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MOT mission for the Banque des territoires on land use efficiency: feedback on the Dunkirk workshop!
February 2025
On January 30th, 2025, a cross-border workshop was held in Dunkirk on the subject of land preservation. This workshop took place as part of a mission that the MOT is carrying out for the Banque des territoires, in order to analyse the impact of limited-land-use policies on the French-Flemish cross-border territory, with a focus on the Dunkirk area and the province of West Flanders.
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The OECD report ‘Building More Resilient Cross-border Regions’ is now available!
January 2025
In collaboration with the European Commission, the OECD’s new report shows that well-designed and well-resourced cross-border governance bodies can help unlock the development potential of border regions.
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The MOT launches the 'Cross-border Zoom', its first publication on cross-border observation!
November 2024
As part of its mission to analyse and support border territories, the MOT is launching a new series of publications dedicated to cross-border monitoring. This first issue is devoted to a key topic: the dynamics of the economy and employment in cross-border contexts, and more specifically the flows of cross-border workers on the French borders. In French only.
TERRITORIES

FEDRE's ten cross-border proposals
November 2024
A study on the ‘border effect’ around Switzerland, conducted by the Geneva-based FEDRE (Foundation for the Economy and Sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe), sets out ten very concrete proposals in areas such as taxation, culture, health and mobility.
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Unemployment benefits for cross-border workers - Unédic report
October 2024
Each year, the compensation system for cross-border workers represents an additional cost of around 800 M€ for the French unemployment insurance scheme. Following the publication of its report, the Unédic, that manages French unemployment insurance, is calling for a renegotiation of agreements with neighboring countries.
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Enrico Letta presents his report on the Single European Market
May 2024
Launched three decades ago, the Single European Market is one of the fundamental pillars of European integration. With this in mind, the European Council commissioned Enrico Letta, former head of the Italian government and current president of the Institut Jacques Delors, to draw up an independent high-level report on the future of the Single Market.
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Government departments ask the MOT about Franco-Luxembourg cooperation
May 2024
A Franco-Luxembourg Intergovernmental Commission is due to be held between now and the end of 2024. As part of the preparations, the MOT was consulted twice by French government departments.
TERRITORIES

The Oyapock River Council, a consultative body for local cooperation between French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá
April 2024
Created by a declaration of intent signed on December 14th, 2012, between France and Brazil, the Oyapock River Council (CDF) is a joint consultative body that brings together institutional and civil society stakeholders from the Oyapock basin, the river that forms the binational border between French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá, twice a year.
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Cross-border challenges for the "Pact for the Sambre-Avesnois-Thiérache territory"
March 2024
On March 12th, the MOT visited the sub-prefecture of Vervins, in the Aisne department, for a meeting on the cross-border issues facing the "Pact for the Sambre-Avesnois-Thiérache territory", attended by the SGAR, the Hauts-de-France region, the sub-prefectures of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Vervins, the Aisne and Nord departments and the territory's EPCIs (public establishments of intercommunal cooperation).
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Franco-German-Luxembourg development of the Moselle Valley
March 2024
As part of the partnership between the MOT and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by its Department of Spatial Planning, the MOT led a Franco-German-Luxembourgian cross-border workshop on January 31st 2024 at the Maison de la Nature du Pays de Sierck (Moselle).
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Towards a conurbation project for the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict
February 2024
The MOT has been commissioned by the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict to support the cross-border territory in implementing the recommendations drawn up during the Franco-German pilot project for spatial planning (MORO).
TERRITORIES

An inspiring project to collectively imagine the Mediterranean Alps
December 2023
The "PITER ALPIMED" is a cross-border cooperation strategy funded under the Interreg Alcotra program that ran between 2018 and 2022 in the mountain area between the provinces of Cuneo, Imperia and the Alpes-Maritimes department.
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The MOT in Switzerland for a "360° Vision" of the Jura mountains
December 2023
The Commissariat à l'aménagement du Massif du Jura (Jura Massif Planning Commission) has joined forces with the MOT to carry out a cross-border study to take better account of the Franco-Swiss nature of the Jura mountains.
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Franco-German CCT meeting: "Less bureaucracy, more rail links"
November 2023
This was the wish expressed by the Franco-German Cross-Border Cooperation Committee (CCT) at its second annual meeting on October 23rd, 2023, in Offenburg, chaired by the Secretaries of State for Europe and General Secretaries for Franco-German Cooperation, Anna Lührmann and Laurence Boone.
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Publication of Grande Région Guides on cross-border trade, with a contribution from MOT
October 2023
Note a contribution from the MOT on the "SaarMoselle Trade Study: The importance of cooperation" conducted as part of the MORO project. More information on the MORO project.
TERRITORIES

The IDEA Foundation’s anthology devotes a chapter to regional planning and cross-border cooperation in Luxembourg
October 2023
In this collection, 22 authors from a wide range of backgrounds were invited to answer key questions to fuel debate in the run-up to Luxembourg's parliamentary elections in October 2023, and beyond, in order to shed light on the country's major challenges. An entire chapter is devoted to cross-border issues, with a contribution from Aurélien Biscaut, Secretary General of the MOT.
NATIONAL LEVEL

How can simulation games help spatial planning in a border area?
September 2023
In border areas, living and employment areas are closely intertwined. Differences between planning tools and the organisation of the relevant authorities can hamper integrated regional development. These issues were at the heart of "MORO," a Franco-German spatial planning pilot project. In order to report on the results of this project, the ANCT and the MOT are organising a webinar on 1 December entitled "How to move forward with spatial planning in border areas".
NATIONAL LEVEL

Results of the first Franco-German spatial planning pilot project (MORO)
January 2023
On December 14th, 2022, the closing conference of the first Franco-German spatial planning pilot project (MORO) was held in Strasbourg, with Jean Peyrony, director general of the MOT, and other experts sharing their knowledge at several round tables.
TERRITORIES

Towards a Franco-Luxembourg cross-border development zone?
November 2022
The Terres Rouges slag heap is a strategic site for the Alzette-Belval territory.
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The study on major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict is available
September 2022
This study on planning and permits regarding projects for sites intended for major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict, on the Franco-German border was carried out by the MOT and the German consultancy Junker+Kruse, for the Saarbrücken Regionalverband.
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Impacts of the crisis on border territories: why do they seem to have been over-impacted?
June 2022
On 30 May, the MOT co-ran a webinar offered by the Observatory on the Territorial Impacts of the Crisis (OITC) focusing specifically on border territories.
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GeRTrUD project: midpoint webinar
June 2022
The MOT is a partner in the research project GeRTrUD – Gestion et régulation transfrontalière de l’urbanisation diffuse (Cross-border management and regulation of scattered urbanisation).
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"From marginal to essential": the MOT publishes a study on cross-border teleworking
May 2022
Supported by ten of its members, the MOT is publishing this month its first multi-partner study on cross-border teleworking and its impacts in terms of co-development. It is the fruit of nearly a year of work.
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A comparative study by the MOT on major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict
April 2022
The Saarbrücken Regionalverband has just published a study on planning and permits regarding projects for sites intended for major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict, on the Franco-German border. This assignment was carried out by the MOT and the German consultancy Junker+Kruse.
BORDERS FORUM

BORDERS FORUM: the programme, registration and letting the first speakers have their say
March 2022
Every month until June, the MOT is letting Borders Forum speakers have their say about a topic that will be at the heart of the discussions.

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