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Impacts of the crisis on border territories: why do they seem to have been over-impacted?
June 2022
On 30 May, the MOT co-ran a webinar offered by the Observatory on the Territorial Impacts of the Crisis (OITC) focusing specifically on border territories.
Conscious of the specific nature of the impacts of the crisis on border territories, the OITC wished to run a thematic webinar on this topic in order to illustrate, through its preliminary work, the effects of the crisis and the recovery in cross-border territories, as well as their exposure to the effects of the current geopolitical crisis. It was an opportunity to understand the reasons for this greater impact; to analyse their behaviour during the phase of recovery in 2021; and to assess the degree of exposure of their local economic fabric and the households to the rise in energy costs.
These issues were discussed with the MOT, but also with Enrico Bolzani, the Attaché in charge of Cross-Border and European Issues for the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and Michael Vollot from the North Lorraine Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Agency (AGAPE).
Further webinars are planned for the future.
