Working together to improve people’s life across the external European borders

Because neighbours...

...keep the
doors open

Infrastructure
...give
a hand

Economic Development
...share the
same home

Environment
...grow up
together

People-to-People

Because
neighbours
keep the
doors open

Economic competitiveness of regions depends heavily on adequate transport, logistic and communications. Projects give a possibility to local actors to work together towards sustainable solutions.

...keep the
doors open

Infrastructure
Because
neighbours
give
a hand

The creation of economic opportunities across the European borders is one of the biggest challenges faced by cross-border cooperation. Projects seek to foster business and to help people improve their skills, with benefits for all communities on both sides of the European frontier.

...give
a hand

Economic Development
Because
neighbours
share the
same home

Cross-border cooperation programmes work to strengthen a clean environment through different types of actions, from improving the quality of water to upgrading waste management facilities, from reducing marine litter to protecting endangered species.

...share the
same home

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neighbours
grow up
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People-to-people exchanges are the real cement of cross border cooperation projects: they create direct links between institutions and organisations, authorities and citizens, with the purpose to promote understanding and to develop new solutions to common problems.

...grow up
together

People-to-People

Working together to improve people’s life across the external European borders

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Fresh from the field

DG REGIO looking for Programme Assistant

DG Regio

The Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) is looking for a dynamic person with good communication, analysis, and problem-solving skills to fill the position of Programme Assistant. The candidate’s task is to ensure the appropriate management of different ongoing ENI CBC programmes as well as to support the preparation and management of future (NEXT) CBC programmes.

Looking forward to the “new normal”

TESIM

Many things unite us, but if we were to pick one thing these days it would certainly be the common wish for 2020 to end ! Only some days remain before it happens, but we all know that we still have to be patient to see our lives get back to normal. Actually, one of the expressions most used in all prospects for the future relates to “the new normal”. We will reappropriate ourselves of many aspects of our life, including the possibility to travel and meet in person, something of utmost importance for our community. Other aspects will look different, even if we may not have yet fully ascertained which and how. While waiting for the situation to become clearer, in TESIM we are already thinking what we would like to do differently in 2021. Find out about it.

ENI CBC IN MOTION: December

ENI CBC State of play

Pure tap water for 170.000 people in Pskov

Environment
Latvia-Russia

Water is life, it is everywhere at our disposal, and we take it for granted: but this precious resource is limited, and threatened by pollution, waste, mismanagement. That is why a cross border project between Latvia and Russia is today working not only to improve the quantity and quality of drinkable water, but also to make people understand how important a careful use of this priceless source of life is.

People-to-People

Preserving the unique wooden architecture of Fennoscandia

Olga Titova Karelia

Good things always come in threes

Interreg NEXT

For the third time, neighbourhood cross-border cooperation programmes face the challenge of travelling the full road from the analysis of their territories to defining their strategies. With the experience of ENPI CBC and ENI CBC well in mind, the future Interreg NEXT programmes are fully equipped to complete this third journey without major concerns. The road is not fully free from pitfalls though. In the series of TESIM cluster events taking place these weeks, many lessons have been shared, the best ways to circumvent the potential obstacles have been identified and the three Cs that should steer the process were thoroughly examined. Jump onboard!

ENI CBC IN MOTION: November

ENI CBC; State of play

Environment

“Each day you feel more empowered: it’s a life-changing opportunity”

Chirine Ben Aissa Mediterranean Sea Basin IVY

Infrastructure

Charging your electric car through your smartphone

Ihor Popodyuk Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine

Crafts & cooperation: opportunities for growth

Economic Development
Latvia-Russia

Pottery, wood carving, smithcraft, loom weaving, leathercraft… This is far not the full list of skills mastered by the craftsmen from the border regions of Latvia and Russia. They create amazing, unique hand-made products which, however, do not always reach potential buyers. How can an EU-funded project help artisans to turn their passion into a successful business? And can old crafts boost tourism potential of the cross-border area? The “Craftmanship without borders” project, co-funded by Latvia-Russia CBC programme, has got the answers.

An extraordinary edition, in all senses

EURegionsWeek; ENI CBC

For a moment we thought we could still make it, at least partially, to gather in Brussels for this year’s edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities. Because nowhere else we manage to meet and exchange with so many practitioners as during the Week. With the physical kermess aspects missing, how has this fully digital edition worked? And what was the role of TESIM and neighbourhood cross-border cooperation programmes therein?

Defying all obstacles – the success of #ECDay2020

ECDay2020

The pandemic has drastically downsized physical events in 2020. However, true cooperation can overcome any obstacle. And the ENI CBC programmes have fully demonstrated the strengths of cooperation celebrating the European Cooperation Day 2020 in a great variety of ways. Discover how creative they have been!

ENI CBC IN MOTION: October

ENI CBC; State of play

CULTURE OPEN – Speaking the unique language of culture

People-to-People
Karelia

“Culture is probably the best way to integrate migrants and people with disabilities in our cities. There is no need to speak. People usually dance and sing about the same things. Culture is the best way to reach someone’s heart and build trust”. Migrants and people with disabilities are two quite different types of groups. They have different needs and concerns. However, they often face the same challenges: the feeling of isolation, feeling unheard or not integrated in society. Culture Open is a project, financed under ENI CBC Karelia programme, that aims at engaging socially vulnerable groups in the cities of Petrozavodsk (RU) and Joensuu (FI) by making them feel the protagonists in the cultural life of the cities.

People-to-People

"The young Belarusian teacher was teaching the Polish autistic child and they could understand perfectly. This was unexpected to me: I could see that cooperation in this matter really makes sense"

Anna Ososińska Poland-Belarus-Ukraine

ENI CBC Programmes

A total of 16 programmes will be implemented under ENI CBC. They cover 12 land borders, one sea crossing and three sea basins, stretching from Finland and Russia in the north, to countries like Hungary and the Ukraine in the east, and Italy, Northern Africa and the Middle East in the south.
Here you will find news and information on each programme, including the programme strategy and participating countries.