
Arrabona 

20 

Linieland van Waas en Hulst 

21 

Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - 
Trentino 

22  GO 

23 
24 

Pirineus - Cerdanya 
Espacio Portalet 

25 

RDV 

26 

27 

Eurorégion Nouvelle 
Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre 
Poarta Europa GECT 

28 

BODROGKÖZI 

29  Novohrad-Nógrád 

30 
31 

32 

Pannon 
Efxini Poli – SolidarCity 
Network 
EUKN 

Full name (in English or local language of the seat 
country) 
Eurométropole Lille-Kotrijk-Tournai 
Ister-Granum European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation Ltd 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Galicia – Norte 
de Portugal 
EGTC Amphictyony of Twinned Cities and Areas of the 
Mediterranean 
Ung-Tisza-Túr-Sajó (Hernád-Bódva-Szinva) Limited Liability 
EGTC 
Limited liability European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
Karst-Bodva 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Duero-Douro 
Groupement Européen de Coopération Territoriale West 
Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale 
GECT ArchiMed 
GECT Pyrénées-Méditerranée 
GECT Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau 

Agrupamento Europeu de Cooperação Territorial ZASNET, AECT 
Agrupació Europea de Cooperació Territorial Hospital de 
Cerdanya 
GECT INTERREG "Programme Grande Région" 
Eurodistrict Saarmoselle 
ABAÚJ - ABAÚJBAN European Grouping of Territorial Co-
operation Ltd 
Pons Danubii EGTC 
Bánát - Triplex Confinium Limited Liability EGTC2 
Arrabona Korlátolt Felelősségű Európai Területi Együttműködési 
Közhasznú Csoportosulás 
"Linieland van Waas en Hulst" Europese Groepering voor 
Territoriale Samenwerking 
GECT Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - Trentino 

Territorio dei comuni: Comune di Gorizia (I), Mestna Občina 
Nova Gorica (Slo) e Občina Šempeter-Vrtojba (Slo) 
GECT Pirineus – Cerdanya 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial "Espacio 
Portalet" 
Rába-Duna-Vág European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
with Limited Liability 
GECT Eurorégion Nouvelle Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre 

Gruparea Europeană de Cooperare Teritorială Poarta Europa cu 
Răspundere Limitata (Poarta Europa GECT) 
BODROGKÖZI Korlátolt Felelősségű Európai Területi 
Együttműködési Közhasznú Csoportosulás 
Novohrad-Nógrád European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
with Limited Liability 
Pannon European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Ltd. 
EGTC EFXINI POLI - Network of European Cities for Sustainable 
Development 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation European Urban 

1 https://portal.cor.europa.eu/egtc/CoRActivities/Pages/welcome.aspx 

2 The abbreviation has been changed by adding "EGTC" by request of EGTC. 

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33 
34 
35 

Euregio Senza Confini 
TRITIA 
Sajó-Rima / Slaná-Rimava 

36 

Via Carpatia 

37 

38 

39 

40 
41 

42 
43 
44 
45 

Parc européen Alpi Marittime 
– Mercantour 
P.M.I.B.B. 

Secrétariat du Sommet de la 
Grande Région 
TATRY 
Spoločný región 

Torysa 
Svinka 
Alzette Belval 
AEuCC 

46 

Eurocity of Chaves-Verín 

47 

48 

European Common Future 
Building 
CETC-EGTC 

49  HP-HP 
50 

AECT-FPI 

51 

European Border Cities 

52 
53 

54 

ESPON 
PAHT 

Interregional Alliance for the 
Rhine-Alpine Corridor 

55  MASH 
56  Mura Region 

57 

Tisza 

58 

INTERREG Grande Région 

59  NOVUM 
60 
61 

León-Bragança 
PONTIBUS 

62 

63 

64 
65 

EUCOR The European 
Campus 
EMI 

PROUD 
Eurodistrict PAMINA 

66 

Ipoly-völgye 

67  DIETAMED 
68  HELICAS 
69  MURABA 

Knowledge Network Limited 
GECT "Euregio Senza Confini r.l." 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TRITIA limited 
Sajó - Rima / Slaná - Rimava European Grouping of Territorial 
Cooperation with Limited Liability 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Via Carpatia 
Limited 
Parc européen / Parco europeo Alpi Marittime - Mercantour 

Gruppo Europeo di Cooperazione Territoriale (G.E.C.T) Parco 
Marino Internazionale delle Bocche di Bonifacio (P.M.I.B.B) 
GECT "Secrétariat du Sommet de la Grande Région" 

