1. Institution of EGTC in the period of 2014- 2020: New, innovative perspectives of the operation of the EGTCs Krzysztof Żarna Director Territorial Cooperation Department of Marshal’s Office of the West Pomerania Region Budapest, 7th March 2014 CETC-EGTC Experiences

2. transport corridor providing a development strip between the Baltic and Adriatic; existing and developing spatial structure which not only comprises the transportation infrastructure; way to dynamize manufacturing processes stimulating the development of tourism and increasing co-operation capacity and business ventures; important link of global chain of economic relations; links between many cities and regions; liaison generating strategic benefits for Europe. CETC -EGTC

3. ©Wilhelm Borchert GmbH (2013) Co-modality; Environment; Innovation; Economic growth; Regional cohesion. CETC-EGTC AND FUTURE CHALLENGES OF UE

4. Create efficient interfaces between the national transport networks. Pursue a network of green and efficient multimodal transport corridors. Establish sufficient multi-level governance mechanisms. Apply an incremental, need based approach to infrastructure investments. Initiative CETC- ROUTE65 EU projects: SoNorA TransGovernence SETA others DEVELOPMENT OF CETC – EGTC VISION

5. NEW ASPECTS OF THE EGTC REGULATION We can expect increased flexibility in establishing new groupings and higher transparency in legal provisions. The EGTC may become an adequate model for institutionalised collaboration in transport area, managing of the transport corridors. The EGTC mechanism should also be used to fulfil the investment objective of the new Cohesion Policy. There will be a new capability of avoiding the formation of administrative barriers. The barriers arising from different national legal systems.

6. NEW ASPECTS OF THE EGTC REGULATION The EGTC instrument will be now more visible. Good practices and wider public appearance of network-EGTCs can also influence the political will. As the existing structures of territorial cooperation programme are solid, this mechanism will not be so often used to manage programs as we all expected. Financial support for EGTCs has not been introduced in the new regulations and this issue requires further discussion. The EGTC can be also a great mechanism to contribute to the development of the European macro-regions.

7. NEW ASPECTS OF THE EGTC REGULATION Where there is a political will of national, regional and local stakeholders, there is a way to accomplish the ambitious plans and achieve the success on the development of a EGTC mechanism.

8. Thank you for attention! Krzysztof Żarna Director Territorial Cooperation Department of Marshal’s Office of the West Pomerania Region 70-540 Szczecin, Korsarzy 34 phone: +48 91 44 67 138 fax: +48 91 44 67 171 e-mail: kzarna@wzp.pl