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BENELUX/ITEM Joint Report on Conference of 9 October on Recognition of Professional Qualifications in Border Regions
On 9 October 2025, over 80 experts, policymakers, and cross-border partners gathered at the Benelux House in Brussels for a…
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ITEM starts a new chapter with Martin Unfried as director
As of 15 October 2025, Martin Unfried will become the new Director of the Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross-Border…
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ITEM Brief: 40 years of Schengen in times of border controls
In cooperation with partners, ITEM is investigating the border controls. In the following, we describe how the Schengen exception has…
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Report published: How to Make Train Travel Across Borders More Consumer-Friendly (Benelux/ITEM Workshop)
Crossing the border by train? It sounds logical, but in practice it’s often still difficult. That’s why on 24 June…
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ITEM continues: Advancing cross-border cooperation and impact
Over the past ten years, the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) has firmly placed…
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Belgian honor for Prof. dr. Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn
On Thursday evening, July 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn received a Belgian medal from the outgoing Belgian ambassador to…
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Progress on ITEM Case: draft legislation on childcare allowance for PhD students in the works
Partly based on the news item from SOFI expertise. The ITEM expertise centre at Maastricht University, together with SOFI expertise…
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40 years of Schengen – presentation on the border regional perspective
On 12 and 13 June 2025, the meeting of the Benelux Parliament was held in Luxembourg. The plenary session was…
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EU adopts the BRIDGEforEU Regulation: A new governance mechanism to tackle border obstacles
On 19 May 2025, the European Union officially published the BRIDGEforEU Regulation 2025/925 (Border Regions’ Instrument for Development and Growth).…
NewsStep by step: towards a better regulatory framework for the teleworking cross-border worker
There is a Recommendation from the Benelux Parliament, a Protocol with Belgium and a Treaty amendment on the way with…
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