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Title INTERACT Seminar on the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
Venue Vienna City Hall and Bezirksvorstehung des 8. Bezirks - VIENNA
Date 26 - 27 November 2007
Summary 55 participants from various institutions met on the occasion of the First INTERACT Seminar on the EGTC:
- INTERREG programmes and projects
- Regional and national authorities
- EU institutions (European Commission, Committee of the Regions)
- Large organisations (EUROMOT; Assembly of European Regions, Association of Cross-border Regions)

The Workshop Factsheet presents the main discussions and conclusions of the Seminar.
Documents Presentations
- Agenda
- 01 - Introduction
- 02 - European Commission – Mr Dirk Peters: The EGTC Regulation
- 03 - Committee of the Regions – Gianluca Spinaci: The contribution from the COR to the EGTC
- 04 - The implementation of the EGTC Regulation in the EU Member States
- 05 - The EGTC Roadmap - Presentation
- 06 - EGTC for the management of European Territorial Cooperation programmes and projects
- 07 - EDON case study: Drafting the convention and statutes
- 08 - EMR case study: About changing the localisation of the office of a cross-border structure
- 09 - The EGTC versus alternative forms of cooperation

Additional Documentation
- EGTC Handbook - Draft version
- EGTC Annexes (zip file), including:
   - EGTC Roadmap (general) - Draft version
   - EGTC Roadmap (programme management) - Draft version
   - Model of EGTC Convention - Draft version
   - Model of EGTC Statutes - Draft version
   - Etc
Useful Links - EGTC Section on the Inforegio Website (DG Regional Policy)
- EGTC Section on the INTERACT Website
- INTERACT Study: Legal study on structures of cross-border cooperation in INTERREG programmes
- EGTC web page at the Committee of the Regions
Follow-up Update of the EGTC Handbook - Final publication 02.2008

Second INTERACT Seminar on the EGTC - See calendar of events