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1. The Aquitaine-
Basque Country
Euro-region
What it is, goals, missions and
governance
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2. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
About it
We understand the cross-border cooperation in three levels:
• Micro-level: proximity cooperation (Bidasoa-Txingudy bay)
• Meso-level: urban approach (Eurociudad Vasca Baiona-San
Sebastián)
• Regional-level: AECT Eurorregión Aquitania-Euskadi
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4. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
About it
WEAKNESSES STRENGTHS
•Different competences • History
•Different languages • No borders from 1992
•Multiple stakeholders • Institutional relationships by
•Weak perception outside the decades
border • Common policies
•EU legislative framework
•Good perception by stakeholders
THREATS OPPORTUNITIES
•Institutional competence •Economic need and
•Lack of specificness complementary nature
•Technocratic project •Regional positioning
•EU strategy: 2014-2020
•Policy organisation: 3 levels (local,
intermediary and regional)
•Coordination of different
stakeholders
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5. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
About it
The Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-Region is a European Grouping of
Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), with its own legal status established pursuant
to EC Regulation No. 1082/2006, made up by the Basque Autonomous
Community and Aquitaine Region
- Headquarters in Hendaye
- Under French legislation
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6. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
About it
WHAT IS A EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORICAL COOPERATION?
European legal instrument, created to foster flexible, simple and more
strategic territorial cooperation, by reducing the difficulties linked to the
different national legislation.
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7. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
Goals The mainMissions are:
and aims of the EGTC
- Cooperate in a global and transversal manner
- Develop territorial cooperation
from a European perspective
-Heighten the visibility of the 2 regions in the
European arena
- Framework for cross-border relations
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10. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
Governance
Shared and multilevel governance
The preparing of a Euro-region project
Decision-taking authorities is part of a democratic, participative and
An ASSEMBLY of 20 members citizenperspective
appointed jointly between the
The EGTC will operate as a
two regions network and with consensus
A bi-annual
PRESIDENCY, assumed
alternatively
A 6-member EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE made up jointly
A DIRECTOR
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11. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
What for?
Consolidating cohesion
Regional planning
Setting up an area for
networking and exchangeFrom
the Bordeaux, Pau, Bilbao, Vitoria To achieve an attractive and
rhombus dynamic open space
Setting up a collective project
Overcoming barriers
Obtaining a significant place
in EuropeBeing heard individually
and together
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12. Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-
region
What are its benefits?
Size to be competitive Nearly
five and a half inhabitants.
A new regional vision for
planning A different dimension
A framework to interact
Overcoming obstacles
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13. The Aquitaine-
Basque Country
Euro-region
Policy areas
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14. The Aquitaine-Basque Country
Euro-region
Policy areas
Towards…
Improving communication between the two
regions, fostering environmentally-friendly passenger and
goods transport.
2011: over 9,000 lorries a day
Showcasing renewable energies
Developing R&D activities, to create a new social,
economic and technological dynamics
Bihartean (2010)
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15. The Aquitaine-Basque Country
Euro-region
Policy areas
Promoting training and education through teacher and
student mobility.
Euskampus Project.
Common work in areas linked to
agriculture, forestry, food and health with priority being
given to quality, denomination of origin, traceability and
development of environmentally-friendly agriculture
practices
Health artistic and
Reinforcingconvention cultural dynamics
Showcasing all the tourist resources
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16. The Aquitaine-
Basque Country
Euro-region
2011-2013 Guidelines
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17. The Aquitaine-Basque Country
Euro-region
Priorities
The Euro-region has 4 major priorities
Installation and implementation
Call for projects: €900,000 (2012-2013)
Working on sustainable mobility
Structuring cross-border cooperation in the
region and coordinating with stakeholders
2014-2020 Strategic Plan
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18. The Aquitaine-Basque Country
Euro-region
Location
The Aquitaine-Basque Country Euro-region EGTC
Rue Leku-Eder, Z.I.
Les Joncaux
64700 Hendaye (France)
www.aquitaine-euskadi.eu
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