MOT
Inforailmed, a project to develop rail services in the French-Italian-Monaco border area
January 2015Every day, more than 12000 people take the train to cross the border between France, Italy and Monaco, whether for work or for leisure.
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MOT
Conference in Paris on cross-border healthcare
January 2015On 10 December 2014, the conference entitled "What solutions for cross-border healthcare?" took place at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris. Organised by the Assemblée Nationale's "Border Regions and Workers" study group, with support from the MOT, this conference brought together cross-border healthcare experts and elected representatives from all of France's border areas.
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PUBLICATION
Publication of "Vivre et penser la coopération transfrontalière: Vers une cohésion territoriale ?"
January 2015Volume 6. Contributions from the research cycle on cross-border cooperation at the University of Strasbourg and the Euro-Institut.
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EUROPE
Evaluation of the Committee of the Region's (CoR) platforms
January 2015On 9 December 2014, the MOT took part in a meeting of the CoR as part of the evaluation of its three platforms: the EGTC Platform, the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform and the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network.
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TERRITORIES
A European project for greater security on the Rhine
January 2015After the launch in 2008 of the first French-German rapid intervention facility on the Rhine – the "Europa 1 fire-boat" – the Fire and Rescue Service of the Bas-Rhin Department has worked for five years on the implementation of a new INTERREG project focused on the training of rescue services in the Upper Rhine in combating river-related risks.
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MOT
MOT Wishes
January 2015“Cooperation and partnership are the only route that offers any hope of a better future for all humanity.” Kofi Annan, politician and former Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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TERRITORIES
Interreg VA 2 Seas: first call for proposals
January 2015The first call for proposals under the 2 Seas Programme (2014-2020) between France and the United Kingdom has been launched (deadline for the first stage: 15 February).
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TERRITORIES
Towards new interclustering projects in Aquitaine-Euskadi
December 2014The cross-border chamber of commerce for the Basque Country, BIHARTEAN, and the Euskadi Institute of Competitiveness, ORKESTRA, have for more than a year been implementing a cross-border interclustering initiative, recognised as a project of Euroregional interest by the Aquitaine-Euskadi EGTC*.
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TERRITORIES
The REGIO PAMINA Eurodistrict: a day devoted to cross-border employment
December 2014The cross-border labour market was the leitmotif of the event held on Thursday, 27 November 2014 by the REGIO PAMINA Eurodistrict and the social enterprise Neue Arbeit in Lauterbourg. Around 60 French and German players from the political sphere, administration and economy came together to take part in two roundtables on this topic.
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TERRITORIES
A difficult year for Greater Geneva
December 2014This year of 2014 has been a difficult one for "Greater Geneva".
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MOT
MOT study on French-Belgian cross-border cooperation
December 2014As 2014 draws to a close, the technical work to update the report of the French-Belgian parliamentary working group (GTPFB), initiated by the prefecture of the Nord-Pas de Calais Region, is being finalised. This initiative has benefited from the support and expertise of the MOT.
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EUROPE
The Committee of the Regions stresses the need to speed up implementation of partnership agreements and operational programmes
December 2014Following the General Affairs Council, Michel Lebrun, the President of the Committee of the Regions, saluted the efforts made by the European Council and the European Commission to speed up the adoption and implementation of partnership agreements and operational programmes within the framework of cohesion policy.
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FRANCE
35th national meeting of urban planning public agencies
December 2014At this meeting entitled "A la recherche du bien commun territorial" ("The search for the territorial common good"), held on 17-18 November 2014 in Paris, a workshop was devoted to an international topic: "Sustainable metropolises in the European and international urban agenda", in which the MOT took part.
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MOT
Conference in Russia
December 2014Jean Peyrony, the MOT's Director General, took part in the 10th conference entitled "Cross-border cooperation: Russian Federation, European Union and Norway", which took place in St Petersburg on 14 November 2014.
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PUBLICATION
An Evaluation of Tax-Benefit Systems Impact on the Welfare of Frontier Workers. The Case of Luxembourg and Belgium
December 2014The thesis is about the differences in social security systems and taxes in the European Union’s context (looking at the selected country cases) and how these affect the income of individuals who reside in one country, but commute daily or weekly to another country for work, while keeping their residence place constant (called ‘frontier workers’).
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FRANCE
Seminar to launch the 2014-2020 programming period in Montpellier
November 2014In France, the Government and the regions launched the 2014-2020 programming period for European funds at a seminar held in Montpellier on 14 November 2014, in the presence notably of Sylvia Pinel, the Minister of Housing, Territorial Equality and the Countryside, and Harlem Désir, the Secretary of State for European Affairs.
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MOT
Two workshops on cross-border economic development held at the MOT's offices
November 2014As part of its project on cross-border economic development, co-financed by the technical assistance programme Europ’Act, the MOT held two workshops on 27-28 October in Paris in order to prepare the drafting of two handbooks on this topic.
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TERRITORIES
The "Espace Pourtalet": from border to symbol of cooperation
November 2014On 27 October 2014, the two member institutions of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), set up in 2011 by the Pyrénées Atlantiques Department and the Government of Aragon, inaugurated the Espace Pourtalet Centre, the first concrete result of the work carried out by the EGTC. Located in a converted former Spanish customs house, this new facility comprises a cross-border snow-clearing centre and a cross-border resource centre.
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MOT
The BRIT international conference: "The border, a source of innovation"
November 2014On 4-7 November 2014, in Arras, Lille and Mons, the BRIT's 14th international conference1 was held. The aim was to contribute, in a cross-disciplinary approach, to collective reflections on innovations related to border and cross-border dynamics.
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TERRITORIES
The European Straits initiative is continuing!
November 2014On Wednesday 22 October, the NOSTRA (Network Of STRAits) project was closed in Brussels. NOSTRA is a European cooperation project led by the Pas-de-Calais Department. The 16 partners along 8 straits, from North to South, including the Danube delta, share the objective of preserving the biodiversity and natural heritage of their territories, while also highlighting their common concerns: governance, the environment, tourism, mobility and maritime safety, etc.
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MOT
Interactive meeting of the network on the MOT's activities and launch of a working group on changes to its structure
November 2014The members of the MOT's network met in Paris on 15 October 2014 for a day of exchanges about their wishes and needs with respect to the MOT's activities and objectives.
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EUROPE
The end of roaming charges in Europe - not straightaway!
November 2014In April 2014, the European Parliament adopted a draft regulation on the ending of roaming charges for mobile phones in Europe.
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EUROPE
AEBR's position on the cohesion report
November 2014The AEBR is working on a position paper regarding the sixth cohesion report published in July 2014 by the European Commission.
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EUROPE
The DG REGIO organises a chat on Twitter on 24th October on cross-border cooperation
October 20142nd EUChatREGIO: European Cross-border cooperation: Collecting information on remaining obstacles at EU internal borders
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MOT
OPEN DAYS 2014: The MOT stresses the role of national support in overcoming obstacles to cooperation
October 2014The 12th OPEN DAYS, European Week of Regions and Cities, took place from 6 to 9 October 2014 in Brussels, bringing together some 6000 persons from the whole of Europe. There were many workshops on European territorial cooperation.
