Mediation
Partners of the Budapest Platform (established in 2010) are common in their mission of mediation between the local, the national and the European level. Mediation is crucial because without this proper information on policy documents and legal provisions under preparation related to cross-border cooperation at national and EU level cannot reach local stakeholders who will be responsible for the implementation of those regulations; and vica versa: the preparation of decisions will be inadequate without the knowledge of interests and capacities of local stakeholders.
As an international organisation CESCI has developed a professional partnership not only with the Hungarian government but with those of neighbouring countries as well and uses this network of relations for improving the performance of cross-border cooperation. Our association takes part in several professional networks and platforms in Europe. Besides, CESCI is involved in networking of local stakeholders in Central Europe.
As a service provider CESCI helps cooperation by:
- providing access to a wide range of information
- managing a permanent workshop of EGTCs with Hungarian participation
- taking part in the preparatory phase of decision-making at national and EU level
- preparing policy background papers, analyses and proposals
- organisation professional events, conferences and training courses related to cross-border activities
- developing partnerships.
The b-solutions initiative opens the 3rd call for proposals. In doing so, applicants that are facing administrative and legal obstacles in cross-border cooperation have the chance to request support. Applicants can submit their application until 21st of September 2020. Please find all the relevant information for this call for proposals at https://www.b-solutionsproject.com/call-for-proposals
//2020.07.13.The Commission's public consultation on the future of transport has been launched. The consultation is available here and can be completed by September 23, 2020.
//2020.06.16.On 16 June 2020, the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), the Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) and the Central European Support Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI) established the European Border Citizens' Alliance to promote cross-border cooperation along all European borders.
//2020.02.11.Monday and Tuesday in Uzhhorod we signed a strategic cooperation memorandum addressing cross-border cooperation together with the Department of Economics and Law of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Law of the National University of Uzhhorod. The event included a scientific meeting and a training for public servants.
//2019.10.24.The AEBR organised its third Cross-Border School in Dresden with the aim to share the experiences of professionals and knowledge of academics of the cross-border cooperation field. Our association's strategic planner, Melinda Benczi, contributed to the discourse by presenting the cohesion-based strategic planning methodology of CESCI as well as conducting a simulation game on the role of individual stakeholders in cross-border development.