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TERRITORIES

Trinational cooperation around Basel

Cross-border cooperation in the Basel trinational conurbation has grown up since 1995 around projects in the areas of territorial development and public transport.

TERRITORIES

Lorraine and Saarland sign a cross-border agreement on professional training

After a year of negotiations, on 20 June 2014 at the Conseil Régional of Lorraine a framework agreement was signed with Saarland with the aim of developing cooperation initiatives in the area of initial and ongoing professional training.

TERRITORIES

Watercourses in South-West Europe: the example of the Garonne

Flowing through both Spain and France, the Garonne river encourages cross-border exchanges.

EUROPE

Dictionnaire critique de la coopération transfrontalière en Europe

Un appel à contributions a été lancé jusqu'au 1er novembre 2014 pour la réalisation d'un dictionnaire critique sur la coopération transfrontalière.

TERRITORIES

The first French-German cross-border co-working space

On Wednesday 2 July 2014, the first cross-border co-working space was inaugurated in Offenburg – the “KiosK Office” – with the opening of the German site, which will soon be followed by the opening of the French site in Strasbourg.

TERRITORIES

German toll?

The announcement of Germany’s intention to introduce a toll in 2016 for all vehicles on German roads has provoked a barrage of criticism from neighbouring countries, notably with respect to the Meuse-Rhine Euregio, Alsace and the Regio Pamina Eurodistrict.

TERRITORIES

Study of housing in the France-Geneva area

The cross-border statistical observatory for the France-Geneva area has published an analysis of the housing stock and construction on both sides of the border, counting nearly 70,000 additional housing units in 11 years in this cross-border area.

TERRITORIES

French-Belgian border walk/ride

Held on 20 July 2014 as part of the “TransSport Sportifs sans Frontières” project and the West-Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d’Opale EGTC, the “Schrevepromenade” or “Promenade frontalière” (Border walk/ride) by bike or on foot brought together many sportspeople and inhabitants of the cross-border territory.

TERRITORIES

A guide to cross-border services in the Upper Rhine

The aim of this guide is to present in a user-friendly manner different services that operate in the French-German context, mainly located in the Upper Rhine region.

MOT

14th international conference BRIT: The border, a source of innovation

The BRIT 14th international conference will be held from 4 to 7 November 2014 on the France-Belgium border (Arras, Lille and Mons) on the topic “The border, a source of innovation”. MOT is organising 4 sessions.

EUROPE

European Cooperation Day on 21 September 2014!

Continuing a tradition which started in 2012, European Territorial Cooperation and neighbouring programmes are celebrating European Cooperation Day on 21 September 2014. Under the motto “Sharing borders, growing closer”, hundreds of local events will be held across Europe in the week leading up to 21 September, reaching out to thousands of people.

EUROPE

The Commission has adopted a Partnership Agreement with France

This document sets out the strategy for the optimal use of European Structural and Investment Funds in the country's regions and cities for 2014-2020. Following a national consultation and, having been communicated by the French authorities in December 2013, it was the subject of negotiations with the European Commission before being finally adopted on 8 August.

EUROPE

Public consultation on the EU's Macro-Regional Strategy for the Alpine Region

Commission launches public consultation on the EU's latest Macro-Regional Strategy for the Alpine Region.

MOT

The MOT celebrates 10 years of cross-border news!

"In a context in which the European project lacks visibility, the role of our newsletter is to publicise the cross-border initiatives that have been implemented in these territories and that are constructing Europe on the ground close to its people." Read the editorial from Jean Peyrony, Director General of the MOT.

EUROPE

Workshop of the EGTC platform

On 26 June, within the framework of the EGTC platform, the Committee of the Regions held a workshop, chaired by Herwig Van Staa, President of the Tyrolean Parliament and the platform’s coordinator, on the implementation of the new European regulation on EGTCs (1302/2013), which has been applicable since 22 June 2014.

FRANCE

Study day on the "cross-border prefect"

On 20 June, CHEMI (Centre for High-Level Studies of the Ministry of the Interior) hosted a day of discussions on the “cross-border prefect”.

MOT

Meetings of the MOT’s bodies and the technicians’ platform

The MOT’s conference was followed on 19 June by the meetings of its board of directors, general assembly and the technicians’ platform, hosted by the Caisse des Dépôts.

MOT

The MOT network’s annual conference

Nearly 130 participants gathered in Paris on 18-19 June for the MOT’s annual general meeting and the conference it organised on this occasion on the topic “Cross-border networks: mutualising public services and experimenting with Europe on each border”.

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The MOT 2013 activity report is online

TERRITORIES

The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas

The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas took place this year on the French-Belgian border. An initiative of the EUROPARC Federation, this annual gathering brings together managers of protected areas from across the whole of Europe all of whom are faced with cross-border issues.

FRANCE

The exhibition "BORDERLINE: the frontiers of peace" in Paris

The European Commission’s representation in France and France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development are presenting, within the framework of their strategic partnership, the exhibition “BORDERLINE: the frontiers of peace” by the Italian photographer Valerio Vincenzo.

EUROPE

2014 European Cooperation Day: video contest "border issues, border solutions"

European Cooperation Day celebrates the benefits and achievements of Territorial Cooperation through local events throughout Europe. It takes place on 21 September 2014. On this occasion, INTERACT is launching the video contest ‘border issues, border solutions’ among European projects and programmes.

FRANCE

The Observatoire des Territoires publishes a thematic dossier on cross-border regions

The "Observatoire des Territoires"* of the Commissariat Général à l'Égalité des Territoires (ex DATAR, France) has put on line a thematic dossier devoted to the study of the cross-border regions that France shares with its neighbours.

EUROPE

European elections: the MOT highlights the key issue of cross-border cooperation

In the context of the European elections, the MOT wished to show how cross-border cooperation addresses the current challenges with respect to social and territorial cohesion, in a Europe that is suffering from a lack of recognition.

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The importance of economic development for cross-border territories

With the launch of a European project financed by the Europ'Act programme at a conference in Paris on 15 April, the MOT wishes to highlight the topic of cross-border economic development. The proceedings of the conference are online.