The Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross-Border Cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) has released its 2023 Assessment on the impact of cross-border cooperation. To gain a better perspective, the summary of the Assessment is available here.
The assessment consists of 6 different dossiers analyzing a variety of cross-border related topics, applying a common methodology.
ITEM's methodology is broken down in three separate stages:
- identification via surveys and core activities, evaluation by the Working Group, and subsequent research.
- The Working Group assesses topics based on relevance, alignment with ITEM's focus, requests received, and frequency.
- Selected researchers undertake separate impact assessment studies, culminating in individual dossiers contributing to the yearly ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment.
This year's dossiers are as follows:
- Euregional Barometer: broad prosperity from a cross-border perspective
- Transnational Infrastructure projects: Ambitions, sectors, instruments and effect on border regions
- Kinderzuschlag and Kindgebonden budget: The border worker caught in the middle?
- Future-proof acute care in the Netherlands: 360° cross-border perspectives
- Public Transportation in the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine (student dossier)
- Impact Internationalisation higher education in balance
Stay tuned for more a detailed analysis on the findings of each dossier!
Meanwhile, check out this video that provides an overview of the 2023 Assessment!