EGTC Lille Kortrijk Tournai Eurometropole
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EGTC
Lille Kortrijk Tournai Eurometropole
60’
40’80’
Lille Metropolitan Area
Eurometropole
France
Flanders
Wallonia
Halluin (France)
Menin (Belgium)
Comines (France)
Comines-Warneton (Belgium)
Key Figures
- surface area : 3 544 km²
- population (Eurometropole) : 2,032 millions inhabitants in
an Metropolitan area of 3,5 millions inhabitants
- density of population : 574 inhabitants/km²
= the biggest uninterrupted cross-border conurbation in
Europe
Key dates of the cross-border cooperation
1991 : setting up the COPIT (Cross-border Standing Conference of Inter-municipal Organisations)
1990-1995 : first projects with INTERREG
fundings (13 buslines, 5 FB Sewages)
1998-2002 : Building a FB Strategy for the
Metropolitan area
WVI
LMCU IDETA
LEIEDALIEG
2002-2006 : towards a new governance
2002 : signature of a French-Belgian Treaty for the cross-
border cooperation between local authorities
2005-2006 : Working group composed of 12 members of
the French and Belgian Parliaments (6+6)
June 2006 : proposal to build up a cross-border
governance with 14 members : Eurodistrict
French side
StateRegionDépartementIntercommunal localauthority
Belgian side
Federal StateRegions and CommunitiesProvincesIntercommunal groupings
2006-2008 : 18 months to build a EGTC
July 2006 : EGTC Regulation
28 November 2006 : First meeting of the Comité Constitutif
with elected representatives of the 14 members
19 March 2007 : Common declaration for the setting up of
the Lille Kortrijk Tournai Eurometropole
October 2007-January 2008 : Official decisions of the 14
members to join the EGTC
22 January 2008 : Creation of the legal body by the French
Regional Prefect
2006-2008 : 18 months to build a EGTC
28 January 2008 : First Assembly meeting :
- election of the Board, the President, the 3 Vice-
Presidents,
- vote of budget for 2008,
- creation of the two first positions : Director and Assistant
Eurometropole Area
Projected budget for 2008-2009-2010
2008 : 989 900 €
2009 : 1 493 300 €
2010 : 1 485 300 €
Incomes
50 % France 50 % Belgium
LMCU : 25% Belgium FL : 21,43 %
Région : 10% Belgium W : 21,43 %
Département : 10%
State F : 5 % State B : 7,140 %
Two main operating principles
1) Parity between France and Belgium, then within Belgium, between French-speaking and Dutch-speaking regions
2) Application of the French/Dutch bilingualism
Tasks (no transfer of competences)
• ensuring concertation, dialogue and promoting political debate
• producing cross-border consistency throughout the entire territory
• facilitating, managing and realising projects
• facilitating the daily life of the inhabitants
OrganisationExecutive Management Committee :1 President
+ 3 Vice-Presidents
Executive Authority : Board
(32 members)
Assembly
(84 members)
Cross-Border Agency
Administrative and technical tool
Added value of the EGTC
- a public body with 14 local, regional and national
authorities combining all competences
- a new space for technical and political dialogue
to build up a coherent strategy of development
- the possibility of managing European projects as
only partner
Next steps
- Recruitment of the director and the
workingforces of the Agency (10)
- Operational workingprogram
- Building a European network of cross-border
conurbations
Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine
Direction Générale des Relations Internationales
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