Name of the entity
EUROPEAN GROUPING OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION (EGTC) PIRINEOS-PYRÉNÉES

Participation percentage of the Government of Aragon
The Pirineos-Pyrénées EGTC comprises Spain’s Autonomous Community of Aragon and Provincial Council of Huesca and France’s Departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Participation of the Autonomous Community of Aragon: 25%.

Address
C/ Levante, 10, 22700 – Jaca (Huesca)

Telephone
974 51 80 73

Email
contact@pirineos-pyrenees.eu

Activity
As set out in its statutes, the aim of the Pirineos-Pyrénées EGTC is to undertake and manage, with a view to sustainable development, territorial cooperation actions and projects approved by its members (in their areas of competence) to boost economic and social cohesion.

To achieve that goal, the EGTC has the following functions: 

  1. a) Promote the central Pyrenees as an international tourist destination under the name Pyrenees, including marketing;
    b) Develop a rational and innovative integration of local and tourist mobility;
    c) Promote development of Pyrenean and respective foothill areas within the framework of a territorial project that integrates sustainable management of its cross-border communication infrastructures;
    d) Commit to the development of mountain territories, assuming current challenges: maintaining population and adapting to ongoing climatic, economic and social changes;
    e) Involve local entities, associations and economic and social actors with cooperation and development projects in the territories.

List of Positions

  • Director of Cross-border Infrastructures: Andrés Olloqui.
  • Techical Assistant for Administration/Finance: Erika Pache.
  • Coordinator of Projects: Santiago Fábregas.

Administrative Body: ASSEMBLY.

President: Octavio López (Gobierno de Aragón), from the 13th december 2023.