Intervention of the Mayor of Patras, Mr Andreas Fouras in the “2nd Forum of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe”
Actes du séminaire sur les Itinéraires culturels. Préparation à l'installation de l'Institut européen des Itinéraires culturels au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Delphi Saturday 17th April 2010 European Cultural Centre of Delphi Morning Session Subject : “ Regional development and border cooperation” Ladies and gentlemen, European policies for cross-border cooperation , not only among the member-states of the Union, but also between member-states and neighbour countries, have a long tradition within the years. The timeframes of my intervention, do not allow me to present the relevant policies as a whole , but there are some points that I have to remind you. The opening time , throughout the last years, for cross-border cooperation , was the Convention of Madrid, established in 1980. In that Convention commitment was taken for “ concession of jurisdiction in regional and local authorities for cross-border co operations .” We should point out that till th...