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P. 2 Events Health systems and cross- border cooperation Cross-border cooperation, “lever of peace and development” in Africa P. 3 CECICN news Europe news P. 4 Press review Publication The Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai publishes its 2014-2020 strategy The overall objective of the Eurometropolis strategy cooperation2, of their intention to build Europe in is to “proceed from the collective project to the field. Organised along three axes (socio- practical implementations”: “going beyond the economic; mobility-accessibility; blue and green pooled knowledge of the institutional participants Eurometropolis), it provides a reference framework and civil society and various achievements, the for the partners and actors in the territory, leading mobilisation of collective intelligence remains to coherent and integrated comprehensive cross- essential, both for designing the processes and border action. Cross-border information for the realising joint projects in the field and for planning citizens will be developed. The EGTC will implement the future”1. The members of the Eurometropolis the projects using the competencies and the EGTC are focusing their collective action on the resources of its members and partners as well as challenges for which their cooperation generates European co-funding. added value for both the residents of the More info Eurometropolis and the local actors: their 2014-2020 1 Stef Vande Meulebroucke, director of the Eurometropolis Agency. 2 strategy is the result of a maturing process of their Refer to “5 years of Eurometropolis”. Maubeuge - Charleroi cross-border meetings On 16 January 2014 cross-border meetings took initiative intended to be open to other conference, the MOT presented the objectives and place in Maubeuge, organised by the Charleroi- neighbouring territories. advantages of EGTCs. Sud Hainaut region and the Communauté The aim for the partners was to affirm their d’Agglomération Maubeuge-Val de Sambre intention to develop new joint initiatives, for (CAMVS) to reinforce their collaboration initiated example in the context of the 2014-2020 Interreg in 2011. programming. Projects should emerge in various The meetings were chaired by Rémi Pauvros, areas, including tourism, culture, connections president of the CAMVS, Paul Magnette, mayor of between territories and mobility, economic Charleroi, and Michel Martin, chairman of the promotion and employment. Charleroi-Sud Hainaut region strategic Lastly, the cooperation agreement between the development committee. Charleroi-Sud Hainaut region and the CAMVS was On this occasion, the two parties announced their renewed. intention to form a European Grouping of The Communauté d’Agglomération Maubeuge-Val Territorial Cooperation, first step towards an de Sambre joined the MOT in 2011. At the EVENTS Health systems and cross-border cooperation The French-Belgian health monitoring unit (EEIG OFBS) and the Wallonia-Lorraine-Luxembourg JANUARY-FEBRUARY cross-border health monitoring unit (EEIG LUXLORSAN) organised a conference on health Conference “Cross-Border Economic systems and cross-border cooperation, which Development and the Border Development Zone (BDZ) Concept”, 30- 31 January 2014 took place on 18 December 2013 at the in Cavan (Irleand), organised by the Centre Committee of the Regions offices. for Cross-Border Studies (CCBS) and the International Centre for Local and Regional The morning was devoted to No. 883/2004 of 29 April Robert de Fays (VIVALIA) Development (ICLRD). the impact of the crisis on 2004 on the coordination of described medical “International Symposium on Socio- health systems and on cross- social security systems and cooperation between Arlon Ecological Transformation Processes in a border cooperation in this Directive 2011/24/EU of 9 and Mont Saint Martin and European Cross-Border Region”, 13-14 area. After an overall analysis March 2011 on the the ZOAST ARLWY. Manon February 2014 in Mondorf-les-Bains of the situation in the application of patients’ rights Marell (Cerdagne hospital (Luxembourg). European Union (Willy Palm, in cross-border healthcare, EGTC) presented the Conference “Cities of Tomorrow: WHO – European Observatory which had to be transposed establishment of the first Investing in Europe”, 17-18 February 2014 on Health Systems and by the Member States before European cross-border in Brussels. Policies), the examples of 25 October 2013. These texts hospital on the French- Call to the network: please contact us if Belgium (Jo De Cock, INAMI), guarantee the mobility of Catalan border. Philip Cordery you wish to take part in order to France (Dominique Polton, European patients and define (French MP) discussed socio- represent the cross-border cause there. CNAMTS), Luxembourg the rules for