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Pons Danubii EGTC

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the abbreviation stands for:

Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

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Official registratration: 15 December 2010, Bratislava

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Where it is

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Founding members

Hungary:o Tata

o Komárom o Kisbér

Slovakia:o Komárnoo Kolárovo

o Hurbanovo

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The membership of Oroszlány was

approved on 12 October 2011 by

the General Assembly

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Aims: cooperation between the members establishing of cross-border cohesion fostering of economic and social cohesion implementing of projects to support joint strategic developments making the life of people easier in the Grouping's member settlements

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Activities:

General Meetings Specialised Committees

Projects

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General Meetings:

2011 January 25 - Kolárovo 2011 March 18 - Hurbanovo 2011October 12 - Kisbér 2012 April 12 - Tata

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Specialised committees Tourism Education and vocational training Healthcare urban development and infrastructure (cycle

paths) Environmental protection Energy and water resource management Media and information technology Economy, industrial development and

supporting of SMEs Culture, sports, CSOs and NGOs

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Role of specialised committees:

data gathering for the elaboration of development plans

Screening of the current situation, identification of development needs

Committee meetings organised by Pons Danubii EGTC in close cooperation with the member towns.

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Committee meetings:

2011 April 20 - Kisbér, Meeting on Healthcare

2011 May 5 - Komárno, Meeting on Tourism

2011 May 11 - Komárom, Meeting on Economy, industrial development and supporting of SMEs

2011 May 18 - Kolárovo, Meeting on urban development and infrastructure

2011 May 25 - Komárno, Meeting on education and vocational training

2011 June 1 - Hurbanovo, meeting on environmental protection

2011 June 8 - Tata, meeting on Culture, sports, CSOs and NGOs

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Our projects

Healthcare Labour market Culture

Tourism Renewable energy Cycle path

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Our winning projects:

Media project Labour market Cycle path Danube days in the Pons Danubii

region

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Media project Establishment and development of

a new, regional web portal (www.ponsdanubii.eu)

Media Office production and broadcasting of

general and thematic television programmes covering issues regarding cross-border co-operation in Slovak and Hungarian languages

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Labour market

Non-discrimination labour market developments increasing of competitiveness improvement of the accessibility of border regions

and of the information flow in them Improvement of the business environment of

SMEs Strengthening of existing cross-border

cooperation relations Pushing back of unemployment development of an informative website

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Cycle path

Building of a17.324 kilometer long path on the Slovak side, which will join the HUSK/0801/2.3.1/0163 cycling path

Building of a 2.2 kkilometer long cycling path on the Hungarian side

to increase the competitiveness of the border region by sights that are attractive even for foreign tourists

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Projects on a reserve list

Healthcare Culture

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www.ponsdanubii.eu

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Contact:

Address: PO BOX 106 , 94501 Komárno , SK

Tel: 00421 35 381 13 27E-mail: office@ponsdanubii.eu

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Thank you for your attention.