Spain-Portugal Cooperation Program with 64% execution in the North
An official source from the Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of the North (CCDR-N) provided the figures on the day that a cooperation protocol was signed between the European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation in the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion (GNP-EGTC) and Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Galicia (CEG).
On the occasion, the president of the Galicia Work Community – North of Portugal and the DR-N Community, António Cunha, a logical structure for the future, the joint structure for European funding, the promotion of cross-border mobility, including labor, and interaction in common projects of innovation and advanced industrialization”.
António Cunha opened that the signing of the protocol as entities, today, is a “promising, insofar as it is a positive response to new horizons” for the Euroregion.
The chairman of the CCDR-N refers specifically to the Euroregional Strategy until 2027 and the Cross-border Smart Specialization Strategy Galicia-North Portugal (RIS3T).
“These intelligent ones are expressed in our objectives to promote a more innovative, greener and sustainable Euro-Region”, objectives that “demand the participation of companies, greater cooperation with each other, with the scientific and technological system, and with territorial actors “, in the opinion of António Cunha.
In the Strategy 1-20 Mar7, Fris20, to be constituted, the 20-year policy used flags for the transition, economy or energy transition, “new 2 flags for the economy, economy or energy transition”, Fashion or Mobility, Housing and Tourism. “opportunity sectors.
“The PO PO path will also follow this one, without forgetting other sources of funding that enhance it, such as Horizon Europe and the Atlantic Area”, even more important.
António Cunha also stressed that “proximity cooperation must be reinforced tourism in the context of the pandemic crisis, to affirm Euror’s position in international markets in strategic sectors such as the mobility industry, agri-food”.