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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Submission 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 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 MoreCCBS Submission to the Public Consultation on the Draft RSES for the NWRA
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the Northern and Western Regional Assembly’s public consultation on the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Northern and Western Region. Submission available here.
Read MoreCCBS Submission to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Implications of the EU Withdrawal Agreement and the backstop for Northern Ireland. Consultation Response
Read MoreCCBS Submission to the Public Consultation on the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Eastern and Midland Region
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly’s public consultation on the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Eastern and Midland Region. Submission available here.
Read MoreBriefing Paper 5: The Impact of Brexit on Devolution in Northern Ireland
This is the fifth and final paper from our Briefing Paper Series on Brexit and the UK-Ireland Border. It considers the questions that the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union raises for devolution in Northern Ireland. Such questions are fundamental for the future of regional and UK governance as a whole. Moreover, devolution in […]
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Statement on the draft Political Declaration Setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom
The Centre for Cross Border Studies, while welcoming the initiative in principle, raises its concerns regarding the reference to a proposed PEACE PLUS programme in the draft political declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship, which fails to make clear how it will support cross-border cooperation. Read the full statement here.
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Statement on draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Following the publication on the 14th of November of the draft Agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and in light of its Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the Centre for Cross Border Studies has published its response. CCBS Statement on draft EU Withdrawal Agreement
Read MoreStrengthening the Partnership Principle in Border Regions: For greater cross-border cooperation
The European Commission’s White Paper on the Future of Europe prompted renewed discussion about the future of cohesion policy and its partnership principle. In the current debates there is widespread agreement that the partnership principle must be further improved. In the view of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, the required improvement of the partnership […]
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