Open days Brussels 28 th of September 2004 Experiences and perspectives for territorial cooperation: the CPMR approach Experiences and perspectives for territorial cooperation: the CPMR approach

149 Regions 25 States 25 States 170 million inhabitants 170 million inhabitants 7 Geographical Commissions 7 Geographical Commissions A WIDE NETWORK

A polycentric structure based on 7 Geographical Commissions Islands Commission Baltic Sea Commission North Sea Commission Inter-Mediterranean Commission Balkan Commission Atlantic Arc Commission Black Sea Commission A WIDE NETWORK

 Co-ordinate co-operation  Implement projects  Express common interests CPMR MEMBER REGIONS  Spokesperson  Lobbying force  Negotiator DIVERSE MEANS OF ACTION With the European Union With Member States

An on-going campaign INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION Impetus for regional and European development Introduction of Article 10 of the ERDF Introduction of the Interreg II C programme , 121 billion €uros Negotiations for Interreg III 1.5 billion €uros for III B and C Polycentrism study in partnership with 6 states 2002 Seminar on cooperation instruments after 2006 (October, Sicily) 2004

PROPOSALS SET OUT IN THE DRAFT REGULATIONS 14/7/2004 : A POSITIVE APPRECIATION Territorial cooperation has gained a stronger status and very significant budgets Stronger transnational cooperation and maritime cooperation What is the future for theme-based interregional cooperation?

“The Commission would seek to facilitate exchange of experience and good practice on a European scale by organising networks involving regions and cities.” No precision given by the Commission: up to the interregional organisations to propose …

Other important issues: INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION AND THE NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD INSTRUMENT How to take forward measures that will allow programmes led under the future cooperation instrument to be joined up with the external cooperation programmes PHARE, TACIS, MEDA and CARDS for both cross-border and transnational cooperation?

SEMINAR ON 21 AND 22 OCTOBER IN TAORMINA - SICILY Member Regions of the CPMR and AEBR Representatives from the 25 EU Member States, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, together with representatives from EU institutions (Parliament, Committee of the Regions, etc.) Representatives from other European regional and local government organisations. The Dutch Presidency of the EU will be invited to express its point of view, as will the Directors General of the three concerned Directorates-General of the European Commission, i.e. DG REGIO, DG RELEX and DG ENLARGEMENT.

SEMINAR ON 21 AND 22 OCTOBER IN TAORMINA Governance and cooperation: links between the different strands; clarification of the 3rd strand ; map of the transnational strand ; balance and consistency of budgets available on either side of a border; Specific cooperation: between maritime, island, mountain and sparsely populated regions; how can these types of cooperation be integrated into the different strands of the cooperation objective? Neighbourhood instrument Legal instrument for cooperation

RETHINKING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION RETHINKING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION Towards new implementation areas ? Towards new implementation areas ? Which criteria for a simplification ? 8 transnational areas ???

Towards transnational cooperation at regional level 20 Alps Atlantic Balkans-Danube Baltic Transnational area: Central Europe Mediterranean North sea Pentagon UPR Regional networks: 1.Gulf of Bothnia 2.Gulf of Finland 3.North/Baltic Sea straits 4.Irish Sea 5.Oder-Neisse line 6.Rhine Valley 7.English Channel 8.Carpathians 9.Danube 10.Bay of Biscay 11.Pyrenees Gulf of lions 13.Gulf of Genoa 14.Adriatic 15.Black Sea / Dardanelles 16.Iberian peninsula rivers 17.Gibraltar/ Alboran Sea 18.Strait of Sicily 19.Aegean Sea 20.Southern Alps 21.Barents Sea 22.…

Open days Brussels 28 th of September 2004 Experiences and perspectives for territorial cooperation: the CPMR approach Experiences and perspectives for territorial cooperation: the CPMR approach