In July 2026, the 6th World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC 2026) was held in Finland, jointly hosted by Helsinki, Espoo, and Tampere. The event was an exceptionally large-scale professional gathering, both in terms of the number of participants (more than ...

This newsletter summarizes the latest news and events of the BorderLabs CE project, presenting the results of cross-border cooperation in Central Europe, pilot experiences, and upcoming programs ...

On the 30th of June, the fifth and final workshop of the b-solutions project titled “Serbian members in an EGTC” was held in Novi Sad, Serbia. Within the framework of the project, commissioned by the Banat Triplex Confinium EGTC, the ...

The annual ESPON Seminar was held in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 17–18 June 2026 under the title Mind the Gap: Addressing Cognitive Distance to Territorial Cohesion ...

CESCI has traditionally placed a strong emphasis on the training and mentoring of future professionals. In this spirit, we participated in the Professional Day organised by the István Pálfi Regional Development Foundation on 23 June 2026, which once again provided ...

The European Cross-Border Platform (ECBP) held its annual meeting on 10 and 11 June 2026 in Brussels, in the premises of the Committee of the Regions (CoR). The meeting was co-organised by the CoR and the Central European Service for ...

The partners of the BorderLabs CE project held the closing conference in Brussels on 10 June 2026, as a side event of the European Cross-Border Platform’s annual meeting. The conference attracted a broad audience of nearly 100 participants representing EU ...

CESCI also participated in the annual conference of the European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO), held between 21 and 24 May 2026 at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the Netherlands ...

The Ruralscapes project, supported by the INTERREG Danube Region Program, aims to develop the Ipoly River region, protect landscape values, and establish a unified approach to landscape use. Thanks to this professional work, opportunities arise to develop local and regional ...

CESCI held its annual General Assembly in Gyula on 27-28 May 2026. The two-day programme served the association’s formal decision-making, professional reflection and the strengthening of the CESCI community at the same time ...

On 12-13 May 2026, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project took part in a study visit to the Danish-Swedish border region, organised by CESCI. The two-day programme in Copenhagen and Malmö explored how one of Europe’s best-known cross-border metropolitan ...

The European Commission has been organising the online knowledge exchange events called ‘Beyond Borders Breakfast Debate’ since the beginning of 2021 ...

Between 15 and 16 April 2026, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project took a study trip to “the heart of Europe”, the trinational Meuse-Rhine Euroregion ...

The running team of CESCI took part in the 8th Košice–Miskolc Ultramarathon, held on April 18, 2026 ...

The Research Institute for National Strategy hosted the opening conference of the “Bridge2EastCE – Bridge to the East” project in Budapest, implemented with the support of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme. CESCI was also represented at the event ...

Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the first EGTC workshop of 2026 took place on 30 March 2026 in Budapest ...

In CESCI’s planning activities for 2026, a prominent role will be played by the preparation of territorial analyses for three of the cross-border cooperation programmes for the 2028–2034 period. In connection with these tasks, the inception reports were presented at ...

On 4 March 2026, within the framework of the BorderLabsCE project implemented under the Interreg Central Europe programme, the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences organised an international conference titled “Cross-border cooperation in the era of challenges and transformation ...

Based on the results of the 2022 evaluation of the Cross-border Health Directive, the European Commission decided to organise a series of national workshops throughout Europe to increase visibility of the directive and the patients’ rights to cross-border care it ...

On 18 and 19 March 2026, researchers and students from all over the world encountered in the Château Pourtalès and in the premises of the Faculty of Law of the University of Strasbourg to exchange about the European values and ...

On 17-18 March 2026, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project visited the trinational region of Basel, one of Europe’s most advanced laboratories of cross-border cooperation. The participants met practitioners from Germany, France and Switzerland, and explored how cross-border governance ...

On 2 and 3 March, the partners of the BorderLabs CE project met in Wrocław, Poland, to discuss the prospective final steps of the project and to exchange knowledge on the management of cross-border legal obstacles. The guests were hosted ...

As a contracted expert, CESCI had the opportunity to participate in the CROSUSMOB project, implemented within the framework of the Interreg Europe Programme. The primary objective of the project is to promote regional cross-border sustainable mobility by removing existing legal, ...

A noteworthy milestone in the life of CESCI is that our first significant partnership participation in a project implemented within the framework of an ESPON programme has been successfully completed. The aim of the CROSSGOV project is to develop a ...

On March 5, 2026, a memorial conference was held in Budapest focusing on one of the most important legacies of István Pálfi’s work: the role and operation of EGTCs (European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation). The event was organized through the ...

On 5–6 February 2026, the French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) hosted the 5th annual meeting of the European Network for Cross-Border Monitoring in Paris. Organised by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development ...

On February 5-6, 2026, the University of Uzhhorod hosted the closing event of a project examining the best practices and institutional conditions for cross-border cooperation (CBC) between the Visegrad Four and Ukraine. The two-day event was both a professional forum ...

This newsletter summarizes the latest news and events of the BorderLabs CE project, presenting the results of cross-border cooperation in Central Europe, pilot experiences, and upcoming programs ...

From 28 to 31 January 2026, the B-SHAPES Winter School “Inclusive Policy-Making in European Borderlands – Culture, Landscape and Minorities” brought together a small group of early-career and practitioner participants at Halmstad University in Sweden. The Winter School was designed ...

 On 2 February, Ister Granum EGTC held its 3rd Regional Stakeholder Group (RSG) meeting in Štúrovo, bringing together key actors involved in supporting the cross-border sale of local products ...