THE BASQUE EUROCITY
BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÃÂN
THE STRATEGY : OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS
THE BASQUE EUROCITY : BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÃÂN
THE STRATEGY : OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS
1. THE BASQUE EUROCITY BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÃÂN
1.1.Presentation of the area. Its past and future relationships.
1.2.The Cooperation Project.
1.3.Methodology of agreement and mutual respect.
1.4.The Cross-Border Agency: an operative juridical organ
1.5.From reflexion to action
2.THE EUROCITY WHITE BOOK
2.1.Presentation
2.2.The European perspective as inspiration for reflexion
2.3.Methodology and genesis of the White Book
2.4.Ten keys to the understanding of the White Book
2.5.Objectives of the White Book
3.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHITE BOOK
3.1. The structuring actions of the territory.
3.2. Sectorial policies
4.ACADEMIC REFLEXION AND PRESENCE IN NETWORKS
THE BASQUE EUROCITY BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÃÂN
1.1 Presentation of the area. Its past and future relationships.
The Bayonne-San Sebastián Basque Eurocity straddles the French-Spanish border on the Atlantic side of the Pyrenees, extending along the 50 km urban corridor that separates Bayonne and San Sebastián and containing a population of 600,000.
Español: Plaza Mayor de San Sebastián.
Puerto de San Sebastián (Euskadi, España)
English: San Sebastian seen at night photographed ...It is the natural access route between the Iberian Penninsula and Western and Central Europe.
Both territories share a common Basque cultural heritage and throughout history have lived together through periods governed by mutual goodwill and the desire to promote reciprocal needs and interests, and, as has occurred in other border areas, also through periods of confrontation and estrangement. In effect, the special circumstances of the twentieth century made the Franco-Spanish border very strong.
The process of European construction possibilitates the emergence of new interpretations of the territory and the appearance of new responses to the needs and challenges involved in a growing interdependence and in global competitiveness. One of the most significant aspects of this is the disappearance of internal borders within the...