UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF MR EMMANUEL MACRON PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

borders 09/10 NOV. 2020 forum — Cross-border territories Cité internationale on the front line? universitaire de

PROGRAM Context

If cross-border territories are described as “laboratories of European integration“, the global crisis has put them to the test in 2020. However, there are encouraging signs that are helping to reinforce their leading role.

2020, a decisive year The year of COVID-19 has seen a brutal It is also the year of the 30th anniversary of the acceleration in the economic, health and Interreg programmes, the 10th anniversary of climatic transitions for which the subnational the European platform of EGTCs*, and the year levels were preparing, and a return of border of the German EU Presidency, during which a issues, 35 years after the signing of the Schengen European Territorial Agenda 2030 and a new agreements. Leipzig Charter will be approved.

* European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Objectives of the 1st borders forum Main organiser 1. Demonstrate the central role played by The Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) cross-border areas in bringing together is the result of a long-standing partnership at the the people of Europe, show the way to French borders between cross-border territories sustainable and inclusive growth, and support and the national and European levels. It actively European integration. participates, alongside its members, partners and European networks, in cross-border policies at 2. Convince European and national authorities these three levels. to put cross-border territories at the heart of their public action, by signing a “European Alliance for cross-border citizens“. Partners in 2020 3. Display ’s ambitious role an ambitious The European Commission has launched a France on the European stage, through both its 10-point action plan in favour of border territories. national and its local and territorial action. A territorial cooperation policy for 2021/2027 has been put forward which is more considerate of border territories and to the resolution of obstacles to cross-border integration. Cross-border areas involve 30% of the European population. Two The European Committee of the Regions is one of the main promoters of territorial cooperation million European workers are and of the 80 European Groupings for Territorial cross-border workers. Cooperation (EGTCs), which carry out the day-to- day work of cross-border territories and networks in Europe. The COVID-19 crisis has badly hit cross-border areas and their inhabitants, revealing the necessity and urgency of European coordination. NOV 09

Cross-border territories in Europe & 10th Meeting of the EGTC* Platform 2020 A year and a half after the European Parliament elections, and against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis, the joint MOT / EGTC Platform day will provide an opportunity to:

highlight the EGTCs from discuss the need for a Europe highlight the Franco-German different angles (governance of territories, at a time of Brexit Treaty of Aachen as a model of cross-border territories, and the rise of nationalism, and (role of the Eurodistricts, of public services, etc.) and to involve a large number of the cross-border cooperation discuss their role after 2020, European countries in these committee, etc.) and to as well as to address the draft debates, exchange ideas about the European ECBM regulation possibility of similar approaches (resolution of obstacles), elsewhere in Europe, in order to strengthen bilateral cross‑border cooperation and European integration.

* European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation NOV 09 2020 9H30 Jean-Yves Le Drian*, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Opening of the 1st France Border Forum  Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions

10H00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #1 Overcoming borders, a major challenge for the future of Europe With the effective implementation of Brexit in ▶ Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for 2021, the external borders of the European Union Cohesion and Reforms will be changed. The internal borders, for their ▶ Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the part, suddenly came back into the news with the European Committee of the Regions COVID-19 pandemic. As a new discussion on the future of Europe is starting, how can address the ▶ Christian Dupessey, President of the MOT, question of both internal and external borders, Vice President of Annemasse Agglo, France and above all the need to overcome them? How ▶ Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the can we envisage the « post 2020 » and provide Parliament of the German-speaking Community, global and concerted responses to meet the Association of European Border Regions challenges of tomorrow’s Europe and strengthen ▶ Judit Varga, Minister of Justice, Hungary territorial and cross‑border cohesion?

Signature of the European Cross-border Citizen’s Alliance « BORDERS AT THE HEART OF TOMORROW’S EUROPE »

11H30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #2 What European tools to implement an effective cross-border policy? ECBM – European cross-border mechanism; ▶ Anne Sander, Member of the European cross‑border governance tools; Operational Parliament Programmes 21-27 and attention paid to cross- ▶ Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy and Spatial border territories; new financial tools – InvestEU... Planning, Luxembourg Cross-border territories, their specificities and their integration and cohesion needs are more ▶ Rudy Demotte, President of the -Kortrijk- than ever integrated in the tools proposed by the Tournai Eurometropolis, President of the main European actors (Commission, EIB, etc.). Parliament of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels What do these different tools cover? What does ▶ Marc Lemaître, Director General, DG REGIO, such an awareness of cross-border issues reveal? European Commission How can local actors take ownership of these ▶ Michael Frehse, Head of Directorate-General new tools? for Community, Federal Ministry for the Interior, Building and Community, Germany