EGTC TATRY Ltd. 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Spoločný región 
limited 
Torysa European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
Svinka European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
GECT Alzette Belval 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Ciudades de la 
Cerámica, AECT limitada 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Eurocity of 
Chaves-Verín 
European Common Future Building European Grouping of 
Territorial Cooperation with Limited Liability 
Central European Transport Corridor Limited Liability European 
Grouping of Territorial Co-operation 
Huesca Pirineos – Hautes Pyrénées 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Faja Pirítica 
Ibérica 
European Border Cities European Grouping of Territorial 
Cooperation Limited Liability 
ESPON EGTC – European Node for Territorial Evidence 
GECT Pays d'Art et d'Histoire Transfrontalier Les Vallées 
Catalanes du Tech et du Ter 
Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC 

MASH European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
Mura Region European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation 
Limited Liability 
Tisza European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited 
Liability 
GECT-Autorité de gestion programme INTERREG V A Grande 
Région 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation NOVUM Limited 
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial León-Bragança 
PONTIBUS European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited 
Liability 
Eucor The European Campus 

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation "European 
Mycological Institute" 
Eisenbahnneubaustrecke Dresden Prag EVTZ 
Groupement Européen de Coopération Territoriale Eurodistrict 
PAMINA 
Ipoly-valley European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation with 
Limited Liability 
DIETA MED EGTC 
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation HELICAS 
MURABA European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Limited 

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5.    EGTCS IN ETC PROGRAMMES IN 2017 

ETC programme 
Unknown* 

Interreg VA SUDOE 
Interreg VA Saxony-
CZ 
Interreg VA POCTEP 

Interreg VA Grande-
Région 

EGTCs involved 
Amphictyony, ZASNET, Arrabona, 
Eurodistrict PAMINA 
EGTC EPM 
EGTC PROUD 

EGTC León-Bragança, EGTC GNP, 
EGTC Eurocity of Chaves-Verín 
EGTC SaarMoselle, EGTC Alzette 
Belval 

Interreg VA POCTEFA 

Interreg VA IT-AT 

Interreg VA Upper 
Rhine 

EGTC HP-HP, EGTC Espacio 
Portalet 
EGTC Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - 
Trentino, EGTC Euregio Senza 
Confini 
EGTC EUCOR The European 
Campus, Eurodistrict Strasbourg-
Ortenau 
EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, EGTC 
Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale 
EGTC Linieland van Waas en 
Hulst 
EGTC TATRY, EGTC TRITIA 
EGTC RDV 
BTC EGTC 
EGTC Mura Region 
EGTC ArchiMed 
EGTC GO 
EGTC NOVUM 

Interreg VA FR-
Wallonie-Vlaanderen 
Interreg VA 
Vlaanderen-NL 
Interreg VA PL-SK 
Interreg VA HU-SK 
Interreg VA RO-HU 
Interreg VA HU-HR 
Interreg VA IT-FR 
Interreg VA IT-SI 
Interreg VA CZ-PL 
Interreg Alpine Space  EGTC Euregio Tirolo - Alto Adige - 
Trentino 
EGTC NOVUM, EGTC TRITIA, 
CETC-EGTC 
EGTC Eurorégion Nouvelle 
Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre 
EGTC Pons Danubii 
CETC-EGTC 
EGTC Efxini Poli – SolidarCity 
Network 
EGTC León-Bragança, EGTC GO, 
EGTC Pannon, EGTC Pons 
Danubii, EGTC EPM  
EGTC GNP, ESPON EGTC 

Interreg Central 
Europe 
Interreg Atlantic 
Space 
Interreg Danube 
Interreg Baltic Sea 
Interreg MED 

Interreg Europe 

ESPON 

Role of EGTCs 

Project implementation 

Project implementation  
Associated partner 

Project implementation  

Project implementation, 
managing partner, 
Managing Authority 
Project implementation  

Project implementation 
and observer 

Project implementation  

Project implementation 
and associated partner 
Project implementation  

Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Project implementation  
Managing partner  

Project implementation  

Project implementation  

Project implementation  
Associated partner 
Project implementation  

Project implementation  

Single beneficiary and 
stakeholder (associated 
partner) 

*  Some  EGTCs  did  not  indicate  the  Interreg  programme  where  they  implement  ETC  project  or  have  an 
associated role.  

Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs 

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6. NON-PROJECT/PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION RELATED WORK OF 

EGTCS IN ETC 

EGTCs involved 

EGTC Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale, EGTC 
PROUD, CETC-EGTC 
EGTC Alzette Belval, EGTC Euregio Tirolo - 
Alto Adige - Trentino 

EGTC Euregio Senza Confini 

EGTC GNP, ESPON EGTC 

EGTC Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau 
TRITIA EGTC 

Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs 

7.    EGTCS AND OTHER EU FUNDS IN 2017 

Role of EGTCs 

Associated partner 

Managing partner, supporting Interreg 
applications of other actors (Alzette 
Belval) or supporting the CLLD process 
through networking (Euregio Tirolo - 
Alto Adige – Trentino) 
Observer in a Steering Committee 

Single beneficiary and stakeholder 
(associated partner) 
Project promoter 
Member with a voting right in a 
Monitoring Committee of an Interreg 
VA programme 

Fund/ Programme 
European Agricultural Fund for Rural 
Development (EAFRD) 
European Social Fund (ESF) 
Horizon 2020 
CEF 

Creative Europe 
Erasmus+ 

Europe for Citizens 
Hercule III 
Direct funding from DG Regio (under 
the Urban Agenda) 
Source: Spatial Foresight, based on data from EGTCs 

EGTCs 
EGTC Linieland van Waas en Hulst, EGTC  
Spoločný región, PAHT EGTC 
ZASNET 
EGTC Efxini Poli - SolidarCity Network 
Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine 
Corridor EGTC 
AEuCC EGTC, EPM EGTC,  
AEuCC EGTC, EPM EGTC, EUCOR The European 
Campus, León-Bragança EGTC 
BTC EGTC 
Mura Region 
EUKN EGTC 

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8.  

OVERVIEW OF EGTCS UNDER CONSTITUTION ACCORDING TO 
STATUS 

No.  Name 

Status 2016 

Status 2017 

Countries 

1 

EGTC InterPal - 
Medio Tejo 

2  Rio Minho 

3 

EGTC Alpine 
Pearls 

4  Cittaslow 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Eurociudad del 
Guadiana 
INNOVATIVE 
EUROPE - INEU 
European 
Campus of 
Studies and 
Research 
EGTC David 

Awaiting 
approval 

Awaiting 
approval 

Awaiting 
approval 

Awaiting 
approval 
Awaiting 
approval 
Awaiting 
approval 
Awaiting 
approval 

Awaiting approval 
– approved in 
2018 
Awaiting approval 
– approved in 
2018 

Portugal, Spain 

Spain, Portugal 

Awaiting approval  Austria, Germany, 
Switzerland, Italy, 
Slovenia, France 
Italy, Netherlands 

Awaiting 
approval* 

Awaiting approval  Spain, Portugal 

Awaiting 
approval* 
In preparation 

Greece, Bulgaria 

Germany, Austria 

In preparation 

Awaiting approval  Slovenia, Austria 

9  Alto 

In preparation 

In preparation* 

Italy, Slovenia, Croatia 

Adriatico/Severni 
Jadran/ Sjeverni 
Jadran 
10  EGTC Saint 
Martin Sint 
Maarteen 

In preparation 

In preparation* 

France, Netherlands  

11  Odra+Oder 

In preparation 

In preparation 

Poland, Germany 

12  Euro Contrôle 

In preparation 

In preparation* 

Route (ECR) 

13  Geopark 

In preparation 

In preparation 

Muskauer 
Faltenbogen 

Belgium, Luxembourg, 
The Netherlands, 
France, Germany, 
Ireland, UK, Poland, 
Austria, Romania, 
Bulgaria, Hungary, 
Lithuania, Croatia 
Poland, Germany 

14  Geopark 

In preparation 

In preparation 

Slovenia, Austria 

Karawanken-
Karavanke 

15  Sportzentrum 

In preparation* 

In preparation*  Germany, Luxembourg 

Ralingen-Rosport 

16  EGTC Hercules 

In preparation 

In preparation 

UK, Spain 

17  CIRCULAR 
ECONOMY, 
TERITORIAL 
COHESION, AND 
INSULARITY 
EUROPEAN 
GROUPING OF 

10 

In preparation 

Greece, Croatia, 
Cyprus, France, Italy, 
Malta, Spain 

 
 
 
TERRITORIAL 
COOPERATION 

18  Pirineos-Pyrénées 

In preparation 

France, Spain 

19  Cross-border 

University 
Campus 
20  Euregio 

Bayerischer Wald 
- Böhmerwald 
21  Europaregion 
Moldau 

22  GEPACO - 

GEmeindePArtner 
PArtenaires 
COmmunaux 

In preparation 

Spain, France, Andorra 

Idea 

Idea 

Idea 

Germany, Austria, 
Czech Republic 

Germany, Austria, 
Czech Republic 
Belgium, Germany, 
France, Luxembourg 

* Assessment not based on response from EGTC but on information such as approval authorities, news etc. 

Source: Spatial Foresight 

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