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European cross-border
Symposium
02.03.2011
General characteristics and challenges for
a successful cross-border cooperation
European cross-border
Symposium
02.03.2011
Summary
Introduction
What are the different dimensions of the border ?
What happen when two “systems“ try to work together ?
Examples
How can we better cooperate ?
Conclusion
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02.03.2011
Introduction : why is cross-border
cooperation so important ?
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Border regions represent more than 30% of EU territory
30% of the EU‘s population live in cross-border areas
7 % of the EU‘s Population is mobile wihtin the EU –
80% of this phenomenon happens in the border areas
Challenge:
- make it easier for the citizens to live in those areas
- benefit from those laboratories of the european integration
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What are the different
dimensions of the border ?
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Political border
Economic border
Legal border
Administrative border
Langage border
Natural borders
Cultural borders
Historical borders
Social borders
Mental borders
…
Border as an interface
Cross border cooperation is a link
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What happen when two “systems“ try to work
together ?
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Reference system
Conception of the
world
Life history
Representation of
oneself,
representation of
one’s role
Membership of
groups
Needs
Socio-cultural
system
Bezugssystem
Weltanschauung
Lebensgeschichte
Selbstbild und
Wahrnehmung der
eigenen Rolle
Gruppenzugehörigkeit
Bedürfnisse
Soziokulturelles
System
Current situation
Codes, languages
Image of the
other person
Cultural adjustment – setting up of a new style of relations
National culture
Reference administrative system
Administrative culture
Individual
actor
Cross border
co-operation
National culture
Reference administrative system
Administrative culture
Individual
actor
Material
problemsCommon
interests
Border space
in country 1
Border space in
country 2
Interculturality in cross border co-operation
from the interpersonal to the inter-institutional dimension
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Implicit Explicit
PolychromaticMonochromatic
Interpersonal Result
Disagreement Consensus
Long Short
D
D
D
D
D
D
F
F
F
F
F
F
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
Circular LinearDF CH
Communication styles
Time
General direction of action
Discussion culture
Hierarchical distance
Conflict resolution
State structure United Diversity
Examples of the
Upperrhine
Region
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Communication
Do you have a
„concept“/“Konzept“?
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The exact counterpart
What happens when a
french and a german
mayor try to work
together?
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Time management and cultural aspects
The story of the first
meeting of a french
german project
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How can we better cooperate ?
Two important structures in the
Upperrhine Region
…
And an efficient governance system
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The Upper-Rhine Conference
Experts from the French,German and Swiss
administrations (State-Regional/Land/Canton level)
work together on specific subjects such as
transport, environment,health, education, culture…
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1 secretariat
600 experts
12 Groups
Analyse the situation
in the Upperrhine
Region
Find solutions to
common problems
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Euro-Institut: Facilitator of cross-border
cooperation since 1993
Bicultural and binational structure
Neutral plateform
Target group: Civil servants and actors of the cross-border
cooperation from France, Germany, Switzerland and other
European countries
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In order to facilitate
cross-border
cooperation,
we offer :
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Our publications
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Need-analysis for target groups and cross-border territories
Enabling organisations with different backgrounds to work together –intercultural management
Developing specific methods and instruments for training on cross-border issues – cross-border training engineering
Participating at relevant networks, creation of the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network
Capitalization and dissemination of know-how and best-practice solutions in Europe (Intercultural guide for the animation of cross-border meetings…)
Providing technical assistance to other cross-border territories in Europe
How do we work?
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A better governance system
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4 Eurodistricts
(local cooperation)
1 Trinational
Metroplitain Region
(regional networks)
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Trinational metropolitain Region Upper-Rhine
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Conclusion…
…for a sucessful cooperation
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For a cooperation without mental
frontier, it is necessary to:
Reconsider one‘s way of thinking
Find the right counterpart beyond the border
Learn to know and respect the other‘s structures, working methods
Understand the origins and characteristics of one‘s own system
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Anne Thevenet
Deputy director of the Euro-Institut
+49 7851 7407 28
Many thanks for your attention!
