Date: 8 – 9 March 2018 Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk The 2018 Annual CCBS Conference, The Good Friday Agreement in All Its Parts: Safeguarding the totality of relationships, brought together more than 100 participants – some of whom were centrally involved in drafting and implementing the 1998 Agreement and the Devolution settlement for Northern Ireland – […]
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The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a Position Paper on European Union Cohesion Policy
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a Position Paper on European Union Cohesion Policy, which supported its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on EU funds in the area of Cohesion. In its Position Paper and response to the consultation, CCBS has called for the continued strengthening of Cohesion Policy post-2020 and […]
Read MoreTEIN: Platform for Dialogue
CCBS Director, Ruth Taillon travelled to Cieszyn, on the Czech-Polish border at the end of February for the final study visit of the TEIN: Platform for Dialogue project. This project, funded by the Micro-projects strand of the CZ-PL INTERREG IVA programme, also involves participants from the Poland/Czech Republic, France/Germany, Austria/Slovenia and France/Spain (Catalan) border regions; […]
Read MoreCCBS Submission to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry: Devolution and Democracy in Northern Ireland: dealing with the deficit
This document has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s inquiry on Devolution and Democracy in Northern Ireland: dealing with the deficit. Submission available to download here.
Read MoreCCBS Director Ruth Taillon gives evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union
CCBS Director Ruth Taillon was invited to give oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, which held a session on “Brexit: UK-Irish relations” at Stormont on 31 January. Gina McIntyre, CEO of the Special EU Programmes Body also gave evidence in this session. CCBS has previously submitted written evidence […]
Read MoreSubmission to the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee “Brexit: Reciprocal Healthcare” Inquiry
Following oral evidence given by CCBS Deputy Director, Anthony Soares, to the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee as part of its Brexit and Reciprocal Healthcare inquiry, CCBS was invited to submit supplementary written evidence, which it did on 31st January 2018. You can read it here.
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies publishes new briefing paper ‘Citizens’ Rights and the UK-Ireland Border’
You can now read the second of our Brexit and the Border Briefing Paper series. Download the full paper here. For the executive summary only click here.
Read MoreCCBS submission to the European Citizens Initiative Public Consultation
In August 2017 CCBS made a submission to the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) public consultation. The ECI was introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon (Article 11 TEU and Article 24 TFEU) and has been implemented by the (EU) Regulation No 211/2011 (ECI Regulation) applying since April 2012. The Aim of the ECI is to allow […]
Read MoreCCBS Deputy Director takes part in Brexit Workshop organised by Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
CCBS’s Deputy Director, Anthony Soares, gave a presentation at a Brexit Workshop organised by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council on the ongoing Brexit negotiations and what they may tell us about future UK-EU trading relations. Primarily aimed at businesses, the workshop was chaired by UTV’s former Economics Editor, Jamie Delargy, and featured contributions from Margaret […]
Read MoreBorders in Globalization Conference
CCBS Director, Ruth Taillon, CCBS Board Member and QUB Lecturer Dr Katy Hayward, and QUB Postgraduate Research Student Matthew O’Neill travelled to Ottawa, Canada for the Borders in Globalization 2nd International Conference on 6 – 8 December. The panel at which they presented – on the consequences of Brexit – could not have been more […]
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Journal Launch 2017 and the CCBS Winter Lecture
The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) launched the 2017 edition of its Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland on Monday 4th December in Riddle Hall in Belfast. Chair of the CCBS Board Dr Helen Johnston opened the event before guest speaker Professor Duncan Morrow, Director of Community Engagement at Ulster University, gave his lecture […]
Read MoreCCBS joins the Cohesion Alliance
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has joined the CohesionAlliance for a strong EU cohesion policy beyond 2020. Cohesion policy is the main European investment policy to achieve the EU Treaty objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion. In doing so cohesion policy has a clear added value in creating jobs, sustainable growth and modern […]
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