At the conference on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region held on 25-26th February 2010, Mr. Rudolf Virág the state secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Local Government held a presentation during the workshop of "Institutional development and municipalities – euroregions and municipalities”, in which he highlighted:
In the organization of the Ministry of Local Government the 5th meeting of the Austrian-Hungarian Regional Coordination Forum was held in Sopron 27 February 2010.
The new publication of Gianluca Spinaci: New Spaces and Contracts for European Integration?
The mayors of the traditionally multinational triple border (Triplex Confinium) region envisaged the establishment of an EGTC to further develop their contacts on a conference held at Zsombolya (Jimbolia) in November 2008. The ceremonial signature of the documents by the 74 municipal leaders was the result of a one-year preparation; they contain the geographical borders, the priorities and the operational structure of the Grouping.
The Hungarian-Slovenian Cross-Border Joint Committee held its founding session on 26 November 2009 at Lendva (Lendava) in Slovenia. The establishment of the Joint Committee is the result of a long preparatory work and is a good example for the efficient cooperation of the two countries.
The European Comparative Minority Research Public Foundation is a background institute of the Hungarian Government. It is a research base and a strategic workshop. Its responsibilities include the analysis of the important basic processes of the region, the forecasting of new trends, the creation of quick analyses and the performance of applied research.
On 22 October 2009 a meeting was held in the Ministry of Local Government to the representatives of several universities, ministries and the already established EGTCs, where they agreed on the establishment of a professional working group.
The event series “Open Days” held annually is grouped around the sphere of thought “Global Challenges, European Answers” in 2009 and it concentrates on 4 topics: regions and climate change, sustainable development, territorial cooperation and the effect and future of the cohesion policy of the European Union.
A federal-level act on the establishment and rules of EGTCs was passed in Austria.
On the basis of the list of results found on the homepage of Váti Nonprofit Ltd. three applications of Ister-Granum EGTC were successful for the first call of the Hungarian-Slovakian territorial cooperation operative program.