MANAGEMENT A IMPLEMENTACE PROGRAMŮ ÚZEMNÍ SPOLUPRÁCE NA PŘÍKLADU ESÚS
MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMMES ON EXAMPLE OF EGTC

Author(s): Jiří Dušek, Štěpán Kavan
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography, Governance
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: EGTC; European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation; Cross-border Cooperation; Region;
Summary/Abstract: European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) were set up to facilitate cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation between Member States or their regional and local authorities. EGTCs enable these partners to implement joint projects, share expertise and improve coordination of spatial planning. Unlike the older cooperation structures which governed cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation before 2007, the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation is a legal entity and as such, will enable regional and local authorities from different European states, to set up cooperation groupings with a legal personality. The contribution deals with an analysis of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, new form of cross-border cooperation in the European Union. The main objective of the submitted contribution is to analyse historical development of this cooperation between years 2008–2022, based on own research and study of relevant Committee of Regions documents (for example EGTC Monitoring Report). The assessment of the EGTC can be described as a comparative time and space analysis, because different units are being compared not just in time, but also from the point of view of their geographical location. The contribution discussed the growing relevance of the EGTC as instrument of regional development, uneven development in individual countries (Hungary, France, Slovakia x Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Great Britain and Ireland), terminological problems and validity of EGTC databases.

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