Please find here an overview of upcoming AEBR events or with AEBR's participation. We hope they are interesting for you and look forward to exchanging with you on any of these occasions.
Your AEBR Team
VI AEBR Cross Border School in Szeged, Hungary, on 28 September 2022 Annual Conference, workshops and study visits in Novi Sad, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, from 29 September to 2 October 2022.
The CB School and the Annual Conference are public events, free of charge, with mandatory registration (still open)
You can register and navigate the programme by clicking onthis link.
AEBR participation in the #EURegionsWeek
Workshop “Energy self-consumption: Challenges and Opportunities for Regions and Cities. ONLINE – 11WS22272”
The “Energy self-consumption: Challenges and Opportunities for European Cities” workshop is proposed in line with the goal set by the European Commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. It seeks to encourage debates among local and regional authorities on the role of public administration in informing, creating, assisting and offering all possible facilities to businesses and individuals alike, thus promoting energetic efficiency and the use of renewable sources of energy.
Partners: Ajuntament de Rubí, Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), Lappeenrannan kaupunki Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 16:30 to 18:00, online Register here Workshop “Digital training for cooperation: new ways of capacity building ONLINE – 11WS22277”
Whether at the interregional, transnational or cross-border level, capacity building is necessary for successful territorial cooperation. This workshop will present three concrete examples of online courses and training. Secondly, opportunities of digital training for local/regional authorities, associations and other stakeholders of cooperation, as well as its limits and challenges, will be discussed. Finally, recommendations for the development of digital training in the field of territorial cooperation will be elaborated.
Partners: Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Euro-Institut / TEIN (Euro-Institut / TEIN), Sciences Po Strasbourg – Ecole de l’Université de Strasbourg Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 14:30 to 16:00, online Register here Workshop “Addressing cross-border and cross-ecosystem investment needs and cooperation opportunities ONLINE – 11WS22403”
Addressing investment needs and opportunities for cross-border and cross-ecosystem cooperation is one of the challenges for European countries in order to make our common project more cohesive. Regions and clusters can act as a good means of capturing these needs, favouring efficiency and innovation in the responses, as they work on cross-border collaboration.
Partners: Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA), European Clusters Alliance (ECA) Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 16:30 to 18:00, online
Register here Exhibitor Pitch: #Youth4Coop – initiatives for and by young people in territorial cooperation ONLINE - 13pitch22515
To all Interreg projects and programmes, IPA-CBC and ENI-CBC actors: embrace the European Year of Youth! Host a young person who will promote and support your cooperation project with enthusiasm and passion. Join us to learn all about Interreg Volunteer Youth and discover how to become a host. Interreg Volunteer Youth is an initiative promoted by the European Commission and the Association of European Border Regions to promote and support Interreg by involving young people as volunteers.
Partners: Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) Thursday, October 13, 2022 9:30 AM to 9:45 AM · 15 min. (Europe/Brussels)
Register here Workshop “b-solutions: solving cross-border obstacles to enhance development of border regions ONLINE – 13WS22244”
With the b-solutions initiative, the European Commission and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) support local actors to identify and implement viable solutions to overcome the many obstacles which make life in border regions complex. A platform for mutual learning and exchange, this workshop provides information about the ongoing b-solutions initiative and shows how it has been useful to other colleagues in the EU.
Organised by the European Commission and AEBR Thursday, 13 October 2022, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, online
Register here Workshop “Youth Beyond Borders: how to overcome obstacles ONLINE + ONSITE (Brussels) – 13WS22334”
Workshop with AEBR’s participation at the European Regions and Cities 2022:
Youth Beyond Borders: how to overcome obstacles. Daily cross-border cooperation is not only at the heart of the EU, but it also drives us to confront obstacles to European integration and transformation. In light of the European Year of Youth, this workshop will showcase reports from participating regions on their cross-border youth projects and demonstrate how individual experiences may serve as a springboard for a more thorough discussion of the field’s common challenges and opportunities.
Partners: Carinthia Region, Friuli, Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region, Northern Ireland, Pomorskie Region, Saarland and Valle d’Aosta Autonomous Region Thursday, 13 October 2022, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, online
Register here These above are the activities with AEBR direct involvement, but there are many more workshops and events in these days dealing with interesting issues for territorial development in general, or for CBC in particular. Below you can find just a few, but we recommend you to navigate the programme to look for those you might be interested in:
Monday, 10 October
14:30-16:00 Opening session of the 20th European Week of Regions and Cities (online), with the participation of Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion, and Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions.
16:30-18:00 Refugees fleeing the war: the role of border regions (online)
Tuesday, 11 October
9:30-11:00 Joint Annual REGI - COTER meeting (online)
11:00-12:00 Euroregions for Ukraine European Integration (online)
Wednesday, 12 October
14:30-16:00 Cross-border pilot projects to boost innovation in the health system through data sharing (online)
16:30-18:00 Cross-border community-led local development: the success of four local action groups in the Interreg IT-AT programme (online)
Thursday, 13 October
9:30-11:00 Cross-border Public Services – meeting the needs of people living in cross-border areas (online)
Tuesday 20 September or Thursday 6 October 11:30-12:15 CEST
Join us to learn about the b-solutions initiative, an action by the European Commission and AEBR to address cross-border obstacles. We will present the initiative and explain how it supports border regions. We will also illustrate in detail the application procedure to submit an obstacle to the call for proposals currently open to public bodies and cross-border structures located in border regions. Please register here for 20 September, here for 6 October 2022
Association of European Border Regions, Enscheder Str. 362, D-48599 Gronau
Secretary General: Martín Guillermo Ramírez Register of firms or associations no.: VR 5420, Coesfeld District Court
