Main objective
The Eurocity Chaves-Verín, EGTC aims to promote territorial cooperation between its members, exclusively in order 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 Tâmega, 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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Carrying out public works, the joint management of equipment and the operation of services of general interest which are established as a consequence of its operation, either directly by its own means, or by recourse to the means put at its disposal by the members of the EGTC, or even by hiring and contracting them.
THE EUROCITY CHAVES-VERÍN, AECT, A SUCCESS STORY IN CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION