Gorj County will be part, as a founding member, of the European Territorial Cooperation Group (EGTC) “Middle Danube”.
Romania will also be part of that body: Dolj County UAT, Mehedinți County UAT, Olt County UAT, Vâlcea County UAT, Craiova County UAT, Dolj Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ADR Sud-West Oltenia, Craiova International Airport. Bulgaria includes: Vidin District, Vratsa Municipality, Vidin Municipality, Pleven Municipality, Belogradchik Municipality. The Gorj County Council will approve in the next meeting the Convention and the Statute of the European Territorial Cooperation Group (GECT) “Middle Danube”.
The President of the Gorj County Council, Cosmin-Mihai Popescu, is the legal representative of UAT Gorj County in the General Assembly of the European Territorial Cooperation Group (EGT) “Middle Danube”. The President of the Gorj County Council can delegate, by provision, his capacity as a legal representative in the General Assembly to one of the vice-presidents of the Gorj County Council, to the general secretary of the county, as well as to any other persons within the specialized apparatus of the county council or within a public institution of county interest from its subordination.
Promote cooperation among members
UAT Gorj County, as an administrative-territorial unit with powers in the field of regional development, analyzed the opportunity to establish a European Territorial Cooperation Group with the aim of intensifying cooperation in the SV Oltenia region and the southern cross-border region.
The EGTC is a European legal instrument, made up of European public entities, designed to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation. The EGTC allows public authorities from different member states to associate and provide common services, without requiring the national authorities to sign and ratify a prior international agreement. “Thus, in the single record register of these associations, which is at the European Committee of the Regions, in Brussels, 78 European Territorial Cooperation Groupings are registered.
EGTC “Middle Danube” is an open structure, based on the recognition of partnership, principles, statute, signed documents, organizational structures. Based on these principles, other regional partners can later join the establishment of this associative structure. The future members of the EGTC “Middle Danube” are as follows: from Romania: UAT Dolj County, UAT Gorj County, UAT Mehedinți County, UAT Olt County, UAT Vâlcea County, UAT Craiova Municipality, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dolj, ADR South-West Oltenia, Craiova International Airport; from Bulgaria: Vidin District, Vratsa Municipality, Vidin Municipality, Pleven Municipality, Belogradchik Municipality. The European Territorial Cooperation Group (EGT) “Middle Danube” will have its headquarters in Romania, Craiova, Calea Unirii, no. 19, room 58, Dolj county. The Dolj County Council will fulfill the establishment and registration formalities and will ensure the operation of the GECT,” according to the Gorj County Council.
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