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On the 26th June, The Centre for Cross Border Studies gave evidence during a formal session of the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Speaking on the current state of cross-border cooperation on the island of Ireland, Ruth Taillon, the Centre’s Director, stated: “We are very concerned that the political stability […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies has provided a written response to the Irish Government’s consultation on the Draft National Risk Assessment 2014. Within this response, CCBS stressed the need to place risk assessment and mitigation efforts on a firm all-island footing, including the design and implementation of relevant policies and strategies, as well as […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies has submitted its response to the report, Measuring Wellbeing in Northern Ireland: A new conversation for new times, produced by the Carnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing in Northern Ireland. Read the response (PDF): The Centre for Cross Border Studies Response to Wellbeing

At a meeting of the UK Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) presented the development and importance of the Cross-Border Management Toolkit, whose development and transfer has been funded by the EU’s LEONARDO DA VINCI Programme (this publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies is hosting a high-level delegation from the Republic of Tajikistan to the region. The visit, facilitated by the German state development agency GIZ, has the aim of introducing cross-border policymakers and project managers from Tajikistan to the Irish model of transfrontier cooperation. In the words of Ruth Taillon, Director […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies was represented by its Director, Ruth Taillon, and its Research and Policy Manager, Anthony Soares, at the fifth meeting of the PAT-TEIN partnership, which took place at the University of Ljubljana on the 15th and 16th of April. Nine partners from six different European border regions are involved in […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies was represented at a conference of the Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) in Paris on the 15th April 2014. The event, which brought together more than 150 people, focused on “The integrated economic development of cross-border territories”, and was the setting for the launch of a European project, led by […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies is seeking a Research Assistant. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 30 April 2014 at 2.00pm and interviews will be held in Armagh on Wednesday 28 May 2014. Downloads Job advertisement (word document) Job advertisement (pdf) Job description and specification (word document) Job description and specification (pdf) Job application form (word […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies has provided written evidence to the Inquiry into the Barroso Task Force initiated by the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Among some of its views, CCBS stressed how the Barroso Task Force had “provided privileged and timely access to a wide range […]

CCBS’s Research and Policy Manager, Anthony Soares, was invited by the International Consortium for the Study of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Reconciliation to give a paper on Irish foreign policy and Northern Ireland at an international colloquium that took place in the University of Nottingham from the 21st to 23rd of March. The paper, “What Shall […]

The Annual CCBS/ICLRD Conference was held at the Cavan Crystal Hotel on 30 – 31 January 2014. The theme of the Conference was Cross Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone Concept. The Border Development Zone (BDZ) project investigates ways of tackling the region’s unique double challenge of peripherality and the presence of an […]

7th February 2014 The 2014 Centre for Cross Border Studies  / International Centre for Local and Regional Development  Annual Joint Conference was held in the Cavan Crystal Hotel on the 30th and 31st of January, bringing together policy makers, academics, and practitioners to discuss the latest developments in cross-border cooperation. This year’s conference focused on […]