The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a Briefing Paper setting out its assessment of the UK Government’s latest proposals to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and the extent to which they are compatible with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and avoid the creation of new borders within or between these islands as the […]
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New Common Charter goes to Edinburgh
On the 24th of September representatives from the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Government and Scottish third sector organisations (including the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) gathered in Edinburgh to hear about the New Common Charter for Cooperation Within and Between these Islands. A lengthy and productive discussion on how to further the New Common Charter, and […]
Read MoreCCBS 20th Anniversary Conference
The Good Friday / Belfast Agreement; reflecting on a 20 year journey of cross-border cooperation and plotting the path to a successful future 20th September 2019, Crowne Plaza Dundalk The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) marked its 20th Anniversary with a special celebratory conference in Dundalk on Friday 20th September. This special conference explored if […]
Read MoreSubmission to the Working Group on Parliamentary Privilege and Citizens’ Rights
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the Houses of the Oireachtas’ Working Group on Parliamentary Privilege and Citizens’ Rights, as it reviews the Houses’ procedures in the light of recent judgements by the Supreme Court. Download the Submission now!!
Read MoreSubmission to the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee’s inquiry on discontinuing seasonal changes of time, and what such a proposal may entail in the context of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Download the Submission here!!
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Annual Brussels Policy Seminar – “Assessing Impact across Borders”
“Assessing Impact across Borders” 9am to 11am, 10th October 2019 Brussels Campus, Maastricht University Tervurenlaan 153, Brussels The 2019 edition of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ annual Brussels Policy Seminar will focus on the assessment of the impact of legislation, regulations and policies in cross-border territories. While CCBS Acting Director, Dr Anthony Soares, will […]
Read MoreSir George Quigley Memorial Lecture
The 4th Annual Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture was held on the 8th July in Dublin City University. This year’s lecture “NI’s economic future – Building the economic and political relationships across the two islands” was given by Angela McGowan, Director of CBI NI. The CBI is regarded as the ‘voice of business’ both locally […]
Read MoreThe New Common Charter goes to the House of Commons
On the 15th of July the New Common Charter for Cooperation Within and Between these Islands went to the House of Commons in London. Hosted by Tom Brake MP, a dissemination event took place in Parliament, informing MPs from across the political spectrum about the aspirations for continued cross-border and cross-jurisdictional cooperation voiced by community […]
Read MoreCCBS responds to consultation on Interim Report on Alternative Arrangements for the post-Brexit UK-Ireland border
CCBS has responded to the consultation on the Interim Report published by the Prosperity UK Alternative Arrangements Commission on the 24th June 2019. The Interim Report is part of a process that Prosperity UK describes as one that “can help break the Brexit impasse and enable all parties to agree a way forward that ensures […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and (post-Brexit) cross-border environmental cooperation
This Briefing Paper, which forms part of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ ongoing work into the potential consequences of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union for North-South and cross-border cooperation, has been prompted by the April 2019 publication of an important report commissioned by the Environmental Pillar in conjunction with Northern Ireland Environment […]
Read More“Call for political representatives to support New Common Charter for Cooperation”
With community groups from the island of Ireland and Great Britain having agreed a vision for cooperation across borders that will maintain relations in whatever context may arise from the UK’s departure from the EU, the resulting New Common Charter for Cooperation Within and Between these Islands was taken to the Oireacthas Joint Committee on […]
Read MoreThe “Towards a New Common Chapter” project engages with politicians
CCBS’s “Towards a New Common Chapter” project has now entered its final stage, which involves engaging with political representatives and policy-makers on the island of Ireland and Great Britain. After agreement was reached on a “New Common Charter for Cooperation Within and Between these Islands” at the end of the previous stage, CCBS and representatives […]
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