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MOT
The MOT network launches an experiment on "cross-border living areas"
October 2022On September 19th, 2022, the MOT organised a meeting to launch the "cross-border living areas experiment" project. The objective is to define the concept of "cross-border living areas" and to analyse the needs and expectations of the territories concerned, as well as the legal opportunities and obstacles, in order to arrive at recommendations.
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TERRITORIES
Closure of the project "PAMINA Care Provision"
October 2022On 23 September 2022, the closing ceremony of the project "PAMINA Care Services" took place. Concrete and promising results were presented by the PAMINA Eurodistrict, the project leader, as well as by the project partners (hospitals, health insurance funds, ARS, Landkreise, etc.).
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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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TERRITORIES
A new electrical link between France and Italy
October 2022As a further step towards the construction of the European electricity network, a new 190 km EHV line, entirely underground, is being built between Savoy and Piedmont. It will increase the electricity exchange capacity between France and Italy by 40%.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Advances for cross-border sports
October 2022Following the modification of the French sports code (article L231-2-1) by the 3DS law of February 21st 2022, sportsmen and women residing abroad, and in particular in a country bordering France, no longer need to present a medical certificate when registering for a sports competition organised partly in a French border department.
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TERRITORIES
Towards a shared territorial vision for Greater Geneva
October 2022Spatial planning is one of the essential levers for achieving carbon neutrality. This is why the partners of Greater Geneva wished to commit themselves to drawing up a new "cross-border territorial vision" in line with the objectives of ecological transition and to build the territory of tomorrow with a view to being carbon neutral by 2050.
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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
The Basque Country Community hosts the MOT General Assembly
September 2022The MOT's annual event takes place on October 4th and 5th in Bayonne and San Sebastián. Read the editorial by Jean-René Etchegaray, President of the Basque Country Community, published for the occasion.
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MOT
Editorial by Jean-René Etchegaray, President of the Basque Country Community
September 2022The Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière has chosen the Basque Country to host its General Assembly and we are very honoured. With its 150 km of borders and its position at the heart of Western Europe, our territory has a long history of cross-border cooperation, reinforced by the creation of the Basque Country Community in 2017.
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MOT
Relive six months of cross-border news with the newsletter magazine
September 2022Every six months the MOT publishes a retrospective brochure of its monthly newsletter "Cross-border news". The January to June 2022 issue is available!
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TERRITORIES
French-Italian High Valleys: two new missions for the MOT
September 2022The summer of 2022 marked the launch of two parallel missions for the MOT concerning the territory of the Hautes Vallées Conference (CHAV) at two different territorial levels.
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TERRITORIES
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region adopts a "Cross-border cooperation strategy"
September 2022This strategy, adopted by the Region on June 24th, 2022, takes place in the context of strengthened cooperation between France and Italy since the signing of the Quirinal Treaty at the end of 2021, as well as the historical links with the Principality of Monaco
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MOT
EURegionsWeek – Register for the MOT workshop on cross-border university cooperation!
September 2022In the most integrated cross-border regions, economic and academic interdependencies are increasingly strong. Join us in exploring the challenges and the opportunities related to the implementation of these innovative cooperations between neighbouring universities. The workshop takes place on October 11th. Registration is open until September 30th!
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MOT
The study on major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict is available
September 2022This study on planning and permits regarding projects for sites intended for major retailers in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict, on the Franco-German border was carried out by the MOT and the German consultancy Junker+Kruse, for the Saarbrücken Regionalverband.
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EUROPE
Communication setting out how the EC can follow up on the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe
September 2022After a year of deliberations, the Conference came to an end on 9 May 2022. In the closing ceremony in Strasbourg, the Presidents of the European Parliament, Commission and Council received a final report from the Conference participants containing 49 wide-ranging, ambitious and forward-looking proposals and 326 individual measures.
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EUROPE
Second session of the MOOC on European territorial cooperation
September 2022After the success of the first session with over 600 participants, a second session of the MOOC on European territorial cooperation produced by the MOT and its partners (Strasbourg University, Artois University, Thessaloniki University, CESCI, Euro-Institut, TEIN network) will be held in October and November 2022. Dates for your diary: 5 October for the start of the online course.
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TERRITORIES
Portraits of border residents between Strasbourg and Kehl
September 2022"70 people aged 2 to 87 who live, work or enjoy their time in the Strasbourg Eurometropolis or in Kehl, share their views on what constitutes the cross-border living area, the influence of restrictions on crossing the border during the health crisis and their aspirations for the future."
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EUROPE
DG REGIO’s pilot project on multi-level governance: the deadline is September 30th, 2022!
September 2022Are you a local authority, a university, an EGTC, a Euroregion? Do you want to improve the multi-level governance of your territory and co-develop cross-border strategies? The call for expressions of interest launched by DG REGIO is for you. Don't delay, the deadline is September 30th 2022.
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MOT
New on the MOT website!
September 2022Today, territories are faced with major "transition" issues that challenge public policies. To understand how they impact cross-border territories, the MOT offers you three main sections on its website (in French) devoted to economic transitions, ecological transitions and cross-border rural communities.
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TERRITORIES
Three Franco-Italian cooperation agreements on civil security
September 2022On July 19th, three agreements on civil security and border security were signed between the prefecture of Savoie and that of Turin.
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BORDERS FORUM
The results of the Borders Forum 2022
July 2022"We will no longer be satisfied with a simple cooperation across the border that stops at the first crisis. We refuse to give up! When will the states work together to serve the cross-border territories?" summarised the MOT president Christian Dupessey in front of 570 participants.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
French Government response on the assessment of the French Presidency of the European Union for cross-border territories
July 2022On 12 July 2022, Brigitte Klinkert, member of parliament for Haut-Rhin (FR), questioned the French government in the National Assembly on "the place of cross-border cooperation in the negotiations conducted under the French Presidency ». Specific provisions will be included in the revision of the Schengen code.
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MOT
New - Relive six months of cross-border news with the retrospective brochure of the newsletter
July 2022Every six months, the MOT newsletter "Cross-border news" is published in the form of a retrospective brochure in PDF format.
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EUROPE
Schengen border controls poorly scrutinised during the pandemic
July 2022The European Commission has not scrutinised enough the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the right of free movement of people. This is the overall conclusion of a special report published on 13 June 2022 by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).
