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The MOT celebrates 10 years of cross-border news!
July 2014
"In a context in which the European project lacks visibility, the role of our newsletter is to publicise the cross-border initiatives that have been implemented in these territories and that are constructing Europe on the ground close to its people." Read the editorial from Jean Peyrony, Director General of the MOT.
"The MOT is today publishing the 100th issue of its monthly newsletter! Since the first issue in 2004, this represents 10 years of reporting on concrete actions in cross-border territories. In a context in which the European project lacks visibility, the role of our newsletter is to publicise the cross-border initiatives that have been implemented in these territories and that are constructing Europe on the ground close to its people. By promoting our members at the European level, the newsletter attests to the reality and diversity of cooperation. The exchange of experiences and dissemination of the network’s activities have thus, over the past ten years, forged a practical tool aimed first and foremost at cooperation practitioners.
On the occasion of this anniversary issue, I would therefore like to warmly thank all those who have contributed to it since Cross-Border News is above all a collective enterprise. And to review ten years of milestones that have marked the history of cross-border cooperation - from the first partnerships to the EGTCs as well as national and European developments - the MOT is today putting online a retrospective of the first 100 issues.
Let us now turn to the future. Our conference-debate on 18 June sketched out the route to follow: innovating in services to cross-border territories, with reaffirmed support from States/governments and the EU. The MOT will contribute to this with revised statutes and a new work programme for 2015-2017.
The adventure is not over and the 100 next issues should be just as fascinating. Long live Cross-Border News!"
