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SHARING BORDERS, GROWING CLOSERJoin together on 21 September 2012www.europeancooperationday.eu

What’s on the site?A list of CooperationDay eventsAn interactive map ofEurope with all eventsProject storiesMore info about EuropeanTerritorial CooperationPromotional materials

You can find out more aboutEuropean Cooperation Day andEuropean Territorial Cooperationat www.ecday.eu

Want to learn more?

With the support ofThe INTERACT programme coordinates European Cooperation Day. INTERACTprovides practical support, training and advice to European TerritorialCooperation programmes. www.interact-eu.net

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional Policy, togetherwith the 27 EU Member States and their regions, manages cross-border,transnational and interregional cooperation initiatives in the EU and at theborders with candidate countries. ec.europa.eu/regional_policy

EuropeAid, the European External Action Service, and EU Member Statessupport similar initiatives with other neighbouring countries.ec.europa.eu/europeaid www.eeas.europa.eu

With the support of theEuropean Regional Development Fund

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This is what European TerritorialCooperation is about!

is a tool of theEuropean Union that brings peopletogether, across borders, in order tosolve common or similar issues thatcannot be easily managed within a singlecountry. By pulling together knowledgeand resources, European TerritorialCooperat ion he lps s t rengthenadministrat ion, transportat ion,healthcare, education and so much more.

All of these take place thanks to the involvement oflocal and regional institutions,universities, companies, researchinstitutes and many more!

does not stop at theborders of the European Union; manyprojects also involve neighbouring non-EU countries, with the support of theEuropean Union.

Neighbouring regionsrun a joint

cross-border hospital

A European universitynetwork exchanges

solutions forrenewable energy

Two cities build abridge to connect

their citizens

Firemen worktogether to putout a fire across

the border

European TerritorialCooperation

actions and projects

Cooperation

European Cooperation DayEuropean Cooperation Day is 21 September 2012 and will becelebrated all over Europe and in neighbouring countries!

Join us in celebrating the achievements of European TerritorialCooperation in your region.

Events will be taking place during the week of17-23 September.

Want to see what will be happeningin your area?Log on to www.ecday.eu for aninteractive map of events!

Join EuropeanCooperation Day!

Join in on the fun — share borders, grow closer! Remember what life was like in Europebefore countries started working together?If you do, you can surely see what amazingbenefits cooperation has brought to theeveryday lives of European citizens.Cooperation projects save time, money, andeven lives. Cooperation also builds a senseof community that translates to betterworking relations across borders andincreases cultural understanding amongEuropean people and their neighbours.

What’s not to celebrate?