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  • "Cross-border living areas" experiment: initial courses of action developed with local players

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    "Cross-border living areas" experiment: initial courses of action developed with local players

    January 2024

    For almost a year, the MOT, supported by sixteen partners, has been conducting a "cross-border living areas" experiment on five pilot sites on the French borders: PAMINA Eurodistrict (French-German border), the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis (French-Belgian border), Nord Lorrain - Luxembourg (French-Luxembourg border), Southern Alps - Riviera (French-Italian-Monegasque border) and Franco-Vaud-Geneva conurbation (French-Swiss border)

  • EURegionsWeek - Feedback on the "Cross-border living areas" workshop

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    EURegionsWeek - Feedback on the "Cross-border living areas" workshop

    October 2023

    This workshop, organized by the PAMINA Eurodistrict with the participation of the MOT, the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion and the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, was held on October 11th as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities.

  • A report on employment for the European Metropolis of Lille: what opportunities on a cross-border scale?

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    A report on employment for the European Metropolis of Lille: what opportunities on a cross-border scale?

    May 2023

    This study, which has just been published by the Institut Montaigne, establishes a detailed diagnosis of the employment situation in the territory of the European Metropolis of Lille, and aims to identify the various levers that would allow action to be taken to better match the Lille labor market.

  • A subjective map for the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai cross-border living area

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    A subjective map for the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai cross-border living area

    May 2023

    To produce a map based on the feelings of citizens, the Forum of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai - who constitutes its citizen assembly - launched this project a year ago to capture the "emotional landscape of the cross-border living area".

  • Citizen participation to make a success of the cross-border ecological transition

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    Citizen participation to make a success of the cross-border ecological transition

    May 2023

    On May 2nd, 2023, the 4th meeting of the "Cross-border ecological transition" working group of the MOT network, which brought together about thirty participants around the question: "how to better involve citizens in the ecological transition of cross-border territories?", took place.

  • "Experimenting with cross-border living areas", an ambitious project of the MOT network

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    "Experimenting with cross-border living areas", an ambitious project of the MOT network

    April 2023

    The MOT, supported by sixteen partners of its network, initiated a "cross-border living areas experiment" at the end of 2022.

  • A pilot project supported by DG REGIO and the OECD

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    A pilot project supported by DG REGIO and the OECD

    April 2023

    At the beginning of 2023, the DG REGIO of the European Commission together with the OECD have launched a pilot project for multi-level governance and the development of co-developed cross-border strategies.

  • Launch of the "LKT" Eurometropolis’s European Citizens’ Space

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    Launch of the "LKT" Eurometropolis’s European Citizens’ Space

    June 2022

    At 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”.

  • Borders Forum 21&22 June in Paris: focus on governance with three key testimonies

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    Borders Forum 21&22 June in Paris: focus on governance with three key testimonies

    May 2022

    Sandro Gozi, MEP, Jean de Béthune, President of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, and Christoph Schnaudigel, President of the PAMINA Eurodistrict, talk to us about governance – a crucial subject at the centre of the second day of the Borders Forum. Register now as places are limited! You can also access the event's press kit.

  • "Let’s have a coffee": the inhabitants of the Franco-Belgian territory talk with the MOT

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    "Let’s have a coffee": the inhabitants of the Franco-Belgian territory talk with the MOT

    April 2022

    On 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.

  • MOT study for the Lille Metropolis Development and Urban Planning Agency: the impacts of the pandemic on the cross-border area

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    MOT study for the Lille Metropolis Development and Urban Planning Agency: the impacts of the pandemic on the cross-border area

    January 2022

    Between 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.

  • The three Franco-Belgian EGTCs sign a memorandum addressed to France’s presidency

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    The three Franco-Belgian EGTCs sign a memorandum addressed to France’s presidency

    January 2022

    On the initiative of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, the three EGTCs working along the Franco-Belgian border signed a memorandum addressed to France’s presidency of the EU.

  • EWRC "Breathing without borders" : the MOT publishes three project factsheets

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    EWRC "Breathing without borders" : the MOT publishes three project factsheets

    November 2021

    Following 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.

  • EURegionsWeek – "Breathing without borders": the MOT’s workshop

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    EURegionsWeek – "Breathing without borders": the MOT’s workshop

    October 2021

    At a time when environmental health is a growing concern for citizens and the Commission is launching its ambitious “Zero-pollution action plan” within the framework of the European Green Deal, the MOT and its network decided to organise a workshop entitled “Breathing without borders: challenges in improving air quality in cross-border regions” during the European Week of Cities and Regions.

