Sail of Papenburg

How to apply for the award?

Every year, AEBR sets a specific motto which underpins the award, in accordance with current relevant topics and the general topic of AEBR’s Annual Conference. Around June every year, AEBR launches a call for applications to find new submissions for the award. The call for applications is announced through AEBR’s website and via its newsletter. The Sail of Papenburg Award is granted to the winner each year during the AEBR Annual Conference.

Eligible are border and cross-border regions and subnational entities aiming to boost direct neighbourly cooperation across a national border. Membership in the European Union or AEBR is not required.

Find here the call for applications for 2023 – this year’s theme is “CB Labour Market:
Telework and Home-Office – Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Covid Times”.

The call closes on the 15th of September 2023.

Winners of the Sail of Papenburg Award 2002 – 2022

Year		Cross-border Region	Project
2022		EGTC European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino (Austria/Italy)Special Award: Interreg Project Partners	“Euregio is young” “Living Danube”
2021		Euroregion Nestos-Mesta Greek Part (Greece)	“EnvironmentYou”
2020		Pyrenées Regions in France, Spain and Andorra (F/ES/AND)	CTP – Working Community of the Pyrenees
2019		Galicia – Norte de Portugal (ES/P) Special Award: EGTC Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean (ES/F)	Nortear Euroregion’s cultural cooperation fund
2018		EVTZ Eurodistrict PAMINA (France/Germany)	Strategy for fostering Education and Employment in Eurodistrict PAMINA
2017		International Lake Constance Region (AT/CH/DE/FL)	IBH-Labs ¬– Networks of regional universities and practitioners for research and innovation
2016		Kvarken Region (Finland/Sweden)	Midway Alignment of the Bothnian Corridor -Kvarken Multimodal Link
	2016 SPECIAL AWARD:
		EGTC Aquitaine-Euskadi (France/Spain)	Strategic Partnership 1 signed between EGTC Eurorégion Aquitaine-Euskadi and the COMUE Aquitaine (Communauté d’Universités et Etablissements d’Aquitaine), entitled International training and European Citizenship: the choice of Euroregional mobility
2015		North West Region Cross Border Group (Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland)	North West Regional Science Park
2014		Euregio Meuse-Rhin (Belgium/The Netherlands/Germany)	SME Crossborder Cluster Stimulation Programme (GCS)
2013		Lower Austria – Burgenland – Bratislava (Austria/Slovak Republic)	Bratislava-Umland-Management (BAUM) – Bratislava –urban regional-cooperation
2012		EGTC Galicia – Norte Portugal (GNP-EGTC) (Spain/Portugal)	Labour Market Mobility in the Euroregion Galicia-Norte de Portugal. Recognition and evaluation of Vocational Training Certificates
	2012 SPECIAL AWARD:
		Upper Austria (Mühlviertel) and South Bohemia (Austria/Czech Republic)	RegioTalent – Regionalisation without borders Creating new job opportunities and development possibilities in border regions Mühlviertel and South Bohemia
2011		Öresund Comittee (Sweden/Denmark)	33 Hindrances, Challenges and Opportunities – the Öresund Model 2010
	2011 SPECIAL AWARD:
		Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober (Germany/Poland)	The bridge of Markosice – fire brigades unbounded
2010		Euroregion Nestos-Mesta (Greece/Bulgaria)	Target: Work
	2010 SPECIAL AWARD:
		Öresund Committee (Sweden/Denmark)	ØRUS – The new cross border regional development strategy for the Öresund region
2009		Euregio Scheldemond (Belgium/Netherlands)	Bio Base Europe: Innovation and training for a sustainable bio-based economy
2008		Upper Rhine Region (Germany/France/Switzerland)	EUCOR – European Confederation of Upper Rhine Universities
	2008 SPECIAL AWARD:
		Euroregion Galicia – Norte de Portugal (Spain/Portugal)	Service of studies Eixo Atlãntico
2007		Euregio Rijn-Waal (Germany/Netherlands)	Euregional marketing initiatives Rijn-Waal
2006		Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)	Norms to promote European integration process and to favour the implementation of EU programmes; Financing of initiatives of the institutions and the associations of the FVG
2005		ICBAN – Irish Central Border Area Network (Ireland/Northern Ireland)	Joining up development (programme)
2004		EUREGIO (Germany/Netherlands)	Cross-border spatial development concept
2003		Euregio Steiermark-Slovenia (Austria/Slovenia)	Cross-border strategy “training, education and labour market”
2002		Euroregion Lower Danube (Ukraine/ Moldova/Romania)	Intensive socio-cultural cross-border cooperation between Ukraine, Moldova and Romania

On special occasions, the prize has been awarded also to individuals for their efforts to promote the idea of European integration in the field of cross-border co-operation. To thank them for supporting AEBR in achieving its objectives and performing its tasks:

Ms Danuta Hübner, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament;

Mr Michel Delebarre, former President of the Committee of the Regions;

Mr Elmar Brok, Member of the European Parliament,

Mr Joan Vallvé, AEBR honorary president.

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