Scientific article / Dictionary “Territorial Cohesion and Cross-border Regions, out of Territorialism?” January 2026 Including an article by Jean Peyrony, published in A Future for the European Patchwork: Cohesion through Spatial Planning since 1990 (ARL, Campus Publishers).
Scientific article / Dictionary “Toward Spatial visions contributing to Cross border and European cohesion” July 2025 Article by Jean Peyrony. Published in disP – The Planning Review, Vol. 61, No. 1, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025, pp. 53–62.
Position statement / Manifesto The future of Interreg programmes post-2027 April 2025 Following its "Post 27" working group, which brought together around 40 members of its network, the MOT has drawn up a position paper based on experiences and perspectives from various French border regions. The aim is to identify priorities for future Interreg programmes after 2027 and to put forward concrete proposals.
Scientific article / Dictionary “European territorial cooperation towards territorial cohesion?” July 2023 Article by Eduardo Medeiros, James Scott, Ricardo Ferreira, Pascal Boijmans, Nathalie Verschelde, Martin Guillermo-Ramírez, Ocskay Gyula, Jean Peyrony and Anthony Soares. Published in Regional Studies, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Brochure / Proceedings Borders Forum “Cross-border territories on the front line ?” – The proceedings February 2021
Brochure / Proceedings Borders Forum “Cross-border territories: fatalism or resilience?” – Press Kit November 2020
Scientific article / Dictionary Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration October 2020 Peter Lang, by Birte Wassenberg (Volume editor) Bernard Reitel (Volume editor) History & Political Science, Series: Border Studies, Volume 1. The "Critical Dictionary of Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration" has just been published: a major publication that contains 209 articles written by 124 authors from different countries and academic disciplines, accompanied by 66 original maps produced by the MOT. Its aim is to answer the following questions: what is the role of borders in European integration? How does cross-border cooperation function concretely in the EU’s border regions? Does it contribute to European integration? Who are the players, and what are their motives, objectives and tools?
Position statement / Manifesto Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy for the post-2020 period November 2017 The MOT’s position on the implementation of European cohesion policy for the post-2020 period aims to ensure that greater account is taken of the specific characteristics of cross-border regions, which account for 40% of the European Union’s territory. The MOT’s recommendations are set out in the booklet published to mark its 20th anniversary.
Brochure / Proceedings Cross-border territories: Europe’s laboratory January 2017 To mark its 20th anniversary, the MOT has published a brochure providing an opportunity to take stock of its work and look ahead to the future, and, more broadly, to assess the state of cross-border cooperation in Europe. The projects presented showcase the results of more than 20 years of cooperation. Twenty unique initiatives carried out by MOT members to benefit residents of cross-border regions are highlighted, along with other projects submitted by MOT members following the network’s call for proposals.
MOT Guides N°7 – The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) May 2008 The EGTC is the instrument of European territorial cooperation. The EGTC has been introduced notably to manage European territorial cooperation projects and programmes. The use of the EGTC aims to promote cross-border, but also transnational and interregional, cooperation actions on the internal and external borders of the territory of the European Union, in order to reinforce economic and social cohesion. It provides a novel framework for cooperation actions which could not be based on the legal framework of cross-border cooperation.
