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Activities – SWG activities

Since the start of the RFO “Change on Borders” several sub-projects have been approved and took up their work.

Sub-project "Risk & Innovation"
Objective: Cross-border cooperation on various risks related to globalisation and innovation processes with the aim to commonly prevent, manage and solve cross-border risks covering industrial, environmental, health or human related issues.
Lead Participant: Chamber of Commerce of Seville (ES)
Main Partner regions involved: Region of Andalucía (ES), Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT), East-Macedonia Thrace (GR)
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Sub-project "eHealth" – E-Health and Telemedicine in cross-border hospital cooperation and health care
Objective: Improving cross-border health care and hospital co-operation by means of e-Health technologies and telematics with the aim of facilitating the mobility of patients across borders
Lead Participant: Province of Limburg (NL)
Main Partner regions involved: Province of Limburg (NL), North-Rhine Westphalia (DE), Regio Basiliensis (CH), Upper Austria (AT)
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"Working in Networks (WIN)" - Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Cross Border Life Science Regions
Objective: Connection of cross border operating life science regions to establish a trans-national experience and know-how exchange platform in order to exploit synergetic effects and best practice solutions between the participating regions
Lead Participant: Upper Austrian Research GmbH (AT)
Main Partner regions involved: Bavaria (DE), Regio Basiliensis (CH), North Rhine-Westphalia (DE), Province of Limburg (NL)
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"MEB" - Multicultural Education on Borders
Objective: Promotion of multiculturalism and creation of a background to increase children’s and youth’s abilities to participate in cooperation activities
Lead Participant: Regional Council of North Karelia (FI)
Main Partner regions involved: East-Macedonia Thrace (GR), Province of Bozen / Bolzano (IT), North Karelia / East Finland
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“Labour Market" - Labour market move possibilities across borders in Europe
Objective: Increasing the dissemination of information among inhabitants of border regions on possibilities of using the labour market across borders and on stimulating the cross-border cooperation
Lead Participant: Nemunas Euroregion Marijampole Bureau, PA (LT)
Main Partner regions involved: Nemunas Euroregion (LT), Regio Basiliensis (CH), Andalucía (ES)
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“Knowledge Roadmap" - Cross-border co-operation for knowledge based development: Towards a Roadmap
Objective: Strengthen the non-metropolitan border-cities with high knowledge potentials through a promotion of cross-border co-operation for knowledge-based development in the way of a practical "Roadmap"
Lead Participant: City of Aachen (DE)
Main Partner regions involved: Gelderland (NL), North Rhine-Westphalia (DE), Andalucía (ES)
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“Rhine Bicycle Path" - Communication and Marketing concept for the Rhine from the Spring to the Estuary
Objective: Building a joint communication and marketing concept with common standards linking existing cross-border bicycle paths together
Lead Participant: Euregio Rhein-Waal (DE)
Main Partner regions involved: Gelderland (NL), North Rhine-Westphalia (DE), Alsace (FR), Basiliensis (CH), Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate (DE); Utrecht (NL), South-Holland (NL) [associated partners]
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“Trans-EA" - Efficiency assessment of cross-border transport infrastructure
Objective: Enhance the use of spatial data as a source for spatial decision-making in cross-border settings
Lead Participant: Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour, Saxony (DE)
Main Partner regions involved: Saxony (DE), Lubelskie (PL), North Karelia / East Finland
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“MENT" - The Memory Environment and Tradition trails on Borders
Objective: Stimulate cross-border development opportunities and concepts in the field of tourism, based upon three pillars: memorials of the past, unique nature and traditions.
Lead Participant: POLIS-Network of Municipalities Greece-Turkey-Bulgaria, East Macedonia-Thrace (GR)
Main Partner regions involved: Lubelskie (PL), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (IT), South Aegean Region (GR), Gelderland (NL), North Rhine-Westphalia (DE)
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“Y4I”- Youth for Innovation
Objective: Development of training & education tools to foster an intensive and sustainable cross-border co-operation in order to further encourage regional innovation capacities
Lead Participant: City of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (DE)
Main Partner regions involved: Lower Saxony (DE), South Agean Region (GR), Lubelskie (PL), Andalucia (ES), North Karelia / East Finland
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“B2S2B" - New concepts and processes for the whole innovation value chain in a cross-border environment
Objective: Develop synergies among business and science, by studying different cross-border models in the partner regions
Lead Participant: Confederazione Nazionale dell’Artigianato e della Piccola e Media Impresa, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (IT)
Main Partner regions involved: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (IT), Navarra (ES), Slovenia (SI), Hajdú-Bihar (HU), Overijssel (NL), Andalucia (ES), Alsace (FR)
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“River Cross” - Many Rivers to cross
Objective: Exchange experience in the management of border crossing river basins
Lead Participant: University of Nijmegen, Province of Gelderland (NL)
Main Partner regions involved: Gelderland (NL), Overijssel (NL), North-Rhine-Westphalia (DE), Lubelskie (PL), East Macedonia-Thrace (GR)
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“CrossSIS” - Cross-border Spatial Information Systems with High Added Value
Objective: Enhance the use of spatial data, as a source for spatial decision-making in cross-border settings
Lead Participant: Government of Navarra (ES)
Main Partner regions involved: Navarra (ES), Lower Austria (AT), North-Rhine-Westphalia (DE), Gelderland (NL), Overijssel (NL)
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“SEP” - Strengthening economic potentials at border regions by the means of cross-border business parks
Objective: Develop new cross-border cooperation procedures and establish framework conditions for the development of a cross-border business park
Lead Participant: Technology Centre in Zittau, Saxony (DE)
Main Partner regions involved: Saxony (DE), Euroregion Nisa (CZ), Lower-Saxony (DE)
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“REGBOUR” - Euregio and New Neighbourhood
Objective: Gathering information on experience in cross-border cooperation–programmes (CBC) on external borders of the EU
Lead Participant: Regional Council of North Karelia (FI)
Main Partner regions involved: North Karelia / East Finland (FI), Lubelskie (PL), East Macedonia-Thrace (GR), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (IT), Värmland (SE)
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“LABS” - Language Bridges
Objective: Exchange of experience between border regions with two or more linguistic communities and focus on the special linguistic features, where languages meet, bi-/multi-lingual areas are present and language policies and education are of crucial importance
Lead Participant: EURAC, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (IT)
Main Partner regions involved: Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano (IT), Regional Council of Alsace (FR), Lubelskie (PL), Regio Basiliensis (CH), Region of Navarra (ES), East Macedonia-Thrace (GR)
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