MOT has organised a European conference on "The integrated economic development of cross-border territories" on 15th April 2014 in Paris, that brought together more than 150 people. This event was the occasion to launch a European project, led by MOT, on this topic.
The MOT has published the 9th issue of its thematic guides on the "Observation of cross-border territories”.
On 18 March, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid was voted “2014 MEP of the Year” for her work on cross-border cooperation and her report on rail transport interoperability.
Consult the MOT’s two latest contributions on the 2014-2020 Interreg Europe programme and the 2020 ESPON programme.
The Lorraine Region has launched the 6th Interregional Research Prize designed to reward scientific cooperation projects in the Greater Region. There are two prizes with a total value of €60,000.
Since October 2013, the EGTC Euroregion Aquitaine-Euskadi has been leading and developing its "2014-2020 Strategic Plan". It has enabled the production of the first complete diagnosis of the Euroregion space and the analysis of the different levels of cross-border governance.
The Jura Arc Cross-Border Forum is an independent grassroots movement that was founded on 23 January 2007 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
The “Cities of Tomorrow” forum held by the European Commission on 17-18 February 2014 brought together more than 500 European players in urban policy.
The 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.
"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."
In 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.
The ESPON programme 2020 is currently being drawn up. The 32 participating countries, in collaboration with the programme’s Managing Authority and Coordination Unit, have drawn up a draft cooperation programme. Consultation on this document is currently taking place – from 4 March to 2 April 2014 – in order to gather feedback on this draft programme. The MOT will take part in the consultation.
With 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.
The 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.
The West-Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d'Opale EGTC has just published a cross-border public transport map.
The Alsace Region has launched a forward-looking discussion entitled “Alsace 2030” in order to define the major development issues for its territory.
The 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.
Olivier 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).
The 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.
The first seminar on Euroregional Cooperation Groupings (ECGs)* was held under the aegis of the Council of Europe in Ljubljana on 19 February.
On 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.
Session d’information du Partenariat national sur les fonds européens des 3 et 10 février 2014.
On 30-31 January 2014 in Cavan (Republic of Ireland), a conference was held entitled “Cross-Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone (BDZ) Concept”, which was jointly organised by the Centre for Cross-Border Studies (CCBS) and the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD).
Implementation 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.
