Meeting 14th Annual proceedings General Assembly
Paris Thursday, 16th June 2011 11:30 – 13:00 MEETING PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MOT,16th June 2011
The 14th Annual General Assembly of the Operational Transfrontier Mission (Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière - MOT) was held on the 16th June 2011in Reims. It brought together all of the partners of MOT: French and neighbouring public authorities, States, cross- border cooperation structures, large private companies and various observers concerned by cross-border issues.
To date, the association counts 59 members.
REPRESENTATIVE(S), MEMBERS PRESENT Fonction of the representative Agence d’urbanisme et de développement de la région France- Michel DELEBARRE, President Dunkerque (AGUR) Agence Transfrontalière de l'Eurocité Ernesto MURGIONDO, Co-director Basque Bayonne San Sébastian
Annemasse Agglo Christian DUPESSEY, Vice-president
Sébastien DEBEAUMONT, Policy officer, Association Sillon Lorrain Cabinet of the Mayor of Nancy
Association pour la Conférence Agustin AROSTEGI, Coordinator Atlantique Transpyrénées Lide URREIZTIETA, Policy officer
Peio OLHAGARAY, CCI de Bayonne Pays Basque Director of the Economic Development Mireille LACOMBE, Project manager CNFPT Chantal FRYDMAN, Head of the Europe Expertise Cluster
Collectivité Territoriale de Corse Sophie CARRE, Communication Manager
Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque Michel DELEBARRE, President
Conférence transfrontalière Mont-Blanc Serge TUAZ, Policy officer
Conseil Général des Pyrénées Lionel MARTINEZ, Cabinet of the President Atlantiques
Stéphanie FUCHS, Chief of the International Conseil Général du Haut-Rhin and Cross-border Action Service
Jean-Luc LODS, Director of European Affairs Conseil Général Pas-de-Calais and International Cooperation
Jean-Paul BACHY, President Conseil Régional Champagne-Ardenne Danielle PILON, Policy officer
Patrick ABATE, Vice-President Conseil Régional de Lorraine Etienne MULLER, Area Director
Conseil Régional Nord-Pas de Calais Béatrice FLÖRKE, Head of service Joël GIRAUD, Vice-President Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte Patrick COMBRISSON, Policy officer, d'Azur European regional policies service EURODISTRICT REGIO PAMINA Patrick HARSTER, Director general
Eurodistrict SaarMoselle Isabelle PRIANON, Director
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Séverine FLAHAULT, Assistant Director, Eurométropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Coordination and Communication Manager
FNAU Sébastien DEBEAUMONT, Policy officer
Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux Daniel MIO, President of the Scarpe Escaut de France Regional Natural Park Joan GAUBÍ, Director of the delegation of the Generalitat de Catalunya Generalitat de Catalunya Alexandre PUIGNAU, Cross-border relations manager
Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Jean-Claude SINNER, Government adviser
Groupement transfrontalier européen Michel CHARRAT, President
Nicolas KARGES, Policy officer Territorial Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine Development Commission from Michel DELEBARRE Géraldine SASPALUGAS REQUENA, Principauté d'Andorre Councillor
Jean-Pierre ROBBEETS, Inspector general on Région Wallonne International Relations
Stefan KUPERS, Senior advisor on International Province du Limburg Affairs
SNCF Thierry MERO, TER Development Cluster
Syndicat Mixte de la Côte d'Opale Michel DELEBARRE, President
Michel SEELIG, Director of Institutional VEOLIA TRANSDEV Relations, General Delegate of the TRANSDEV Foundation
Ville d'Annemasse Christian DUPESSEY, Mayor
Georges DE ZERBI, Delegate on cross-border cooperation, City councillor Ville de Bastia Jean-François LEANDRI, Director of Economic development and european affairs Christiane ECKERT, Deputy-mayor Ville de Mulhouse Secretary of MOT
Individual member Sylvie BANCOD MOGLIA
Individual member Charles RICQ-CHAPPUIS
Caisse des Dépôts Marthe STEFFANN, Treasurer of MOT
Jean-Luc FRES, DATAR Policy officer Cross-border policies, Regional development and European policies Ministère de l'Intérieur, de l'Outre-mer et Séverine REYMUND, des Collectivités territoriales, DGCL DGCL
Statutory Auditor Henri RABOURDIN Cabinet F.-M. RICHARD et Associés
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Agence d’Urbanisme Lorraine Nord Commission to Michel DELEBARRE (AGAPE) Agence d’urbanisme et de développement
de la Guyane (AUDeG)
ACFCI
Association for Zone Development Medgidia
(ADZM)
République et Canton de Genève
Communauté d’Agglomération Perpignan
Méditerranée Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Commission to Michel DELEBARRE Française Communauté de Communes du
Briançonnais Communauté de Communes du Pays de Commission to Christian DUPESSEY Gex Communauté de Communes Pyrénées
Cerdagne
Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg Commission to Michel DELEBARRE
Commune de Coustouges
Conseil Général des Alpes-Maritimes Commission to Michel DELEBARRE
Conseil Général Pyrénées-Orientales
Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine
Conseil Régional Guyane
Kent County Council
Pôle Emploi Rhône-Alpes
Republic of Bulgaria - Ministry of Regional
Development and Public works
SMEAG
Ville de Thionville
Ville de Villefranche-sur-Mer
Michel CASTEIGTS
Alain LAMASSOURE Commission to Michel DELEBARRE
Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du
Développement Durable et de la Mer Ministère des Affaires étrangères et
européennes, DAECT
Present members : 41 Delegations : 7 The quorum has been reached.
