Workshop on “Border-proofing”: Do we need to measure cross-border impacts of policy?

This online workshop (by invitation only), organised by the Centre for Cross Border Studies, brought together a small group of officials, policy-makers and relevant stakeholders from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to discuss the potential merits and feasibility of embedding cross-border impact assessment – “border-proofing” – in the processes of development of policies and legislation, and the extent to which it may already be taking place or could be integrated into existing forms of assessment. It also had input from Martin Unfried, an expert on cross-border impact assessment from the University of Maastricht with direct knowledge of its application elsewhere in Europe.

Anthony Soares, Director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies commented: