Bodies

The Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park is managed by a joint association. It is made up of several decision-making bodies and advisory bodies. 

 

The mixed union

The Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park is managed by a joint association. This brings together the municipalities, communities of municipalities, departments and the region which take part in the park project.

The Joint Syndicate is responsible for managing the Regional Natural Park. It implements a sustainable development project for the territory in application of the charter. It's made of :

  • the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region
  • the departments of Dordogne and Haute-Vienne
  • the 75 municipalities of the territory and a delegated municipality
  • the 7 communities of municipalities of the territories (public establishments of intermunicipal cooperation with their own taxation)
  • the 6 gateway cities

Consult the internal regulations of the institutions

Consult the statutes of the mixed union

The decision-making bodies of the joint union

The union committee

The joint association is administered by a joint committee. This is the park's main decision-making body . It is composed of elected officials from the region, the departments, the inter-municipal authorities, the municipalities, and the gateway towns to the joint association. The joint committee makes the most important decisions . However, it can delegate some of its powers to the joint association's executive board.

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The union committee has 262 members:

  • 135 holders
  • 127 alternates

It is made up of elected officials:

  • 8 titular delegates designated by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, in its assembly;
  • 2 titular delegates and 2 substitutes per department, designated within their respective assemblies;
  • 1 titular delegate and 1 substitute per 1 inhabitants, for each municipality, designated within their municipal councils;
  • 1 titular delegate and 1 substitute designated by each gateway city, appointed within their municipal councils;
  • 1 titular delegate and 1 substitute per 5 inhabitants, for each EPCI, and 000 additional titular delegates for each EPCI having transferred GEMAPI competence to the joint park union, designated within their community councils.

It is the union committee which:

  • prepares multi-year programs and, in general, ensures compliance with the commitments made within the framework of the charter, and the implementation of the park's activity program;
  • defines the annual activity programs;
  • decides on and votes on budgets;
  • examines activity reports and annual funding;
  • prepares, monitors and validates the stages of revising the charter, in agreement with the Region, responsible for the procedure;
  • determines the employment positions to be filled for the implementation of programs or the execution of park missions;
  • elects the president and the 1time vice-president;
  • modifies the statuses.

He can delegate some of these tasks to the union office, but not the most important decisions.

The union office

The union office is a small decision-making body. It may be delegated certain powers of the union committee. It manages the day-to-day operations of the park and prepares decisions to be submitted to the union committee. The union office has 34 full members.

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The union office is made up of elected members of the union committee:

  • 4 delegates for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region;
  • 1 titular delegate and 1 substitute per department;
  • 12 delegates, designated by the union committee, to represent the municipalities, i.e. 6 in each department;
  • 2 delegates to represent the gateway cities;
  • 1 delegate designated by EPCI with its own tax system per 6 inhabitants in proportion to the municipalities
    classified as PNR;
  • 2 delegates under the EPCI with their own taxation elected by their peer members of the Union Committee;
  • 2 delegates as President and Vice-President of the GEMAPI commission;
  • 1 delegate for each EPCI, and additional delegates, including two for GEMAPI competence.

The president and the 1st vice -president automatically occupy one of the seats on the union office.

The executive office

The executive office's function is to support and advise the president on all matters relating to the governance of the park.

The vice-presidents who occupy a place in the executive office each chair one of the thematic commissions. They thus have an overview of the subjects covered by the park.

The Park Executive Office is made up of:

  • Colette LANGLADE, President of the Park
  • Emmanuel DEXET, 1er vice-president in charge of the commission Finance and administration;
  • Anne Marie ALMOSTER, vice-president in charge of the commission A warm welcome, good food here;
  • Pascal BOURDEAU, vice-president in charge of the commission Forests;
  • Lucien COINDEAU, vice-president in charge of the commission Changes in practices and social connections;
  • Edwige GAGNEUR, vice-president in charge of the commission Biodiversity and Landscapes;
  • Jean LE GOFF, vice-president in charge of the commission Adaptations to climate change;
  • Pascal MECHINEAU, vice-president in charge of the commission Management of aquatic environments and flood prevention. 

The executive office is made up of members of the union office:

  • the president and the 1time vice-president, elected by the union committee;
  • up to 7 other members, elected by the union office, who will serve as vice-presidents.

The consultative bodies of the joint union

Commissions

The committees are advisory bodies . They have no decision-making power. They serve as forums for debate, guidance, proposals, consultation, and evaluation . They are composed of delegates from the union committee and chaired by a vice-president of the executive board . The committees may also invite any expert in the relevant field.

The Park has 6 thematic committees :

  • Commission on Adaptations to Climate Change
  • Commission: Welcoming guests, providing good food here
  • Biodiversity and Landscapes Commission
  • Commission on changes in practices and social links
  • Forest Commission
  • Commission for Water Management, Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention

In addition to the 6 thematic committees, the Regional Natural Park also has a Finance and General Administration committee.

Presentation of the thematic committees

ORIENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

The COD is a consultative body responsible for preparing strategies for implementing the charter, ensuring monitoring and consistency between the actions of the different commissions. Its main missions are in particular:

  • Participate in the evaluation of the current Park charter
  • Defining the challenges and progress of the territory by 2041
  • Play an active role in the development of the 2026-2041 Charter

In order to ensure pluralistic expertise, the COD is made up of elected members and local stakeholders including elected representatives from the Park's thematic commissions, key socio-professional representatives, local elected representatives, as well as other experts. of the territory whose presence is deemed relevant.

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THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

To guide it in its decisions, the Park can count on the support of external experts, grouped within the Park's “Scientific Council”. This scientific council is made up of members qualified in various disciplines related to the issues addressed by the Park. He fulfills missions of reflection, advice and proposals to the President of the Park and the Union Committee and participates in the analysis and expertise of the scientific issues linked to the Park's decisions.

The Park's Scientific Council is made up of 7 members.

  • Guy COSTA, University professor in plant physiology, specialist in silvicultural issues (University of Limoges)
  • Elise DEMEULENAERE, Socio-anthropologist at the CNRS
  • Edwige GARNIER, Lecturer in geography and planning, specialist in heritage development and territorial development issues (University of Limoges)
  • Gilles GUIBAUD, University professor in environmental chemistry and water quality (University of Limoges)
  • Olivier LE GALL, INRAe Research Director in plant virology
  • Yorick REYJOL, Head of the “Ecosystems” team of the center of expertise and data on natural heritage PatriNat. The Ecosystems team works in particular on issues around light pollution and climate change
  • Benoît SAUTOUR, University professor, specialists in issues linked to biodiversity, climate and the functioning of ecosystems (University of Bordeaux)
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