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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).…
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Step 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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Interview with ITEM researchers: Free movement for workers halts at the Flemish-Dutch border
Working across the Flemish-Dutch border remains difficult due to legal hurdles and sectoral mismatches, leaving the economic potential of cross-border…
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LOOKING BACK: ITEM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
Without border regions no Europe, without Interreg no European cohesion ITEM presented the usefulness of instruments, territorial and cross-border impact…
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ITEM Cross-border Impact Assessment 2024 published
The Cross-border Impact Assessment 2024, compiled by the interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross…
Cross-border assessment dossiers
ITEM’s 10-year anniversary; presentation Collectors’ ITEM at Preuvenemint meeting 2024
The anniversary was celebrated during the Preuvenemint Meeting 2024, which took place in the stately Feestzaal of the UM Faculty…
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PRESS RELEASE: Cooperation in a new Europe: the future prospects for border regions
Sept. 11, 2024, Brussels | "More than ever, more than last year, there is work to be done." With this,…
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Launch event Coordination Point Border Obstacles Flanders-Netherlands
Wednesday 4 September was marked by the official launch event of the Coordination Point Border Obstacles Flanders-Netherlands, which supports governments…
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Guestcolumn Auke van der Goot
European elections and border regions It seems light years ago that our border regions were at the centre of attention.…
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