Three border universities in Spain and France, the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA) via the European Documentation and Research Centre (CDRE), the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) - are committed to an integrated vision of the territories by strengthening the knowledge of border stakeholders about the cross-border issues they encounter. Their ambition is to create a cross-border cooperation institute on the French-Spanish border.

With a view to its establishment, a three-year project (2023-2026) is designed to better identify the needs of actors in the cross-border territory, structure the body and co-create and test a range of services (studies, training, study days, etc.). As such, the Institut de Coopération Transfrontalière (ICT) presents itself as a Franco-Spanish institution whose mission consists to support, accompany and take part in cross-border cooperation between the Pyrénées Atlantiques, Navarre and Euskadi regions.

Learn more about this great initiative below: 

MOT : Discover the project's factsheet [FR]

and on the three involved universities' websites:

https://www.unavarra.es/en/sites/actualidad/contents/noticias/2024/01/26/instituto_cooperacion_transfront.html
https://www.ehu.eus/es/-/presentacion-proyecto-instituto-cooperacion-transfronteriza
https://www.univ-pau.fr/fr/actualites/lancement-projet-institut-cooperation-transfrontaliere.html