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Opening of the General Assembly by Michel DELEBARRE, Former Ministry of State, MP and Mayor of Dunkirk, President of MOT
AGENDA
1. Validation of the proposed agenda of the General Assembly
2. Approval of the meeting proceedings of the General Assembly of the 3rd of June 2010
3. Activity Report for 2010 presented by the Director General, Jean PEYRONY
4. Financial Report ‐ Results of the fiscal year 2010 presented by Marthe STEFFANN, Treasurer of MOT ‐ Auditor's report presented by Henri RABOURDIN, Auditor
5. Debate and vote on the reports presented (including the allocation of the earnings for the year 2010) ‐ Election of the Statutory Auditor
6. Election of the Board of Directors presented by Christiane ECKERT, Secretary of MOT
7. Election of the Chairman and Bureau
8. Presentation of the objectives for 2011 - debate and vote; presentation of the reflections of transforming MOT in Public Interest Group (GIP) by Jean PEYRONY
9. Presentation of the 2011 budget and the scale of the contributions for the years 2012- 2013 by Marthe STEFFANN, Treasurer of MOT - debate and vote
10. Conclusion by Michel DELEBARRE, Former Ministry of State, MP and Mayor of Dunkirk, President of MOT
End of the General Assembly
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Michel Delebarre thanks Jean-Paul Bachy, President of the Conseil Régional Champagne- Ardenne and Adeline Hazan, Mayor of Reims, for the warm welcome of the General Assembly of the Transfrontier Operational Mission in Reims. He also thanks the representatives of the DATAR and Caisse des Depots. He then welcomes the numerous participants that came to participate in the exchanges, and particularly, the representatives of Member States of the Platform of Budapest (Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal) and the representative of IMEG, the German network cross-border metropolitan regions. He also welcomes the presence of Dr. Hans-Günther CLEV, former DG of MOT, Jean PEYRONY that succeeds him since May 2011 and Olivier DENERT, Secretary General of MOT since January 2011.
He then emphasises his wish to consolidate MOT, to improve its quality and functioning for the benefit of a better governance of cross-border cooperation in France. He also invites MOT to continue its European opening in partnership with other countries in order to give more weight to local authorities in the European context.
He announces that MOT has 59 members in 2011. He states that MOT is engaged in a strategic partnership with DATAR which consists particularly in identifying the aspects on which MOT can meet the needs of the populations. He recalls that one should not forget that cross-border territories are territories of experimentation. He explains that MOT is working with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs on monitoring European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and ongoing projects. He regrets that cooperation with the Ministry of Ecology has slowed in 2010 and recalls that MOT should work with all ministries. He hopes that the structure is embarking on an ambitious 2012-2014 programme, but also that state officials will be attentive to the evolution of MOT, consistent with the conclusions of the parliamentary report, one of which is the transformation of the MOT in Public Interest Group (GIP). He thanks the DATAR for its support in the progress of this project which he hopes will by achieved in 2012.
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Opening of the General Assembly by Michel DELEBARRE.
1. Validation of the agenda
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2. Approval of the meeting proceedings of the General Assembly of the 3rd of June 2010
The meeting proceedings of the 2010 General Assembly are approved unanimously.
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3. Activity Report for 2010 presented by the Director General
Jean PEYRONY gives an account of the major elements of the 2010 Activity Report of MOT. The report given to participants is exposed according to four points:
1. Life of the association 2. Communication and networking 3. European activities 4. Expertise and pre-operational assistance to projects
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At the end of 2010, the association of the Transfrontier Operational Mission had 59 members.
Three new organisations have become full members in 2010:
‐ The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria, ‐ The Association of the Conference Atlantic Transpyrenees, ‐ The Regional Agency for Planning and Development of Guyana (ARUAG, now AUDeG).
A member suspended its membership in 2010: ACFCI
MOT has introduced a new service to its members: the "service voucher".
Communication and networking The communication tools have been renewed as MOT adopted a new logo and a new visual identity. The Members’ section on the MOT website has been completed and has been a great success.
