AEBR Annual Events 2024 in Innlandet (Norway) and Värmland (Sweden)
The VIII AEBR Cross-Border School (CBS) is an activity led by AEBR, Borders in Globalization_Lab (BIG_Lab), the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), and the Radboud University of Nijmegen (NL). The 8th CBS will take place in Karlstad (Värmland, Sweden) on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, in collaboration with the Värmland Region and the Karlstads Universitet. Venue: Eva Ericsson lecture hall, Karlstad University campus.
Since 2017, the Association of European Border Regions and the Radboud University of Nijmegen (NL) have organized AEBR CB Schools before Annual Conferences. In recent years, cooperation with the University of Victoria (CA) and the BIG Lab has grown in the framework of the 21st Century Borders Project. The 8th CBS will open AEBR Annual Events 2024.
In the afternoon, the participants will move to Trysil (Innlandet, Norway) over the Swedish-Norwegian border to attend the AEBR General Assembly on Thursday, 24 October (only for AEBR members in good standing), followed by the AEBR Annual Conference (open to the public, but prior registration is requested, though on-site registration for participants not requiring accommodation would also be possible) until Friday, 25 October. A study visit to cross-border facilities and projects has been organised on Saturday, 26 October, before returning home.
We originally extended the registration deadline to the 20th of September for the CB School and/or the annual events but kept it open for a few days afterwards. In case of last-minute registrations, please use this registration form or contact our secretariat: info@aebr.eu.
(updated 7/10/2024)
The registration form for this event has been closed, but you can contact info@aebr.eu for last-minute registrations, cancellations or modifications.
Wednesday, 23 October
The VIII AEBR Cross Border School in Karlstad
The VIII AEBR CBS focuses this year on three broad aspects of ‘Building Cross Border Resilience’, the core topic of the AEBR Conference held in Trysil on 24-25 October 2024, and a priority for AEBR and the Mission Operationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT), our French partner organisation within the European Cross-Border Platform.
Both organisations have launched on 4 October, with the support of the European Commission’s DG REGIO, a call for proposals for Resilient Border Regions to select 10 pilot actions to prepare cross-border crisis management plans, and 10 pilot actions to prepare cross-border spatial planning schemes.
The Eva Ericsson lecture hall at the Karlstad University campus will host presentations, keynote speeches, and lectures on Cross border cooperation and/vs Security from 9.00 to 14.00. A call for papers was launched in the spring, asking for contributions on the following topics:
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- Energy Security
- Cooperation & Security
- Governance of cross-border security: coordination, cooperation, collaboration
- Cyber security and privacy in cross-border regions
- Crossborder regions and technology security
- Security without Cooperation
- Fencing, Walling and cross-border security
- Psychological defence and defence awareness in cross-border regions
A detailed programme with the panellists and other contributors, including those winning a travel grant and other AEBR partners, is being prepared and will be included here soon.
Transfer and border crossing from Karlstad (SE) to Trysil (NO)
In the afternoon, those participants attending the whole series of events will transfer across the SE-NO border to the Skistar Lodge hotel in Trysil and continue the programme.
Registration and accommodation
Please note that you should have booked your rooms in Karlstad, while room reservations in Trysil should have been made exclusively through the AEBR registration form.
Payments should be made on Thursday and Friday at the Skistar Lodge front desk to avoid long queues. Please also note that they have a strong no-show policy, so do not forget to cancel your booking if you change your plans.
Various options for online broadcasting are under exploration.
Thursday, 24 October
The AEBR Annual Conference 2024 will follow the morning meetings of the AEBR Executive Committee and the General Assembly of members. The Conference will end in the late afternoon of Friday, 25 October.
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| Trysil | 8.00-12.00
9.00-10.00 10.00-12.30 |
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AEBR Executive Committee meeting AEBR General Assembly |
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| 12.30-13.30 | Buffet lunch | ||||
| 13.30-14.45
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Annual Conference Building security and resilience in European border regions 1st Session: Security and Cooperation Mod.: Ana Nikolov, AEBR Balkans (tbc) – Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the Association of European Border Regions – State Secretary Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development of Norway – State Secretary Even Eriksen, Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Norway – Jelena Drenjanin, Chair of the Governance Committee, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe (tbc) |
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| 14.45-16.00
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2nd Session. Cooperation and Security in Practice
Mod.: Ana Nikolov, AEBR Balkans · Secretary General Marit Egholm Jacobsen, Barents Sea Cooperation (NO/SE/FI/RU) · Regional Mayor Satu Sikanen, South Karelia, Challenges at the EU North East External Border, ESPON CHANEBO Project (tbc) · Ion Apostu, BRCT Iasis, Romanian-Moldavian border · n.n., Andalucía, the Mediterranean border · Cezar Grozavu, BRCT Suceava, Romanian-Ukrainian border · Sandra Simič, Ministry of Regional Integration, Republic of Serbia, West Balkan borders (tbc) |
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| 16.00-16.30 | Network coffe | ||||
| 16.30-17.30
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Institutional Opening of the AEBR Annual Conference 2024 «Resilient Border Regions» Master of Ceremonies: Ana Nikolov (tbc)
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| 19.30-22.00 | Buffet dinner |
Friday, 25 October
| Venue | Time | Program |
| Trysil | 8.00-12.00
9.00-12.00 9.00-10.30
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Annual Conference 3rd Session: «Nordic Border Committees 2.0» Mod.: Erik Hagen, head of section innovation and program development, Innlandent County Council
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| 10.30-11-00 | Network coffee | |
| 11.00-12.30 | Workshops organised by AEBR TFs
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| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-15.00
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4th Session. The Future European Territorial Cooperation
Mod.: Martín Guillermo Ramírez, AEBR Secretary General
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| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 15.30-17.00
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Session 5. Building Security and Resilience
Mod.: Caitriona Mullan (tbc)
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| 17.00-17.30 | Session 6: Presentation of AEBR Annual Events 2025 and Closing | |
| 20.00-22.00 | Gala dinner at the hotel |
Saturday, 26 October
| Venue | Time | Program |
| Trysil | 5.30-8.00 | breakfast |
| Trysil | 06.00-08.30 | Transfer to Oslo Airport |
| 8.00-11.00 | Study visit Scandinavian Mountain Airport – SITE regiont | |
| Gammelgården Sälen | 11.30-12.30 | Lunch |
| 12.30-16.00 | Return to Oslo Airport |
Transfers: (updating information)
Wednesday, 23/10, 15.00 h – Karlstad University to Trysil
Wednesday, 23/10, 16.30 h – Oslo Airport to Trysil
Friday, 25/10, 18.00 h (after the Conference) – Trysil to Oslo Airport
Saturday, 26/10, 6.00 h – Trysil to Oslo Airport
Saturday, 26/10, 8.00 h – Trysil for Study Visit SITE Region, return to Oslo Airport by 16:00h at the latest
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