MOT
The MOT's 2022 "Territorial meetings" are underway!
November 2022At the end of 2022, the MOT team is getting closer to the ground, meeting its members and partners at ten territorial cross-border meetings.
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EUROPE
B-solutions: new call for proposals
December 2022A new element of this call is that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with immediate implementation. Deadline to apply is 28 February 2023.
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EUROPE
European Call on Cross-Border Renewable Energy programme (CB-RES)
December 2022The Cross-Border Renewable Energy programme (CB RES), part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, opened a call to provide support for financing preparatory studies.
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EUROPE
Towards a strengthening of the Schengen zone better taking cross-border areas into account?
November 2022The European Commission's draft regulation on the revision of the Schengen area will soon be discussed by the European Parliament.
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TERRITORIES
Editorial by Pierre-Marc KNAFF, President of the Alzette Belval EGTC
November 2022Since its establishment in 2013, the Alzette Belval EGTC has been working daily basis for more than 100,000 inhabitants of four Luxembourgian and eight French municipalities.
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TERRITORIES
Esch2022, a cross-border European Capital of Culture
November 2022Since its application for the title of "European Capital of Culture", the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, on the Luxembourgian side of the border, has emphasised the cross-border dimension of its territory and has integrated French municipalities and partners.
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TERRITORIES
Towards a Franco-Luxembourg cross-border development zone?
November 2022The Terres Rouges slag heap is a strategic site for the Alzette-Belval territory.
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MOT
New resources on the health crisis in cross-border territories
November 2022Following the extensive work carried out since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the MOT is publishing a new "Focus" entitled "The health crisis in cross-border territories" and is devoting a new section of its website to this subject.
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FRANCE
French National Refoundation Council: how to make the voice of cross-border territories heard?
November 2022The National Council for Refoundation (CNR), launched in France by Emmanuel Macron in September 2022, has opened an online consultation so that citizens, as well as associations, professionals, local authorities and elected representatives, can propose ideas and solutions on the major transitions to come for the country.
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TERRITORIES
Implementing the Quirinal Treaty: a meeting in Imperia
November 2022On October 24th 2022 in Imperia (Italy), a meeting entitled "The Quirinal Treaty, a signature that unites France and Italy: what opportunities for our territories?" was organised by the DITER research programme of the Université Côte d'Azur.
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EUROPE
The Critical Dictionary on Borders is finally available online!
November 2022Published in paper format in 2020, this major publication, to which the MOT contributed, is finally available online.
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MOT
Study on the analysis of the impact of new legislation on border territories
November 2022Impact analyses, provided for in the Franco-German Treaty of Aachen and carried out when new standards are drawn up, could make it possible to avoid future obstacles to cross-border cooperation and the complexities of everyday life for the inhabitants of border areas.
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MOT
Launch of a working group on cross-border observation
November 2022Launched on October 17th 2022 in the ANCT premises, this new network group is co-led by the Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française (French Riviera conurbation community) and the Agence d'urbanisme Atlantique Pyrénées (Atlantic Pyrenees urban planning agency), with the support of the Pôle Analyse et diagnostics territoriaux (ANCT) and of the MOT.
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MOT
How to finance cross-border mobility?
November 2022At the request of Greater Geneva, the MOT produced a note in September taking stock of the methods of financing mobility and the financial resources allocated.
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TERRITORIES
Creation of an SEML for a cross-border heating network
November 2022In the Franco-German region of Strasbourg-Kehl, the municipalities are in the process of implementing a flagship cross-border cooperation project for the extension of urban heating networks. Soon, the waste heat from the local steel mill will supply thousands of households on both sides of the Rhine.
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TERRITORIES
"Bringing cross-border spaces to life: example of the French-Belgian border"
November 2022On September 30th, 2022, the closing event of the QUALICANES Interreg project took place.
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MOT
MOOC on European territorial cooperation presented at the Interreg annual event
November 2022On the occasion of the Interreg annual event held fromOctober 26th to 28th, 2022, the MOT team presented the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on European territorial cooperation on which it has been working since 2021 with six other partners and the European Commission.
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EUROPE
A multidisciplinary center of expertise on borders for the Greater Region
November 2022After the creation of the University of the Greater Region in 2008, its six partner universities have announced the continuation of the first multidisciplinary center of expertise of the UniGR in the field of border studies: the "UniGR-Center for Border Studies".
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MOT
The MOT publishes two new "Focus" on the environment and adaptation to climate change
October 2022The environment knows no borders, and neither does the climate!
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TERRITORIES
A Franco-German association for the European Archaeological Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim
October 2022On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim, its two historical partners, the Department of Moselle and the Saarpfalzkreis, have initiated an in-depth reflection to make this site "a laboratory for local Franco-German cooperation."
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MOT
Review and lessons learned from two years of crisis management at European borders
October 2022The MOT study for DG REGIO is published! It assesses two years of pandemic-related border management and its impact on border regions; and makes recommendations for future management, also taking into account the current revision of the Schengen Borders Code.
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EUROPE
Publication of the "Omarjee" Report on Border regions: MEPs want the EU countries to improve cooperation
October 2022On 15 September 2022, the European Parliament approved the resolution "EU border regions: living labs of European integration" prepared by the chair of the regional development committee Younous Omarjee (France).
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EUROPE
European Commission asked to address the issue of cross-border teleworkers
OctoberThe European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) published an opinion on the taxation of cross-border teleworkers and their employers.
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FRANCE
Towards rethinking cross-border governance?
October 2022Find the call of the border elected representatives in Bayonne from the MOT general assembly on October 5th, and the response of Dominique Faure, French Secretary of State to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, responsible for rurality, who closed the assembly.
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EUROPE
EURegionsWeek - Let's develop cross-border university cooperation!
October 2022Review of the MOT workshop at the #EURegionsWeek.
