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Latest
update: 07/07/2010
 June 2010
- The latest edition of the MOT six-monthly newsletter "Cross-border areas" has just been published! No.28 - Contents: Editorial from the President Michel Delebarre – Network’s annual conference – Supporting cross-border territories at all levels – MOT Annual General Meeting: new orientations! – Pioneering conurbations in Europe Download the Newsletter: French - English June/July 2010
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"Cross-border news"  No.60 - Contents:  Access to cross-border healthcare: European developments and regional initiatives High-level conference on territorial cooperation 19 proposals for a French cross-border policy MOT contribution to the consultation on the EGTC Press reviewDownload the Newsletter A new cross-border map!  The MOT has just published a map representing the “territory projects and the cross-border administrative division” on either side of the French borders. The mapping work illustrates the scale of cross-border realities, which today can no longer be ignored in the way in which France is represented in maps. Download the map April 2010
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.58 - Contents: Economic development: Exploit the cross-border territorial capitalViewpoint: Jean Severijns, Projectmanager "Internationalisation", Province of Limburg (NL) French-Swiss cross-border congress MOT 2010 General Assembly News in brief:- Establishment of the CECICN - EU 2020 - The Guide to cross-border projects Press reviewDownload the Newsletter March 2010
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.57 - Contents: Involving civil society in cross-border territoriesViewpoint: Lars Whitt, Head of Office, Oresunddirekt (Denmark/Sweden) The MOT, the Euro-Institute and the AEBR make their partnership official A proposed European card for health professionals News in brief:- The MOT publishes its annual report - A European boost for macro-regional strategies - EU 2020 strategy Agenda Press reviewDownload the Newsletter January/February 2010
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"Cross-border news" No.56 - Contents: A new impetus for cross-border policy in FranceViewpoint: Pierre Lellouche, Secretary of State for European affairs and Michel Mercier, Minister for rural areas and spatial planning Conference at the French foreign ministry on cross-border policy Revival of the MOT interministerial steering committee News in brief:- Seminar on involving civil society - Establishment of a new EGTC - EU 2020 strategy Press reviewDownload the Newsletter December 2009
- New publication of the DG Regio: "Territorial cohesion: unleashing the territorial potential"  Background Document to the Conference on Cohesion Policy and Territorial Development: Make use of the territorial potential!, 10-11 December 2009, Kiruna, Sweden (Swedisk EU Presidency) Almost 400 contributions were received in response to the consultation on 2008 Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. The aim of this document is to take stock of where we stand today in the debate launched by this Green Paper, and of what has emerged as the key aspects of territorial cohesion. Further information December 2009
- "Cross-border areas", the latest edition of the MOT six-monthly newsletter has just been published! Contents of the 27th issue – December 2009: Editorial from the President Michel Delebarre - Establishment of a cross-border network in Hungary - Multilevel governance and cross-border territories in Europe - A manual for cross-border cooperation in Africa - French-Swiss progress - Publication of a “Guide to cross-border projects” - For your diary! Download the newsletter in English - in French December 2009
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.55 - Contents: New impetus for the Basque Eurocity Aquitaine-Euskadi Summit The Euroregional cooperation grouping (ECG) News in brief:- URBACT EGTC seminar - Visa waiver in the Balkans - Healthcare in Europe - DG Regio working papers - Town planning agency meeting Press reviewDownload the Newsletter December 2009
- The Committee of the Regions' White Paper on multilevel governanceThe
Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted a White Paper on
“multilevel governance” which defines two major strategic
objectives: “encouraging participation in the European process
and reinforcing the efficiency of Community action”. To achieve
this, the document invites Community institutions to increase the
involvement of territorial authorities in the implementation of their
policies. EUROMOT
has contributed to the public consultation organized on this
document until December 2009. This EUROMOT contribution
advocates better consideration of cross-border areas.
The CoR White paperThe EUROMOT contribution Further information November 2009
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The latest issue "Cross-border news"No.54 - Contents: An "operation of national interest" announced in Lorraine: "The margins can become centres"Viewpoint: Olivier Tritz, President of the Northern Lorraine urban planning and sustainable development Agency "Borders and People" festival Europe celebrates 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell News in brief:- The third protocol to the Madrid Outline Convention - Coming soon Press reviewDownload the Newsletter October 2009
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.53 - Contents: OPEN DAYS 2009 - The EUROMOT
workshop on cross-border territoriesViewpoint: José Palma-Andres, Director - Directorate E, DG Regio, European Commission Cross-border seminar on sport Trinational Eurodistrict Basel -
Projects in preparation News in brief - Press reviewNewsletter September 2009
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.52 - Contents: - Cross-border cooperation between Romania and Bulgaria: a new Romanian member - Progress for Franco-Italian cooperation - In the wake of the Maastricht conference: 'Practical Approaches Towards Effective European Transfrontier Cooperation' - Agenda - Press review Newsletter The final
declaration of the
conference on "Practical approaches
towards effective European transfrontier co-operation" is available6 and 7 July 2009, Maastricht (Netherlands) This
conference was organized by the City of Maastricht, the Province of
Limburg and the Associations of Netherlands Municipalities in
co-operation with the Netherlands Ministries for the Interior and
Foreign Affairs and the Council of Europe. The conclusions of this
conference are
expected to contribute
to the
work of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council
or Europe, in
the context of the
drafting of the
third
protocol to the
Madrid Outline Convention (by
the Council of Europe's Committee
on Local and Regional Democracy).
[Depending on progress
made on the draft text, the
Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Local and
Regional Government which will
take place in November in The
Netherlands (Utrecht) could be a good opportunity to open the Third
Protocol for signature and ratification by member states of the Council
of Europe].
Further
information June/July
2009
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The latest issue "Cross-border news" No.51 - Contents: - MOT general assembly in Collioure - Viewpoint: Dr. Hans-Günther-Clev, MOT new director- general - Conference in Figueres - Conference on the future of Frankfurt- Slubice 2020 - News in brief - Press review Newsletter Swedish
Presidency
of the European Union Conference summary - "Cross Border Cooperation for Dynamic Labour Markets" 1 and 2 July, Kiruna (Sweden)
A conference for some 70 European delegates was held on the theme of
how cross-border cooperation between public employment services,
companies and education providers creates good conditions for
job-seekers to move between countries and for employers to find
competent labour.
Further
information - Conference
summaryExperience from the cooperation around the Barents Sea was presented and discussed together with several other European examples of cross-border cooperation, aimed at achieving greater dynamism in the labour market. June
2009 - Committee
of the Regions:
A White Paper to put multilevel governance on the European agendaBy
adopting a White Paper for the first
time in its history, the CoR has given a political signal shortly after
the European elections and just before the renewal of the European
Commission. As proposed by CoR president Luc Van den Brande (BE/EPP)
and first vice-president and Mayor of Dunkirk Michel Delebarre
(FR/PES), the White Paper on multilevel governance calls on the EU
institutions and Member States to step up the involvement of local and
regional authorities in the preparation and implementation of EU
policies.
Further
information
 The
“Manifesto for cross-border cooperation in Europe”,
first
publication of EUROMOT*, the European network of cross-border local
authorities established in November 2007, contains practical
recommendations for making progress on cross-border cooperation in
Europe. Within
the framework of the
upcoming French presidency of the European Union, which begins in July,
the Manifesto will contribute to restoring the full measure of the
European commitment. It is addressed officially to the European
institutions and national governments of the succeeding European
presidencies.
The
recommendations of the
Manifesto were produced by the twelve topic-based workshops of the
Lille conference in November 2007. The workshops were prepared over the
preceding year by specialist working groups and highlighted the issues
and projects of cooperation in Europe topic by topic in order
to produce
operational recommendations.
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the press
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