The Centre for Cross Border Studies has today submitted evidence as a contribution to Northern Ireland Executive’s Consultation on the Draft Programme for Government Framework 2016-2021. CCBS commends the adoption of a new approach to the Programme for Government, particularly one that includes the active participation of society in all of its stages – design, […]
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Border obstacles in the EU: experts have their say
DG REGIO has launched this Cross-Border Review, an initiative structured around 3 pillars: a study, to provide an inventory of critical border obstacles together with examples of how these have been addressed on certain borders; an extensive public consultation; and four workshops with key stakeholders. On 28 January 2016, the second of a series of […]
Read MoreNorthern Ireland Affairs Committee Publish Centre for Cross Border Studies’ Evidence to Inquiry
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 into Northern Ireland and the UK’s referendum on EU membership. To access our full response to the Northern Ireland Affairs EU Inquiry , click here.
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Contributes to DG Regio Cross-Border Review
The European Union has been investing in cross-border cooperation for 25 years via Interreg, which is funded under the European Territorial Cooperation goal of the ESIF. Through these investments much has been achieved to enhance cooperation and alleviate border obstacles. Despite these developments, it appears clearly from exchanges with border regions and their representatives certain […]
Read MoreResponse to the Department for Employment and Learning’s Higher Education ‘Big Conversation’
Here the Centre for Cross Border Studies provided its contribution to the Department for Employment and Learning’s Higher Education ‘Big Conversation’. Click here to access the full CCBS response.
Read MoreResponse to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s consultation on the Mid-Term Self-Assessment Report on Ireland’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2014-2016
This response has been prepared by The Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the consultation on the Mid-term Self-Assessment Report on Ireland’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2014-2016 produced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Centre for Cross Border Studies must record its disappointment at the insufficient period determined […]
Read MoreResponse to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Draft Consultation Principles/Guidance
This response has been prepared by The Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the consultation on the Draft Consultation Principles/Guidance, produced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Centre for Cross Border Studies broadly welcomes the principles and guidance proposed and the outcomes they set out to achieve in terms of […]
Read MoreCCBS Submits Evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee Inquiry on ‘Visions of EU Reform’
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has today submitted evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee Inquiry on EU reform. The inquiry is exploring the vision for the future of the EU that the UK Government is seeking to realise through its current reform proposals, ahead of the referendum on UK membership to […]
Read MoreResponse to DEL’s New Further Education Strategy for Northern Ireland
The Centre for Cross Border Studies responded to the Department for Employment and Learning’s New Further Education Strategy for Northern Ireland. Click here to access the full written response.
Read MoreCCBS informs the ‘Review of the Balance of Competences between the UK and the EU’ on Cohesion Policy
On 12 July 2012 the UK’s Coalition Government committed itself to audit the balance of the EU’s competences, whether exclusive, shared or supporting, in order to assess how these affect the UK’s national interest. The primary result of this commitment was an unprecedented exercise which offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of the EU, […]
Read MoreCCBS Responds to Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland’s consultation on its ‘Child Protection and Safeguarding Learning & Development Strategy’
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) as a contribution to the consultation on the Child Protection and Safeguarding Learning and Development Strategy, produced by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland. To access the full written response click here.
Read MoreSubmission on the All Island Economy to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
In addressing the theme of the All Island Economy, the Centre for Cross Border Studies is informed by its core mission of supporting and promoting cross-border cooperation on the island of Ireland as a means towards greater social and territorial cohesion. Greater cohesion will reduce socio-economic disparities between regions of the island – North and South – particularly […]
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