Szczecin 18032016

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Marcin Krzymuski | Krzymuski@europa-uni.de | evtz.eu

Prophecy...

Oder-Partnerschaft as an EGTC

SOLUTION: EGTC for

• networking between universities,

• management of joint research infrastructure

• common faculties

SOLUTION 2: EGTC for cross-border metropolitan areas

SOLUTION 1:

small EGTC for public services:

• public transport,

• health services,

• waste management,

• water supply etc.

PURPOSE: economic promotion of joint regions, attractive conditions for domestic population

PURPOSE: protection of natural and cultural heritage in German-Polish cross-border region

SOLUTION: cooperation between national parks in purpose to establish

common national park as EGTC

Partnerstwo Odry as an EGTC

EU Law

European Economic Interest Grouping

European Grouping of territorial Cooperation

PURPOSE: facilitation and promotion of territorial cooperation [cross-border, transnational and interregional] with the aim of strengthening Union economic, social and territorial cohesion

PURPOSE: to facilitate or develop the economic activities

TASKS: shall be related to the economic activities of its members

TASKS: the facilitation and promotion of territorial cooperation to strengthen Union economic, social and territorial cohesion

AND

the overcoming of internal market barriers.

MEMBERS:

• regional authorities; local authorities; public undertakings, bodies governed by public law, undertakings entrusted with operations of services of general economic interest;

• authorities and bodies from third countries;

• associations of them.

MEMBERS:

• companies or firms,

• legal bodies governed by public or private law,

• natural persons who carry on any industrial, commercial, craft or agricultural activity

Achievement of German-Polish relationship

Alternative ways...

Treaty of Karlsruhe for German-Polish region

18 acts

Manual of EGTC for actors of cross-border cooperation

Treaty of Good Neighbourship from 1991

... to 2041?

Legal forms for cross-border cooperation of public entities in German-Polish border region

European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities from 1980

Private forms

for cross-border cooperation

public services

private contracts

Ltd. (GmbH = Sp. z o.o.)

Partnerships

&

Associations

Dr. Marcin Krzymuski, LL.M. | EVTZ-Kompetenzzentrum

Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

4 Euregios

98+ partnerships

Szczecin, 18.3.2016