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International conference on urban sustainable development: spotlight on cross-border territories

February 2022

International conference on urban sustainable development: spotlight on cross-border territories

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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