AEBR Annual Events 2024 in Innlandet (Norway) and Värmland (Sweden)

The VIII AEBR Cross-Border School (CBS), an activity led by Borders in Globalization_Lab, (BIG_Lab) and the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), will take place in Karlstad (Värmland, Sweden) on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, in collaboration with the Värmland Region and the Karlstads Universitet. Venue: Eva Ericsson lecture hall, Karlstad University campus.

Since 2017, the Association of European Border Regions and the Radboud University of Nijmegen (NL) have organized AEBR CB Schools before Annual Conferences. In recent years, cooperation with the University of Victoria (CA) and the BIG Lab has grown in the framework of the 21st Century Borders Project. The 8th CBS will open AEBR Annual Events 2024.

    

   

In the afternoon, we will move to Trysil (Innlandet, Norway) over the Swedish-Norwegian border to attend the AEBR General Assembly on Thursday, 24 October, followed by the Annual Conference until Friday, 25 October. A study visit to cross-border facilities and projects has been organised on Saturday, 26 October, before returning home.

Wednesday, 23 October

The VIII AEBR Cross Border School in Karlstad will focus on three broad topics related to ‘Building Cross Border Resilience’, which is the core topic of the AEBR Conference held in Trysil on 24-25 October 2024.

The Eva Ericsson lecture hall at the Karlstad University campus will host presentations, keynote speeches, and lectures on Cross border cooperation and/vs Security on Wednesday, 23 October, from 9.00 to 14.00:

• • Energy Security
  • Cooperation & Security
    • Governance of cross-border security: coordination, cooperation, collaboration
    • Cyber security and privacy in cross-border regions
    • Crossborder regions and technology security
  • Security without Cooperation
    • Fencing, Walling and cross-border security
    • Psychological defence and defence awareness in cross-border regions

In the afternoon, those participants attending the whole series of events will transfer across the SE-NO border to Skistar Lodge in Trysil and continue the programme.

Please note that you should make your own booking in Karlstad, but room reservations in Trysil should be made exclusively through the AEBR registration form. Payment is due upon arrival at the Skistar Lodge front desk. Please also note that they have a strong no-show policy, so do not forget to cancel your booking if you change your plans.

On Thursday, 24 October, the AEBR Annual Conference 2024 will follow the meetings of the AEBR Executive Committee and the General Assembly of members, which will take place in the morning. The Conference will end on the late afternoon of Friday, 25 October.

Thusday, 24 October

Venue	Time	Program
Trysil	8.00-12.00 9.00-10.00 10.00-12.30	Registration AEBR Executive Committee meeting AEBR General Assembly
	12.30-13.30	Buffet lunch
	13.30-17.30 13.30-14.00         14.00-15.30               15.30-16.00 16.00-17.30	«Building CB Resilience / Resilient Border Regions» Institutional Opening –        Trysil municipality, Mayor –        Region Värmland, Mayor –        Region Dalarna, Mayor –        Innlandet fylkeskommune, Mayor 1st Session. Security and Cooperation: Politics, Programmes –        KHL, Association of European Border Region –        Governor Knut Storberget, Innlandet County –        Governor Georg Andrén, County Administrative Board –        Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development –        Ministry of ….Sweden Coffee Break 2nd Session. Cooperation and/vs Security, Practices (case-studies) ·        Finnish-Russian border ·        Norwegian-Russian border ·        Romanian-Moldavian border ·        Romanian-Ukrainian border ·        Mediterranean border
	19.30-22.00	Buffet dinner at the hotel

 

Friday, 25 October

Venue	Time	Program
Trysil	8.00-12.00 9.00-12.00   9.00-10.30     10.30-12.00	Registration Annual Conference   3rd Session: «Nordic Border Committee 2.0» –        … –        … Workshops organised by AEBR TFs on Ukraine, CB Culture, Labour Market, etc.
	12.00-13.00	Lunch
	13.00-17.00 13.00-14.30     14.30-15.00 15.00-16.30       16.30-17.00	Annual conference 4th Session. The Future ETC –        … –        … Coffee break Final Session. Building resilience: CB Crisis and Emergencies Management, CB Energy Communities –        … –        … Presentation AEBR Annual Events 2025 and Closing
	20.00-22.00	Gala dinner at the hotel

 

Saturday, 26 October

Venue	Time	Program
Innlandet	9.00-14.00	Study visit
	9.00-10.00 10.00-13.00	Bus to Sälen Sälen – Scandinavian mountain airport
	13.00-14.00	Lunch
	14.00-17.00	Return to Oslo/OSL Airport

 

Transfers:

(all transports are supplied by the host, please register for them in the AEBR registration form if required):

Wednesday, 23/10, 15.00 h – Karlstad University to Trysil

Wednesday, 23/10, 16.30 h – Oslo Airport to Trysil

Friday, 25/10, 18.00 h (after the Conference) – Trysil to Oslo Airport

Saturday, 26/10, 6.00 h – Trysil to Oslo Airport

Saturday, 26/10, 8.00 h –  Trysil for Study Visit SITE Region, return to Oslo Airport by 16:00h at the latest

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