The project aims to structure and secure the political and technical governance of the Hainaut Cross-Border Natural Park, namely the Plaines de l'Escaut Natural Park (B) and the Scarpe-Escaut Regional Natural Park (F), around a multi-stakeholder governance of the territory. This governance is part of the creation of an EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation). This means that the PNTH is taking a decisive step forward in terms of maturing cross-border cooperation between elected officials and technical and institutional stakeholders and managers. This structuring makes it possible to go beyond the current level of cross-border cooperation by institutionalising it with all the stakeholders and managers of the territory and thus erasing the “border effect”. Ultimately, the aim is to ensure that the environment, the economy and quality of life are reconciled in the Hainaut Cross-Border Natural Park so that the resources of this territory can serve as a driving force for its development.