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International conference on urban sustainable development: spotlight on cross-border territories
February 2022
The MOT took part in this conference organised within the framework of the French Partnership for Cities and Territories. It led one of its four workshops, on cross-border and European cooperation initiatives, and was able to get across the following message: sustainable development also needs to cross borders and requires cross-border cooperation.
Chaired by Christian Dupessey, the MOT’s President, the workshop drew up four recommendations that came out of the forward-looking work carried out in 2021 by the group jointly coordinated by the MOT and ESPON; they will be put forward at the next World Urban Forum, in Katowice:
- To incorporate cross-border issues into the European Urban Agenda
- To take advantage of the revision of the Schengen Code to recognise cross-border living areas
- To give cross-border groupings appropriate competences and democratic legitimacy
- To give cross-border territories resources by promoting the conclusion of contracts between Europe, national governments, territorial authorities and cross-border groupings
Some dates for your diary: in a few weeks, the booklet that will set out the group’s proposals will be ready, and in June, the World Urban Forum in Katowice.
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