EUROPE
Call for information open to people who live and work in border regions
February 2023In the framework of the "b-solutions initiative", AEBR is collecting cases of cross-border obstacles.
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TERRITORIES
The Scarpe-Escaut Nature Park awarded a European label
February 2023The Scarpe-Escaut European Nature Park, located on the French-Belgian border, has obtained the "Transboundary Park" label from the European Federation of Nature Parks, Europarc.
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MOT
MOT general assembly: many projects in sight!
February 2023The first MOT general assembly of 2023 was held virtually on February 7th, with more than 80 participants online, including many elected representatives from all over France. The validation of the budget and the 2023 work programme, the presentation of the new members since the last General Assembly (the Community of Municipalities of Guillestrois Queyras, and the Department of Meuse) and a debate with David Djaïz, General Rapporteur of the National Council for Refoundation, were all on the agenda.
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EUROPE
European studies on Cross-border Public Services (CPS)
February 2023At the end of 2022, the Commission published its report "Cross-border public services: CPS inventory analysis and policy recommendations".
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TERRITORIES
Ecological transition: a charter for Greater Geneva
February 2023On January 26th, 2023, the eight partners* of Greater Geneva signed a "Greater Geneva in transition" charter, agreeing on the ecological transition issues for the cross-border conurbation.
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TERRITORIES
Towards an active Franco-Italian citizenship with the "DAC" project
February 2023Supported financially by the Interreg ALCOTRA programme, the "Developing Active Citizenship" (DAC) project aims to raise citizens' awareness of the challenges of the Green Pact for Europe.
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EUROPE
Feedback on the European conference "Vibrant Cross-Border Labour Markets"
February 2023The European Commission organized a major conference on cross-border employment on January 18-19, 2023, in Brussels and online. It addressed different key topics related to cross-border employment such as the access to cross-border labour markets, education, the recognition of qualifications, social security aspects, taxation and teleworking.
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TERRITORIES
The Mont Blanc Observatory's report on climate change is now available!
February 2023Mountain areas are particularly exposed to climate change: the mutations of ecosystems and their consequences on human activities develop more quickly and have stronger impacts than in plains.
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MOT
Discover the highlights of cross-border cooperation over the past six months!
January 2023With magazine#3 of the newsletter, which has just been published, discover the highlights of cross-border cooperation over the last six months!
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TERRITORIES
A Franco-German manifesto for rail
January 2023Representatives of the Upper Rhine met on January 19th in Strasbourg. They called for their territory to become "a springboard for the development of European railways".
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Signing of the Treaty of Barcelona: Advances for cross-border cooperation?
JanuaryOn Thursday, January 19th, 2023, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Pedro Sànchez signed an important Franco-Spanish cooperation treaty, the "Treaty of Barcelona ", in the Catalan capital. What advances does it contain in terms of cross-border cooperation?
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NATIONAL LEVEL
60th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty: French regions and German Länder meet
January 2023At the invitation of the Regions of France and the Grand Est Region, a meeting between representatives of the French regions and members of the Conference of Ministers of European Affairs was held in Strasbourg on the 17th and 18th of January 2023.
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MOT
A "roadmap" for cross-border cooperation
January 2023On the agenda of the working meeting between the MOT and minister Dominique Faure: A "roadmap" for cross-border cooperation On January 10th, 2023, MOT president Christian Dupessey*, accompanied by director-general Jean Peyrony and secretary-general Aurélien Biscaut, were invited to a work meeting by minister Dominique Faure**.
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MOT
B-solutions: a new expertise for the MOT on the subject of health
January 2023The MOT has been asked to address a new obstacle to cross-border cooperation in the context of the 2022 call for b-solutions projects. It concerns a case brought by its member, the Alzette Belval EGTC, which aims to establish of a France-Luxembourg medical emergency management community.
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TERRITORIES
Health, an issue at the heart of the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict cross-border living area
January 2023The SaarMoselle Eurodistrict, which has been a member of the MOT network since 2005, answers our questions about a subject at the heart of local life in the cross-border living area.
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TERRITORIES
Concrete projects for the Upper Rhine!
January 2023125 cross-border projects were officially approved at the plenary session of the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (CEA) held on December 8th. The topic of energy took center stage!
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Franco-Swiss agreement on cross-border telework finally reached
January 2023After many months of negotiations, Switzerland and France have finally reached an agreement on the taxation of cross-border telework, an issue that concerns hundreds of thousands of workers.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Results of the first Franco-German spatial planning pilot project (MORO)
January 2023On December 14th, 2022, the closing conference of the first Franco-German spatial planning pilot project (MORO) was held in Strasbourg, with Jean Peyrony, director general of the MOT, and other experts sharing their knowledge at several round tables.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
A group on observation within the Franco-German CCT
January 2023The constitutive meeting of the "Cross-border territorial observation" working group (GT/OTT) of the French-German Cross-border Cooperation Committee (CCT) was held in Strasbourg on December 15th under the co-chairmanship of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) and the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT).
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MOT
Last MOT meeting of 2022 in Strasbourg
January 2023On December 15th, 2022, the MOT held its last Grand Est office of the year in Strasbourg.
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MOT
MOT involvement in the Pactesur study
January 2023Between 2019 and 2022 the MOT was part of the committee of experts in the framework of the PACTESUR project financed by the European Internal Security Fund. This project sought to provide European local authorities with the knowledge and tools they need to better secure their public spaces in the face of danger, particularly from terrorism.
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MOT
The MOT at the annual conference of the TEIN network
January 2023On December 14th, 2022, the MOT took part, as a member, in the General Assembly of the TEIN (Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network), which preceded the two-day annual conference "Borders In Flux and Border Temporalities In and Beyond Europe", on December 15th and 16th at the University of Luxembourg in Esch-Belval.
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MOT
Discover the latest edition of the "MOT Guides"!
December 2022This latest guide is dedicated to cross-border mobility.
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MOT
"Small Towns of Tomorrow" goes beyond borders
December 2022The MOT provides tailored support to several territories to facilitate the emergence of projects and links with national and European partners as part of the "Small Towns of Tomorrow" programme of the Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion).
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TERRITORIES
The elected representatives of the European Metropolitan Cluster of the Lorraine Region call on Emmanuel Macron
December 2022Following French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement to "ensure that in the major French metropolises that are currently congested, people who commute can do so without a car, thus decarbonising their journeys thanks to these metropolitan RERs", the elected representatives of the European Metropolitan Cluster of the Lorraine Region have called on the President to ensure that the construction of a "European Metropolitan Express Network to connect all the territories of Lorraine, from the Vosges to the Luxembourg border" is included in the State's priorities.
