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Cross-border news, No.56
| Contents:
 A new impetus for cross-border policy in France
Viewpoint:
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 review
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| Cross-border news, No.55
| Contents:
New impetus for the Basque Eurocity
Viewpoint:
Iñaki Galdos, First Deputy to the Deputy General of Gipuzkoa, Co-manager of the Cross-border agency - Jean Grenet, MP and mayor of Bayonne, President of the CABAB, Co-manager of the Cross-border agency
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 review
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| 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 review
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| Cross-border news, No. 53
| Contents:
OPEN DAYS 2009 - The EUROMOT workshop on cross-border territories
Viewpoint:
José Palma-Andres, Director - Directorate E, DG Regio, European Commission
Cross-border seminar on sport
Trinational Eurodistrict Basel - Projects in preparation
News in brief:
Cross-border cooperation: Michel Delebarre speaks at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) of the Council of Europe
Commission seminar on the green paper on territorial cohesion
The CEVA in question in Geneva
URBACT EGTC events
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No. 52
| Contents:
A new Romanian member
Viewpoint:
Constantin Livadariu, Executive director of the Association for zone development of Medgidia (ADZM)
Progress for Franco-Italian cooperation
'Practical Approaches Towards Effective European Transfrontier Cooperation'
News in brief:
Agenda
Press review
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| 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:
Seminar on the European dimension of cross-border cooperation
Conference on “Practical approaches towards effective European transfrontier co-operation”
The “Pyrénées ariégeoises”: France’s 46th regional nature park
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.50
| Contents:
The MOT: twelve years of assistance to cross-border territories
Viewpoint:
Jacques Houbart, MOT Director- General from 1997 to 2009
Operational and financial guide
“Members’ space” and new version for the MOT website
News in brief:
GTE general assembly
Strasbourg/Kehl
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.49
| Contents:
City Twins General Assembly in Narva
Launch of second Franco-Belgian EGTC
Viewpoint:
Michel Delebarre, President of the West-Vlaanderen / Flandre-Dunkerque- Côte d'Opale EGTC, President of MOT, Former French Minister of State, Deputy-Mayor of Dunkirk
Extracts from contributions by MOT members
News in brief:
Health
Network's yearly event
Frankfurt/Slubice
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.48
| Contents:
The Alps-Mediterranean Euroregion
Viewpoint:
Joël Giraud, Vice-president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region, MOT Vice-President
Developing trade between Corsica and Italy
First thematic seminar on the "internal governance"
News in brief:
2009 AGM
EGTC
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.47
| Contents:
Cross-border cooperation in Luxemburg
Viewpoint:
Jean-Claude Sinner, Government Advisor, Ministry of the Interior and Spatial Planning, DATer, Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg
Signature of a cross-border SMOT
The contribution of EUROMOT to the green paper on territorial cohesion
News in brief:
Proceedings
Seminar
France/Germany
Free circulation
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.46
| Contents:
The Frankfurt (Oder)-Slubice conurbation
Viewpoint:
Martin Patzelt, Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder), President of the Pro Europa Viadrina Euroregion
The Consorcio Bidasoa-Txingudi is renewed
The SaarMoselle Eurodistrict
News in brief:
EUROMOT meets DG REGIO
EGTC URBACT project
At the MOT
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.45
| Contents:
Strasbourg launches the URBACT "EGTC" project on cross-border conurbations
Viewpoint:
Christian Lamour, URBACT “EGTC” project expert, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg
A Catalan middle school in the Pyrénées-Orientales
The Catalan cross-border space: an ambitious but practical project
News in brief:
Entretiens territoriaux de Strasbourg: a workshop on cross-border cooperation
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.44
| Contents:
Promoting innovative governance tools for cross-border conurbations
Viewpoint:
Gyula Ocskay, Executive manager
The Europe of healthcare at the service of patients
Territorial cohesion at the heart of the French Presidency of the EU
News in brief:
Adoption of the Green Paper on territorial cohesion
