Border Focal Point Network News Joint participatory budget between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gipuzkoa: 17 projects selected ! In January, the Conseil départemental des Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa launched a new experiment: a joint participatory…
Border Focal Point Network News Micro data on the EU Cross-border survey 2020 now available on the Open Data Platform We are pleased to announce that the micro-data from the EU Cross-border cooperation study 2020 are now available in the EU Open Data platform - EU…
Border Focal Point Network Library Reducing border barriers for cross-border commuters in Europe via the EU b-solutions initiative This article relates the contribution of the EU b-solutions initiative to increasing cross-border commuting in the EU. It is now acessible…
Border Focal Point Network News Major progress on cross-border mobility in the Upper Rhine region as German border cities recognise French air pollution vignettes As of 1 June, vehicles with the French environmental vignette “Crit'Air” are allowed to enter the environmental zones of the cities of Freiburg and…
Border Focal Point Network News New protected areas: cross-border cooperation in the Commission’s criteria On 28 January, the European Commission published the "criteria and guidance" aimed at supporting Member States in identifying and designating new…
Border Focal Point Network News A cross-border participatory budget for the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department and Gipuzkoa "This is unique in France – we are the first!” declared Jean-Jacques Lasserre, the President of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departmental Council, on 27…
Border Focal Point Network News A "web" of cross-border innovation to observe and promote the economy of the Upper Rhine A "web" is a new method for observing innovative sectors. It consists of a mode of visualisation of ecosystems through the representation of their…
Border Focal Point Network Library The role of open borders and cross-border cooperation in regional growth across Europe This paper estimates the impacts of opening of borders and intensity of cross-border cooperation (CBC) on regional growth across European border…
Border Focal Point Network Library Social entrepreneurship as a form of cross-border cooperation: complementarity in EU border regions This paper examines to what extend there is complementarity between social entreprneurship and regional EU cross-border cooperation. We argue …
Border Focal Point Network News 15 years of the EGTC. Lessons learnt and future perspectives - New book published by CESCI In 2021, the policy instrument of European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) turns its 15th anniversary that gives an opportunity to…
