MOT
Launch of a working group on the ecological transition
December 2021A new MOT working group was launched on 14 December 2021, with 35 participants from varied backgrounds and sectors (protected natural areas, energy, transport, etc.).
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FRANCE
A cross-border component for the Sambre-Avesnois-Thiérache Pact
December 2021On 19 November, the French President Emmanuel Macron came to the Avesnois and the Thiérache to sign a second-generation contract between the French state and the territory.
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MOT
EWRC "Breathing without borders" : the MOT publishes three project factsheets
November 2021Following on from the MOT’s workshop “Breathing without borders” held on 13 October during the EURegionsWeek, the MOT has published three project factsheets corresponding to the examples of good practices presented during the workshop.
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TERRITORIES
A new strategy for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarra Euroregion
November 2021On the 10th anniversary of its creation on 27 October, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarra Euroregion presented its new strategic plan.
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TERRITORIES
Greater Region: interactive cross-border map showing air quality
March 2021The Greater Region’s Geographical Information System and ATMO Grand Est have joined forces in order to develop an interactive map that makes it possible to check air quality across the whole of the cross-border territory of the Greater Region.
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TERRITORIES
The low-carbon transition takes shape in Europe’s straits
January 2020On 22 November 2019, the Pas-de-Calais Department hosted the closing conference of the PASSAGE project in Arras. The MOT took part in it.
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TERRITORIES
France-United Kingdom: for strengthened cooperation between local authorities
November 2019The successful bids for the call for projects “France-United Kingdom: for a strengthened cooperation between our local authorities” launched by the British Embassy in France, with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been announced.
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EUROPEAN WEEK OF REGIONS AND CITIES
Energy, citizenship, the ECBM, observation: major topics at the heart of the workshops attended by the MOT
October 2019At the 2019 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, which brought together over 9,000 participants in Brussels, the MOT ran a workshop entitled "No country is an island: joint cross-border strategies for a clean energy transition".
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TERRITORIES
Cross-border innovation: Strasburg plans to recover the heat produced by the Kehl steelworks
June 2019The Strasbourg Eurometropolis has launched a project aimed at recovering the heat produced by the Kehl steelworks in order to provide energy for 4,000 households in Strasbourg within two years. This innovative project is a first in Europe at the cross-border level.
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TERRITORIES
The European Straits meet in the Pas-de-Calais
June 2019On 14-15 May, at the invitation of the Pas-de-Calais Department, 24 territorial authorities that border on 11 European straits gathered in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The purpose: to take stock of ten years of working together within the European Straits Initiative.
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TERRITORIES
A Territorial Development Plan for the Greater Region
May 2019Within the framework of the Interreg “Greater Region Territorial Development Plan” project, the Greater Region Executives Summit have laid the political groundwork for the drawing-up of a common cross-border territorial strategy for the Greater Region partners.
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TERRITORIES
Fessenheim: signature of the territorial project
February 2019Signed on 1 February 2019 by the Minister for the Ecological Transition, François de Rugy, and the French and German regional players, this “territorial project” is designed to accompany the economic redevelopment of the area around the nuclear power station in Fessenheim, whose two reactors are due to be shut down in the summer of 2020.
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EUROPE
The Energy Transition Conference
February 2019The 2019 European Conference on the Energy Transition took place on 22-24 January in Dunkirk, bringing together nearly 3,500 participants around the topic “Committed and mutually-supportive territories”. The MOT contributed to the discussions by organising a workshop illustrating three very concrete examples of cross-border cooperation in the area of the energy transition.
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MOT
A new edition of the MOT's Guides, on the energy transition
January 2019On the occasion of the European Conference on the Energy Transition, which is taking place in Dunkirk on 22-24 January 2019, the MOT is publishing a new edition of its thematic Guides, on the energy transition and cross-border cooperation.
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TERRITORIES
Cooperation in the renewable energies field between Andorra and France
September 2018The first day of French-Andorran exchanges on the topic of energy was jointly held in April 2018 by the Pyrénées Orientales and Andorran chambers of commerce and industry, brought together within the PirineusMED Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the context of the Interreg POCTEFA 2014/20 programme and the DERBI competitiveness cluster. High attendance of French and Andorran entrepreneurs contributed to the day’s success.
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PUBLICATION
Special edition on cross-border issues and the ecological transition
June 2018The General Council on the Environment and Sustainable Development, which is responsible for advising the government in the different fields of competence of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition, has devoted a special edition of its magazine "Pour mémoire" to cross-border issues in the areas of transport, the environment and energy.
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TERRITORIES
European Conference on the Energy Transition and signature of a cross-border agreement
March 2018The 2018 edition of the European Conference on the Energy Transition took place on 30-31 January and 1 February in the territory of Greater Geneva, a cross-border first for this event that every year brings together more than 3,500 professionals in the areas of energy and sustainable development. The conference also provided the opportunity to sign a cross-border agreement on air quality in Greater Geneva.
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MOT
2017 project files
September 2017Every year, the MOT publishes a dossier highlighting exemplary cross-border projects along French borders.
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EUROPE
Cross-border cooperation to enhance renewable energy
June 2017On 3 June, the MOT took part in the conference entitled "Cross-border cooperation to enhance renewable energy in the EU" organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the World Future Council at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
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TERRITORIES
Franco-German pilot project for cross-border energy networks
May 2017In the context of constructing an "Energy Europe", a Franco-German experiment with a decentralised, local and also cross-border energy network is going to be conducted in order to go beyond the traditional interconnections between countries via high-voltage lines.
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MOT
Cooperation in the field of renewable energy and climate change adaptation
February 2017In September 2016, with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the World Future Council, the MOT took part in a study tour from Copenhagen to Brussels, via Germany and the Netherlands.
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EUROPE
A new project for European straits
May 2016On 12 May, a conference was held to launch a new European project entitled "PASSAGE"*, initiated by the Pas-de-Calais Department and Kent County Council within the framework of the European Straits Initiative. Funded by the Interreg Europe programme, it involves eleven partners on five maritime borders** and is aimed at encouraging cross-border low-carbon initiatives.
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TERRITORIES
Conference in Metz on French-German cross-border cooperation
July 2015A French-German ministerial conference, attended by French secretary of state for European affairs Harlem Désir and his German counterpart Michael Roth, both general-secretaries for French-German cooperation, took place on 6 and 7 July in Metz.
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TERRITORIES
The Espace Mont-Blanc: a cooperation space to be protected and promoted
May 2015For more than twenty years, the Espace Mont Blanc (FR/IT/CH) has been striving to meet the needs for sustainable and balanced development of the Mont Blanc massif and its valleys, in order to protect and promote this emblematic cross-border territory.
