Discover the key priorities of the MOT’s work programme for 2026

Nearly 80 participants, all members of the network, attended this first Annual General Meeting, held via videoconference and chaired by Christian Dupessey, Mayor of Annemasse and President of the French Genevois Metropolitan Area. It provided an opportunity to discuss the MOT’s 2026 work programme, developed jointly with members following the regional meetings in the autumn and a consultation launched in December. The results were presented and discussed collectively.

Members can find the full PowerPoint presentation from the session in the Members’ Area.

Priority actions for 2026:

• BRIDGEforEU: implementation of the scheme to remove cross-border barriers and the creation of regional and national cross-border coordination points, with the support of the MOT within the ANCT and its partners, as part of the Interministerial Committee on Cross-Border Issues currently being set up.  The presentation is available in the AGM PowerPoint – Members’ Area. More information on BRIDGEforEUBRIDGE-FR
• “Towards a cross-border law?”: integration of cross-border issues into decentralisation legislation, implementation of cross-border impact assessments for draft legislation
• Review study: “20 years of EGTCs on the French borders”. More information
• The network’s working themes and advocacy: rail, bilingualism, Interreg 2028–2034, water and crisis management, housing
• Creation of an awareness-raising kit on cross-border issues for elected representatives and stakeholders on the ground
• Upcoming publication of the manifesto for the balanced economic development of cross-border territories, presented by Nathan Sourisseau (Grand Besançon Métropole), vice-president of the MOT, resulting from the working group on “skills shortages in border regions”. More information

See you in June!

The next AGM will be held in Saint-Louis and Basel, at the invitation of the Basel Trinational Eurodistrict and the European Community of Alsace, on 23 and 24 June 2026.

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