Past events

EURegionsWeek 2024 - MOT-CoR workshop: "Building strong maritime cooperation for sustainable growth in coastal and insular regions"

"Maritime cooperation is a prerequisite for the smart and sustainable growth of coastal and insular regions. Most seas basins are shared so governance cannot be exclusive. How can we ensure that the maritime dimension of post-27 programmes is strengthened? This session will demonstrate the role of regions in maritime planning and the importance of Interreg maritime cooperation for preservation of the marine environment and achieving sustainable blue growth."

TEIN Annual Conference: "The future of cross-border cooperation and mobility: horizontal integration and beyond"

Organized by the Institute for Euregional and Transnational cross-border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM)

20th Congress of Regions

Registrations for the 20th Congress of Regions are open! "Europe: The Time for Regions? Simplify and Look Further" will be the theme of the next Congress of Regions of France, hosted at the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès in Strasbourg on September 25 and 26 by the Grand Est Region.

OECD Local Development Forum: "Building bridges, shaping tomorrow"

OECD Local Development Forum 2024 "Building bridges, shaping tomorrow" will be held on 24 September (Malmö, Sweden) and 25 September (Copenhagen, Denmark), in partnership with Greater Copenhagen.

6th Scientific Day of the Institut Convergences Migrations

The 6th Scientific Day of the IC Migrations, organized by the institute’s doctoral students, will be dedicated to the theme of "shaking borders." This event takes place in a context where some land borders are closing, others are emerging, re-emerging, or becoming fragile.

Round-table: "Cross-border cooperation in a new political reality: what is the future perspective for border regions after European elections?"

Organised by the House of the Dutch Provinces (HNP) and the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM).

Conference: "Disruptive borderlands. Unpacking the innovative potential of transbordering practices, imaginaries and policies"

Organised by LISER (Luxembourg Institute of Soci-Economic Research)

European Mobility Expo 2024

From October 1 to 3, 2024, the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg invites all public transport and sustainable mobility stakeholders to Strasbourg for a trade fair featuring nearly 250 exhibitors, both French and international, and around 11,000 participants from the mobility sectors (manufacturers, ticketing, ITS, organizing authorities, etc.).

Registration for the 2024 BIG Summer Institutes

Borders in Globalization (University of Victoria) offers eight intensive summer institutes this July 2024 to policy professional or academic looking to enhance their expertise in cross-border management and policy.

Beyond Borders Breakfast Debate #19: "How to enhance cross-border public transport for a more integrated EU"

Organised by the Border Focal Point Network (BFPN) of the DG Regio.

Consultation on the CoR opinion on Solving obstacles to the cooperation of emergency services in the EU's border regions

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is in the process of drafting an own-initiative opinion on "Solving obstacles to the cooperation of emergency services in the EU's border regions". The rapporteur for this opinion, Pavel Branda (CZ, ECR), Vice Mayor of Radlo, and his expert Hynek Bohm, would be pleased to hear the views of representatives of local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders.

DG REGIO/OECD Conference: "Reinforcing cross-border governance for development"

Workshop on raising awareness of patients' rights to cross-border healthcare

Organised by the DG SANTE in conjunction with the HSE.

Conference: "Borders, Politics and Policies - Using Data to Power Research"

Organised by the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network (TEIN, Kehl, Germany) and Borders in Globalization (University of Victoria).

European Maritime Day 2024

At the core of European Maritime Day is a two-day conferencein Svendborg, Denmark, on 30-31 May 2024. The event is organised by the European Comission and the Danish Maritime Authority.

UniGR-CBS Panel: Border/Lines and Instabilities: Strategies of Negotiating Borders in Literature, Film and TV Series – An Interdisciplinary and Cross-Border Approach

On May 30 and June 1, the 63rd conference of the Société des Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (SAES) on “Borders and Movements” will take place with members of UniGR-CBS from the universities of Lorraine, Trier, Luxembourg, and Saarland University, at the University of Lorraine in Nancy.

Workshop: "Cross-Border Inequalities: An Exploration in the Grande Région"

Experts participating in this workshop will explore these cross-border inequalities using the example of the Greater Region, often cited as a model of successful European integration.

Online Symposium: A Century of Eugenics on our Borders: Centennial of the Johnson-Reed Act and US Border Patrol

On May the 27th-28th From Small Beginnings… in collaboration with CRASH (Canada Region Anti-Eugenic Scholarship Hub) and ELEP (Eugenic Legacies Education Project), will be pulling together a virtual symposium that over two days will look at the theme of Immigration, and Eugenics, to mark the centennials of the passing of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924, the subsequent establishing of the US Border Patrol force a few days later, and a week or so later the passing of the Indian Citizenship Act.

Beyond Borders Breakfast Debate #18: "Insights into cross-border primary and secondary education""

Organised by the Border Focal Point Network (BFPN) of the DG Regio.

6th European Mobility Days in Strasbourg : Bringing together supply and demand for mobility

Hosted by Cerema and CNFPT, in partnership with the Eurometropole of Strasbourg, GART, UTP, MOT, University of Gustave Eiffel, the Strasbourg Urban Planning Agency, and the European POLIS network