1. EGTC Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation October 7 th 2015 Mag. Matthias Fink

2. EUROPEAN REGION TYROL-SOUTH TYROL- TRENTINO

3. EUROREGION New opportunities for the citizens of the Region Tyrol the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol and the Autonomous Province of Trento

4. “THE EUROPEAN REGION TYROL-SOUTH TYROL- TRENTINO IS A ROLE-MODEL FOR EUROPE* * Prime minister Matteo Renzi at a gathering with chancellor Werner Faymann (5 July 2014, Castel Prösels, South Tyrol)

5. “FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY: NO FUTURE FOR NATIONALISM“* * Commemoration during the European Region‘s project „Train to Galicia“: Gathering of 400 students & 100 teachers, historians and interested people (18 October 2014, Central market, Krakow)

6. EUROPEAN REGION TYROL- SOUTH TYROL-TRENTINO

7. 1.OVERVIEW: European Region TYROL-SOUTH TYROL-TRENTINO

8. HISTORY 1363: Tirol kommt zu Österreich 1919 : nach dem 1. Weltkrieg wird Tirol zerrissen 1919/1920: der Friedensvertrag von St. Germain spricht das südliche Tirol (Südtirol und Trentino) Italien zu Ab 1922: Italianisierungsbemühungen der Faschisten in Südtirol – nun Provincia di Venezia Tridentina genannt […] County of Tyrol - part of the Habsburg Empire After the end of WWI: County of Tyrol split - South Tyrol & Trentino are now part of Italy Italianization: Forced cultural & ethnical assi- milation South Tyrolian Option: Agreement between Hitler & Mussolini Liberation by Allied Forces

9. HISTORY 1363: Tirol kommt zu Österreich 1919 : nach dem 1. Weltkrieg wird Tirol zerrissen 1919/1920: der Friedensvertrag von St. Germain spricht das südliche Tirol (Südtirol und Trentino) Italien zu Ab 1922: Italianisierungsbemühungen der Faschisten in Südtirol – nun Provincia di Venezia Tridentina genannt […] „Gruber-Degaspari“- Agreement: Autonomy First Statute of Autonomy Second Statute of Auto- Nomy & implementing acts

10. HISTORY 1363: Tirol kommt zu Österreich 1919 : nach dem 1. Weltkrieg wird Tirol zerrissen 1919/1920: der Friedensvertrag von St. Germain spricht das südliche Tirol (Südtirol und Trentino) Italien zu Ab 1922: Italianisierungsbemühungen der Faschisten in Südtirol – nun Provincia di Venezia Tridentina genannt […] Pariser Vertrag führt zu „Gruber-Degaspari“- Abkommen 1. Autonomiestatut 2. Autonomiestatut und Durchführungs- bestimmungen Framework Agreement Austria - Italy First joint session of local governments Austria joins EU Schengen agreement entered into force: no more border controls EGTC „European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol- Trentino constituted Dispute Settlement Austria - Italy

11. POLITICAL SYSTEM - TYROL Federal state Tyrol Governor: Günther Platter (ÖVP), since January 2008 State Assembly: 36 seats Coalition: ÖVP-GRÜNE

12. POLITICAL SYSTEM- TRENTINO President: Ugo Rossi (PATT), since Novembre 2013 State Assembly: 35 seats Autonomy State Assemblies of South Tyrol & Trentino form the Regional Council President of the Region: “job- rotation” between Ugo Rossi & Arno Kompatscher

13. POLITICAL SYSTEM – SOUTH TYROL President: Arno Kompatscher (SVP), since January 2014 State Assembly: 35 seats AUTONOMY (legislative powers) Coalition SVP-PD Official languages: German & Italian Ethnical proportion

14. DIVERSITY IN LANGUAGES 3 mother tongues: German Italian Ladin

15. WHAT SETS US APART? Citizenship Autonomy vs. Federalism Economical structure vs. Social representation Language Culture Jurisdiction

16. CULTURE COOPERATIVISM HISTORY ECONOMY ALPINE REGION NATURE DISTANCE VIENNA ROME DISTANCE VIENNA ROME QUALITY OF LIFE WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON?

17. What is the EGTC?

18. PILLARS OF THE EUROPEAN REGION Joint sessions of the legislative assemblies (Dreierlandtag) Attendance to the INTERREG program Italy-Austria Bilateral and trilateral cooperation between the provincial administrations EGTC “European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol- Trentino” A network between universities, economy, associations and society Common representation of the European Region T-BZ-TN at Bruxelles

19. EGTC: EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION European legal instrument designed to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation EGTCs have their own legal personality = can enter into contracts in their own name enables EGTC‘s members to team up and deliver joint services without requiring a prior international agreement EU Member States, regional/local authorities, associations or any other public body can become EGTC members legal basis: EU Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 revised by Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013

