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A tool for economical A tool for economical and social and social

developmentdevelopment

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Time Distance

3 to 5 hours2 to 3 hours

1 to 3 hours

30 minutes to 1 hour

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Inhabitants in the influence area

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Strategic targets:• Fix and attract population• Create and consolidate employment policies• Assure a sustainable and continuous development

ChavesChaves VerínVerín EurocidadEurocidadee

Area (kmArea (km22)) 591,28 93,87 685,25

InhabitantsInhabitants 44.186 13.991 58.177

Population density Population density (inhab./km(inhab./km22))

74,72 149,05 84,90

ParishesParishes 51 18 69

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• Enforce social cohesion• Promote human resources qualification• Foster natural and cultural heritage reassessment• Consolidate and develop the local entrepreneurial

sector• Develop the tourism sector (specially thermal

springs/spa)• Integrate and promote the logistic sector• Share infrastructures and sportive practices• Promote culture (common usage of infrastructures

and equipments)• Develop rural areas (by promoting the local

production)

Strategic objectivesStrategic objectivesStrategic objectivesStrategic objectives

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First Axis: Euro citizenship-First Axis: Euro citizenship- involve local population in the project to make them conscient about the advantages of cross-border cooperation

Second Axis: Sustainable Development –Second Axis: Sustainable Development – make the inventory, know, preserve and boost common natural heritage

Third Axis: Economical Promotion-Third Axis: Economical Promotion- develop competitiveness and entrepreneurship among local stakeholders increasing local add-value

Strategic AgendaStrategic AgendaStrategic AgendaStrategic Agenda

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First Strategic Axis: Developing the EurocidadeFirst Strategic Axis: Developing the Eurocidade

Objective Actions Examples

Free Free Social Social ZoneZone

- Promoting euro-identity- Promoting euro-identity Eurocidade card

- Joint cultural development- Joint cultural development Joint cultural agenda

- Share of sportive resources- Share of sportive resources Cooperation between teams

- Education, training and - Education, training and employmentemployment

Cross-border arts school

Health Health CityCity

- - GGeneral access to public eneral access to public health serviceshealth services

Joint action plan for the most important issues in public health

- Eurocidade, a reference in - Eurocidade, a reference in european health and natureeuropean health and nature

Adequate professional training

Criative Criative CityCity

- Endogenous criative pratices - Endogenous criative pratices Promote creative project about the Eurocidade

- House of writing- House of writing Reading ateliers

- Creative experiences - Creative experiences diseminationdisemination

Economical creative festival

- Training for creativity- Training for creativitySectorial programs for creative training implementation

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Second Strategic Axis: Sustainable territorySecond Strategic Axis: Sustainable territory

Objective Actions Examples

Ecological Ecological Tâmega Tâmega CityCity

- Increasing the quality of water and - Increasing the quality of water and rivers (key of development)rivers (key of development)

Tâmega river water treatment actions

- Creating a green quality system- Creating a green quality systemCreation of the Tâmega environmental corridor

- Environmental change: common - Environmental change: common local Agenda 21local Agenda 21

Increase the usage of the green/renewal energy

- Rehabilitating traditional rural and - Rehabilitating traditional rural and urban zonesurban zones

Improve qualitiy of life in rural zones

CooperatiCooperative ve terretoriaterretorial planningl planning

- Sharing information about territorial - Sharing information about territorial managementmanagement

Creation of a specialized commission

- Joint planning and management of - Joint planning and management of territorial systemsterritorial systems

Common territorial planning offices

Two Two connecteconnected d quarters quarters of the of the same citysame city

- One public transport system- One public transport systemGet authorization for free public and emergency transports passing-border

- Increase connectivity to global - Increase connectivity to global network and to new technologynetwork and to new technology

Elimination of over cost communications

- Study and promotion of alternative - Study and promotion of alternative transportstransports

Increase bike usage

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Third Strategic Axis: Economical DevelopmentThird Strategic Axis: Economical Development

Objective Actions Examples

Thermal Thermal Springs/ Springs/ Spa Spa destinatidestinationon

- Add value to thermal springs - Add value to thermal springs resourcesresources

Innovation and development Center for thermal products

- Renew thermal equipments and - Renew thermal equipments and hotelshotels

Support for rehabilitation of touristic equipments

- Global touristic destination - Global touristic destination related to nature and waterrelated to nature and water

Thermal spring knowlege center

CommercCommerce, e, restaurarestaurants and nts and events: events: flow flow promoterpromoterss

-Common commercial area-Common commercial area Commerce support services

- Renewal and professionalization - Renewal and professionalization commercial activitiescommercial activities

Joint training-action plan

- Reassessment and re-qualification - Reassessment and re-qualification of restaurants activitiesof restaurants activities

Support for restaurants modernization

- Promote tradictional fairs and - Promote tradictional fairs and develop specialized fairsdevelop specialized fairs

Common and integrate fairs planning

Logistic Logistic city: city: getting getting advantagadvantage of the e of the strategic strategic locationlocation

- Planning for merchandise - Planning for merchandise transportationtransportation

Support zones and services for merchandise transports

Integrated system for logistic Integrated system for logistic platforms and for entrepreneurial platforms and for entrepreneurial supportsupport

Joint working group for strategic reflection and action establishment

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- July: July: Verín is a full right membership of the Eixo Atlântico Association

- NovemberNovember: : Openning of technical support office.

- December: December: Visibility Plan pVisibility Plan presentation

20072007

Time TableTime Table

-February: VII Eixo Atlântico Painting Biennial

-May: creation of the researchers group of Eurocidade

-July:

-October: Joint participation in Termatalia (Internacional Tourism Galician Fair)

20082008

- Chaves entrepreneurial promotion and development seminars, with the participation of entrepreneurs of Verin - Common celebration of the World Childrens Day - Strategic Agenda presentation- Common cultural agenda presentation

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