POLICY-MAKING
drafts background analyses, position papers on the documents presenting emerging EU legal and policy decisions, and regularly takes part in relevant public consultations and events;
Cross-border cooperation is considered adversely by state bureaucracies. People living within the territory of the country ensure sufficient task to civil servants. In such a well arranged system, foreigners always mean additional burden for them. What is more, if a foreigner needs a treatment in a medical centre, it is always a matter of financing, too. If a foreigner tourist passes away during his/her visit, the transportation of the dead body causes serious logistical and administrative problems. At the same time, it is easy to understand that if someone has a heart attack within a border area, his/her life can be saved by being taken to the nearest hospital – which can accidentally be on the other side of the border.
By decreasing the role of the interstate borders and facilitating the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, the European Union encourages its citizens to frequently cross the borders. Thanks to the EU support ensured for educational exchanges, several millions of students had the opportunity to study in another EU member state. Due to the differences in available job opportunities and the level of wages, nearly 2 million people commute every day to work to another country. The diversity in prices generates spectacular shopping tourism across the borders, etc.
Intensive mobility of the EU citizens necessitates that national and EU legislations and their policy frameworks are able to react on this movement. At the same time, state bureaucracy – taking into account the above reasons – is not prepared for this type of challenges, they need consultancy. Furthermore, policy experts at European level miss local information which would better base the EU level decisions.
CESCI HAS DEVELOPED ITS SERVICE PORTFOLIO SO THAT IT REFLECTS BOTH CHALLENGES. ACCORDINGLY, OUR ASSOCIATION
OUR KEY REFERENCES IN THIS FIELD
BorderLabs CE
The BorderLabs CE project supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme aims to improve the level of integration of Central ...
CBC in Ukraine and V4: in the search for examples of best practice
The project aims to identify and promote institutional models and everyday practices that effectively support cross-border cooperation and can be ...
Contribution of the CESCI to the revision of the EGTC Regulation
The study related to the revision of the EGTC Regulation was carried out in the framework of a consultation launched ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the public consultation on cross-border obstacles – 1. Harmonisation of databases
CESCI participated in the professional working group of the Cross-border Review project launched by the Commissioner for Regional Policy. In ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the public consultation on cross-border obstacles: 2. Report on Legal Accessibility project
At the end of the Legal Accessibility 1 project, we prepared an English extract of the Hungarian final report, which ...
EU integration of Ukraine across borders – with the help of the V4
Within the framework of the project 'EU integration of Ukraine across borders - with the help of the V4', funded ...
European Cross-Border Platform
In order to further enhance cross-border cooperation and support the unique needs of border regions across Europe, the European Committee ...
OUR LATEST NEWS IN THIS FIELD
„Joint problems generate joint solutions”. International conference on the EGTC tool in Chişinau, Moldova
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova adopted the domestic EGTC law on 11 June this year. The legal act enables local, regional and national authorities located in Moldova to join European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs). The Swedish Association ...
Data access and cross-border connections – New publication by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)
A new publication by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), titled Living Spaces, Flows and Structures Across the EU Internal Borders, has been published. The report examines the functioning of cross-border regions along the EU's internal borders, everyday mobility, ...
CESCI’s participation in the World Planning Schools Congress
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 ...
Supporting the adoption of EGTC legislation in Serbia. Completion of the b-solutions project of the Banat Triplex Confinium EGTC
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 ...
After 20 Years: The Annual Meeting of the European Cross-Border Platform in Light of the EGTC Regulation
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 ...