E.G.T.C. AMPHICTYONY

The Mediterranean, our sea, is the lake of its Peoples. Those Peoples marched through time and space, alone, sometimes as nomads and tribes and later as independent entities or in the shadow of great empires, with periods of peaceful co-existence, rivalries, friendships, defeats and victories highlighting civilizations whose roots can be found throughout the modern world, always having as common denominator the history written in this particular part of the world. 

Maintaining relations of cooperation and twinning with one another, the Twinned Municipalities, Associations and Areas of the Mediterranean believe that it is a matter of great importance for their peoples to live in a continuously peaceful environment and one of constant development, financially effective, socially just and environmentally viable with cohesion and security in their areas. 

The Twinned Municipalities, Areas and their Associations of the Mediterranean, members of the AMPHICTYONY Network of Twinned Cities and Areas of the Mediterranean that was established with its 1997 charter, realizing the need to adjust the existing charter to the Regulation EK 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and Council of July 5th 2006 for the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation , decide to amend the Charter of AMPHICTYONY as follows in order for it to evolve into an E.G.T.C Network.

 

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The URGENT project was approved

The URGENT project was approved

Under the Europe for Citizens program, the URGENT project (Urban Re-Generation: European Network of Towns) was approved

-Urban Renaissance: European Network of Cities) The main objectives of the URGENT project are:

- The consolidation of a dialogue and common knowledge of citizens with different socio-economic backgrounds and from different European countries

- Strengthening active citizenship and jointly shaping policies and services in local communities, in particular for those groups of citizens who are usually excluded from decision-making processes

- Strengthen the capacity of local authorities to act as multipliers in their communities in order to involve all stakeholders

- Contributing to the creation of a sustainable network of cities that will be very active actors in Europe.

In this context, the URGENT project aims to address the growing fear, especially towards the phenomenon of migration, by approaching societies from the grassroots and creating a new type of bond and communication between the inhabitants of marginalized neighborhoods in urban centers.

The EGTC will participate in a research on the subject by addressing its Refugee Municipalities, completing questionnaires on local problems, the refugee situation, the main forms of discrimination, etc.

Pilot projects will be designed and the promotion of intercultural dialogue will be sought. In 2018, an International (2) day event will be held in Athens with the theme: Reactivation of European urban citizenship: A network without exclusions.

The project lasts 2 years from 1/9/2016 to 31/10/2018

Participating countries: Italy, Portugal, Former Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Malta, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece.