he regions of Andalusia, Algarve and Alentejo undertaken, besides work on producing a Strategic a land use strategy for the jo int territory, and the Thave been cooperating for more than 20 year s Development Plan for Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo. creation of cross border river landscape . in all activity sectors and spheres, ranging from health to infrastructures,environment and business GIT AAA annu ally holds forums for participation • Navigability and accessibility of the population cooperation, The 2007 Spain-Portugal Cross and interchange such as the ANDALUslADAS or the to the rlver, through improvement in navigation border Cooperation Programme financed in its first Workshops on Cross-border Territorial Cooperation conditions. adaptation of the marine and river call 12 cooperation projects in this area. The Office and Development and is also responsible for fronts, and funding the infrastructure in the of Cross-border Initiatives for the three regions coordination and activity per the INTERREG 111 riverside communities. and the Andalbagua project, conducted by the Initiative and for publications such as the "Cross Department of the Presidency of the Autonomous border Cooperation Directory" besides supporting • Participation and involvement of the main Government of Andalusia, are significant signs of research work on subje cts such as "Institutional development public agents through the creation the intense cooperation between these territories. Asymmetry between Spain and Portugal" and of the Bajo Guadiana Forum . the "Study on Social Reality in Andalusia-Algarve The Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo Office of Cross Alentejo" It also organizes numerous Portuguese and The project, which is c1assified as a st ructural border Initiatives Spanish language courses addressed to public agents development programme, is led by the Departrnent involved in cross-border cooperation. of the Presidency of the Autonomous Government The Andalusia-Algarve-Alentejo Office of Cross of Andalusia , in wh ich a total of 10 Andalusian an border Initiatives (GIT AAA - Gabinete de Iniciativas Andalbagua Project Portuguese members are working, all ded icated to Transfronterizas Andalusla-Algarve-Alentejo) set up in the development of Bajo Guadiana. 2003 by the Algarve, Alentejo and Andalusia regions, The Guadiana river and the development of its basin was conceived asa joint project to promete and foster are key elements in this cross-border cooperation, in On behalf of Andalusia, the Department of the the development of cross-border relations between which the regions of Andalusía, Algarve and Alentejo Presidency. the Department of Housing and Spatial entities from these three region s and as a suppo rt have been working for over twenty years. Planning, the Andalusian Public Port Agen cy (PPP) body for the regional working groups. and the Huelva County Council are involved. On Fully aware of this reality, th e ANDALBAGUA Project behalfof Portugal. the Institute for Ports and Maritime At the same time it was approved as a project in unites the key public agents in this territory under Transpon. the Committee for Coordination and the framework of Community Initiative INTERREG a common objetive for producing an integrated Regional Development of the Algarve and the Town lilA Spain-Portugal and has since worked to further approach lO spatial planning and infrastructure, Councils of Vila Real de Santo Ant ónio, Alcoutim, economic and social development of the frontier investment and development, which is coherent, Castro Marim and Mértola. space, backing actions that smooth cooperation sustainable and will boost competitiveness and the between the various economic, social and cultural socioeconomic progress of the region. players on both sides of the border. CONTACT DETAILS: ANDALBAGUA, co-funded with ERDF (European lts activities include the creation and management RegionalDevelopmentFund) through the Operational ERDFco-financed Projects of a bilingual cross-border web page (www.git-aaa. Programme for Spanish-Portuguese Cross-border Secretary General of External Action com) which provides various tools for users, among Cooperation 2007-2013, within a time frame of four Departrnent of the Presidency them a search engine for entítíes, news ofinterest and years is implementing the following fields of action: Autonomous Government of Andalusia results of cross-border cooperation projects. Actions Email: [email protected] to prepare and establish a Cross-border Cooperation • Coherencyin terrilorialdevelopmenl on both sides Email:[email protected] Observatory at the University of Évora have also been ofthe Guadiana river through the development of Phone : 0034 955 0351 53 )ALBAGUA PROJECT H o y AND AVIGABILITY _~E LOWERGUADIANA BA51N
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