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NATIONAL LEVEL
Health: what cross-border cooperation objectives for border regions?
March 2024Law 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of France's healthcare system introduced a new "Regional Health Project" (PRS), maintained in principle, with three new components: a 10-year Strategic Orientation Framework (COS), a single 5-year Regional Health Scheme (SRS) and a Regional Programme on Access to Prevention and Care for the Most Deprived (PRAPS).
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TERRITORIES
ECTAdapt project: No borders in the fight against climate change!
March 2024Extreme heat, prolonged droughts, unseasonable cold spells, storms and hurricanes... climate change knows no borders.
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TERRITORIES
Cross-border challenges for the "Pact for the Sambre-Avesnois-Thiérache territory"
March 2024On March 12th, the MOT visited the sub-prefecture of Vervins, in the Aisne department, for a meeting on the cross-border issues facing the "Pact for the Sambre-Avesnois-Thiérache territory", attended by the SGAR, the Hauts-de-France region, the sub-prefectures of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Vervins, the Aisne and Nord departments and the territory's EPCIs (public establishments of intercommunal cooperation).
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MOT
MOT quarterly meeting in Strasbourg
March 2024On March 11th, the MOT held its quarterly meeting in Strasbourg, at the city hall. The meeting was attended by the The Strasbourg Eurometropolis, the European Territorial Authority of Alsace, the Grand Est Region and, for the first time, the Préfecture de Région.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
France-Germany: a working group to take account of the "border reality" in national legislative procedures
March 2024On March 11th 2024 a meeting was held in Kehl, Germany, to launch the Franco-German working group responsible for developing and coordinating mechanisms to take account of the "border reality" in national legislative procedures.
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EUROPE
Report from the High-Level Group on EU Cohesion Policy
March 2024The independent Group of High-Level Specialists on the Future of Cohesion Policy - set up in 2023 by Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira - presented its report on 20 February 2024.
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EUROPE
MEPs support creation of the European legal status for associations
March 2024MEPs of the Legal Affairs Committee approved draft rules aimed at removing barriers to the cross-border activities, funding and mobility of non-profit associations in the EU.
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TERRITORIES
The Southern Alps Cross-border Alliance
March 2024A "Southern Alps Cross-border Alliance" was launched on February 8th 2024 in Imperia in the presence of Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and Deputy President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, and Claudio Scajola, Mayor of Imperia and President of the Province of Imperia.
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EUROPE
Schengen: The Council and the European Parliament agree on a revision of the EU Borders Code
March 2024The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU and negotiators from the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on February 6, 2024, regarding the amendment of EU law governing the functioning of the Schengen area at both its external and internal borders.
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TERRITORIES
Franco-German-Luxembourg development of the Moselle Valley
March 2024As part of the partnership between the MOT and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by its Department of Spatial Planning, the MOT led a Franco-German-Luxembourgian cross-border workshop on January 31st 2024 at the Maison de la Nature du Pays de Sierck (Moselle).
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TERRITORIES
Towards a Corsican-Sardinian cross-border reserve recognised by UNESCO?
March 2024The Corsican Territorial Authority (Collectivité de Corse) and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia have launched a fundamental process of cooperation to ensure joint management of environmental issues in the Bucchi di Bunifaziu area.
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TERRITORIES
Answer the OECD survey on the Franco-German border
February 2024Do you live near the franco-german border? Do you deal with public services on both sides of the border? Share your experience with us!
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MOT
New MOT focus on maritime cooperation
February 2024From the English Channel to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, cooperation in sea basins was at the heart of discussions at the conference on Regional Cooperation in Maritime Areas (ReCMA), organised in September by the University of Lille, the TVES laboratory and the MOT. To report on this work, the MOT is publishing a "Focus" on this theme at the heart of European integration.
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TERRITORIES
Project of the month: a point of access to cross-border law - a first in Europe!
February 2024A new initiative in the cross-border legal field, the "Justice without borders" pilot project acts as a Franco-German access point to law in Kehl.
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EUROPE
ESPON call for the CROSSGOV (Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas) research project
February 2024The European research project "Governance mechanisms for cross-border functional areas" (CROSSGOV) aims to develop the knowledge base and prepare the ground for further research under the respective Thematic Action Plans (TAP), providing a common approach at European level. This will provide a departure point for activities to help policymakers at all relevant levels in harnessing the potential of functional approach in planning and governance.
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EUROPE
CoR launches European Cross-Border Platform
February 2024To underline the needs of the border regions and their citizens, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) launched the European Cross-Border Platform, the successor of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Platform. The MOT is fully involved in this process, and sits on the Steering Committee alongside AEBR and CESCI.
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EUROPE
MEPs are calling on the member states to reach an agreement on the new mechanism for removing cross-border obstacles
February 2024MEPs have reiterated their readiness to start interinstitutional negotiations with the EU governments on new Commission proposal inspired by the Parliament´s resolution from September 2023 on new mechanism removing legal and administrative cross-border obstacles and fostering cooperation.They would like to reach an agreement on the proposal before the EU elections in June 2024.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Five years after the Treaty of Aachen: a progress report
February 2024On January 22nd, 2019, France and Germany signed the Franco-German cooperation and integration treaty of Aachen.
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EUROPE
Call for applicants : 2024 EGTC Awards
February 2024The European Committee of the Regions invites the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation to submit their applications for the 2024 edition of the "Building Europe across borders" – Award for EGTCs.
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TERRITORIES
For Pierre Cuny, there has been "a real awareness of the cross-border phenomenon over the last five years"
February 2024Mobility, public services, health, housing... how can we respond to the cross-border phenomenon between France and Luxembourg? The mayor of Thionville, chairman of the Pôle métropolitain frontalier (PMF), explains what solidarity measures need to be put in place in his area, where 70% of the 120,000 French cross-border workers in Luxembourg are concentrated. READ MORE
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EUROPE
MIE-E: three projects on French borders
February 2024On January 25th, 2024, the European Commission announced that it had granted €594 million to eight cross-border energy infrastructure projects. Of these, three are in France, and two are on the Franco-Belgian border.
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TERRITORIES
Tour of cross-border France: review of the MOT's 2023-2024 territorial meetings
February 2024Nine territorial meetings were organised by the MOT, with the invaluable help of its partners, between October 2023 and January 2024: Ardennes-Meuse, Jura Arc, Grande Région, France-Italy-Monaco, Rhin supérieur, Hauts-de-France, Pyrénées Occidentales, Pyrénées Centre-Est, Greater Geneva.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
A look back at the final webinar of the MORO project: "How to move the planning of border territories forward?"
February 2024On December 1st, 2023, the MOT and the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) co-organised the final webinar presenting the results of the Franco-German MORO pilot project, which was attended by more than 100 people.
