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
Date: 2020-05-15
Institutions: The Member States
Subjects: European territorial cooperation, Greece, Italy, cross-border cooperation, economic and social cohesion, economic cooperation, local authority, regional authority, regional cooperation, regional development








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15.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 167/16






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




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;










(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.




More specifically:






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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,










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










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










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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,










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taking part in the Agenda for EU Mountainous Regions,










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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












IV.2)



Nationalities of the members of the Grouping: Italy, Greece













IV.3)



Member information (1)






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




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




Internet address: www.php.gov.gr




Type of member: Regional authority










(1)  Please add for each member.