TERRITORIES
A website for the Jura Arc Cross-Border Forum
April 2014The Jura Arc Cross-Border Forum is an independent grassroots movement that was founded on 23 January 2007 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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EUROPE
Call for papers for EUBORDERREGIONS conference "BORDERS, REGIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS: Interactions and experiences at EU external frontiers"
March 2014The conference is organized on 27-28 November 2014, in Tartu (Estonia) in cooperation with EUBORDERREGION consortium and the Centre for EU-Russia Studies at the University of Tartu.
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EUROPE
Special Dossier on the European elections: "putting cross-border cooperation at the heart of political debate" by Michel Delebarre, President of MOT
March 2014"At a time when many citizens are displaying disaffection with Europe, it is vital in the run-up to the European elections to reaffirm our commitment to cross-border territories."
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EUROPE
Special Dossier on the European elections: three questions put to Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, MEP
March 2014In November 2012, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid set up, together with fellow MEP Gilles Pargneaux, a cross-border liaison group at the European Parliament aimed at raising the awareness of MEPs about cross-border issues.
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TERRITORIES
A new Benelux convention
March 2014With the launch of the Dutch presidency of the Benelux Union, a new "Benelux Convention on Cross-Border and Interterritorial Cooperation" was signed on 20 February in The Hague.
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EUROPE
Panorama Inforegio magazine
March 2014The latest issue of the DG REGIO’s magazine Panorama, which is devoted to the reformed cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 period, has come out. It analyses in detail the implications of this policy for all of the stakeholders.
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TERRITORIES
A transport map covering the North of France and West Flanders
March 2014The West-Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale EGTC has just published a cross-border public transport map.
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TERRITORIES
Proceedings of the Lorraine Corridor metropolitan conferences
March 2014The Development and Planning Agency for the Nancy Urban Area has published the proceedings of three of the Lorraine Corridor metropolitan conferences that were held in 2013.
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MOT
The MOT on France Inter!
March 2014Olivier Denert, Secretary General of the MOT, participated on 3rd of March 2014 in "Service Public" (a radio programme on France Inter, a major French public radio channel).
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MOT
New MOT publication on the legal framework for cross-border cooperation
February 2014The MOT produced a guidebook entitled “The legal framework for cross-border cooperation. The legal instruments available to cross-border projects” which is aimed at helping cooperation practitioners to choose the legal form that is most appropriate for their needs. The document is available in six languages: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch.
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EUROPE
Seminar on ECGs
February 2014The first seminar on Euroregional Cooperation Groupings (ECGs)* was held under the aegis of the Council of Europe in Ljubljana on 19 February.
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EUROPE
The EGTC Platform - The Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion awarded
February 2014On 18 February, the Committee of the Regions held the 4th annual meeting of the EGTC Platform, which focused on the role that EGTCs can play in the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Présentation de la DATAR sur les fonds européens 2014-2020
Février 2014Session d’information du Partenariat national sur les fonds européens des 3 et 10 février 2014.
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TERRITORIES
Progress for the "Espace Mont Blanc"
February 2014Implementation of a cross-border strategy for the future of the Mont Blanc mountain range took a step forward on 22 January 2014 with the signature of a statement of intent regarding the setting-up of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation by the three vice-chairmen of the Mont Blanc Cross-Border Conference.
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EUROPE
Changes to the legal regime governing EGTCs
February 2014On 17 December 2013, the European Parliament and the European Council approved Regulation 1302/2013 concerning European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs). This new regulation introduces a series of amendments to Regulation 1082/2006, which forms the legal basis for EGTCs. It will help to clarify, simplify and improve the establishment and functioning of EGTCs.
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EUROPE
Launch of the 2014 OPEN DAYS
February 2014The 12th OPEN DAYS - the European Week of Regions and Cities - were launched on 10 January 2014.
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TERRITORIES
Cross-Border Metropolitan Regions in Germany
February 2014Final report – “Cross-Border Metropolitan Regions” (MORO IMeG project, Germany)
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EUROPE
Award for EGTCs
January 2014The Committee of the Regions launches a bi-annual European award named “Building Europe Across Borders” to recognise and give visibility to the best practice of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) related to the creation of growth and jobs in Europe (Europe 2020 Strategy).
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TERRITORIES
Maubeuge - Charleroi cross-border meetings
January 2014On 16 January 2014 cross-border meetings took place in Maubeuge, organised by the Charleroi-Sud Hainaut region and the Communauté d’Agglomération Maubeuge-Val de Sambre (CAMVS) to reinforce their collaboration initiated in 2011.
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EUROPE
Health systems and cross-border cooperation
January 2014The French-Belgian health monitoring unit (EEIG OFBS) and the Wallonia-Lorraine-Luxembourg cross-border health monitoring unit (EEIG LUXLORSAN) organised a conference on health systems and cross-border cooperation, which took place on 18 December 2013 at the Committee of the Regions offices.
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EUROPE
Two contributions by the CECICN for DG REGIO and DG MARKT
January 2014In the context of the 2014-2020 programming period, the CECICN1, of which the MOT is a member, in December 2013 officially submitted two contributions to the European Union’s DG REGIO and DG MARKT in order to prepare an upcoming meeting at European level.
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TERRITORIES
Cross-border cooperation, “lever of peace and development” in Africa
January 2014“Build bridges between the States through the construction of development programmes that are going to join together the communities on either side of physical borders” was the objective of the conference on cross-border cooperation which took place on 17 to 19 December 2013 in Dakar, Senegal, under the aegis of the UEMOA1, attended by Aminata Touré, prime minister of Senegal, ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Guinea-Bissau, representatives of Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, the African Union and the ECOWAS, and many local elected representatives and experts.
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TERRITORIES
Cross-border study on the Jura Arc
December 2013In 2013, the MOT conducted a large-scale study aimed at defining the priority areas for the development of the French-Swiss Jura Arc. This cross-border territory encompasses the Franche-Comté Region and the Swiss cantons of Bern, the Jura, Neuchâtel and Vaud.
