Information

  • Organisers: CESCI, French Institute, Initiatives France-Europe Centrale et Orientale, MOT
  • Territory: Europe
  • Venue: Budapest
  • Date: 30 September 2014
  • Language of the conference: English, French, Hungarian

The seminar is supported by the French Institute of Budapest and the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary.

Second seminar on cross-border territorial observation

Following the Nancy initiative taken by the French Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, CESCI organised the second European seminar on cross-border territorial monitoring in Budapest.

Cross-border developments and projects are often hindered by the lack of information. There is a growing need for the harmonization of the available data and for the elaboration of unified methodologies. Experts from all over Europe took part in the seminar. They were examining the problem from various perspectives, presented potential solutions and they promoted a unified European approach.

The event organized jointly with the Association of French-Hungarian Initiatives started with the greeting address by Levente Magyar, State Secretary, and Hervé Ferrage, Director of the French Institute in Budapest, the latter also in his capacity as representative of the host institution. Interact and the European Committee were also represented at the event. On behalf of CESCI the director of planning, Mr Mátyás Jaschitz presented the problems related to the lack of data from the perspective of cross-border integrated planning.

Programme

Greetings (10:00 – 10:30)

  • Mr Hervé Ferrage, Councillor of cooperation and culture, director of French Institute of Budapest
  • Mr Magyar Levente, Deputy state secretary for economic diplomacy, Ministry of Forign Affairs and Trade
  • Mr Olivier Denert, Secretary General, Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (France)
  • Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez, Secretary General, Association of Border Regions

The problem – or why territorial observation in Borderlands needed? (10:30–11:45)

In the first panel speakers will present the difficulties and problems the lack of proper (comparable) data and permanent territorial observation brings on. Our objective is to point out the necessity of cooperation on this field and identify the problems caused by the shortages in data collection and processing.

Problems will be presented from the point of view of

The solution  (13:00 – 14:15)

In the second panel the speakers present several best practice models of cross-border territorial observation and data processing. Our objective is to show the way that should be followed in Europe with a view to achieving the goals of the Nancy initiative.

The European Perspective  (14:45 – 16:00)

The closing panel aims at defining the role of the European institutions in developing the framework for successful territorial observation along the borders. The Nancy seminar started the process. The Budapest seminar enlarges this process to the territory of Central and Eastern Europe. Further steps are planned to be made by the Italian and Luxemburger presidencies.

  • Mr Olivier Denert, Secretary General, Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (France) – The Nancy initiative
  • Mr Jean-Claude Sinner, First Class Councellor of the Government (The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg) – The mission of the Luxemburger presidency
  • Ms Nathalie Verschelde, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Regio European Cross-Border Cooperation Unit – A Synthesis: the mission of the European Comission

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