News

  • Launch of the MOT's online forum

    MOT

    Launch of the MOT's online forum

    November 2017

    The MOT's Forum is up and running!

  • Call for projects promoting decentralised cooperation

    NATIONAL LEVEL

    Call for projects promoting decentralised cooperation

    November 2017

    The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs has launched a call for projects promoting decentralised cooperation, within which cross-border cooperation has been identified as a priority area.

  • 2017 project files

    MOT

    2017 project files

    September 2017

    Every year, the MOT publishes a dossier highlighting exemplary cross-border projects along French borders.

  • "Territoires no(s) limit(es)"

    TERRITORIES

    "Territoires no(s) limit(es)"

    October 2016

    Nearly 600 people gathered for the 37th national meeting of urban planning agencies on 5-7 October in the Basque Country.

  • TERRITORIES

    Four new Interreg projects in the territory of the Basque Eurocity

    September 2016

    "Connect Innovation Bai!", "MAREA", "H2Ogurea" and "EDERBIDEA" of the names of four of the new projects selected in the first call for projects under POCTEFA 2014-2020.

  • Third meeting of the Committee of the Regions' interregional group on cross-border cooperation

    EUROPE

    Third meeting of the Committee of the Regions' interregional group on cross-border cooperation

    June 2016

    On Thursday 16 June, the MOT attended the third meeting of the Committee of the Regions' interregional group on cross-border cooperation (and EGTCs) chaired by Pavel Branda.

  • Cross-border workers would be among "those most affected" by the Schengen Area being called into question

    EUROPE

    Cross-border workers would be among "those most affected" by the Schengen Area being called into question

    Mars 2016

    On 4 March, the European Commission unveiled its roadmap for a return to the "normal" functioning of the Schengen Area of free movement "by the end of 2016".

  • The MOT's contribution on the topic of tourism

    MOT

    The MOT's contribution on the topic of tourism

    March 2016

    The MOT made a contribution on the topic of cross-border tourism in Europe to the Commission for Natural Resources ("NAT") of the Committee of the Regions, which is currently working on an opinion on the subject entitled "Tourism as a driving force for regional cooperation across the EU".

  • A unifying and citizen-based project for the Doubs Urban Conurbation

    TERRITORIES

    A unifying and citizen-based project for the Doubs Urban Conurbation

    April 2015

    On the territory of the French-Swiss Jura Arc, the Doubs Urban Conurbation (Agglomération Urbaine du Doubs – AUD) has launched a cross-border intercultural and intergenerational project aimed at involving the populations and civil society of the French and Swiss municipalities that make it up: Morteau (F), Villers-le-Lac (F), Les Fins (F), La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH), Le Locle (CH) and Les Brenets (CH).

  • Haute-Savoie – a border department

    TERRITORIES

    Haute-Savoie – a border department

    May 2014

    With its international borders with Switzerland and Italy, the department of Haute-Savoie, which has been a member of the MOT since 2012, cooperates with the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais, as well as the Val d’Aoste autonomous region, in areas such as transport, territorial development, tourism, education, culture and sport.