EUROPE
Culture along borders…it’s of Capital importance!
July 2022What do Lille, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU), Nova Gorica (SI), Timișoara (RO), Mons (BE) and Novi Sad (SRB) have in common?
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TERRITORIES
Extension of the Franco-Swiss agreement on teleworking for cross-border workers
July 2022The agreement between Switzerland and France on the taxation of cross-border workers has been extended until 31 October 2022.
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EUROPE
Three ESPON policy briefs
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TERRITORIES
A future cross-border strategic action plan for the Val de Sambre
July 2022An initial Franco-Belgian steering committee on the Val de Sambre and the cross-border territory around the conurbations of Mons, Maubeuge and Charleroi took place on Friday 1 July at the Jeumont digital station.
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MOT
World Urban Forum: a booklet on cross-border cooperation
July 2022Within the framework of the 11th World Urban Forum, which took place in Katowice on 26-30 June, the PFVT (the French platform for urban development internationally) has published 14 booklets produced by all of the stakeholders involved in the French partnership during an intensive period of work in 2021.
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MOT
The MOT's 2021 activity report is available
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TERRITORIES
Joint participatory budget between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gipuzkoa: 17 projects selected!
July 2022In January, the Conseil départemental des Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa launched a new experiment: a joint participatory budget, called ideaiak, to encourage inhabitants to develop projects that create links between the two territories.
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EUROPE
European Commission invites proposals for cross-border pilot rail services
July 2022The call for proposals was launched at the "ConnectingEurope Days" in Lyon on 30 June.
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EUROPE
MOT intervention at the Oradea Process, on the Romanian-Hungarian border
July 2022At the invitation of CESCI and Initiatives France Central and Eastern Europe, the MOT took part on 9 June of the Oradea Process, a series of meetings and seminars aimed at developing cross-border initiatives on the Romanian-Hungarian border.
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TERRITORIES
Launch of the France-Switzerland Interreg programme
July 2022The Interreg France-Switzerland VI 2021-2027 programme was officially launched at an event in Arc-et-Senans (Doubs) on 9 June 2022.
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BORDERS FORUM
European citizenship and solidarity in times of crisis: joint interview ahead of the Borders Forum
June 2022What is the role of border areas with respect to European citizenship? How do local players respond to hosting displaced people in their territory? These are three questions that Chantal Jouanno, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul and María Ángeles Elorza Zubiría, all speakers at the forthcoming Borders Forum, will attempt to answer.
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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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EUROPE
Progress in the area of cross-border monitoring?
June 2022Summary of the conference held on 24-25 May by CESCI, in partnership with the MOT and the French Institute in Budapest.
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EUROPE
University cooperation transcends borders
June 2022Focus on two border initiatives at the heart of the European project.
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EUROPE
Launch of the "LKT" Eurometropolis’s European Citizens’ Space
June 2022At the invitation of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis Agency, the MOT went to Tournai on 25 May 2022 to take part in the launch of the first “European Citizens’ Space”.
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MOT
Impacts of the crisis on border territories: why do they seem to have been over-impacted?
June 2022On 30 May, the MOT co-ran a webinar offered by the Observatory on the Territorial Impacts of the Crisis (OITC) focusing specifically on border territories.
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GeRTrUD project: midpoint webinar
June 2022The MOT is a partner in the research project GeRTrUD – Gestion et régulation transfrontalière de l’urbanisation diffuse (Cross-border management and regulation of scattered urbanisation).
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TERRITORIES
Meeting of the Franco-Geneva Regional Committee: a decision on cross-border teleworking is vital !
June 2022On 12 May 2022, a meeting of Greater Geneva’s political body for cooperation, the Franco-Geneva Regional Committee, which brings together local elected representatives and decentralised authorities from both sides of the border, met in Geneva.
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BORDERS FORUM
Borders Forum 21&22 June in Paris: focus on governance with three key testimonies
May 2022Sandro Gozi, MEP, Jean de Béthune, President of the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis, and Christoph Schnaudigel, President of the PAMINA Eurodistrict, talk to us about governance – a crucial subject at the centre of the second day of the Borders Forum. Register now as places are limited! You can also access the event's press kit.
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MOT
"From marginal to essential": the MOT publishes a study on cross-border teleworking
May 2022Supported by ten of its members, the MOT is publishing this month its first multi-partner study on cross-border teleworking and its impacts in terms of co-development. It is the fruit of nearly a year of work.
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EUROPE
"For a Europe of co-ordinated healthcare""
May 2022On 12 April, France’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council adopted an opinion entitled “How to construct a Europe of healthcare”. It sets out 17 recommendations to establish as a political priority on the agenda of European bodies and countries “the construction of a Europe of Healthcare, based on a single model, in line with Europe’s values and tailored to the needs of citizens”.
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MOT
Meetings of the MOT network’s working groups: the recordings are online
May 2022Between late April and early May, three important topics for cross-border territories were the subject of discussions for the network’s working groups: the impact of cross-border projects on the environment; the issue of social security with respect to cross-border employment; and the definition and recognition of “cross-border living areas”. Below is a preliminary summary of the discussions.
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Quirinal Treaty: Franco-Italian cross-border cooperation committee about to be set up
May 2022Cross-border co-operation was at the heart of the first of the four meetings devoted to the advances of the Quirinal Treaty. This bilateral treaty between France and Italy was signed by the two countries on 26 November last year.
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EUROPE
Results of the Conference on the Future of Europe: what about cross-border territories?
May 2022On 9 May 2022, at the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the three Presidents of the EU institutions, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, received the conference’s final report.
