Presentation of Wilderich von Droste-Hülshoff, European Grouping of Territorial Co-operations (EGTC) in Baden-Wurttemberg Meeting of the Approval Authorities, 21st – 22nd February 2013, Budapest Presentation of Wilderich von Droste-Hülshoff, head of the department for Cross-Border Cooperation and EU-Affairs, District Government of Freiburg
EGTCs in Germany In Germany no legislation has been passed on the national level federal state competences for regulations and authorizations on behalf of local and regional authorities are on the level of the states (Lander) each state should disclose its competent authority for the authorization of EGCTs in Baden-Wurttemberg District Government of Freiburg
Freiburg
Our border regions
EGTCs in Baden-Wurttemberg So far only one EGCT has been prepared and approved by our authority: „Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau“ Members: municipality of Strasbourg in France and the Landkreis Ortenau in Germany with some of its municipalities together ammounting to one million inhabitants
Political Institutions Four EURODISTRICTs as local subregions Regio Pamina EGTC Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Kehl Eurodistrict „Region Freiburg/Centre et Sud Alsace“ Trinationaler Eurodistrict Basel
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