Following the b-solutions‘ third call for proposals’ closing, AEBR and the EU Commission’s DG REGIO have performed the quality assessment of the 27 applications received. Among them, they have selected 23 advice cases addressing legal and administrative obstacles that hamper the cross-border cooperation along the EU and EFTA internal land borders.
The 23 selected cases will receive the support of legal experts with knowledge of cross-border instances whom will structure the definition of the obstacles identified in a clear and systematic way and will elaborate possible solutions together with roadmaps to implement them.
All the selected cases will be advised within the implementation period envisaged by the third call for proposals of b-solutions, namely by the end of January 2021.
To continue raising awareness and mutual learning among the cross-border stakeholders, the regional, national and European institutions, in conclusion of the analyses collected within the present and the next call for proposals, a second compendium of the reports elaborated by the experts will be produced by AEBR in cooperation with the European Commission.
Below, is the full list of successful cases – short descriptions of all of them will be soon available on the b-solutions’ website and on the EU Commission’ s platform “Boosting EU border regions“.
Under the thematic area “Employment”:
Cross-border staffing difficulties – ambiguous application of social and health insurance regulations
EGTC Ister-Granum
KOMPAR – Promoting employability in the health & social sector
EGTC Euroregion Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarra
Making cross-border internship worthy
EGTC Linieland van Waas en Hulst (in cooperation with Euregion Scheldemond)
The problem of the children’s sickness certificate for frontier workers working in Germany and residing in the Netherlands
euregio rhein-maas-nord
Coorcurity: Facilitating the coordination of social security systems for cross-border workers and pensioners
EGTC Arrabona Ltd.
Under the thematic area “Evidence and Data”
Facilitating health data accessibility to initiate cross-border public policies
Conseil départemental du Haut-Rhin
ZASNET-Meseta Ibérica Transboundary Tourist Observatory
EGTC ZASNET
Under the thematic area “Health”
Transparent solutions in the border region for efficient treatment and reimbursement of medical expenses for Dutch and German patients
Eems Dollard Region (EDR)
Cross Border Transport of Medical Goods per Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (a.k.a. “drone”)
City of Aachen
Introducing cross-border healthcare into regular operation
Lower Austrian Health Agency / EU Affairs & Healthacross
Cross-border emergencies team
EGTC Eurocity Chaves-Verín
Under the thematic area “Information Services”
Perceived border obstacles linked to wood contruction – Sweden and Norway
The Svinesund Committee
Under the thematic area “Institutional Cooperation”
Removal or simplification of the procedure to obtain the Car Circulation Guide for Cross-Border Workers
EGTC Galicia-Norte de Portugal
Elimination of barriers and 360º evaluation of the mobility of students from vulnerable groups in the higher education ecosystem of the GNP Euroregion
Centro de Estudos Eurorrexinais Galicia-Norte de Portugal
Improvement of conditions for cross-border aerial forest fire control
Directorate General for External Action – Junta de Extremadura
Minho River Nature 2000. Boosting Cross-Border Multi-level Governance
EGTC-Rio Minho
Problem analysis and possible solutions concerning access to enclaves
Gemeente Baarle-Nassau
Cross border obstacles on cross border transport and use of manure
Provincie West-Vlaanderen (on behalf of the Euregion Scheldemond)
Tour guide practice and their activity on both sides of the Hungarian and Croatian border
EGTC Mura Region
Analysis of legislative borders in employment, especially in agricultural field
EGTC Gate to Europe
Under the thematic area “Multingualism”
Financing cross-border pupils’ education
Communauté de Communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Under the thematic area “Transport”
Rolling stock approval to foster rail transport between France and Spain
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region
Cross-border authorizations of tramway personnel
Province of Limburg
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