European Grouping of Territorial Cooperations EGTC in Baden

European Grouping of Territorial Co-operations (EGTC) in Baden -Wurttemberg Meeting of the Approval Authorities, 21 st – 22 nd 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

Thank you very much for your attention! Contact: State Agency for Cross Border Cooperation and European Affairs Regierungspräsidium Freiburg Kaiser-Josef-Str. 167 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau Germany E-Mail: sgze@rpf. bwl. de www. rp-freiburg. de