20. EGTC – What’s that all about? ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD SECRETARY GENERAL PRESIDENT EGTC Bodies EGTC Bodies ASSEMBLY 3 Governors 3 State Ministers 3 Presidents of the State Assembly 3 Members of the State Parliament RESOLUTION of the GUIDE LINES and the BUDGET ASSEMBLY 3 Governors 3 State Ministers 3 Presidents of the State Assembly 3 Members of the State Parliament RESOLUTION of the GUIDE LINES and the BUDGET EXECUTIVE BOARD The 3 present Governors / Presidents of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino: Günther Platter Arno Kompatscher Ugo Rossi RESOLUTION of the WORKING PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE BOARD The 3 present Governors / Presidents of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino: Günther Platter Arno Kompatscher Ugo Rossi RESOLUTION of the WORKING PROGRAMME PRESIDENT Rotating Presidency: 24 months in office At present: Günther Platter (State of Tyrol) REPRESENTS the EGTC PRESIDENT Rotating Presidency: 24 months in office At present: Günther Platter (State of Tyrol) REPRESENTS the EGTC SECRETARY- GENERAL Rotating, present: Matthias Fink (T) SUPPORTS the President and COORDINATES the Common Office of the Euroregion SECRETARY- GENERAL Rotating, present: Matthias Fink (T) SUPPORTS the President and COORDINATES the Common Office of the Euroregion

21. 3. EGTC‘s PROJECTS / FOCUS!

22. MAIN FIELDS OF ACTION Citizen Cooperation Youths Europe Health Mobility and traffic Energy, environment and natural resources Culture, education, research Economy, agriculture and tourism Work, social policies and integration

23. EGTC: TASKS Budget: 1,8 Mio. Contact point for ideas and requests Realisation of „direct projects“ Coordination of the three regions European networking

24. The EGTC works on: Direct projects (annual budget 2015: 1.800.000€) Planning of the internal processes Communication Theme based projects Coordinated projects organization of networking meetings with stakeholders from all three territories projects not directly financed by the EGTC European Projects INTERREG projects ACTIVITIES

25. EUREGIO-YOUTH FESTIVAL EUREGIO-SUMMERCAMP EUREGIO SCIENCE MOBILITY FUND TRAIN WOLRD WAR I– GALICIA (POLAND)

26. PROJECTS EUREGIO-landia (touring exhibition) COOPERATION: FILM FESTIVALS EUREGIO-MAP EUREGIO MUSEUM DAY

27. PROJECTS SINFONIA-SMARTCITIES SOLAR TIROL PRO GREEN FORUM ALPBACH RESEARCH - FUND INTERTECH

28. DIRECT / COORDINATED PROJEKTS GREEN CORRIDOR - BBT MONITRAF REGIONAL PRODUCTS RADIATION THERAPY PATIENT MOBILITY THERMAL SPRINGS

29. PROJECTS BISCYLE TRACK OF FRIENDSHIP COOPERATION PRIZE APPRENTICE - EXCHANGE UPLOADSOUNDS

30. „THE EUROPEAN REGION TAKES A STAND FOR EDUCATION AND YOUTH“* * Trentino‘s President Ugo Rossi and Tyrol‘s Governor Günther Platter signed an agreement in principle for the expansion of higher education partnerships. (5 July 2014, Castel Prösels, South Tyrol)

31. 4. How does the EGTC COMMUNICATE?

32. Website : new design : Feature box with video section Facebook Youtube Press releases via State Press Offices (Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino) Newspaper advertisement (scheduled Q2 – Q3 2014 | Euregio Cooperation Prize) TV : „Europaregion heute“ [DE] & „Euregio informa“[IT] Events, Projects, Partners… HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE?

33. OUR HOMEPAGE – STATUS QUO Puzzle: Fields of action: all our projects News & Events 3 videos per month: 1 featured location 1 featured person 1 legal question per month STORYTELLING! www.europaregion.info

34. OUR HOMEPAGE – REDESIGN Go Live: Q2 2014 ( June-July 2014) Feature Boxes Embedded videoplayer on front page

35. FACEBOOK - CHANNEL

36. YOUTUBE - CHANNEL

37. EUREGIO-YOUTH FESTIVAL Theme`16: „LET‘S BUILD THE EUROPEAN REGION TOGETHER!“ Riva del Garda – Meran – Stams (25 - 28 March 2015) 100 students from Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino (16 - 19 years) work languages: DE – EN – IT workshops, discussions and keynotes Edition 2016 in planning phase

38. EUREGIO-SUMMERCAMP a week full of exchange: learning DE / IT while playing 100 students from Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino (11 – 14 years) bilinguality all the way – prepared and accompanied by language teachers enrollment fees: 120.00 € - including board and lodging language lessions, excursions, cooking evenings, outdoor sports and much more…

39. UPLOAD - SOUNDS GOAL: Promotion of newcomer-bands within the European Region a springboard for gifted newcomer musicians Upload-Tour: 15 concerts covering all three provinces of the European Region contest-winners get support package worth of 1.200 € winner`13: BOB & THE APPLE

40. EUREGIO- ACTION WEEK: SCHOOLS IN TYROL target group: 7 th grade students or above keynote about the basics of the European Region and ongoing projects euregio quiz and videos more than 40 keynotes held so far fifth edition: 1 – 5 February 2016

41. JOIN THE EUROPEAN REGION ON FACEBOOK! www.facebook.com/europaregion.info