Euroinstitut Català Transfronterer A tool for the Catalan Cross-border Area A cross-border agents experience Girona, may 2013 Definition Institute of education and research to speed up and stimulate the crossboarding, territorial and euromediterranean cooperation between the different agents of the Cross-boarder Catalan Area An answer to your necessities Actions Budget 1.1 Viability Analyze and Structural Planning 49.000,00 € 1.2 Numerical development 51.633,00 € 2 Education Offer 185.969,65 € 3 Creation of a center of physical and virtual resources 36.612,00 € 4 Interconnecting, capitalization and transference 15.880,00 € 5 Communication 93.472,00 € 6 Dynamical, coordinating and administrative control 204.070,00 € Total 637.638,00 € The EiCT in the POCTEFA framework Project Leader: University of Perpinyà Via Domitia Partner: University of Girona / Economy Department Total Budget: 637.638 €, 65% of FEDER aids 414.465 € UPVD Budget: 377.596 € General Council of the P.O Co-funding 56.639 € UdG Budget: 260.042 € Calendar: from 01/03/2010 to 28/02/2013 Staff dedicated to the project: bi-national, bilingual and bicultural > 8 people composing the Direction > Several part-time collaborators from both universities Basic Elements of EiCT ‣ Territory: Cross-boarder Catalan Space ‣ Province of Girona 6.131 km2 (59,8%) - 735.516 habitants (62,5%) ‣ Eastern Pyrenees Department 4.116 km2 (40,2%) - 441.387 habitants (37,5%) ‣ TOTAL 10.247 km2 - 1.176.903 habitants ‣ 447 municipalities (221 Catalan municipalities and 226 French municipalities) ‣Users: More than one million inhabitants from both sides of the boarder. From the public institutions in the university and business world, third economical sector... ‣ Disappearance of physical, technical, fiscal and mental handi- caps in a space of free circulation Basic Elements of EiCT Jobs 1999 2007 2013 P. Girona 225.800 330.000 280.100 Eastern 123.690 149.463 Pyrenees D. Catalonia 2.650.000 3.500.000 2.775.700 Llenguadoc - 756.172 909.940 Rosselló Basic Elements of EiCT Economic Sectors (Jobs) Girona E. P. Agriculture 3,55% 4,52% Industry 17,26% 6,79% Building 12,11% 8,75% Trade 18,65% 16,36% Services 48,43% 63,58% Basic Elements of EiCT Universities and other facilities UdG U Perpinyà VD U Paris VI Students 13.500 8.700 350 Airports Girona Perpinyà Passengers 4.000.000 450.000 Ports Palamós Port-Vendres 175.000 Tm 280.000 Tm Logistics Vilamalla Grand Saint Charles Cervera 12.134 Tm 1.108.447 Tm 2.500.000 Tm Working in France Geographical area - Eurodistrict (Conferences of 2012: Girona and La Jonquera) - Euroregion Pyrenees Mediterranean (Double degrees, monthly grants of 600€, Eurocampus) - French Regions (Regional Governments) - Departments (General Councils) - Municipalities (Local Governments, Communities) Professional area - Consular Chambers - Salaried work. Reconnaissance of the professional degree (Foreign Office and Ministry of Education) - Working in professional office. Much easier than in Cat. Working in France - EURES. EURES technics in each Department - L’Aérospatiale (Tolosa de Llenguadoc) need 4.500 workers for the Airbus 380 - French Knowledge - Escola Oficial d’Idiomes - Language UdG Services - Alliance Française - Minimum professional salary: 1.240 € - Welfare state: much better than in our country - Rents: more expensive - Food prices: in the shop as in our country - Restaurants/bars: more expensive - Timetable: short time for lunch and finish earlier in the afternoon Working in France UdG Programs and Projects: - PRES PM - CEI: Turism and water - Cultur Pro (Ended) - Transversalis - Res’pir - Etfersaso (Ended) - EiCT (Euroinstitut Català Transfronterer) Services To satisfy the necessities and for a better adaption to the demands. 