The Via Carpatia EGTC results from a partnership between Hungary and Slovakia.
The EGTC was established to strengthen and support the cross-border, transnational and regional cooperation between its members. It aims to strengthen the economic and social coherence through the realisation of a common development strategy.
Review of activities in 2016
Tasks
The EGTC was established to facilitate and support cross-border, transnational and regional cooperation. Its goal is to enhance economic and social coherence, especially by realising cross-border cooperation projects and programmes. The main objective of these projects is to improve the level of cross-border inter-institutional cooperation and to enhance the development of tourism.
During 2016, the EGTC submitted six projects within the first call for proposals of the Interreg VA SK-HU cooperation programme. In three cases the EGTC was in the role of project applicant and in three cases as the drafter of the proposal. For the remaining funding period, the Via Carpatia EGTC is planning to submit a project within the Interreg VA SK-HU cooperation programme with the aim to support local products and the local economy. The EGTC gained a primary role in the SPF of the Interreg VA SK-HU cooperation programme. It is a tool within the cooperation programme for organisations to implement projects with small total budgets.
Among the objectives of the EGTC are the implementation of projects for the development of strategies and initiatives leading to the acquisition of the management of the EU-funded cross-border cooperation programme for the realisation of joint projects and development strategies.
Challenges or issues
To be successful in the mentioned areas is the main challenge. In the future, the EGTC plans to strengthen cooperation with municipalities, educational institutions, regions, etc., to achieve the objectives more effectively.
Budget
€ 40,000 through membership contributions.
EU-funded projects and programmes in phase of imple-mentation in 2016
During 2016 the EGTC worked on the submission of 2 projects within other EU-funded programmes (outside ETC). Unfortunately, none of these projects were successful.
1) "Be active! Be creative! Be cooperative! - 3B" (575836-CITIZ-1-2016-1-SK-CITIZ-TT) - within the Europe for Citizens Programme, the main objective of this project was to strengthen the cooperation between the municipalities, towns and different types of institutions in the Košice Self-governing Region and in the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County,
2) "Find out how to be more local positive – Local +" - within the Visegrad Grant Programme. The main aim of the project was to support local products.
Staff (in FTE)
1 director and 1 director’s assistant (both Slovak nationality), 2 project managers and 1 project manager assistant.
