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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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
Esch2022, a cross-border European Capital of Culture
November 2022Since its application for the title of "European Capital of Culture", the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, on the Luxembourgian side of the border, has emphasised the cross-border dimension of its territory and has integrated French municipalities and partners.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
French National Refoundation Council: how to make the voice of cross-border territories heard?
November 2022The National Council for Refoundation (CNR), launched in France by Emmanuel Macron in September 2022, has opened an online consultation so that citizens, as well as associations, professionals, local authorities and elected representatives, can propose ideas and solutions on the major transitions to come for the country.
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TERRITORIES
"Bringing cross-border spaces to life: example of the French-Belgian border"
November 2022On September 30th, 2022, the closing event of the QUALICANES Interreg project took place.
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TERRITORIES
Towards a shared territorial vision for Greater Geneva
October 2022Spatial planning is one of the essential levers for achieving carbon neutrality. This is why the partners of Greater Geneva wished to commit themselves to drawing up a new "cross-border territorial vision" in line with the objectives of ecological transition and to build the territory of tomorrow with a view to being carbon neutral by 2050.
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EUROPE
Communication setting out how the EC can follow up on the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe
September 2022After a year of deliberations, the Conference came to an end on 9 May 2022. In the closing ceremony in Strasbourg, the Presidents of the European Parliament, Commission and Council received a final report from the Conference participants containing 49 wide-ranging, ambitious and forward-looking proposals and 326 individual measures.
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TERRITORIES
Portraits of border residents between Strasbourg and Kehl
September 2022"70 people aged 2 to 87 who live, work or enjoy their time in the Strasbourg Eurometropolis or in Kehl, share their views on what constitutes the cross-border living area, the influence of restrictions on crossing the border during the health crisis and their aspirations for the future."
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EUROPE
Culture along borders…it’s of Capital importance!
July 2022What do Lille, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU), Nova Gorica (SI), Timișoara (RO), Mons (BE) and Novi Sad (SRB) have in common?
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MOT
World Urban Forum: a booklet on cross-border cooperation
July 2022Within the framework of the 11th World Urban Forum, which took place in Katowice on 26-30 June, the PFVT (the French platform for urban development internationally) has published 14 booklets produced by all of the stakeholders involved in the French partnership during an intensive period of work in 2021.
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TERRITORIES
Joint participatory budget between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gipuzkoa: 17 projects selected!
July 2022In January, the Conseil départemental des Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa launched a new experiment: a joint participatory budget, called ideaiak, to encourage inhabitants to develop projects that create links between the two territories.
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BORDERS FORUM
European citizenship and solidarity in times of crisis: joint interview ahead of the Borders Forum
June 2022What is the role of border areas with respect to European citizenship? How do local players respond to hosting displaced people in their territory? These are three questions that Chantal Jouanno, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul and María Ángeles Elorza Zubiría, all speakers at the forthcoming Borders Forum, will attempt to answer.
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EUROPE
Launch of the "LKT" Eurometropolis’s European Citizens’ Space
June 2022At the invitation of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis Agency, the MOT went to Tournai on 25 May 2022 to take part in the launch of the first “European Citizens’ Space”.
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MOT
Meetings of the MOT network’s working groups: the recordings are online
May 2022Between late April and early May, three important topics for cross-border territories were the subject of discussions for the network’s working groups: the impact of cross-border projects on the environment; the issue of social security with respect to cross-border employment; and the definition and recognition of “cross-border living areas”. Below is a preliminary summary of the discussions.
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EUROPE
Results of the Conference on the Future of Europe: what about cross-border territories?
May 2022On 9 May 2022, at the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the three Presidents of the EU institutions, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, received the conference’s final report.
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MOT
In Nice, a cross-border citizens’ forum to shape tomorrow’s Europe
April 2022On 24-25 March 2022, at the invitation of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, the MOT had the pleasure of facilitating a Franco-Italian citizens’ forum against a very positive backdrop: the start of the European Year of Youth, the publication of the findings of the Conference on the Future of Europe, France’s presidency of the EU Council and the recent signing of the Quirinal Treaty between the two countries’ governments.
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TERRITORIES
The Greater Region renews its support for citizens’ small cross-border projects
April 2022The Greater Region’s Cooperation Fund has been extended by the Greater Region Summit with a new call for projects. Its aim: "To bring the inhabitants of the Greater Region closer together and to enable them to experience the richness of exchanges across borders".
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MOT
"Let’s have a coffee": the inhabitants of the Franco-Belgian territory talk with the MOT
April 2022On 24 March, at the invitation of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, Thibault Devillard, policy officer at the MOT, took part in a discussion with the inhabitants of the Franco-Belgian territory.
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MOT
Lessons to be learned following two years of crisis management along borders: a new European assignment for the MOT
March 2022After a preliminary study carried out in 2020,* the MOT has been commissioned by DG REGIO to conduct another study on the consequences of the pandemic and the impact of the measures taken by countries to combat it in cross-border territories**.
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MOT
Supporting the rights of inhabitants of cross-border areas through France Services
March 2022In order to answer the numerous questions about public services with a cross-border dimension from users of travelling and permanent "France Services" advice points run by the Nord Department, the latter commissioned the MOT to carry out an experimental study in 2021.
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EUROPE
A label for European cities
March 2022In January 2020, the association Young Europeans France created the "European Cities Label" with the aim of promoting European democracy and bringing the European spirit alive in cities, towns and villages.
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EUROPE
AEBR and the European Commission have released five new b-solutions’ publications
February 2022AEBR and the European Commission’s DG REGIO have released a series of publications aiming at raising awareness of cross-border cooperation. These showcase relevant information gained through the implementation of the b-solutions initiative, which AEBR has managed on behalf of DG REGIO for the past four years.
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TERRITORIES
A cross-border participatory budget for the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department and Gipuzkoa
February 2022"This is unique in France – we are the first!” declared Jean-Jacques Lasserre, the President of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departmental Council, on 27 January, accompanied by the Deputy-General of Gipuzkoa, at a press conference held to launch an innovative project named "ideiak 2022".
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TERRITORIES
The Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion is setting up a "Youth Parliament"
February 2022The Occitanie Region, the Generalitat of Catalonia and the government of the Balearic Islands approved in Brussels on Thursday the creation of a Youth Parliament. An initiative of the Occitanie Region, and its Vice-President, Nadia Pellefigue, which holds the rotating presidency of the Euroregion until the end of the year. We may recall that 2022 is the "European Year of Youth".
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MOT
MOT study for the Lille Metropolis Development and Urban Planning Agency: the impacts of the pandemic on the cross-border area
January 2022Between June and September 2021, the MOT was commissioned by the Lille Metropolis Development and Urban Planning Agency (ADULM) to conduct an analysis of the consequences of the border restrictions in the territory of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis. The aim was to identify the issues highlighted and revealed by the crisis and the brakes on/levers for the development of the cross-border territory.
