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A report and a study of the European Parliament to relaunch the ECBM

Cross-border obstacles affect the daily development of cross-border living areas and services dedicated to their inhabitants. The reduction of these obstacles requires a high degree of cooperation between Member States. That is why, in 2018, the European Commission proposed a tool, the "European Cross-Border Mechanism" (ECBM), dedicated to the resolution of cross-border legal and administrative obstacles. But the Commission's proposal for a regulation on this tool is currently stalled at the Council.

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Reflexions on the Conference "Living in Border Regions - Tackling the challenges"

The conference "Living in Border Regions - Tackling the challenges" was organized on April 17th, 2023, in Brussels, by the European Alliance for Cross-Border Citizens (CoR, MOT, AEBR, CESCI). Its objective was to study the possible ways to relaunch the draft regulation on the "European Cross-Border Mechanism" (ECBM).

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Commission report on cohesion policy 2021-2027

At the beginning of May, the European Commission published its report on the programming of the cohesion policy 2021-2027. It foresees the creation of 1.3 million jobs in Europe by the end of the programming period, with an increase of 0.5% of the EU GDP and up to 4% in some Member States.

NATIONAL LEVEL

Publication of the study on the impact analysis of legislation on cross-border areas

The Treaty of Aachen mandated the Franco-German Cross-Border Cooperation Committee (CBC) to analyse the impact of legislation on border regions, with the aim of avoiding "the emergence of new legal difficulties in everyday cross-border life".

NATIONAL LEVEL

Several studies on cross-border cooperation on Germany's borders

At the conference "Border Region Academy: Border regions of Germany with its neighboring countries" organized by the German Federal Office for Spatial Planning on April 20th and 21st in Berlin, in which the MOT participated, several significant studies for cross-border cooperation were presented.

TERRITORIES

A report on employment for the European Metropolis of Lille: what opportunities on a cross-border scale?

This study, which has just been published by the Institut Montaigne, establishes a detailed diagnosis of the employment situation in the territory of the European Metropolis of Lille, and aims to identify the various levers that would allow action to be taken to better match the Lille labor market.

TERRITORIES

A subjective map for the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai cross-border living area

To produce a map based on the feelings of citizens, the Forum of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai - who constitutes its citizen assembly - launched this project a year ago to capture the "emotional landscape of the cross-border living area".

TERRITORIES

The RECOTTE project on the ecological transition has revealed its results

Financed within the framework of the Interreg Grande Région program, the RECOTTE [RECOnversion of Territories through Ecological Transition] project focused on the reconversion of territories through ecological transition on a local cross-border scale.

NATIONAL LEVEL

France-Luxembourg: Significant progress made with the 7th Intergovernmental Commission

The 7th Franco-Luxembourg Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) was held in Thionville on April 17th, 2023, in the presence of Laurence Boone, Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for Europe, and Corinne Cahen, Minister for the Greater Region of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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Citizen participation to make a success of the cross-border ecological transition

On May 2nd, 2023, the 4th meeting of the "Cross-border ecological transition" working group of the MOT network, which brought together about thirty participants around the question: "how to better involve citizens in the ecological transition of cross-border territories?", took place.

TERRITORIES

Editorial by Brice Fauvarque, vice-president of the Ardennes departmental council in charge of cross-border cooperation and Interreg programmes, president of the Ardennes cross-border strategy

I was entrusted last March with the presidency of the cross-border strategy of Ardennes initiated in 2019 by the MOT and the Belgian intermunicipal structure IDELUX. The latter covers the territory of the Ardennes department and the Walloon provinces of Luxembourg and Namur.

TERRITORIES

Discover the different missions of the MOT on the whole French-Belgian border

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Understanding the flows and functioning of cross-border living areas?

On April 13th, 2023, the second meeting of the MOT-ANCT working group dedicated to observation, co-hosted by the Atlantic and Pyrenees Urban Planning Agency (AUDAP) and the French Riviera Agglomeration Community (CARF), took place.

TERRITORIES

France-Germany and the Upper Rhine: measures to combat climate change

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Répondez à l'enquête de l'Alliance pour la CohésionTake part in the Cohesion Alliance survey

A joint initiative of the European Committee of the Regions and European territorial associations to shape the future of cohesion policy: only one week left to participate!

TERRITORIES

From the Cerdanya Hospital to the Franco-Spanish Treaty of Friendship

Discover the editorial by Xavier Faure, President of the Executive Board of the Cerdanya Hospital EGTC, Project Director at the Occitania Regional Health Agency, and his article: "In 2023, the Cerdagne hospital will develop its cross-border healthcare offer".

TERRITORIES

In 2023, the Cerdagne hospital will develop its cross-border healthcare offer

For almost a decade, the Cerdagne hospital has demonstrated that a cross-border public hospital service can operate within a controlled budget, with an increasing number of patients, and a hybrid legal model, an example of a concrete achievement of the Europe of Health.

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Discover the theme of the next edition of the MOT Guides!

Following the recent publication of its thematic Cahiers on cross-border mobility, the MOT is now announcing the launch of a new project: a booklet on the subject of health.

PUBLICATION

ARL report on cities and metropolises in France and Germany

Following the conference "Cities and Metropolises in France and Germany" on March 14th, this report of the ARL (Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association) is available in French and in English. It includes a contribution by Jean Peyrony, Franziska Sielker and Thomas Perrin, entitled "Cross-border territorial cooperation between France and Germany: evolution, convergence and perspectives".

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"Experimenting with cross-border living areas", an ambitious project of the MOT network

The MOT, supported by sixteen partners of its network, initiated a "cross-border living areas experiment" at the end of 2022.

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A pilot project supported by DG REGIO and the OECD

At the beginning of 2023, the DG REGIO of the European Commission together with the OECD have launched a pilot project for multi-level governance and the development of co-developed cross-border strategies.

TERRITORIES

Summit meeting for the High Valleys Conference (CHAV)

The representatives of the Hautes Vallées (High Valleys) territory (Maurienne, Grand Briançonnais, Pinerolese, Val di Susa e Sangone) met on March 28th at the Valfréjus mountain resort, just a few hundred metres from the French-Italian border.

TERRITORIES

Greater Geneva invites the public to contribute to its "Cross-border territorial vision"

How to live and move in the Greater Geneva of tomorrow? To answer this question, the Canton of Geneva, the Metropolitan Pole of the French Genevois and the Nyon Region are inviting residents to question the territorial development of the cross-border conurbation during eight citizen workshops to be held from April 24th to May 11th.

TERRITORIES

Terres Monviso, a forward-looking cooperation

On March 9th, the MOT took part in the final seminar of the Integrated Territorial Plan (PITer) "Terres Monviso", which was held in Guillestre (Hautes-Alpes), near the French-Italian border.

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The Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) initiative celebrates its sixth anniversary!

Six years ago, the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) started the Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) initiative.