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Cross-border Impact Assessment 2020

This year’s impact assessment survey was conducted between February 2023 and March 2023 and distributed to ITEM stakeholders and other interested parties. ITEM received numerous written responses to this survey from various partners. In addition, topics may also be highlighted in the context of ITEM’s daily activities under the ITEM annual cycle. Another way to identify topics is to have ITEM conduct a quick scan of policy initiatives or programs. After screening the submitted dossiers and topics, the final selection of dossiers was made based on the advice of the Cross-Border Impact Assessment Working Group.

The current research dossiers are the result of a successful collaboration between ITEM, its researchers and its partners.

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The impact of the Corona crisis on cross-border regions

The (continued) impact of the COVID-19 pandemic can hardly be overstated. As the virus spread (during the first wave), entire regions and countries were quarantined, and borders were closed overnight. This dossier focuses on what impact early crisis management has had on (cross-)border regions. To gain insights into how that impact was felt in different regions across Europe, the research has been conducted in close collaboration with several TEIN- partners.

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Implementation and possible effects of the Dutch Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment (NOVI) from a Euregional perspective

The Dutch Environment and Planning Act is an integral law bringing together and modernising 26 existing regulations and laws concerning the physical environment (leefomgeving). The environmental strategy (omgevingsvisie) is an important tool that gives expression to this law.

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Ex-ante evaluation of the (potential) cross-border impact of the structural reinforcement programme to end coal-based power generation in Germany

On July 3rd, 2020 the German Bundestag adopted the Act on the Structural Reinforcement of Coal Regions (Strukturstärkungsgesetz Kohleregionen) formalizing the beginning of the end of German coal-based power- generation.[1] Accordingly, significant subsidies have been made available for the structural socio-economic transformation of four regions in Germany that are economically and socially dependent and environmentally affected by brown coal, its extraction and usage.

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The (im)possibility of cross-border training budgets to tackle long-term unemployment

This dossier assesses the impact of European and Dutch legislation and policy with regard to the use of training for cross-border job placement in the Dutch-German border region. It focuses on the role of SGAs (service desks for cross-border job placement, Servicepunt Grensoverschrijdende Arbeidsbemiddeling), which are located in the Dutch- German border region (in South Limburg).

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The cross-border effects of the proposed German “basic pension”

International, European, and Dutch lawmakers are currently addressing the theme of a decent provision for old age. This is also the case in Germany, where various measures have been taken in recent years to strengthen old- age provision. The most recent measure that can be mentioned in this context is the legislative proposal adopted by the German parliament in July 2020 that will make the Grundrente possible with effect from 1 January 2021.

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