European activities During the year 2010, MOT has strengthened its role in promoting cross-border cooperation at the European level by participating in the creation of two networks: CECICN, a network of local urban authorities, and the Platform of Budapest, a network of the support institutions for cross-border cooperation at the national level.
Operational assistance to projects MOT assisted in the establishment of EGTCs or other legal structures to facilitate cross-border cooperation. For MOT the strategic fields are: transport, mobility, employment and territorial territories.
Studies carried out in 2010 ‐ Comparative study and statistical monitoring of cross-border agglomerations, DATAR ‐ Establishment of an EEIG for the cross-border CCI Bihartean ‐ Contribution to the Handbook for cross-border cooperation in West Africa, OECD ‐ Study for the development of cross-border transportation services of regional and transnational interest between Midi-Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula, Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrenees. ‐ Assistance to the partner universities of the future EGTC "Euro-Mediterranean campus", University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
2010 results The year was highlighted by a better identification of members’ services, and stronger support of the Caisse des Dépôts and the partner ministries of MOT in a multi-level logic.
For more details on the four axes, see the activity report 2010 of the MOT.
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4. Financial report presented by the Treasurer
Marthe STEFFANN, treasurer of the association presents the accounts for the fiscal year 2010 and notes a positive result of 4056 Euros. She then proceeds to read the report of the external auditor.
The Bureau of MOT proposes to the General Assembly to allocate the surplus of the year 2010 to the balance carried forward of the association.
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5. Debate and vote on the reports presented (including the allocation of the earnings for the year 2010) – Election of the Statutory Auditor
Debate and vote The 2010 Activity Report presented by Jean PEYRONY is unanimously approved by the General Assembly.
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The 2010 Financial Report presented by Martha Steffann is unanimously approved by the General Assembly.
The Auditor's Report is adopted unanimously by the General Assembly.
The allocation of the 2010 surplus is adopted unanimously by the members of the General Assembly.
Election of the Auditor The candidature of the Cabinet Beth Doucet & Associates for the position of Alternate auditor is approved unanimously by the members of the General Assembly.
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6. Election of the Board of Directors presented by Christiane ECKERT, Secretary of MOT
Christiane ECKERT points out that the Board of Directors is elected by the General Assembly for a period of three years renewable.
The candidacies of the associated sites are: ‐ Site Dunkirk- Flanders: Michel DELEBARRE ‐ Site Franco-Belgian cross-border metropolis: Martine AUBRY ‐ Sites Lorraine - Luxembourg - Wallonia: Jean-Marc DURIEZ and Andre ROSSINOT ‐ Site Eurodistrict SaarMoselle: Charlotte BRITZ and Gilbert SCHUH ‐ Site PAMINA: Josef OFFELE ‐ Site Strasbourg-Kehl: Nawel RAFIK-ELMRINI ‐ Sites Mulhouse-Basel / St Louis - Lörrach: Guy MORIN and Christiane ECKERT ‐ Sites of Agglomeration France-Vaud-Geneva: Etienne BLANC, Christian DUPESSEY and Michel CHARRAT ‐ Site Alpes-Maritime / French-Italian-Monegasque Riviera: Richard CIOCHETTI ‐ Site Corsica-Tuscany: Emile ZUCCARELLI ‐ Site Basque Eurocity Bayonne - San Sebastian: Jon URIGÜEN and Henri LABAYLE
The representative of the Caisse des Dépôts: Marthe STEFFANN
The candidacies for the representation of the college "States-Regions" are: ‐ Conseil Régional Aquitaine: Francois MAITIA ‐ Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Joel GIRAUD ‐ Conseil Régional Champagne-Ardenne: Jean-Paul BACHY
The candidacies for the representation of the college "Departments" are: ‐ Conseil Général du Haut-Rhine: Charles BUTTNER ‐ Conseil Général du Pas de Calais: Michael LEFAIT
The candidacies for the representation of the college "Companies" are: ‐ SNCF: Olivier MELQUIOT ‐ Veolia Transdev: Michel SEELIG
The candidacies for the representation of the college 'Federations, networks and other organisations" are: ‐ Federation of Regional Natural Parks of France: Daniel MIO ‐ CCI Bayonne Pays Basque: Andre GARRETA ‐ National Center for the Territorial Civil Service (CNFPT): Jean-Pierre BOUQUET
The candidacies for “Observers to the Board of Directors” are: ‐ Conseil Régional of Nord Pas de Calais: Daniel PERCHERON ‐ Grand Duché du Luxembourg : Jean-Claude SINNER ‐ Conseil Général des Pyrenees-Orientales: Robert GARRABE ‐ République et Canton de Genève: Pierre-François UNGER
Debate and vote The General Assembly unanimously accepted the candidacies (see the list of members of the Board).
