Direction de la communication 1 ALPINE SPACE benefits for the Regions Added value of the cooperation among regions ? Roger VIOUD, regional councillor, President of the deliberative commitee for European, International Affairs and Cooperation – Region Rhone-Alps Direction de l’Europe, des Relations internationales et de la Coopération

Direction de la communication 2 Three challenges for the Regions  Geographic challenge : the alpine zone  Alpine identity, vehicle for economical and cultural differenciation  Fields of excellence : environment, tourism, sustainable development, mountaneous area, natural hazards, alpine economic sectors (moutaneous sport, industry, renewable energies, water, new forms and new modalities of tourism, agriculture and forestry, alpine traffics control…. Direction de l’Europe, des Relations internationales et de la Coopération

Direction de la communication 3  Managing and European construction’s challenges  Managing the complexity  The European time-schedule : preparation, coordination, animation  A non reducible cooperation to INTERREG Direction de l’Europe, des Relations internationales et de la Coopération

Direction de la communication 4  Examples for Rhone-Alps Direction de l’Europe, des Relations internationales et de la Coopération European cooperation of Rhone-Alps Euroregion Alpes Méditerranée

Direction de la communication 5  Meaning of cooperation’s challenge  INTERREG : interesting lever to promote an operational implementation of European regulations  INTERREG : still a political object under construction Direction de l’Europe, des Relations internationales et de la Coopération