Hosted by the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development, the Centre for Cross Border Studies held an information session that examined the challenges and opportunities for North-South cooperation envisaged in Project Ireland 2040. This event, of interest to a wide range of decision and policy-makers, brought together a number of speakers representing local government […]
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CCBS Journal Launch 2018
The Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) launched the 2018 edition of its Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland on Wednesday 12 December in the Moot Court, QUB School of Law, Belfast. Chair of the CCBS Board Dr Helen Johnston opened the event before guest speaker Les Allamby, Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights […]
Read MoreCCBS Policy Seminar “Working for Wellbeing: Crossing sectors, crossing borders”
Representatives from community organisations, educational institutions, the health sector, local government and a range of other interests from both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland attended a policy seminar in St Columb’s Park House on the 14 of November 2018, organised by CCBS. Exploring the theme of “Working for Wellbeing: Crossing sectors, crossing borders”, the […]
Read MoreCCBS attends Carnegie celebration event to promote the New Common Chapter for Cooperation
CCBS Deputy Director, Anthony Soares, was delighted to attend the celebration event to mark the successful conclusion of the Carnegie UK Trust’s Twin Towns UK programme. The event took place on the 24th of October in North Shields, one of the towns that took part in the whole process of this twinning project, and where […]
Read MoreInvitation to a Dialogue: Exploring Cross Border Cultural Policy in Practice
Organised by the North South Social Innovation Network and Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland We invite those engaging in the amateur, voluntary, commercial and publicly-subsidised cultural sector to explore a range of questions on cross border exchange in an informal, conversational setting such as: Where do working relations across the border happen, how, why and in what […]
Read MoreWorking for Wellbeing: Crossing sectors, crossing borders
Wednesday 14 November 2018 11.00 am – 1.00 pm St Columb’s Park House, 4 Limavady Road, Derry / Londonderry In times of constant change and changing challenges facing our populations’ wellbeing today, there is an ever greater need for decision-makers at all levels of government to work together, not only within their own jurisdictions, but […]
Read MoreStrengthening the Partnership Principle in Border Regions: For greater cross-border cooperation
CCBS hosted our third annual Policy Seminar in Brussels at the Northern Ireland Executive Office on 10 October 2018. The seminar was once again well attended – by approximately 50 public officials, elected representatives and others from Ireland North and South, Britain and other EU Member States. On this occasion, we were able to draw […]
Read More‘An Ulsterman considers his passport’ a talk by Professor Arthur Aughey Emeritus
9.45am, Wednesday 25 July 2018 The Market Place Theatre Armagh Centre for Cross Border Studies Director Ruth Taillon welcomed Professor Arthur Aughey to the Market Place Theatre and thanked him for agreeing to give his lecture ‘An Ulsterman Considers His Passport’ at the John Hewitt Summer School. Ms Taillon explained that this was one of four […]
Read More3rd Annual Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture
The 3rd Annual Sir George Quigley Lecture took place on 21st June in Queen’s University Belfast. Dr Helen Johnston, Chair of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, introduced the Lecture by paying tribute to Sir George Quigley. Throughout his extensive career in public service and his later prominent business role, Sir George championed the call […]
Read MoreTowards a New Common Chapter: A grass-roots vision for cooperation within and between these islands.
11am Friday 29th June Holywell Trust, Bishop Street, Derry Come and find out about the ‘Towards a New Common Chapter’ project. This action research project, which has been undertaken by the Centre for Cross Border Studies, is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. It is intended to facilitate the development of a “New Common […]
Read MoreSpring Lecture in partnership with the Robinson Library
‘Interpreting the treasures of two eighteenth century libraries: maps from the collections of Armagh Robinson Library and Marsh’s Library, Dublin’ Dr Annaleigh Margey, Lecturer in History and Digital Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology presented the 3rd Annual Spring Lecture on Thursday 3 May 2018. Dr Margey is currently working on a cross-border project with Armagh […]
Read MoreCCBS Policy Seminar: The future of Cohesion Policy
CCBS organised a seminar examining EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2020, which took place on 23rd of March in the European Commission Office in Belfast. Bringing together a number of experts, the object of this event was to reflect on discussions currently taking place in the EU and its Member States on the future shape of […]
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