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Christiane ECKERT points out that the Bureau is elected by the General Assembly, for a period of three years renewable. Christiane ECKERT, Secretary of MOT for the last 10 years, announces she is leaving the Bureau of MOT.
The candidacy for President is that of Michel DELEBARRE.
The candidacies for the Bureau are: - Candidate for President: Michel DELEBARRE - Candidate for Vice-President: Alain LAMASSOURE - Candidate for Vice-President: Martine AUBRY - Candidate for Vice President: Christian DUPESSEY - Candidate for Vice-President: Nawel RAFIK-ELMRINI - Candidate for Vice President: Andrew ROSSINOT - Candidate for Vice-President: Joel GIRAUD - Candidate for Secretary: Michel CHARRAT - Candidate for Treasurer: Marthe STEFFANN
- Observer: Charles BUTTNER - Observer: Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID
Debate and vote The General Assembly unanimously accepted the nominations (see the list of the Bureau members).
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8. Presentation of the objectives for 2011 - debate and vote; presentation of the reflections of transforming MOT in Public Interest Group (GIP) by Jean PEYRONY
Objectives for 2011 Jean PEYRONY, Director General of MOT, presents the 2011 annual goals, validated by the Bureau held the same day. cf. For details, see the 2011 objectives of MOT.
Presentation reflections of transforming MOT in GIP Jean PEYRONY, Director General of MOT, presents the reflections on the transformation of MOT in GIP.
Created by an Interministerial Committee for Space Planning and Development (CIADT) in 1997, the Transfrontier Operational Mission is a pioneer structure in Europe dealing with the multi-level governance involving local, regional and national levels and able to understand complex, wide- range, and cross-cutting cross-border issues at the French borders.
The associative solution implemented in 1998 helped to establish a technical team and develop expertise on cross-border cooperation recognised at the national and European level, making MOT a centre of resources and analysis, at the service of both the State and the members of its network (59 members in 2011). MOT has also established many partnerships at the European level (Council of Europe, Committee of Regions, Association of European Border Regions, etc.), and even beyond (programme of the African Union borders, etc.).
The parliamentary report of June 2010 issued by the Mission Blanc-Keller-Sanchez Schmid confirmed this vocation and identified courses of sustainable actions to strengthen the national border policy.
The interministerial work engaged as a result of this report confirmed the vocation of MOT to support various players in cross-border cooperation, particularly with respect to the observation of the evolution of cross-border territories and the training of the administration personnel. They also reiterated the need for a transformation of MOT in GIP, as originally decided by the March 1997 CIADT and as envisioned by the current Bylaws of the association (Article 2).
It seems difficult to implement these recommendations and at the same time maintaining the current legal form of MOT: the relationship between the State and MOT is currently set through grants awarded by the ministries. But the very nature of these subsidies prohibits the "funders" to be at the initiative of the actions of MOT and to directly benefit from the actions taken.
38, rue des Bourdonnais 75001 Paris - France MEETING PROCEEDINGS - GENERAL ASSEMBLY tél. : +33 1 55 80 56 80 fax : +33 1 42 33 57 00 16th June 2011 - Paris - Page 9 The major legislative reform of the GIP, completed in the first half of 2011, aims to simplify and unify their status (Law "Warsmann" on simplifying and improving the quality of law). It will allow the transformation of MOT from association into GIP.
Such a transformation will have the advantage of: ‐ building capacity of MOT for monitoring and analysis of cross-border policies and projects in order to contribute to a better governance related to cross-border issues in France, ‐ clarifying the respective roles of ministries and members of the network within MOT, while maintaining its foreign members, with the exception of foreign states, and gaining national and European visibility by becoming the first structure of its kind in Europe. ‐ acquiring a GIP status with constant human and financial means, by the transfer of the technical team and its activities: cross-border expertise, website, publications, database of best practices across borders, thematic analysis, training seminars, cartographic and legal resources.
This transformation, whose principle was officially recorded at the last Board of MOT, has already received support from major funders of the MOT: DATAR and Caisse des Dépôts.
Debate and vote The General Assembly approves the goals of 2011 and takes note of the transformation of the MOT in GIP.
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9. Presentation of the 2011 budget and the scale of the contributions for the years 2012-2013 by Marthe STEFFANN, Treasurer of MOT - debate and vote
The Budget Marthe STEFFANN presents the 2011 budget. This budget is 1,920,624 euros.
Debate and vote The General Assembly unanimously accepts the 2011 budget.
Contributions for the years 2012/2013 Marthe STEFFANN presents a scale of contributions for the years 2012/2013.
Debate and vote The General Assembly unanimously accepted the scale of contributions for the years 2012/2013.
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10. Conclusions by Michel DELEBARRE, Former Ministry of State, MP and Mayor of Dunkirk, President of MOT
Michel DELEBARRE closes the meeting by thanking all the participants.
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