Regional Development Agency Senica (RRAS) is an association of legal entities, which was founded in 2004, Members are Mikroregión Brunch, AIKON with. r. o., Trnava Region, Senica and the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Joint Region Limited.
RRAS is a nonprofit organization that activates the economic development of the region by combining institutional self-government, the private sector and the third sector
works as an effective tool of regional development in the EU Member States. It is part of an integrated network of regional development agencies in the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.
Review of activities in 2019
Tasks
The added value of the EGTC in the implementation of Cohesion Policy is the deepening of institutional cooperation in the territory of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. During 2016, the EGTC was not involved in the preparation and is not directly involved in the implementation of the cross-border cooperation programme Slovak Republic – Czech Republic 2014-2020 either in the Slovak Republic, where its scope and the seat is, or in the Czech Republic, for the managing authority did not allow it to participate. In 2016, it became involved in the call of the Ministry of Transport Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic to support the creation of policy documents and it is currently developing the concept for thematic routes for the territory of the Slovak part. The Czech part of the territory was not entitled.
The managing authority did not consider the EGTC as a partner. This has not changed since the establishment of the EGTC in 2012. During 2016, the EGTC has, however, been entitled as an applicant in the cross-border cooperation programme for the programming period 2014-2020, which was not the case in the previous period.
Additionally, EGTC Spoločný región has drafted basic common strategic documents and gradually updates and expands them.
Challenges or issues
Access to ETC funds was expected to be easier through the EGTC but one project in the field of tourism has already been rejected for reasons of legitimacy – thus the EGTC is facing the challenge of becoming a legitimate and accepted player in the future programme. Later, the EGTC became eligible as applicant, but it has not been involved in the preparation of programming documents either in the Slovak Republic or in the Czech Republic. Thus the grouping cannot be directly involved in the implementation of cross-border programmes, since the management authorities do not consider the EGTC as a partner.
Budget
In 2016 the EGTC received support for the project Concept for Thematic Routes from the Ministry of Transport Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic in the amount of € 14,200. Other membership fees have not been levied.
Staff (in FTE)
The director plus one person working as administrative support.
