Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière A cross-border operational organisation

Françoise Schneider-FrançaisLegal officer

Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, MOT

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Presentation

1.MOT, Cross-border Operational Mission

2. European activities of MOT

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Main goal

To ease the implementation of cross-border projects and

promote cross-border cooperation

1. MOTCross-border Operational Mission

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History

1996 A common understanding: a strong need for operational assistance to cross-border project leaders on French borders

1997Creation of the structure by interministerial decision

Set-up of seven pilot sites

1998 Creation of the MOT as a non profit association

1. MOT

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French founding partners

DATAR, Delegation for territorial planning and regional attractivity

Caisse des DépôtsMinistry of EcologyMinistry of Foreign and European AffairsMinistry of the Interior

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Partners

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The network of MOT in 1997

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The network of MOT in 2011

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Public authoritiesStates - RegionsDepartmentsGrouping of municipalities and local authoritiesMunicipalities Cross-border structures

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Companies4

Other structures (networks, organisations…) 10

Partners of the network: 58 members in 2010

1. MOTPartners

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Interministerial Steering Committee

Technical team

Association(public, semi-public, private

actors)

Government Orientation + Support

from national level

Information + Feedback on needs and requirements (need for adaptation of orientations)

Structure

1. MOT

A multi-level governance structure to serve projects with a cross-border strategy

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Board

1. MOTComposition

Chairman Michel DELEBARRE, Chairman, Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque, Syndicat Mixte de la Côte d’Opale, President of the COTER commission, Committee of the Regions

Vice-chairmen Christian DUPESSEY, Mayor of Annemasse, Vice-president of Annemasse Agglo

Joël GIRAUD, Vice-president, Regional Council Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur

Alain LAMASSOURE, Member of the European Parliament

Martine AUBRY, President of Lille Metropolis Urban community

Nawel RAFIK-ELMRINI, Community councillor, Strasburg Urban community

Treasurer Marthe STEFFANN, Caisse des Dépôts

Secretary Christiane ECKERT, Deputy Mayor of Mulhouse

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1) Operational assistance

2) Networking and information

3) Helping to outline a coherent policy at national level

Activities [1]

1. MOT

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1) Examples of Operational Assistance concerning the

EGTC (2007/2009)

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Activities [2]

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2) Networking and information

a) Information tools

Monthly newsletter:Cross-border News

Information letter:Espaces transfrontaliers

The MOT guides (civil society, EGTC, etc.)

Website: www.espaces-transfrontaliers.eu

Extranet for members only

1. MOT

Activities [3]

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The MOT guides: civil society and cross-border cooperation

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b) Seminars for information and exchange on cross-border cooperation

c) Databases for cross-border cooperation

Resource center of documents and legal information

Cross-border cartography

1. MOT

2) Networking and information

Activities [4]

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3) Helping to outline a coherent policy at national level

Information to French ministries about local problems, obstacles and development including

- comparative analysis of different cross-border areas

- proposals of solutions for legal and administrative problems

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2. European activities of MOT

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Main goals

To highlight the needs of cross-border cooperation at European level and within EU policies

To bring up local problems to the relevant level

Through a multi-level approach

Two fields of action

1) Representation of shared interests of cross-border stakeholders

2) Exchange of experiences

2. European activities of MOT

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1) Representation of shared interests of cross-border stakeholders…

Implication in the strategic debates at European level

Cooperation with EU institutions and the Council of Europe

Strategic alliance with AEBR (Association of European Border Regions)

Founding member of the “Conference of European cross-border and interregional Cities Networks” (CECICN)

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2) Exchanges of experiences

Lead partner of European projects (INTERFORM, URBACT “EGTC”)

Organization of Europeans seminars and conferences

Publications and compilation of good practices

Supporting and networking of similar structures to MOT in Europe: founding member of the CESCI* in Hungary

Participation to the EGTC Platform of the Committee of the Regions

* Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives

2. European activities of MOT

The “EGTC” project is a working group co-financed by the URBACT II programme (2007-2013) Duration: May 2008 – May 2010

The “EGTC” URBACT project: - Network of 6 cross-border agglomerations (different

political, cultural, socio-economic contexts)- Exchange on cross-border governance tools, including the

EGTC - To improve their system of transfrontier partnership

A global coordination led by the MOT, supported by a Lead Expert

Example of the “EGTC” URBACT projectExpertising Governance for Transfrontier conurbation

2) Exchanges of experiences

2. European activities of MOT

PartnershipPartnership

MOT, Lead Partner

Lille Métropole Urban Community Eurométropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, FR/BE

SlubiceFrankfurt on Oder/Slubice conurbation, PL/DE

Chaves Eurocidade Chaves-Verin, PT/ES

Esztergom Ister-Granum EGTC, HU/SK

Canton of Basel Stadt Trinational Eurodistrict Basel, CH/DE/FR

Urban Community of Strasbourg Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau, FR/DE

One Local Action Plan per partner on cross-border urban governance

Several opened dissemination conferencesKick-off event, several thematic seminarsFinal conference, 7 May 2010 in Esztergom (HU)

Handbook and European Action Plan (large dissemination):

Methodology followed by the partners, lessons learned, best practices of local CB actionsMulti-level recommendations

For more information: www.urbact.eu/egtc

Activities of the “EGTC” URBACT project

Exchanges of experiences

2. European activities of MOT

More informationwww.espaces-transfrontaliers.euwww.urbact.eu/egtcwww.interform-eu.org

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