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The EGTC GO Guest at the Transport & Logistics Conference 2016 (Bruxelles, 3 March 2016)
On 3 March 2016, the Slovenian Business & Research Association (SBRA) organized the Transport & Logistics Conference 2016 at the premises of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU (Rue du Commerce 44, Brussels).
European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport Ms. Violeta Bulc was be the keynote speaker, alongside Dr. Peter Gašperšič, the Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure. The conference included a host of experts representing some of the industry's leading voices. Although the event covered the wider EU agenda on transport and logistics, a special emphasis on the Central European region was given.
15:05 – 15:20
Sandra SODINI, Director, European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
Top 15 Missing EU Transport Links: Intermodal Logistics Centre Gorizia (ITA)– Nova Gorica (SLO)
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Mayors of Šempeter-Vrtojba - Milan Turk, Gorizia - Ettore Romoli, Nova Gorica - Matej Arčon
With European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport Ms. Violeta Bulc
Mayors and the Director of GECT GO Sandra Sodini with Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of Regions (CoR) and Vice-Chairman of the Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group (OISPG)
With Patricija Šulin, Member of the European Parliament
EGTC GO at the Seminar "The participation of the EGTCs in programmes of European Territorial Cooperation" (Bruxelles, 12/11/2015)
Seminar
The participation of the EGTCs
in programmes of European Territorial Cooperation
Brussels, 12 November 2015, 14:30-18:00
European Committee of the Regions
Room JDE 52 – Map: https://goo.gl/maps/eLdWW
Interpretation EN – FR – DE – ES – IT (passive)
Since their inception in 2006, the primary function of the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation is the implementation of cooperation programmes, or parts thereof, or the implementation of operations supported by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and/or the Cohesion Fund.
The purpose of this seminar is to give an overview at the state-of-the-art of the participation of the EGTCs in programmes of European Territorial Cooperation, identifying their main achievements, the bottlenecks, and the future steps to improve their performance.
The seminar also intends to help the EGTCs to exchange experiences and ideas in order to be able to apply successfully to the new calls of proposals corresponding to the period 2014-2020.
The 2016 edition of the award 'Building Europe across Borders' to EGTCs promoting growth and jobs will be launched in this seminar.
This seminar is co-organised by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), and is part of the conference on 'The Future of Cross-border Cooperation in Europe' which will take place on 12 and 13 November in Brussels, co-organised by the CoR and the AEBR in collaboration with the European Commission and the Congress of Local and Regional Powers of the Council of Europe in the context of the 25 years of INTERREG.
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updated on 05/10/2015
13.00 Registration and welcome lunch
14.30 Opening of the meeting by the Chair:
Raffaele Cattaneo (IT/EPP), Chair of COTER and Political Coordinator of the EGTC Platform of the CoR
15.00 Roundtable 1: Questions related to the participation of the EGTCs in INTERREG
Exam of the different situations of the EGTCs in ETC programmes
Dirk Peters, European Commission, senior legal officer, DG Regional and Urban Policy
Aleksandra Rapp, INTERACT Vienna, project manager
Ivan Curzolo, EGTC GO, ITI manager
16.15 Coffee break
16.30 Roundtable 2: New ideas for the future INTERREG projects
Tips about how to participate successfully in the new calls
Vicente Rodríguez Sáez, European Commission, Deputy Head of Unit, Competence Centre Macro-regions and European Territorial Co-operation - Transnational and Interregional Co-operation
Enikő Nyerges, CESCI – Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives, project officer
Kres Timea Tünde, EGTC Gate to Europe, Director
Helena Videira, EGTC ZASNET, Director
17.30 Launching of the 2016 edition of the Award 'Building Europe across Borders' to EGTCs generating growth and jobs
17.45 End of the meeting
Live webstreaming: http://live.eesc.europa.eu/2015-11-12-jde62
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Registration: http://europa.eu/!kQ68wj
The connection between Gorizia and Nova Gorica / Šempeter-Vrtojba is one of the 15 top European missing rail links
The Transport Committee of the European Parliament carried out a study with regard to regional rail connections, which shows that in the EU there are still significant rail connections missing at 27 borders.
The purpose of the project is to identify the missing rail links and / or regional cross-border problem outside the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The results are usable in the form of an interactive map:
Missing Rail Links Site
http://www.missing-rail-links.eu/
Michael Cramer, President of the Transport Commission of the European Parliament
http://www.michael-cramer.eu/
The EGCC GO, alreadz approved a pilot action called REVITALISE THE "RAILWAY JUNCTION GORIZIA - NOVA GORICA - ŠEMPETER-VRTOJBA inserted in the summary of the objectives, actions and project proposals for community planning and drafting of the strategic plan, approved by the Assembly on November 11, 2013.
Related projects:
EGTC GO Strategic Plan
Project ADRIA
TIP project
Metropolitan region and cross-border pressure on EU
Il Piccolo, 10 November 2015
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