1. Cross-border Education On-site and to demand education Videoconferences and interactive platform 2. Advising in the creation and managing of European projects 3. Digital Centre of Resources. Specialized documentation in cross-border aspects 4. Reports, studies and research applied Communication: - Web Site: www.euroinstitut-cat.eu - Google (euroinstitut) - Twitter (@Euroinstitut), Facebook (Euroinstitut), RSS - Manual and Communication Planning (logo, web, several actions) - Common Communication Protocol (attempt) - Public Presentation in Parc Científic i Tecnològic of Girona - E-mail announcements - Separates database - Advertisements of the events in media and institutional web sites - News published in our own web site - Interviews, opinion articles and programs (journals, radio, local TV) - Visits - Personalized invitations (by e-mail, telephone..) Communication: - Forums after Seminars (not succeed) - Information of other POCTEFA programs of the zone - Relevant news of the zone - Documental and Material Publishing: - Information leaflets and other paper elements - Newsletters (intent) - Posters, flyers - Catalogue of conferences - Summary of the 65 talks - List of Experts and interesting cross-border topics * With the support of Communication Offices of both universities Communication: - Presentations in situ: - European Parliament - Delegations of the Generalitat (Brussels, Perpinyà and Girona) - Representation of the European Committee in Barcelona - Andorra Government - Spanish Government Delegation in Girona - Presidency and Government Departments of the Generalitat de Catalunya - Pyrenees Mediterrean Euroregion - Diputació de Girona - General Council of the Eastern Pyrenees - Regional Councils (Alt Empordà, Cerdanya, Garrotxa, Alberes- Costa Vermella) - Community of Vall de Camprodon - Local Governments (Girona, Figueres, Puigcerdà, El Pertús, La Jonquera, Llançà, etc.) Communication: - Presentations in situ: - Chamber of Commerce.(Girona, Perpinyà, Donostia/Iparralde) - Chamber of Jobs and Artisans of Perpinyà - Transpirenaica (Donostia) - Lluís Vives Network (Vic) - Euroinstitut de Kehl (Baden-Württemberg) - Associations: FaPaC, Espiral, 3th social sector of Cat table. - Ministry of the Italian Work (Abruzzo) a Girona - UAB University (Philology) - Alliance Française of Girona - Industrials Engineers of Girona - Programs POCTEFA of the UdG (CulturPro, res’pir, Transversalis, Etfersaso) Communication: - Participations: - SUDOE (Tolosa de Llenguadoc) - Lluís Vives Network (Castelló de la Plana) - Transversalis (Figueres, Perpinyà) - Eurodistricte (Girona, Figueres, La Jonquera) - Cross-border programs between UdG-UPVD (Figueres, Perpinyà) - Local action group of the program Enter-HUB (Girona) - TIC-Salut Conferences (Girona) - Focus Gi (Grup Carlemany i Dip. de Girona) - Rural actors meeting in the Euroregion PM (LEADER, a Ille s/Tét) - Euroinstituts Transfronterers Network (Irlanda, Banyuls de la Marenda, Brussel·les, Carib, Marsella) - Cross-border Media (Le Soler) - InterAct (Palma de Mallorca) - Cross-border Conferences. The MOT(París) Communication Collaborations: - Cross-border University Orientation (Perpinyà) - Organization course on “Crossborderism for elected and technical people” (Gral. Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, Perpinyà) - Several sessions of the OpenCat (Perpinyà) - Etfersaso (Site Percier, Perpinyà) - Several sessions of the Cross-border Conference of the Mediterranean Arch (F. Ig. Villalonga a Perpinyà i Girona) - Visit of several Euro MP of the Franco-Catalan border (Perpinyà) - Summer Catalan University (Prada de Conflent) - Summer Course in UdG Cross-border Education, what does it mean? • Conjoint interventions of north and south speakers of the Oriental Pyrenees • Each person can express on his own language SOME EXAMPLES of the 38 Internacional Seminars realized: > The market of the work in the Cross-border Catalan Space > The political-administrative organizations of the EiCT > Municipalities and group municipalities. How to develop cooperation projects? > Territorial Projects > The professional education for young people > The Schengen space > The organization of the Cross-border territory > Interculturality > Management of natural areas to the borders > Sustainable tourism Others ‣ Future: from project to institution with legal entity ‣ Nature: binational, bilingual and bicultural ‣ Challenge: to become the reference point in the Cross- border Catalan Space in terms of cross-border, territorial and euro-mediterranean cooperation. Visit www.euroinstitut-cat.eu Cross-border, territorial and euro- mediterranean cooperation .