Once again this year, the annual report of the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM offers new insights into the effects on border regions of European and national legislation and policy initiatives. The 2022 Cross-Border Impact Assessment is intended to be a valuable tool for policy makers at regional, national and European level to identify the effects on the border region and cross-border cooperation.

Cross-border effects come in many forms. The ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment methodology, as highlighted in this video, focuses on three overarching themes for which border effects are analysed:

• European integration: the cross-border impact of certain legislation and policy from the perspective of individuals, associations, and enterprises correlated with the objectives and principles of European Integration (i.e. freedoms, citizenship, and non-discrimination);
• Socioeconomic/sustainable development: the cross-border impact of legislation and policy on the development of the economy in the border region;
• Euregional cohesion: the cross-border impact of legislation and policy on cohesion and cross-border governance structures in border regions (e.g. cooperation with governmental agencies, private citizens, the business sector, etc.).

Dossiers

The dossiers of 2022 are:

1. European Health Data Space - Ex-ante analysis of the cross-border effects
2. Cross-border effects of the EU proposal for a directive on platform workers
3. Energy transition and Energy Security
4. Cross-border exchange of information in the fight against organised crime
5. Border effects of the Dutch fireworks prohibition
6. Border residents' perceptions of the 'border' and 'identity' after the COVID-19 crisis: how do we establish it? (opinion piece)
7. The cross-border effects of the Dutch Nitrogen policy (student dossier)

Find the full dossiers, as well as the summary, here: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/item/research/item-cross-border-impact-assessment