<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Transfrontier co-operation: new arrangements for greater effectiveness</font>
Transfrontier co-operation: new arrangements for greater effectiveness
[30/10/2013]
In spite of its practical benefits for citizens and its crucial role in European construction, transfrontier co-operation is still hindered by numerous obstacles inherited from the past, including the sometimes inadequate co-ordination or excessive administrative differences between the bodies responsible for implementing practical projects on either side of a given border.
The report and the resolution debated and adopted on Wednesday 30 October 2013 by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe put forward innovative proposals for tackling these obstacles, which are often greater in the countries which have joined the European institutions recently than in older member states. The challenge is on a par with the significance of cross-border relations: 40% of Europeans live in regions bordering on another state, and 140 of Europe’s 362 regions are themselves border regions.
Coopération transfrontalière : de nouveaux cadres pour une efficacité accrue
[30/10/2013]
En dépit de son intérêt pratique pour les citoyens et de son rôle crucial pour la construction européenne, la coopération transfrontalière reste entravée par de nombreuses barrières héritées du passé, dont la coordination parfois insuffisante ou les trop grandes différences administratives entre les organismes chargés de mettre en place des projets concrets de part et d’autres d’une même frontière.
Le rapport et la résolution débattus et adoptés mercredi 30 octobre 2013 par le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Conseil de l’Europe proposent des pistes innovantes pour briser ces entraves, par ailleurs souvent plus lourdes dans les Etats ayant rejoint récemment les institutions européennes que dans les pays qui en font partie depuis longtemps. L’enjeu est à la mesure de l’ampleur du phénomène transfrontalier : 40% des Européens vivent dans des régions frontalières d’un autre Etat, et 140 des 362 régions européennes sont elles-mêmes des régions frontalières.
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In spite of its practical benefits for citizens and its crucial role in European construction, transfrontier co-operation is still hindered by numerous obstacles inherited from the past, including the sometimes inadequate co-ordination or excessive administrative differences between the bodies responsible for implementing practical projects on either side of a given border.
The report and the resolution debated and adopted on Wednesday 30 October 2013 by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe put forward innovative proposals for tackling these obstacles, which are often greater in the countries which have joined the European institutions recently than in older member states. The challenge is on a par with the significance of cross-border relations: 40% of Europeans live in regions bordering on another state, and 140 of Europe’s 362 regions are themselves border regions.