Association of European Border Regions

Languages

• Cross-Border Health and the proposed directive on the Application of Patient’s Rights in Cross-Border Health Care
• Green Paper TEN-T Networks
• EGTC (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006)
• The Committee of Regions White Book on Multilevel Governance
• Green Paper Territorial Cohesion
• Small-scale Infrastructures at EU borders

• AEBR Fora on:
  • Research, Development and Innovation in European Border Areas (02.02.2009, Vigo, Spain)
  • ESPON – ULYSSES (03.07.2009, Strasbourg, France);
  • III. Basle Forum on Cross Border Health, (10.12.2009, Basle, Switzerland)

• 1. AEBR Youth Forum (13 – 18 July 2009, Trieste, Italy)

• Establishment of the AEBR Task Force Innovation and permanent online forum;

• the future cohesion policy of the European Union;
• AEBR Position Paper on Territorial Cohesion
• Publication of the English version of Cooperation between European Border Regions. Review and Perspectives; (Original in German, published in 2007)

• AEBR Fora 2008:
  • European Co-operation in the health sector II. Added value for people, economy and regions (22.02.08, Basle, Switzerland)
  • Role of the Regions at the EU borders: the Cross-Border Co-operation in the Mediterranean and its new instruments, 13.03.2008, Taormina, Sicily, Italy)
  • Cross-border cooperation of universities and research centres. Contribution to regional development (03.04.08, Trieste, Italy)
  • Cross-border Transport Networks (09.09.2008, Zaragoza, Spain)

• Establishment of the AEBR Task Force Border Languages

• Revised Map “Cross-border Cooperation Areas 2007”;
• Publication of Cooperation between European Border Regions. Review and Perspectives; (Original in German)
• Study on “Cross-border cooperation of universities (elaborated by Dr. Viktor von Malchus);

• AEBR Fora 2007:
  • The current questions of the Border Areas at the new EU External Borders (29.11.2007, Nyíregyháza, Hungary)
  • Rural Development and Border Regions (12.03.2007, Seeon, Germany)

• Establishment of AEBR Task-Forces External borders and Cross-Border Healthcare;

• European Parliament report “New prospects and new challenges for a sustainable European tourism” (A6-00235/2005 final)
• Commission communication “Modern SME Policy for Growth and Employment”, COM(2005)551 final;
• Territorial Agenda;
• European Parliament report “The Role of Territorial Cohesion in Regional Development” (Final A6-0251/2005);
• AEBR position paper Cross-Border Healthcare;
• AEBR report Cross-Border Cooperation - European priority and political objective of the EU - Beyond 2013;

• Appointment of Martín Guillermo Ramírez as Secretary General

• Draft Report of the European Parliament on the Role of „Euroregions“ in the development of regional policy;
• Proposal for a Council Regulation on Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD),
• Commission communication on Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs: Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007-2013;

• Start of a series of AEBR Fora:
  • A new Community Legal Instrument (28-29 April 2005, Mérida, Spain)
  • I. Forum on Cross-Border Health (27 September 2005, Basle, Switzerland)

• ENPI
• IPA
• ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
• EGTC

• Continuation of the LACE Observatory with the support of the European Commission - within the European Union as a project to promote cross-border co-operation by providing technical assistance, in the associated countries as LACE PHARE CBC (1999-2000) and in Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and Moldova as LACE TACIS CBC (2000-2001);
• active participation in the organisation of the Council of Europe's 7th "European Conference of Border Regions" (Timisoara/Romania 1997);
• report on cross-border co-operation for the European Parliament (1996);
• appointment of Jens Gabbe as full-time Secretary General (1998);
• 2_nd revised edition of the Practical Guide to Cross-Border Cooperation (2000)

• brochure "30 Years of Working Together" on the occasion of AEBR's anniversary (82 members).
• Study for the Committee of the Regions: Transeuropean Co-operation between Territorial Authorities – New challenges and future steps necessary (2001)
• Helpdesk for the project “RFO Change on Borders” (November 2003 - October 2007)
• Study for the European Commission: Towards a new Community legal instrument facilitating public-law based trans-European co-operation among territorial authorities in the European Union (2004)

• The Council of Europe's 3rd European Conference of Border Regions in Borken/EUREGIO (1984);
• intensification of co-operation with the European Commission in the areas of spatial planning, transport, regional policy and environment; elaboration of models for "regional cross-border development programmes";
• counselling and assistance with regard to the development of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG
• running of the Observatory for cross-border co-operation in Europe, which was supported by the European Commission as a LACE Project from 1990-1995;
• active participation in the organisation of the Council of Europe's 4th, 5th and 6th "European Conference of Border Regions" (Zaragoza/Spain 1987, Rovaniemi/Finland 1991 and Ljubljana/Slovenia 1994);

• assistance in the establishment of cross-border regions in Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe;
• 1st edition of the "Practical Guide to Cross-border Co-operation" (1996);
• revision of the "European Charter of Border and Cross-border Regions" (1995);
• appointment of Jens Gabbe as honorary Secretary General of AEBR in 1987 (50 members).

• Further elaboration of the Council of Europe’s “European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Cooperation” of May 21, 1981;
• participation in the drawing up of the European Parliament's "Boot Report" on the intensification of cross-border co-operation (1981);

• "European Charter of Border and Cross-border Regions" worked out by AEBR (11.11.1981).
• 15 Members (1982)

• Implementation of a lean organizational structure of AEBR;
• establishment of the Scientific Committee chaired by Dr. Viktor von Malchus;
• proposals for legal instruments for cross-border co-operation (in co-ordination with the European Parliament);

• participation in the drawing up of the "European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Cooperation" at the Council of Europe (Madrid Outline Convention).

• AEBR General Assemblies with reports and exchange of information on an annual basis;
• preparation and organisation of the Council of Europe's first two "European Conferences of Border Regions" (Strasbourg 1972 and Innsbruck 1975), aiming to improve the legal and organisational environment for cross-border co-operation;

• first contacts with the European Commission and the Council of European Municipalities (12 members).

Top-News

• 16.05.2013
  From 19 April to 5 May 2013, 14 Latin American experts and politicians fron the border areas of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia visited the Spanish-French and the German-Polish border areas to exchange experiences and to transfer know-how.
• 14.05.2013
  ‘Cross-border culture’ workshops held on 25 and 26 April in Maastricht
• 02.05.2013
  EU-project: Improving information for commuters in European border regions - Interview with the AEBR published on the website of DG Employment
• 24.04.2013
  Draft opinion on frontier workers unanimously adopted by the ECOS Commission of the Committee of the Regions
• 18.04.2013
  AEBR representatives met Director General Walter Deffaa
• 12.04.2013
  Autoridades fronterizas de países de la CAN crean comité para diseñar Estrategia Andina de Cooperación Transfronteriza / Cross-Border Authorities of the CAN countries create Committee to design an Andean Cross-Border Cooperation Strategy (CAN = Comunidad Andina de Naciones)
• 12.04.2013
  Press Release with link to a summary Video of the 3rd Assises of Decentralised Cooperation celebrated at the Committee of the Regions on 9-10 April 2013.

Events

• 22.05. - 23.05.2013
  European Public Health. 20 years of the Maastricht Treaty – Turning past experiences into visions. (AEBR)
• 23.05.2013
  SMEs and entrepreneurs: boosting business using satellite applications / Využívanie satelitných služieb pre rast malých a stredných podnikov (AEBR)
• 27.05.2013
  50th General Assembly of Regio Basiliensis (Regio Basiliensis / RegioTriRhena)

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