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Meetings of the MOT’s bodies and the technicians’ platform
June 2014The MOT’s conference was followed on 19 June by the meetings of its board of directors, general assembly and the technicians’ platform, hosted by the Caisse des Dépôts.
The MOT’s conference was followed on 19 June by the meetings of its board of directors, general assembly and the technicians’ platform, hosted by the Caisse des Dépôts.
Nearly 130 participants gathered in Paris on 18-19 June for the MOT’s annual general meeting and the conference it organised on this occasion on the topic “Cross-border networks: mutualising public services and experimenting with Europe on each border”.
The TransParcNet meeting of European cross-border protected areas took place this year on the French-Belgian border. An initiative of the EUROPARC Federation, this annual gathering brings together managers of protected areas from across the whole of Europe all of whom are faced with cross-border issues.
The European Commission’s representation in France and France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development are presenting, within the framework of their strategic partnership, the exhibition “BORDERLINE: the frontiers of peace” by the Italian photographer Valerio Vincenzo.
European Cooperation Day celebrates the benefits and achievements of Territorial Cooperation through local events throughout Europe. It takes place on 21 September 2014. On this occasion, INTERACT is launching the video contest ‘border issues, border solutions’ among European projects and programmes.
The "Observatoire des Territoires"* of the Commissariat Général à l'Égalité des Territoires (ex DATAR, France) has put on line a thematic dossier devoted to the study of the cross-border regions that France shares with its neighbours.
In the context of the European elections, the MOT wished to show how cross-border cooperation addresses the current challenges with respect to social and territorial cohesion, in a Europe that is suffering from a lack of recognition.
With the launch of a European project financed by the Europ'Act programme at a conference in Paris on 15 April, the MOT wishes to highlight the topic of cross-border economic development. The proceedings of the conference are online.
At the request of the French Guiana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, between September 2013 and March 2014, the MOT carried out a preparatory study for a France-Brazil cross-border house.
The 30th Congress of the European Cross-Border Grouping (Groupement transfrontalier européen – GTE) was held in Annemasse on 30 April, bringing together nearly 1,000 French-Swiss cross-border workers. With 36,000 members, the GTE renewed its confidence in its Chairman Michel Charrat.
On 3 April 2014, the European Parliament adopted the proposed regulation on ending roaming charges for mobile phones in Europe.
With its international borders with Switzerland and Italy, the department of Haute-Savoie, which has been a member of the MOT since 2012, cooperates with the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais, as well as the Val d’Aoste autonomous region, in areas such as transport, territorial development, tourism, education, culture and sport.
The Geneva Games were started in 1940 to enable Swiss sportsmen and -women to take part in international level competitions in spite of the war.
On 27 May 2014, the MOT made a contribution in Trutnov in the Czech Republic at an international conference devoted to “the systemic obstacles to Polish-Czech cross-border cooperation”.
Author: Markus Rieder, Ph.D. (public administration); February 2014, 418p, €65. Published in French.
"France’s border regions possess remarkable assets. By virtue of their proximity and interconnectedness with the border regions of neighbouring countries, these areas put in place innovative public policies that take integration with their neighbours into account..."
Le SGAE, en collaboration avec Toute l’Europe, a réalisé une animation vidéo visant à présenter en moins de 5 minutes les enjeux du scrutin du 25 mai 2014.
MOT has organised a European conference on "The integrated economic development of cross-border territories" on 15th April 2014 in Paris, that brought together more than 150 people. This event was the occasion to launch a European project, led by MOT, on this topic.
The MOT has published the 9th issue of its thematic guides on the "Observation of cross-border territories”.
Consult the MOT’s two latest contributions on the 2014-2020 Interreg Europe programme and the 2020 ESPON programme.
The Jura Arc Cross-Border Forum is an independent grassroots movement that was founded on 23 January 2007 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
The “Cities of Tomorrow” forum held by the European Commission on 17-18 February 2014 brought together more than 500 European players in urban policy.
The conference is organized on 27-28 November 2014, in Tartu (Estonia) in cooperation with EUBORDERREGION consortium and the Centre for EU-Russia Studies at the University of Tartu.