  • The MOT took part in the fifth European conference on participation

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    The MOT took part in the fifth European conference on participation

    October 2021

    The European conference on participation, organised by the "Décider Ensemble" network, took place in Amiens from 13 to 17 September. Designing public services, involving citizens in the ecological transition and strengthening the European Union’s representative institutions and democratic legitimacy were among the themes spotlighted at this conference of participatory democracy players.

  • Online survey - Franco-Belgian border: share your experience of the Covid-19 crisis

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    Online survey - Franco-Belgian border: share your experience of the Covid-19 crisis

    Juin 2021

    The health crisis put the inhabitants of border regions in an unprecedented position that placed a strain on all aspects of their daily lives. In this case, the daily lives of the inhabitants of the cross-border living area of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis were seriously disrupted. The concrete effects of these restrictions need to be analysed in greater depth to learn the lessons in order to act better in the future.

  • A preliminary assessment of Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies along France's borders

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    A preliminary assessment of Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies along France's borders

    October 2020

    Following the adoption of the first four Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies (Schémas de Coopération Transfrontalière – SCT) by the Nice, Strasbourg and Lille Metropolises, as well as by the Basque Country Conurbation Community, the MOT and its partners embarked on the drafting of a preliminary assessment of these initiatives that has resulted in a publication, co-written with each of these groupings of municipalities.

  • Exchanging views and experiences to shape the future

    TERRITORIES

    Exchanging views and experiences to shape the future

    June 2020

    The current crisis across Europe has sparked criticisms, divisions and inconsistencies between countries, with significant impacts on the lives of people in border regions. However, the European Union – which is working to restart activity – is there to restore free movement in Europe, which is indispensable for the development of European citizenship. As a central part of the recovery, we need to rethink the challenges of the post-Covid period, such as education, agriculture, healthcare, trade, eco-friendly mobility and sustainable development.

  • Editorial by Loïc Delhuvenne, Director of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis
  • COVID-19

    Players in cross-border territories have their say

    May 2020

    "The coronavirus crisis is putting our European ideals to the test, and obliges us to invent tomorrow’s world. We need to think, in the design of our policies, about the impact of our decisions on our neighbours."

  • The Lille European Metropolis’s Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy – an opportunity to rethink its cross-border strategy

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    The Lille European Metropolis’s Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy – an opportunity to rethink its cross-border strategy

    April 2020

    The need to draw up a Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy was an opportunity for the Lille European Metropolis to rethink its cross-border strategy and regional leadership in this regard. In order to better assess the aspirations and orientations of its Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy, in 2016 the MEL commissioned the MOT to help prepare it, and set up a technical committee bringing together central government, the Region and the Department as well as the territories and urban planning agencies along the Franco-Belgian border.

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    Cross-border strategies being drawn up in cross-border urban areas

    January 2020

    The MAPTAM Act* enables border metropolises to draw up a Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy. Lille, Strasbourg and Nice have taken up this opportunity and have been working since 2018, with support from the MOT, on formulating a strategy to structure their cross-border policy. Other territories have followed suit such as the Basque Country Conurbation Community.

  • Study on cross-border employment for the Lille European Metropolis

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    Study on cross-border employment for the Lille European Metropolis

    Septembre 2019

    The MOT has produced a study with the aim of informing the Lille European Metropolis about the socioeconomic features of Belgian Flanders, and the way its economic fabric and employment sector function.

  • Design'In – a project to revitalise city centres along the Franco-Belgian border

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    Design'In – a project to revitalise city centres along the Franco-Belgian border

    September 2019

    Within the framework of a project funded by the Interreg V France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen programme, the cities of Tournai, Mons, Courtrai and the Lille European Metropolis have set themselves the challenge of strengthening and stimulating the development of their city centres by making use of design.

  • Network of Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies

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    Network of Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies

    June 2019

    With the support of the MOT, Lille, Strasbourg and Nice are the three French border region metropolises that have embarked on drawing up a "Schéma de cooperation transfrontalière" (Cross-Border Cooperation Strategie, CCS), introduced by the Maptam Act* in 2014. Through its network, the MOT enables the three metropolises to share experiences and information regarding their methodologies, the obstacles encountered and the local political contexts, as well as to relay their needs to the national and European authorities.