On 21 October, Anne Sander, MEP and Vice-President of the MOT, chaired the second meeting of the European Parliament working group on cross-border cooperation on the subject of cross-border healthcare.
This opinion, drafted by Nikola Dobroslavić (HR/EPP) has been approved by the plenary of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 13 October. The opinion highlights the importance of cross-border cooperation for regional urban and rural development, and welcomes the initiative of Luxembourg's Presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers to enhance the cross-border regulatory framework with new tools.
Eurobarometer surveys are analyses of public opinion by the European Commission. For the first time, a Eurobarometer survey identifies and analyses the attitudes of citizens living in border regions.
The European Commission has just published a report on Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI), a European structural funds tool that enables the implementation of integrated territorial strategies.
On 21 September, the players from the Greater Geneva area presented an innovative new tool that makes it possible to monitor air pollution across the cross-border territory: the G²AME (Grand Genève Air Modèle Emissions – Greater Geneva Air Emissions Model) platform.
An agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium concerning cross-border cooperation in the area of policing and customs has been in force since 1 October 2015 in France.
The Kiosk Office, the first cross-border co-working space, was set up in Offenburg in July 2014 and in Strasbourg in early 2015. This meeting place for entrepreneurs from either side of the border fulfils a real need observed in the territory (administrative and legal advice, networking, etc.). Since it was established, 600 people have visited it and two French-German businesses have been set up.
The final conference of the project embarked on by the MOT in 2014 on cross-border economic development brought together nearly 180 people in Paris on 30 September.
On 24-25 September 2015, the University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) welcomed twelve cross-border groupings of European universities at a seminar organised within the framework of the EBRoS 2020 project (a French-Spanish inter-university project funded by the Interreg programme POCTEFA).
Since January 2014, the MOT has been carrying out a project supported by the national technical assistance programme Europ'Act relating to the economic development of the cross-border territories along France's borders. The results of this work will be presented at the project's final conference on 30 September in Paris.
On the occasion of the European Cooperation Day and a week after the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Interreg, the umbrella framework for Regional Policy's cross border cooperation programmes, the Commission has launched an EU-wide public consultation on the remaining obstacles to cross border cooperation.
"Reconciling citizens with Europe" is the message we will take from Interreg's 25th anniversary, which was celebrated on 15-16 September at a major European conference organised at the emblematic location of Esch-Belval by the Luxembourg presidency, the European Commission and the Interact programme.
Interreg is 25 years old! A good opportunity to celebrate the unquestionable achievements of cross-border cooperation, but above all, to look to the future.
In the context of the 25th anniversary of the launch of Interreg, this month the European Commission is publishing a book entitled "Territorial cooperation in Europe, a historical perspective".
Meeting in Luxembourg on 2 September 2015, the members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) called on the EU to step-up its efforts to strengthen cross-border cooperation. The discussions took place within the framework of the work currently being carried out under Luxembourg's presidency.
A web platform to promote car-pooling in the Greater Geneva region went live on 1 September.
On 6 September, this cross-border cycling festival that has been held every year in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict celebrated 15 years of existence with the slogan "70 years of peace and friendship".
On 30 June 2015 at the University of Silesia the inaugural international conference of the Polish-Czech-Slovak Euro-Institut was held, organised by the Association for Development and Regional Cooperation "Olza" (representing the Polish side of the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion) and the Institut EuroSchola in Trinec (Czech Republic).
On the occasion of the conference on 15-16 September in Luxembourg, an edition of the television programme "Le Dessous des Cartes" was devoted to European territorial cooperation.
The New Territorial Organisation of the Republic Act (the "NOTRe Act") was promulgated on 7 August 2015 in France.
At the instigation of the partners in the Spain-France-Andorra cooperation programme (POCTEFA) a study has been carried out on Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-led Local Development (CLLD).
Today the Commission officially launched the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP), the fourth EU macro-regional strategy. More than70 million citizens will reap the benefits of a closer cooperation between regions and countries in terms of research and innovation, SME support, mobility, tourism, environmental protection and energy resources management.
The BRIT 2016 Conference will be held in Hamburg (Germany) and in Sønderborg (Denmark), on 17-20 May 2016. The deadline for the call for papers is November 1, 2015.
After more than five years of work, the MOT is inaugurating its online documentation portal - available in French - and opening up its documentation centre to specialist users.
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