Presentation

• What is the MOT?
• Composition of the Board
• Institutional partnership

WHAT IS THE MOT ?

The Transfrontier Operational Mission (MOT) is an association that was set up in 1997 by the French government.

It is supported at national level by:
- the Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (ANCT, France)
- the Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales (DGCL, France)
- the Banque des Territoires (Groupe Caisse des Dépôts)
- the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
- the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

Its network is comprised of players in border territories:
Adherent members:
- 13 Plurinational grouping of local authorities
- 4 Municipalities
- 19 Groupings of local authorities and territorial authorities
- 16 Departments
- 10 Regions, provinces, etc
- 2 States
- 1 Chamber of commerce and industry
- 4 Federations and national agencies
- 3 Urban planning agencies
- 8 Associations of legal persons and other structures (including metropolitan centers)
- 4 Associations of physical persons and cooperative societies of collective interest
- 3 National and European Parliamentarians
Associate members:
- 1 Company
- 2 Urban planning agencies

This positioning facilitates structured dialogue between national and European authirities and local and regional players.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD

The President:
Christian DUPESSEY, 1^st Vice-President of Annemasse Agglo, Mayor of Annemasse, Président of the Pole métropolitain of French Geneva

The Vice-President (Parliamentarian):
Anne SANDER, European Member of Parliament

The Vice-Presidents (Representatives of legal persons, members of MOT):
- Mathieu BERGÉ, Regional Counselor, Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Laurence BOETTI-FORESTIER, Regional Counselor, Region Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
-  André CORZANI, Elected referent on cross-border, Urban planning agency Lorraine Nord (AGAPE), Mayor of Joeuf
- François DECOSTER, President of the Agence d’urbanisme et de développement Pays de St Omer-Flandre intérieure
- Sébastien FITAMANT, Metropolitan Advisor, European Metropolis of Lille
- Nicolas GARCIA, Vice-President, Department of Pyrénées-Orientales
- Pia IMBS, President of Eurometropolis of Strasbourg
- Brigitte TORLOTING, Vice-President, Region Grand Est
- Anne VIGNOT,  Grand Besançon Métropole, Mayor of Besançon

The Secretary:
Laurence NAVALESI, Metropolitan Counselor, Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur

The Treasurer:
Michel CHARRAT, President of the Groupement Transfrontalier européen

Institutional partnership

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion (France):
https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/
The Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (ANCT, France):
https://agence-cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr/
The Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales (DGCL, France):
https://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/direction-generale-des-collectivites-locales
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (France):
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/
The Banque des Territoires (France):
http://www.caissedesdepots.fr/
http://www.localtis.info