healthcare medical cooperation through Annual meeting of the ETGC Platform of (Claude Schummer, AMMD) reimbursement. In practical the French-Walloon cross- the Committee of the Regions, on 18 and Germany (Marc terms, a patient can receive border outline agreement on February in Brussels, on “The EGTCs and the Schreiner, German hospitals healthcare in another the management of Europe 2020 strategy”. association) were presented Member State and is treated handicapped persons. in detail. The responses to the under the same conditions as Other contributors included crisis have differed between the patients of that State. Nathalie Chaze (DG SANCO), MOT events in the the countries, with different The French Ambassador to Phillipe Lorenzo (ORS levels of reduction of the Belgium, Bernard Valero, Picardie), Claude d’Harcourt first half of 2014 budgets allocated to health. introduced the second part of (ARS Lorraine), Christophe Some countries have made the conference. Lafond (MGEN) and Agnès The MOT is organising a seminar on 15 April minor changes, while others The afternoon Monfret (DG REGIO). The 2014 in Paris on cross-border economic have introduced structural communications focused on proceedings were concluded development. More information to follow reforms according to a real the assessment of cross- by Frederic Flamand (Walloon very soon. strategic vision. border cooperation on health. regional health minister). The MOT’s next Annual General Meeting and Koen Lenaerts, vice-president Grégoire Lefebvre (Mouscron More info on the conference conference-debate, on the topic “Cross- of the Court of Justice of the hospital) discussed inter- border networks: mutualising services European Union, explained hospital cooperation in the Cross-border health topical and experimenting with Europe on each the areas of application of the north-east of the Lille data sheet border”, will take place on 18 -19 June 2014 two fdfundamen tltal European conurbtibation and the ZOAST in Paris. texts governing cross-border (organised cross-border care All the events. healthcare: Regulation (EC) access area) MRTW-URSA. Cross-border cooperation, “lever of peace and development” in Africa communities on either side of To deal with growing security issues “The aim is to take a fresh look at all physical borders” was the objective of and combat the development of the the possibilities offered by cross- the conference on cross-border illegal economy, smuggling and border cooperation to contribute to cooperation which took place on 17 terrorism, the States must reinstitute the construction of societies with to 19 December 2013 in Dakar, the border areas and, to this end, rely much higher levels of solidarity, Senegal, under the aegis of the on support from the local authorities. territories that dialogue, but above all UEMOA1, attended by Aminata Touré, Practical initiatives to provide to the consolidation of peace and prime minister of Senegal, ministers services to the border populations security in our different territories.” from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and to produce joint infrastructures 1 West African Economic and Monetary Union and Guinea-Bissau, representatives of have been presented, but they remain 2 “Build bridges between the States Scientific organiser of the conference. Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, the African Union isolated. through the construction of and the ECOWAS, and many local More info development programmes that are As Abdoulaye Sene, president of the elected representatives and experts. going to join together the Global Local Forum2, stressed: 2 – CROSS-BORDER NEWS EUROPE CECICN NEWS NEWS Two contributions A framework for by the CECICN for the partnership DG REGIO and DG for the structural MARKT In the context of the 2014-2020 period. At the same time, the development and innovation, funds programming period, the CECICN submitted to DG REGIO energy and sustainable CECICN1, of w hich the MOT is a its position on the role of cities dev elopment, transport and member, in December 2013 and the urban dimension in quality of life of the citizens. officially submitted two macro-regional strategies. It European territorial cooperation contributions to the European highlights the importance for contributes to the On 7 January, the European Union’s DG REGIO and DG MARKT cities to participate in the implementation of the single Commission adopted a code of in order to prepare an upcoming macro-regional process, looking market and identifies the needs conduct providing a framework meeting at European level. for more open, effective and of the territories, in particular for partnership in the The first contribution, addressed ambitious cooperation. cross-border territories. management of the European regional policy with regional to DG REGIO, is on