Main objective
The Eurocity Chaves-Verín, EGTC aims to promote territorial cooperation among its members, exclusively to strengthen the economic and social cohesion of their respective territories in the fields of agriculture, trade, tourism, heritage, spatial planning, environment and natural resources, joint use and protection of the river Támega, transport and communications, logistics, culture, sports, education, leisure, health, civil protection, among others.
Main functions
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Elaborate, design, present, coordinate, lead and implement territorial cooperation programmes and projects co-financed by the Community, in particular under the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and/or the Cohesion Fund;
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Elaborate, design, present, coordinate, direct and execute programmes, projects and specific actions of territorial cooperation between its members, always within the framework of the objective of reinforcing economic and social cohesion, with the Community making a financial contribution.
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To carry out public works, the common management of equipment, and the exploitation of services of general interest that are established as a consequence of its operation, either directly by its own means, or with recourse to the means made available by the members of EGTC, or even by means of their leasing and contracting.
THE EUROCITY CHAVES-VERÍN, EGTC, A SUCCESS STORY IN CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION