Position papers from 2009 to 2012

  • May 2012 - Common Strategic Framework 2014-2020 (EC)

    Position of the MOT on the European Commission Staff Working Document: Elements for a Common Strategic Framework 2014-2020, 2012.

  • February 2012 - "Consumer" Programme for the 2014-2020 period (CoR)

    Contribution of the MOT to the consultation of the Committee of Regions on the regulation proposal of the European Parliament and the Council on a "Consumer" Programme for the 2014-2020 period, 2012.

  • December 2011 - Cross-border cooperation strand of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 (EC)

    Position of the MOT on the "cross-border cooperation" strand of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 (European Commission Working document).

  • September 2011 - Green Paper "Less Bureaucracy for Citizens" (CoR)

    Questionnaire on the EC Green Paper "Less Bureaucracy for Citizens: Promoting free movement of public documents and recognition of the effects of civil status records", Committee of the Regions, 2011.

  • April 2011 - European and international mobility for local and regional authority staff (CoR)

    Opinion of the CoR on "European and international mobility for local and regional authority staff", Committee of the Regions, 2011.

  • April 2011 - Green Paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy (EC)

    Contribution to the Green Paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy: "Towards a more efficient European Procurement Market", European Commission, 2011.

  • March 2011 - Removing obstacles and promoting good practices on cross-border cooperation (Coe)

    Questionnaire on removing obstacles and promoting good practices on cross-border cooperation, Council of Europe, 2011.

  • February 2011 - Single Market Act (EC)

    Public debate and EC consultation (November 2010 - February 2011) on the Single Market Act: "Towards a Single Market Act : For a highly competitive social market economy", European Commission, 2011.

  • January 2011 - Conclusions of the Fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion (EC)

    Fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion: the future of cohesion policy, European Commission, 2011.

  • July 2010 - Cohesion policy: Strategic Report 2010 on the implementation of the programmes 2007-2013 (CoR)

    Contribution to CoR consultation on the EC working document on: "Cohesion policy: Strategic Report 2010 on the implementation of the programmes 2007-2013", Committee of the Regions, 2010.

  • June 2010 - The review of the EGTC Regulation (EC, CoR)

    Joint Consultation on "The review of the EGTC Regulation", European Commission-Committee of the Regions, 2010. The objective was to contribute to the revision of this regulation.

  • April 2010 - "Your Voice on Europe 2020" (CoR)

    Consultation of the Committe of the Regions on: "Your Voice on Europe 2020", 2010.

  • January 2010 - "The future ‘EU 2020’ strategy" (EC)

    Contribution to the EC consultation on: "The future ‘EU 2020’ strategy", European Commission, 2010.

  • December 2009 - White Paper on multilevel governance (CoR)

    The Committee of the Regions 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. The MOT position advocates better consideration of cross-border areas.

  • February 2009 - Green Paper on territorial cohesion (EC)

    With the opening of the debate on the Green Paper on territorial cohesion, the Commission has chosen to mobilise and value the wealth of experiences from different actors in Europe. MOT have contributed to this reflection on the basis of their concrete experience in terms of cross-border cooperation. This contribution pleads in favour of the development of "cross-border territory projects" and the organisation to this end of "multi-level" local governance.