MOT
"Experimenting with cross-border living areas", an ambitious project of the MOT network
April 2023The MOT, supported by sixteen partners of its network, initiated a "cross-border living areas experiment" at the end of 2022.
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EUROPE
A pilot project supported by DG REGIO and the OECD
April 2023At the beginning of 2023, the DG REGIO of the European Commission together with the OECD have launched a pilot project for multi-level governance and the development of co-developed cross-border strategies.
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TERRITORIES
Three questions for Julien Dauer, director of Frontaliers Grand Est
March 2023With more than 200,000 border workers, the Grand Est region is a laboratory for European mobility. As a member of the MOT network, "Frontaliers Grand Est" accompanies these numerous border workers on a daily basis. Julien Dauer helps us better understand the challenges they face.
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MOT
B-solutions: a new expertise for the MOT on the subject of health
January 2023The MOT has been asked to address a new obstacle to cross-border cooperation in the context of the 2022 call for b-solutions projects. It concerns a case brought by its member, the Alzette Belval EGTC, which aims to establish of a France-Luxembourg medical emergency management community.
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MOT
"Small Towns of Tomorrow" goes beyond borders
December 2022The MOT provides tailored support to several territories to facilitate the emergence of projects and links with national and European partners as part of the "Small Towns of Tomorrow" programme of the Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion).
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TERRITORIES
The elected representatives of the European Metropolitan Cluster of the Lorraine Region call on Emmanuel Macron
December 2022Following French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement to "ensure that in the major French metropolises that are currently congested, people who commute can do so without a car, thus decarbonising their journeys thanks to these metropolitan RERs", the elected representatives of the European Metropolitan Cluster of the Lorraine Region have called on the President to ensure that the construction of a "European Metropolitan Express Network to connect all the territories of Lorraine, from the Vosges to the Luxembourg border" is included in the State's priorities.
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TERRITORIES
Editorial by Pierre-Marc KNAFF, President of the Alzette Belval EGTC
November 2022Since its establishment in 2013, the Alzette Belval EGTC has been working daily basis for more than 100,000 inhabitants of four Luxembourgian and eight French municipalities.
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TERRITORIES
Esch2022, a cross-border European Capital of Culture
November 2022Since its application for the title of "European Capital of Culture", the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, on the Luxembourgian side of the border, has emphasised the cross-border dimension of its territory and has integrated French municipalities and partners.
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TERRITORIES
Towards a Franco-Luxembourg cross-border development zone?
November 2022The Terres Rouges slag heap is a strategic site for the Alzette-Belval territory.
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EUROPE
The Critical Dictionary on Borders is finally available online!
November 2022Published in paper format in 2020, this major publication, to which the MOT contributed, is finally available online.
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TERRITORIES
Cross-border cooperation as a focal point for the Moselle CLCT’s work
October 2022On October 14th, the Prefect of Moselle gathered the Local Committee for Territorial Cohesion (CLCT). On this occasion, a participatory approach was proposed to the various participants, via the organisation of five working groups, the objective of which was to identify the engineering needs of local authorities, the existing solutions, and to promote the exchange of good practices and feedback from the field.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Cross-border cooperation at the National Land Tenure Conference
October 2022On October 6th and 7th, the Assises Nationales du Foncier et des Territoires were held in Nancy. Aimed at discussing land issues in all their aspects, from upstream to downstream and from strategy to implementation, they brought together nearly 600 people, elected representatives and professionals, from both public and private sectors, for conferences, workshops and round tables, in 11 thematic sessions.
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MOT
“Small Towns of Tomorrow”: a “flash” mission to Bouzonville and Sierck-les-Bains
June 2022Close to the Franco-German and Franco-Luxembourg borders, Bouzonville and Sierck-les-Bains are drawing up their cross-border goals with the help of the MOT.
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TERRITORIES
The Greater Region renews its support for citizens’ small cross-border projects
April 2022The Greater Region’s Cooperation Fund has been extended by the Greater Region Summit with a new call for projects. Its aim: "To bring the inhabitants of the Greater Region closer together and to enable them to experience the richness of exchanges across borders".
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Meeting of the Franco-Luxembourg consultative committee attended by the MOT
March 2022On 23 February, the MOT was invited for the first time to take part in the “Tax and Teleworking” working group of the consultative committee on Franco-Luxembourg co-development. In particular, this gave it an opportunity to talk about the preliminary findings of its investigations into cross-border teleworking and its impacts.
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TERRITORIES
Taking stock halfway through France’s presidency of the Greater Region – Clément Beaune proposes restarting discussions on the ECBM
March 2022In January 2022, the Summit of Greater Region Executives took stock at the midpoint in France’s presidency, particularly with respect to the industrial, digital and energy transitions, flood and drought risk prevention, food and promoting short supply chains, culture, youth, sport and tourism, healthcare and security.
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TERRITORIES
The goals of the Alzette Belval EGTC until 2027
January 2022The Alzette Belval EGTC has unveiled its new cross-border strategy for the next six years.
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MOT
The MOT interviewed about the major issues concerning cross-border work
January 2022As part of its special report on border exchanges, the Journal des Français à l'étranger has been investigating the difficulties faced by cross-border workers on a daily basis.
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MOT
Bringing together cross-border territories in preparation for 2022!
December 2021This autumn, and for the second consecutive year, the MOT organised nine “territorial meetings”, so as to keep in close contact with the members of its network, and involve them in preparing its annual programme. Held successively in Besançon, Strasbourg, Lille, Annemasse, Charleville-Mézières, Nice, Urrugne, Perpignan and Metz, both virtually and in person, the meetings brought together close to 200 participants in total.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Franco-Luxembourg ICG: progress notably in the areas of transport and teleworking
November 2021Following the sixth Franco-Luxembourg Intergovernmental Commission (ICG) that took place on 19 October in Belval in the presence of the Minister of State Clément Beaune, agreements between the two countries were reached notably with respect to transport and teleworking.
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MOT
Cross-border monitoring of the 3DS bill (France) by the MOT
September 2021Following its adoption at its first reading in the Senate on 21 July 2021, the 3DS bill (standing for “differentiation, decentralisation, deconcentration and various measures to simplify local public action”) will be examined under a fast-track procedure in the Assemblée Nationale, in France, from the beginning of December. Taking on a number of the proposals put forward by the MOT, the senators adopted a series of amendments relating to cross-border issues.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
4D bill: The MOT's proposals to strengthen the cross-border component
June 2021In anticipation of the reading of the 4D bill in Parliament, the MOT, on behalf of its network, has sent to the co-rapporteurs of the Senate’s Law Commission on this legislation proposed amendments aimed at strengthening its cross-border component.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
A cross-border component in the ‘4D’ bill
May 2021The “4D” bill was presented during the Council of Ministers’ session on 12 May. It will be subject to an accelerated parliamentary procedure, and its reading in the Senate is scheduled for July.
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TERRITORIES
"Luxembourg in transition": a model for zero-carbon cross-border territories?
April 2021In December 2020, under the German presidency of the EU Council, a pilot action of the Territorial Agenda was approved, entitled “A vision for a zero-carbon cross-border functional region”. Its aim is to promote and transpose in other European regions the project “Luxembourg in transition”.
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TERRITORIES
Forum on Mobility in Lorraine: white paper adopted
April 2021Led by the Lorraine Corridor Metropolitan Pole and the Grand Est Region, on 16 March 2021 the “Grenelle des Mobilités” (“Forum on Mobility”) published a white paper setting out “nine commitments over the next ten years designed to connect Lorraine to its neighbours”.
