Cross-border economic development

Recommendations

AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

  • Develop the governance of cross-border economic development
    - encourage dialogue between the different actors concerned: economic actors, local authorities, universities and other stakeholders (such as chambers of commerce and industry, development agencies) on either side of the border for the design and implementation of cross-border projects,
    - set up cross-border development agencies,
    - develop cross-border competitiveness clusters and centres,
    - coordinate the cross-border development of research and universities.

  • Introduce specific instruments and tools / services for use by businesses
    - set up business platforms (networks for cooperation, exchange of experience and good practice, business support and guidance) and provide collaborative online working tools,
    - promote the development of financial instruments and facilitators for businesses such as cross-border venture capital funds.

  • Incorporate economic development into balanced territorial development along borders
    Incorporate an economic development project:
    - into a politically-backed territorial project,
    - into a common medium-term strategy backed by the actors concerned.

AT THE REGIONAL / NATIONAL LEVEL

  • Organise the coordination of legislation (taxes, training, equivalence of qualifications, etc.) between States, border by border, and if appropriate, set up experiments.

AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

  • Promote networking and capitalisation of experience of cross-border economic development at European level
    - develop technical assistance networks for cross-border economic development,
    - make the work conducted in this area accessible in order to spread the acquired experience to other border territories,
    - promote awareness among public- and private-sector actors of the added value of cooperation in economic development.

AT ALL LEVELS