* to be confirmed NOV 09 2020 13H00 2020 EGTC Award Ceremony

LUNCH BREAK

14H30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #3 10 years of the EGTC Platform and 30 years of INTERREG - outcome and visions for the future After 30 years of Interreg cooperation, particularly ▶ Isabelle Boudineau, President of the COTER cross-border cooperation, the crisis experienced commission (European Committee of the in 2020 has shown that it is necessary to continue and redouble efforts to support border Regions), Coordinator of the EGTC Platform territories. Impacted by the crisis, they have ▶ François Calvet, Senator for Pyrénées- also been a response to it, especially those structured in EGTCs – European Groupings of Orientales, President of the Cerdanya Hospital Territorial Cooperation. EGTC support committee What role did they play during this period? How ▶ Béla Keszegh, Mayor of Komárno (SK), Member can they contribute to inventing the Europe of Pons Danubii EGTC of tomorrow? What do they expect from the European authorities, and from the Member ▶ Sandra Sodini, Director of International States, to enable them to better act locally and on Relations, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, member of a daily basis, in the service of their citizens? the Senza Confini EGTC (IT/AT) ▶ Jorg Saalbach, Director of EGTC Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor

16H00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #4 The Treaty of Aachen, a driving force in Europe? In 2019, France and Germany signed the Treaty ▶ Clément Beaune, Minister of State for European of Aachen (TALC), which defines priorities and Affairs, France a method for cooperation on their common ▶ Vincenzo Amendola*, Minister for European border. Its implementation in 2020 coincided Affairs, Italy with the COVID-19 crisis. The crisis certainly ▶ Konrad Szymanski*, Minister for European revealed flaws – a lack of coordination or a Affairs, Poland European mandate – but also new cooperation and perspectives. Can this Treaty, and the ▶ Jean Rottner, President of the Grand Est Region, method it proposes, show the way for other France borders in Europe? How do territorial actors ▶ Heike Raab*, Secretary of State for Europe, perceive its impact on the cross-border relations Media and Digital of the German Land of that they establish, and the cross-border actions Rhineland-Palatinate. that they deploy? NOV 09 2020 17H30 CLOSING REMARKS OF THE FIRST DAY ▶ Clément Beaune, Minister of State for European Affairs, France

Key Points

are signing a “European Alliance for Signature of the Cross-Border Citizens“ and are calling European Cross- on elected representatives, local authorities, organisations and (trans) border Citizen’s border citizens to join them. Alliance This Alliance advocates, on behalf of “ BORDERS AT THE HEART OF cross-border territories throughout TOMORROW’S EUROPE “ Europe, that European and national decisions should in the future While the crisis initially provoked provide border authorities with more uncoordinated border measures, resources and powers to deepen it also revealed interdependencies cooperation across borders. and gave rise to multiple forms of cooperation and cross-border It is addressed to European and solidarity, which now need to be national authorities. organised and strengthened by European and national public policies that take full account of the specific nature of cross-border territories. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALLIANCE http://www.espaces-transfrontaliers. org/actualites/news/news/show/ This is why, at a time when Europe la-mot-larfe-et-le-cesci-scellent-une- is preparing to decide on its budget alliance-europeenne-pour-les-citoyens- and trajectories for the period 2021- transfrontaliers/ 27, the MOT, the AEBR and the CESCI https://docs.google.com/forms/d/ e/1FAIpQLSe2E3_LMhA7CsfiDTRu47e- BS30BQjM2AQomqvT1CA9jOrTXA (to join the Alliance)

2020 EGTC Territorial Cooperation to recognise and give visibility to the best practice Award Ceremony of EGTCs in Europe. The award is The European Committee of the intended to contribute towards Regions will be awarding the ensuring better knowledge of EGTCs European biennial award named by the national, regional and local “Building Europe across borders“ – authorities in the EU, by the EU Award for European Groupings of institutions and the public. NOV 10

Territories on the French borders

The COVID-19 crisis is a global health crisis, but it is also an economic crisis and a crisis of democracy. It has shak en up the French municipal elections; it challenges our public policies and puts newly elected local politicians in an unprecedented situation. This day will offer a sounding board to these politicians and their European counterparts, as well as to major private-sector decision-makers, and will provide an opportunity to discuss:

the major issues concerning cross-border the role of cross-border territories as pioneers territories, and specifically the challenges of of the “territorial differentiation“ highlighted mobility, energy transition and health, in the 3D bill “decentralisation, differentiation, deconcentration“,

the issues of inter-territoriality, by intersecting cross-border territorial engineering, with the the perspectives of different levels and types creation of ANCT – the National Agency for the of territories (metropolitan, peri-urban, sparsely Cohesion of territories at the beginning of 2020. populated, rural, mountain, coastal, etc.), NOV 10 2020 9h30 Jean Jouzel, Climatologist and Glaciologist, Opening remarks Member of the French Academy of Science of the 2nd day Yves Le Breton, Director of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT, France)

