Association of European Border Regions

EU Legislative Interests

Regional and Cohesion Policy European Territorial Cooperation Cross-Border Cooperation within the EU, at its external borders, in Accession and Neighbourhood states, and in third countries. European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Employment Transport Health and social services International Cooperation Youth

Communication Activities

Last General Assemblies, Annual Conferences and CB Schools, with the participation of EU institutions: - On-site, CB School in Karlstad (Sweden) on 23/10/2024; Annual Conference in Trysil (Norway) on - On-site, CB School, General Assembly and Annual Conference in Kosice (SK) on 8-10 November 2023 and study visit to Transcarpathia (UA 9 on 11 November - On-site, CB School in Szeged (HU) on 28 September 2022; General Assembly and Annual Conference in Novi Sad (Vojvodina, Serbia) on 29-30 September 2022; study visit to Timisoara on 2 October. - Hybrid, but mostly on-site, from Arnhem, on 20-22 October 2021 - Online from Eupen (German-speaking Community of Belgium, Euregio Meuse-Rhine), 4-6 November 2020 - Dresden (Euroregion Elbe/Labe, Germany-Czech Republic), 23-26 October 2019 Other events organised by AEBR: - Conference "Cross-border service accessibility in the Valga hospital, Valka (LT), 14 March 2024 - Conference "Harmonising Building Standars in the Nordic Region", Oslo, 23 March 2023 - AEBR Task Force External Borders meeting in Uzhhorod (UA), 6-7 June 2023 - CB tele-working across German borders, Kleve, 9-10 March 2023 - East Borders Forum 2022: Developing European Union’s Eastern External Borders, Lappeenranta (FI), 30 August 2022 - CB Public Services 2.0 Final event, Vaasa (FI), 16 June 2022 - Young Women and CBC, online webinar on 15 March 2022 - NEXT CBC, with TESIM, on 15 December 2021 - New Anholt Talks on the 50th Anniversary of AEBR on "50 Years of CBC" and "Communicating CBC", Anholt Castle, 18 June 2021 - Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY), online event to celebrate Europe's Day with young volunteers, host organizations, European Commission's DG Regio and AEBR, 10 May 2021 - "SMEs in Border Regions (specific problems, possible solutions, opportunities offered by the new EU programmes and more)", online seminar in collaboration with EURADA (European Association of Development Agencies) with the participation of the European Commission's DG Grow, CB structures and chambers, CBC projects and institutional players, 4 February 2021 - "Functional CB regions as engines of EU integration of the Western Balkans", online conference to commemorate the 5th anniversary of CESCI's and AEBR's Balkan Offices, 16 December 2021 - Online Forum "IPA countries CBC challenges in times of Covid-19 pandemic", 26 August 2020 - Online Forum to promote "7 June as the International Day of Integration across National Boundaries", 8 June 2020 - Online Forum "CBC in times of pandemic - New borders vs. new opportunities", 5 June 2020 - WS on CB Labour Markets, Flensburg (Regio Sonderjylland-Schlleswig, DE-DK), 27 February 2020 - WS at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021, 2020, 2019, etc. Main projects currently implemented: - CB Energy Communities - Resilient Borders - IVY (Interreg Volunteer Youth), deploying young volunteers in Interreg projects, including ENI-CBC and IPA-CBC; more than 900 volunteers deployed to date (April 2023), March 2017 - December 2024 - b-solutions: identifying CB legal and administrative obstacles and proposing possible solutions, two calls for proposals in 2018 and 2019 produced the study of 43 cases, published in a first Compendium available in: https://www.b-solutionsproject.com/library; a 3rd and 4th calls followed in 2020 and 2021, with 47 new selected cases included in a 2nd Compendium at the end of 2021 and other publications. New calls for proposals and a new one for expressions of interest to identify additional experts were kept open, and a 3rd Compendium with new 41 cases has been published in April 2024. The project runs from December 2017 to September 2024 - several in the Balkans with young people; - various with sub-national authorities in Latin American CB areas; direct contracts with the local authorities, and in the framework of wider EU projects (EUROsociAL, INNOVACT, etc.); - exploration activities in Jerusalem, West Africa, and North-West Asia

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

ORU-FOGAR (Organisation des Régions Unies - Forum of Global Associations of Regions) http://www.regionsunies-fogar.org/images/Documentos/46_declaration_marseille_en.pdf AEBR Vicepresident François Maitia (Aquitaine) signed the "Declaration of Marseille", Founding Document of FOGAR; current AEBR President is Vice-president of ORU-FOGAR: https://www.regionsunies-fogar.org/en/ TEIN (Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network), Euro-Institut, Kehl: https://transfrontier.eu/ Cohesion Alliance: https://cor.europa.eu/en/engage/Pages/cohesion-alliance.aspx European Cross-Border Citizens' Alliance: https://www.aebr.eu/initiatives/european-cross-border-citizens-alliance/ European Cross-Border Platform: https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/Pages/cross-border-cooperation.aspx Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM): https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/Pages/ARLEM.aspx

Organisation Members

There are some hundred AEBR members: border regions (their governments), cross-border regions (Euroregions, Eurodistrictis, EGTCs, ...). You can find them here: https://www.aebr.eu/members/