Seminar on territorial cooperation in Europe

The COTER commission of the Committee of the Regions is currently working on the reform of the structural funds. The CoR believes that cohesion policy endorsed by the Treaties is the most powerful, visible and important instrument used to implement principles of solidarity and cooperation, thus representing one of the main cornerstones of the integration between the people and territories of the Union. Since 4 years the CoR argues that European regional policy should use all its resources to help establish strong European solidarity in keeping with the European social model and promote a dense network of cross-border, inter-regional and transnational partnerships. Substantial deepening of inter-cultural understanding is therefore just as necessary as stronger economic links.

European Territorial Co-operation http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperate/cooperation/index_en.cfm

Euroregion (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroregion

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