La coopération transpyrénéenne : un modèle de gouvernance de proximité ?

Abstract

In the framework of its regional policy, the European Union has recently encouraged cooperation between local actors with the Regulation of 2006 on the creation of the EGTCs (European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation). The objective of this paper is to build a model of representation of a boundary (in this case the border crossing the Eastern Pyrenees) and of evaluation of its governance. It is also aims to examine the issue of neighbourhood or contiguity between border areas with the rhetoric of proximity cooperation: how are these processes structured (or not). The paper is divided into three main parts: contextualization and methodological elements, presentation of the study area, results on the types of borders and areas of cooperation.

Keywords

• cross-border cooperation
• proximity
• governance
• Cerdagne
• Capcir
• Vallespir