The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of cross-border cooperation, especially in areas such as emergency response, health, labour market, transportation and institutional cooperation.

E-DEN – a Council of Europe online tool and a database on cross-border cooperation – has been updated to include specific COVID-related case studies from Council of Europe member States, based on input from members of the CDDG – the European Committee on Democracy and Governance. In addition, its interface has been improved with new functionalities which makes it easier for cross-border authorities to contribute their case studies.

E-DEN is a practical tool which enables officials working in the area of cross-border cooperation to learn from the best practices shared by their European colleagues.