The City: sustainability and solidarity
A novel cross-border apprenticeship scheme
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.43
| Contents:
Towards a cross-border CCI in the Basque country
Viewpoint:
Peio Olhagaray, Economic development director Bayonne CCI
Cross-border cooperation and the French Presidency
Trade in cross-border territories
News in brief:
Launch conference of the URBACT “EGTC” project
October events in which MOT is participating
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.42
| Contents:
”Togetherness in diversity”, a challenge for the Euregio
Viewpoint:
Wim Weijnen, Director General of the Province of Limburg (Netherlands)‏
Cooperation between two French and Italian parks
EUROMOT actions in 2008
News in brief:
French Presidency of the European Union
'Europe of citizens lagging behind' according to Alain Lamassoure
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.41
| Contents:
A cross-border URBACT project
A Centre for Cooperation comes out of the Irish conflict
Viewpoint:
Andy Pollak, Director, Centre for Cross Border Studies
Developing cross-border cooperation in the Balkans
News in brief:
New issue of the MOT Guides
Michel Delebarre succeeds Pierre Mauroy as MOT president
“Cross-border territories: day-to-day Europe”
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.40
| Contents:
An association at the service of border workers
Viewpoint:
Michel Charrat, President of the Groupement transfrontalier européen (GTE)
First policy committee meeting for EUROMOT
The Manifesto for cross-border cooperation in Europe
News in brief:
AGM of MOT
Conference in Slovenia on the future of the cohesion policy in Europe
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.39
| Contents:
PAMINA: 2008 marks 20 years of cross-border cooperation
Viewpoint:
Patrice Harster, Director of the REGIO PAMINA LCCG*
Cross-border agreement between Kiev and Warsaw
Adoption of cross-border operational programmes
News in brief:
EUROMOT
European Parliament adopts two reports on cohesion policy
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.38
| Contents:
Establishment of the first EGTC in Europe
Viewpoint:
Pierre Mauroy, President of Lille metropolitan area urban community, President of the MOT and of EUROMOT
Transposition of the EGTC into French law
The ESPON programme
News in brief:
Publication
Seminar on the EGTC
Training courses at the Kehl Euro-institute
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.37
| Contents:
Progress for the France-Vaud- Geneva conurbation project
Viewpoint:
Robert Cramer, State Councillor of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Co-chairman of the France-Vaud-Geneva conurbation project
Land issues on the Basque and Catalan coasts
Cross-border cooperation atlas
News in brief:
2008 General Assembly
White paper in preparation
European health cooperations II
'The origin of cross-border cooperation'
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.36
| Contents:
Catalan Cross-border Territory
Viewpoint:
Jordi Fernández-Cuadrench, Director of the delegation of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Perpignan and Alain Sire, Deputy Director-General of Services, Conseil général des Pyrénées-Orientales
The cross-border hospital of Cerdagne
Publication of the Metz seminar on the EGTC
News in brief:
European Conference – Call for projects
Cross-border sector of the Pyrénées-Ariégeoises Regional Natural Park (RNP)
Take note of the following events
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.35
| Contents:
Towards the “Lille – Kortrijk – Tournai Eurometropolis” Eurodistrict
Viewpoint:
Stefaan De Clerck, Burgomaster of Kortrijk, Belgian rapporteur of the Franco-Belgian parliamentary group
Franco-Belgian cooperation for emergency services
European conference - “Cross-border territories: day-to-day Europe”
News in brief:
Proceedings of the Metz seminar on the EGTC
Proceedings of the Lille seminar on cross-border public passenger transport
Cross-border cooperation in the Balkans
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.34
| Contents:
Establishment of the Basle Trinational Eurodistrict
Viewpoint:
Walter Schneider, Chairman of the Basle Trinational Eurodistrict, Landrat of Lörrach (Germany)
An EGTC for organizing transport in the France-Vaud-Geneva conurbation
Legislative changes in the pipeline to facilitate cooperation on French borders
News in brief:
Establishment of a Euro-regional conference on the French-Spanish Basque coast
First cross-border geographical information system for the upper Rhine
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.33
| Contents:
A Franco-Italian Euroregion
Viewpoint:
Alexandre Kamarotos, Deputy Director General, Director of International Relations in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region