10h00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #5 Health, digital evolution, climate… time for cross-border transitions? The COVID-19 crisis challenges our public policies, ▶ Yves Le Breton*, Director of the National Agency it forces us to better anticipate the transitions we for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT, France) will be facing and to accelerate our responses ▶ Pia Imbs, President of the Eurometropole of to the many transitions and transformations, Strasbourg, France particularly in cross-border areas. ▶ Roland Theis, State Secretary to the Minister How is the demographic transition (ageing of the of Justice of Saarland, Commissioner in charge of population) being prepared for in border areas European Affairs with different profiles? Is the numerical and digital ▶ Carlos Moreno, Scientific Director of the Chair transformation being thought out and organised ETI, Panthéon – IAE Paris at the scale of cross-border territories? Can the ▶ Private sector representative latter become laboratories for ecological and climatic transition?

11h30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #6 Cross-border mobility and attractivity, back to the borders? In 2020, the free movement of people and ▶ Pierre Cuny, President of Pôle métropolitain goods in France and Europe has been put to the européen du Sillon Lorrain, Mayor of Thionville, test (population confinement; border closures), France penalising millions of cross-border citizens, but ▶ Frédérique Bonnard-Le Floc’h, Vice-Présidente also damaging the attractiveness of border areas. of Finistère, Vice-Présidente of Brest Métropole How have the main actors concerned faced the ▶ Anna-Karina Kolb*, Director of the Department situation and are they now trying to bounce back? of External and Federal Affairs, Canton of Geneva Are certain models (of development, mobility, cross-border governance) now being called into ▶ Thierry Mallet, Chairman and CEO of Transdev question? What kinds of coordination on either ▶ Private sector representative side of the border can be established to find common solutions? 13h00 Presentation of the publication « Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross- Border Cooperation and European Integration » By Birte Wassenberg, Professor of Contemporary History, , and Bernard Reitel, Professor of Political and Urban Geography, The Dictionary answers the following questions: What is the role of borders in European integration? How does cross-border cooperation work in practice? Who are the main actors, their motives, objectives and tools? This major publication contains 209 articles by 124 authors from different countries and academic fields, along with 66 original maps produced by the MOT. NOV 10 2020

LUNCH BREAK

14h00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #7 Cross-border areas, differentiated areas? The 3D law has three main objectives: better ▶ Vice-President of Régions de France deconcentration of state services; strengthening ▶ Representative of a French department decentralisation; and differentiating territories ▶ Jean-René Etchegaray, President of the to better take into account their specificity. In Communauté d’agglomération Pays Basque many respects, and particularly because of the relationships they establish with their neighbours, ▶ Daniel Gibbs, President of Saint Martin Regional “trans border“ territories are the first to be Authority concerned by this differentiation. What do border ▶ Fabienne Leloup, Professor at the Catholic communities expect from this 3D law? How can University of Louvain the pioneering experience of the future European Community of Alsace, and its cross-border competence, be inspiring?

15h30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #8 Metropolis, mountain, rural areas: What kind of cross‑border cohesion? Cross-border territories are multifaceted ▶ Jacqueline Gourault, Minister of Territorial territories: sometimes metropolitan, sometimes Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, rural, sometimes mountainous, sometimes coastal France – they have distinct profiles depending on the ▶ Christian Estrosi, President of Nice Côte d’Azur side of the border on which they are located. Metropolis So how can we respond to the need for cross- ▶ Annie Genevard, Vice-president of the National border solidarity and cohesion in these territories? Assembly, Deputy of Doubs How does ANCT – set up in January 2020 – and in particular its national programmes meet this ▶ Representative of the Banque des Territoires, need? How do local engineering tools understand France these cross-border needs, and do they try to ▶ Patrice Vergriete, Delegated President of meet them by strengthening their knowledge and the FNAU (French National federation of urban skills? planning agencies), Mayor of Dunkerque, France

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▶ Christian Dupessey, President of the Mission CONCLUSION Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, 1st Vice President OF THE FORUM of Annemasse Agglo, France ▶ Jacqueline Gourault, Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, France PRACTICAL INFORMATION Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris

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