A Call for Proposals by the Resilient Borders project is now open for local and regional authorities in border regions to receive support and increase their cross-border resilience. Selected proposals will receive financial and technical assistance to prepare a sound spatial planning or cross-border crisis management plan.

Border regions can increase their preparedness to face future crises and develop more efficient infrastructures and services on their territories if they have a feasible cross-border plan to manage crises effectively and a comprehensive cross-border spatial plan. Implementing these plans is a very ambitious goal, and it goes out of the scope of this proposal, which is addressed to support pilot actions to develop these cross-border plans.

The European Commission’s DG REGIO has entrusted the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) and the Mission Operationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) to manage this call jointly, with each responsible for the crisis management and spatial planning lots, respectively. This action is within the framework of the European Parliament’s pilot project Cross/Border Crisis Response Integrated Initiative (CB-CRII).

You can read more about this call, including examples, news and insights, Frequently Asked Questions, and find the application form on the dedicated website: https://resilientborders.eu/.