Discover real cases of cross-border obstacles and how local actors have faced them.
- 05 April 2024
You can now follow the concrete experiences of local actors trying to overcome border obstacles thanks to a fresh series of videos on b-solutions now available on DG REGIO’s Youtube channel.
B-solutions is an initiative of the European Commission carried out in partnership with the Association of European Border Regions. It aims at overcoming legal and administrative cross-border obstacles hindering European Integration thanks to the expertise and recommendations of legal experts.
Different regulations hampering business between Norway and Sweden, difficulties for German and Danish students to pursue their internships on the other side of the border, impossibility for French patients with a Luxembourgish doctor to benefit from home hospitalisation… All these videos are narrated by the very people who experienced these obstacles and received legal support from B-Solutions experts to overcome them.
For even more insights into concrete stories of border solutions, you can now download the publication Living in a cross-border region: Nine stories to facilitate cross-border solutions. As DG REGIO’s Director General Themis Christophidou mentions in her introduction to the publication,
“These stories are not just anecdotes; they contribute to overcoming border blindness by spotlighting various cross-border experiences in the European Union. As such, they serve as unique sources of data and knowledge for better policies and for EU integration, working seamlessly across the borders.”
Do you represent a public body facing a border obstacle? Is the lack of coordination between legislative systems hampering interactions with your neighbours? You can apply to the open call for b-solutions: https://www.b-solutionsproject.com/call-for-proposals