Policy and tools Obstacles Copyright : iStock / Johanna-Svennberg Home Policy and tools Obstacles News Events MOT Publications Policy and tools New call for visitors – Peer exchanges on solutions to cross-border obstacles July 2026 Policy and tools LIM-EX: the project website on Franco-Belgian cross-border obstacles is now live! July 2026 See all news 16 Jan 26 Webinaire “Targeted consultation on cross-border dimension of the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)” Online 4 Dec 25 1ères Assises nationales de la coopération frontalière «Bassins de vie transfrontaliers, quel soutien aux frontières françaises ?» [FR] Paris See all events Cross-border deal In favor of cross-border territories, for a stronger, more united Europe beyond borders December 2024 The workshops of the Borders Forum 2024 brought together stakeholders from various levels of cooperation - local, national and European - to exchange and propose concrete recommendations on ten key themes of cooperation; the objective: to resolve the cross-border «blockages» that affect the daily lives of local residents of cross-border living areas,and restore confidence in Europe by developing a sense of «cross-border” and «European» citizenship. Manifesto for the Recognition and Greater Consideration of “cross-border living areas” in public policy November 2024 With this manifesto, which complements the ‘Cross-border deal’ of the Borders Forum, the MOT and its network call for a change in the way actors look at spaces crossed by a border as genuine ‘cross-border living areas’: territories linked by functional interdependence and a wealth of historical, cultural and interpersonal links, with an awareness of belonging to a common territory and a desire for cross-border territorial cohesion. See all publications Summary Summary The full page in French To consult the full page on this theme, please click here. Our others files file Cohesion policy and INTERREG programs file Observation file Governance Discover all our themes Transport, mobility Economic transition and innovation Ecological transition Solidarity, Health Border management Employment Culture, education, citizenship Territorial cohesion Policy and tools
Policy and tools New call for visitors – Peer exchanges on solutions to cross-border obstacles July 2026 Policy and tools LIM-EX: the project website on Franco-Belgian cross-border obstacles is now live! July 2026 See all news 16 Jan 26 Webinaire “Targeted consultation on cross-border dimension of the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)” Online 4 Dec 25 1ères Assises nationales de la coopération frontalière «Bassins de vie transfrontaliers, quel soutien aux frontières françaises ?» [FR] Paris See all events Cross-border deal In favor of cross-border territories, for a stronger, more united Europe beyond borders December 2024 The workshops of the Borders Forum 2024 brought together stakeholders from various levels of cooperation - local, national and European - to exchange and propose concrete recommendations on ten key themes of cooperation; the objective: to resolve the cross-border «blockages» that affect the daily lives of local residents of cross-border living areas,and restore confidence in Europe by developing a sense of «cross-border” and «European» citizenship. Manifesto for the Recognition and Greater Consideration of “cross-border living areas” in public policy November 2024 With this manifesto, which complements the ‘Cross-border deal’ of the Borders Forum, the MOT and its network call for a change in the way actors look at spaces crossed by a border as genuine ‘cross-border living areas’: territories linked by functional interdependence and a wealth of historical, cultural and interpersonal links, with an awareness of belonging to a common territory and a desire for cross-border territorial cohesion. See all publications Summary Summary The full page in French To consult the full page on this theme, please click here. Our others files file Cohesion policy and INTERREG programs file Observation file Governance Discover all our themes Transport, mobility Economic transition and innovation Ecological transition Solidarity, Health Border management Employment Culture, education, citizenship Territorial cohesion Policy and tools
Policy and tools LIM-EX: the project website on Franco-Belgian cross-border obstacles is now live! July 2026 See all news 16 Jan 26 Webinaire “Targeted consultation on cross-border dimension of the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)” Online 4 Dec 25 1ères Assises nationales de la coopération frontalière «Bassins de vie transfrontaliers, quel soutien aux frontières françaises ?» [FR] Paris See all events Cross-border deal In favor of cross-border territories, for a stronger, more united Europe beyond borders December 2024 The workshops of the Borders Forum 2024 brought together stakeholders from various levels of cooperation - local, national and European - to exchange and propose concrete recommendations on ten key themes of cooperation; the objective: to resolve the cross-border «blockages» that affect the daily lives of local residents of cross-border living areas,and restore confidence in Europe by developing a sense of «cross-border” and «European» citizenship. Manifesto for the Recognition and Greater Consideration of “cross-border living areas” in public policy November 2024 With this manifesto, which complements the ‘Cross-border deal’ of the Borders Forum, the MOT and its network call for a change in the way actors look at spaces crossed by a border as genuine ‘cross-border living areas’: territories linked by functional interdependence and a wealth of historical, cultural and interpersonal links, with an awareness of belonging to a common territory and a desire for cross-border territorial cohesion. See all publications
16 Jan 26 Webinaire “Targeted consultation on cross-border dimension of the Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)” Online
4 Dec 25 1ères Assises nationales de la coopération frontalière «Bassins de vie transfrontaliers, quel soutien aux frontières françaises ?» [FR] Paris
Cross-border deal In favor of cross-border territories, for a stronger, more united Europe beyond borders December 2024 The workshops of the Borders Forum 2024 brought together stakeholders from various levels of cooperation - local, national and European - to exchange and propose concrete recommendations on ten key themes of cooperation; the objective: to resolve the cross-border «blockages» that affect the daily lives of local residents of cross-border living areas,and restore confidence in Europe by developing a sense of «cross-border” and «European» citizenship.
Manifesto for the Recognition and Greater Consideration of “cross-border living areas” in public policy November 2024 With this manifesto, which complements the ‘Cross-border deal’ of the Borders Forum, the MOT and its network call for a change in the way actors look at spaces crossed by a border as genuine ‘cross-border living areas’: territories linked by functional interdependence and a wealth of historical, cultural and interpersonal links, with an awareness of belonging to a common territory and a desire for cross-border territorial cohesion.