Close relations between France and Monaco
Cross-border passenger transport
News in brief:
European Conference
A Franco-Italian employment passport
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.32
| Contents:
The 'Porte Sud de Genève'
Viewpoint:
Bernard Gaud, President of the Geneva Community of Communes, Vice President of the Geneva Regional Cooperation Association (ARC)
The Jura Arc Statistical Observatory
The City Twins network
News in brief:
French law and EGTC
Study on cross-border conurbations in Europe
Press review
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| Cross-border news, No.31
| Contents:
Setting up cross-border projects in public health
Viewpoint:
Ewald Eisenberg, Professor at the Kehl Fachhochschule, coordinator of the Interform seminar on cooperation in public health
Cross-border world record
French-German cross-border health agreement
News in brief:
MOT 2007 Annual General Meeting
Interform project Internet site now on line
Study on land and property problems in the cross-border conurbations of Geneva and Basle
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| Cross-border news, No.30
| Contents:
Cross-border cooperation framework agreement
Viewpoint:
Christian Bourquin, Chairman of the Conseil Général des Pyrénées-Orientales
First assessment after the April 2005 cooperation agreement
Practical guide to transfrontier co-operation
News in brief:
2nd Cross-Border Discussions
Publication of the proceedings of the conference on 14 June 2006
Cross-border tax guide
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| Cross-border news, No.29
| Contents:
The 'LI RI CA' project
Viewpoint:
Pierre Lémery-Peissik, Head of the Public Transport Organization Department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region
A bus route between the French Riviera and Imperia Province
The Alpine convention
News in brief:
Reminder
Interform – Seminar on “Methodology for setting up cross-border projects in public health”
Cross-border cultural cooperation
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| Cross-border news, Nr.28
| Contents:
New French-German Eurodistrict established
Viewpoint:
Christiane Eckert, Deputy mayor of Mulhouse
Closer cooperation between French and Italian nature protection areas
The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
News in brief:
Interform – Seminar on “Methodology for setting up cross-border projects in public health”
9th European Conference of local enterprises
Sambre-Avesnois – Publication of a practical guide for cross-border workers
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| Cross-border news, No.27
| Contents:
“Lille French-Belgian Eurometropolis” prepares for 2007-2013
Viewpoint:
Danièle Defontaine, Vice-President of Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, responsible for cross-border cooperation and decentralized cooperation
First French-Swiss cross-border housing forum
The French legal framework for the external action of local authorities
News in brief:
Conference-discussion on cross-border projects in the 2007-2013 French and European programming
Cross-border public passenger transport
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
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| Cross-border news, No.26
| Contents:
A bridge across the Channel
Viewpoint:
Richard Pole, Dakini Project Manager
A 'pioneering' bridge in cross-border cooperation
Integrating public transport systems in the France-Vaud-Geneva conurbation
News in brief:
The MOT’s internet site adopts the ".eu" extension
European proposals to simplify VAT rules governing cross-border activities
The Jura Arc Cross-Border Statistical Observatory
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| Cross-border news, No.25
| Contents:
The Inteform project
Viewpoint:
Evelyne Will, Director of the Kehl Euro-Institute
Towards a French-Italian 'Euro-territory'
The 2007-2013 State-Region Project Contracts
News in brief:
14 March – French-German council of ministers
Cross-border application for UNESCO World Heritage status
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| Cross-border news, No.24
| Contents:
The Radar of the North
Viewpoint:
Philippe Suinen, Director-General, Directorate-General for Foreign Relations – Walloon Region
The Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion takes shape
Developing cross-border cooperation of regional nature parks
News in brief:
2006 annual general meeting
France-Switzerland: signature of a new cross-border rivers contract
European year of workers’ mobility 2006
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| Cross-border news, No.23
| Contents:
'Emulation' project
Viewpoint:
Dominique Anne Falys, Architect and urban planner with IDETA, member of the “Emulation” project working group
