Building evidence of cross-border interaction to inform decision making has always been an important part of cross-border policy. During the session, the three speakers will highlight the challenges and opportunities arising from three different perspectives: local, national and European. They will show what has been achieved (on defining and coding cross-border cities and variables for data collection) and what is planned for the future.
- Territorial | Urban | INTERREG | Neighbours (ENI + IPA + EFTA + UK)
- Code: 10WS23125
Speakers
Moderator
Practical information
- When
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Tue 10/10/2023, 16:30 - 17:30 CET
- Format
- Workshop
- Theme
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Breaking barriers to cross-border cooperation
- Language
- English
- Website
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
- Social media
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@EurostatStatistics
@EU_Eurostat
@Eurostat
@eu_eurostat
Partner
Documents
10ws23125-hall-300-master-presentation-1-developing_xborderstats_cbs
10ws23125-hall-300-master-presentation-2-cb_ag.pdf
10ws23125-hall-300-master-presentation-3-tlink_breaking-barriers
Reporting
Session summary
Johan van der Walk from the Statistics Netherlands presented on his experience in the cross-border statistics realm and his focus on labor force data on cross-border commuting. He presented the engagement in the network that deals with actively sharing, discussing and exploring the cross-border interest and obstacles. Tobias Link from KOSIS Association Germany, presented on his active engagement and participation in the network of the cross-border realities form German perspective, which is the country with the numerous cross-border cases. Aleksandra Galic from Eurostat presented on their work in the Subgroup on cross-border cities and Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and the progress made during the two year mandate that consist in definition of the cross-border cities and respective coding of 11 pilot cases, setting up the fundamentals for the future official statistics and data collection. The topic of the ongoing work, which is the part of the new 2 year mandate on cross-border FUAs, was discussed. The need for commuting data was acknowledged and supported by participants who work on the topics of cross-border integration. The EURegionsWeek 2023 was a very inspirational event.
Quotes
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Building evidence of cross-border interaction to inform decision-making was ever since an important part of the policy initiative
Having cross-border cities as a well-defined spatial entity in the city statistics data collection will help the local cooperation partners as well as the funding providers on EU level
