Policy Papers

The UniGR-CBS Policy Paper series allows the UniGR-CBS researchers to publish their work results in the form of short reports and policy recommendations. The intention is to intensify the dialogue between the fields of research, politics and administration and encourage integrative development across the Greater Region. Please contact lola.aubry@uni.lu for any publication inquiries.

 

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Policy Paper Vol. 6: L’attachement au lieu : levier pour un aménagement plus juste dans l’espace transfrontalier Alzette Belval | Ortsverbundenheit: Ansätze für eine gerechtere Raumplanung im grenzüberschreitenden Raum Alzette Belval

Abstract -  With 130,000 workers commuting across the Franco-Luxembourg border daily and national policies to transform former steel wastelands into new urban neighbourhoods - Belval in Luxembourg and Micheville in Lorraine - the Franco-Luxembourg border is one of the most functionally integrated borders in the…

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Policy Paper Vol. 5: Résilience de la coopération transfrontalière en Europe | Resilienz grenzüberschreitender Kooperation in Europa | Rezyliencja współpracy transgranicznej w Europie

Depending on location, European border regions can look back on several decades of development in their histories of cooperation. For the Franco-German region this stretches back to the post-World War 2 reconciliation between the two countries, for the German-Polish borderlands to the raising of the Iron Curtain and the reunification of Germany in 1990. It is, however, easy to forget how…

Cross-Bordercooperation German-PolishFranco-GermanBorder Regions
Policy Paper Vol 4

Policy Paper Vol. 4: Handlungsempfehlungen zur weiteren Gestaltung der grenzüberschreitenden Kooperation im deutsch-französischen Verflechtungsraum/Recommandations d'action pour les orientations futures de la coopération transfrontalière dans le bassin de vie franco-allemand

Over the course of the 20th and 21st century, different forms of cross-border cooperation have emerged and developed within the so-called Greater Region. The France Strategy of the Saarland – announced in 2014 – adds upon these existing efforts, aiming in particular to foster functional multilingualism, and cross-border cooperation in the economic, research, and cultural sphere. In this…

grenzüberschreitende KooperationDeutsch-französische BeziehungenSaarlandFrankreich- Deutschland Strategien
Policy Paper Vol 3

Policy Paper Vol. 3: Formation et marché du travail transfrontalier : Quelles pistes face aux déséquilibres croissants ? / Ausbildung und grenzüberschreitender Arbeitsmarkt: Womit kann man der zunehmenden Schieflage entgegenwirken?

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the reflection on the role of training in the cross-border labor market. It does so by mobilizing the debates initiated in the different Cahiers de la Grande Région and during a conference debate organized online on December 1 2020 on the topic of "Inequities, Skills, and Training: What Equations for the Cross-Border Labor Market?” More precisely,…

coopération transfrontalière économiqueÉconomieGrande RégionMarché du travail transfrontalierTravailleurs transfrontaliers
Policy Paper Vol. 2

Policy Paper Vol. 2: Handlungsbedarfe für die Raumentwicklung der Großregion aus Sicht der Forschung / Actions requises pour le développement territorial de la Grande Région du point de vue de la recherche

The policy paper 'Action Needs for Spatial Development in the Greater Region from a Research Perspective' summarises key findings of researchers from the UniGR-Center for Border Studies in five areas relevant to the Greater Region (demography and migration, transport, employment and economic development, energy land-scapes, cross-border governance) and formulates options for action for…

DémographieMigrationVerkehrBeschäftigung und wirtschaftliche EntwicklungEnergielandschaftenGovernanceTransport