The Aquitaine-Euskadi Logistics Platform (PLAE)
Seminar on cross-border public passenger transport
News in brief:
The MOT and the FPNRF (French regional natural parks federation) have signed a partnership agreement
Call for projects – Decentralized European cooperation
'Upper Rhine regional profile'
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| Cross-border news, No.22
| Contents:
Establishment of the first LCCG on the French-Swiss border
Viewpoint:
Guy Maurin, Chairman of the Chouilly Tunnel LCCG
Cooperation between the employment departments of the Principality of Monaco, Imperia province and the Menton area
First trinational Eurodistrict under study
News in brief:
The MOT internet site goes multilingual
Territoria Universitates
www.projetsdeurope.gouv.fr
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| Cross-border news, No.21
| Contents:
Flandre maritime – West-Vlaanderen hospital cooperation
Viewpoint:
Laurent Castaing, Director of the Centre hospitalier de Dunkerque et Lieven Vermeulen, Director of the Sint-Augustinuskliniek in Veurne
French-Swiss cross-border education forum
Signature of a French-Belgian cross-border health agreement
News in brief:
A seminar on transport in January 2006
Setting-up of a French-Belgian parliamentary working group
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| Cross-border news, No.20
| Contents:
Franco-British Cycle Plan
Viewpoint:
Patrick Jeanne, Vice-Chairman of the Seine-Maritime department council
Ariège Regional Nature Park project
How can the population be informed and encouraged to participate in the preparation of cross-border projects?
News in brief:
Entretiens territoriaux du transfrontalier (cross-border areas conference): “How can the economic performance of cross-border areas be improved?”
Cooperation at the heart of cohesion: Interreg in action Inforegio Panorama
Journal Regio Pamina, N°1, Septembre 2005
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| Cross-border news, No.19
| Contents:
Summit meeting
Viewpoint:
Lucie Raulin, Local development-Europe department head - Pyrénées-Orientales department council
Establishment of a cross-border slaughterhouse
The new 2007-2013 programme and 'European territorial cooperation'
News in brief:
Establishment of the Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict
www.espaces-transfrontaliers.org in English!
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| Cross-border news, No.18
| Contents:
Start of work on the CEVA railway line
Viewpoint:
Alain Pirat, CEVA project manager, Geneva State Council
New technologies at the service of rural development
Recent legal changes in cross-border cooperation
News in brief:
'Working at the border: an obstacle course?'
Strategic guidelines for cohesion 2007-2013
'Effective Management of Interreg IIIA programmes'
http://www.tourismtrirhena.com
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| Cross-border news, No.17
| Contents:
Discover French and German museums with 'Ticket 2005'
Viewpoint:
Jacques Koenig, Deputy City Manager, Forbach City Council
New cross-border television channel
Motorways of the sea
News in brief:
'Learning on the border - The neighbour’s language in the border region'
Cross-border map of the conurbation of the Pôle Européen de Développement
http://www.agglo-sarreguemines.fr
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| Cross-border news, No.16
| Contents:
Constituent Charter signed
Viewpoint:
Alex Obry, Special Assistant with responsibility for "Employment and business creation" in the Dunkirk metropolitan authority
Greater numbers of trucks on Alsace’s roads
The flow of cross-border workers in 2005
News in brief:
Complaint concerning a Franco-Spanish rail link transferred to the European Commission
New publication
Conférence TransJurassienne (CTJ)
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| Cross-border news, No.15
| Contents:
'Mountain for all'
Viewpoint:
Alain Bayrou, President of the Briançonnais community of municipalities
A cross-border network for the towns of the Upper Rhine
Alain Lamassoure’s report: French local authorities’ cross-border relationships
News in brief:
Third progress report on economic and social cohesion
New professional Master’s at Longwy
The Basque Eurocity releases a CD-ROM and a 'didcatical unit'
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| Cross-border news, No.14
| Contents:
The first "B2B Eurodistrict" day at Lille Grand-Palais
Viewpoint:
Pascal Deleersnyder, Manager of the Tournai branch of "Cohesium"
A 12th bridge across the Rhine
The Franco-Belgian agreement on cross-border cooperation
News in brief:
http://www.territoires.gouv.fr
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