Shared ambition

Since January 1, 2019, the Department of Saône-et-Loire has been the manager of the Grand Site de France Solutré Pouilly Vergisson. Make no mistake, the dynamic at work demonstrates a real desire for cooperation and sharing. A governance charter was therefore developed to give voice and take into account the voice of communities, socio-professional actors and residents of the region.

Consultation at the heart of the project

The Grand Site de France Solutré Pouilly Vergisson, created and managed by a mixed union uniting the urban community in equal parts Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomeration and  Department of Saône-et-Loire, is, since 1er January 2019, carried by the Department. This type of organization is rare within the Network of Grands Sites de France. Only three labeled Grand Sites out of 21 are currently managed by a Department.

The management of the site is financially supported by the Contributions of Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération, committed to continuing its initial support, of the Burgundy Franche-Comté region and Regional Directorate of Environment, Planning and Housing of Burgundy Franche-Comté (DREAL).

SHARED DECISIONS

Le Department of Saône-et-Loire  continues the process in a spirit of continuity, guaranteeing a territorial project around the landscape. If governance has evolved, the general challenge remains with the desire to systematically associate the local authorities strategic and operational decisions. The Department thus carries the voice of all the stakeholders concerned by the Grand Site: communities, partners techniques, socio-economic actors and inhabitants.

In this spirit of consultation, a governance charter was developed, approved and signed on May 26, 2023, between:

  • the state,
  • the Department of Saône-et-Loire,
  • the Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomeration Community,
  • the 6 communes of the Grands Site (Charnay-Lès-Mâcon, Davayé, Fuissé, Prissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson),
  • the 4 associated municipalities (Chasselas, Leynes, Bussières, Cenves).

What is found in the charter?

The governance charter of the Grand Site is structured around objectives: following:

  • clarify the mode of governance of the Grand Site following the transfer of management of the Mixed Union to the Department on January 1, 2019,
  • better take into account the voice of the municipalities in the definition of the territorial project and in the decision-making process.

It thus sets up the chambers of governance:

  • the Committee of Mayors and Local Elected Officials, a consultation body between local elected officials and overall validation of the project,
  • the Steering Committee, an orientation and assessment body, co-led by the Prefect and the President of the department in the presence of the institutional and financial partners of the Grand Site,
  • the Advisory Committee, a place of exchange and expression open to civil society,
  • working groups, brought together for questions of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of actions.

La position of the municipalities in the decision-making process is thus reinforced.

How are decisions made?

As manager of the Large Site, the Department defines and proposes a action plan. However, this plan is developed in close coordination with Locally elected, force of proposal. The Grand Site has a complete program for the years 2020 to 2026, but everyone should appropriates it, that it be updated and amended according to wishes and projects. This action plan is presented every year to the mayors and municipal councils of the Grand Site. Each municipal council must decide on actions that concern its municipality. The action plan must then be consolidated by the Department to be adopted by the Committee of Mayors and local elected officials.