Foreseen place and date of IEM: ASEM, Chisinau, Moldova, 26-27 November 2010.
The aims of the IEM: The participants of the IEM will consider the implementation of the EU ENPI on cross-border cooperation, to analyse the in so far achievements and problems in developing different programmes and modes of cross-border cooperation in particular countries and regions respectively, and elaborate proposals and recommendations for the particular country’s government, local and regional authorities involved, the institutions of the cross-border cooperation where they have been established and the competent EU’s structure.
Organizers: ASER and ASEM-Centre for European Integration Studies from Chisinau, Moldova. Under the guidance and supervision of the BRIDGE Coordinator and in cooperation with the University of Trieste, University BABEŞ-BOLYAI, Cluj, Romania, Viadrina University Frankfurt/O., University of Maribor and ISCOMET.
Preliminary study: The theoretical and practical basis for considering CBC on the IEM will be a framework study, which will be prepared by Dr. Olesea Sirbu. The study will include the theoretical aspects of inter-regional and CBC and an examination of this cooperation along the northern and eastern external EU borders, from Arctic Sea, Murmansk, to the Black Sea (concept of this cooperation, presentation of cases of CBC, elaboration of positive praxis and opened problems and proposals for further development of this cooperation on European external borders)
