TORYSA EGTC

Information

  • BORDER REGION

    HU – SK

  • SEAT

    SÁRAZSADÁNY

  • DATE OF REGISTRATION

    09/10/2013

  • NUMBER OF MEMBERS

    3

  • WEBPAGE

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The TORYSA European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation with Limited Liability was registered on 1. 11. 2013 on the Hungarian-Slovak border section based on the cooperation of the municipalities of Gönc and Sárazsadány in Hungary and Čižatice in Slovakia. The EGTC covers 60,37 km2, in the regions of Hernád/Hornád Valley and Zempléni-hegység/Zemplínske vrchy. The total population of the Grouping is 2 623 people and it is based in Sárazsadány, Hungary.

The objectives of the EGTC are the following:

  • alongside the elaboration of a common development programme is to enable, promote and strengthen the economic and social cohesion through implementation of territorial cooperation programmes realized by territorial cooperation and co-financed by the European Union, exploiting the advantages of the EGTC’s Grouping’s status as a legal entity, within the administrative confines borders of the members of the EGTC, with impact to further territories affected by the activity of the grouping;
  • organization of the cultural and economic life of the region in accordance with the needs of the population, taking into account folk traditions, cultural values ​​and their promotion to all ages of the society;
  • establish cooperation with regional, county and international NGOs;
  • preservation of natural and architectural heritage.