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NEXT ITEM: How to measure cross-border cooperation in the framework of Interreg programmes?

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Results from the Interreg Project Crossquality and the first pilot application in the Euregio Meuse Rhine

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How good is the cooperation of public sector bodies, companies or citizens in our cross-border region? How can we describe the quality of cross-border networks and entities? And finally: what are precisely the positive effects of an Interreg programme on the different aspects of cooperation and governance across borders?

In 2021 and 2022, the Crossquality project developed a methodology to measure the quality of cross-border cooperation related to Interreg programmes. With this innovative qualitative assessment methodology, it is possible to better assess the effects of Interreg programmes in a specific programme area. This Next ITEM is dedicated to the discussion of this assessment methodology. (Academic) experts are invited to discuss the methodology and its relevance for Interreg and cross-border cooperation.

The event is open for all and will be online via ZOOM.

Presentation and Debate

14:00

Welcome round and introduction: The partners of the project
Martin Unfried, Project leader, ITEM Crossquality
Prof. Martina Fromhold-Eisebith, RTWH Aachen
Prof. Elly van de Velde, Hasselt University
Prof. Roland Billen, University of Liège
Tamara Koenen, EGTC Euregio Meuse-Rhine
14:15

Crossquality – A methodology to better assess the quality of cross-border cooperation and the experiences with the first application in the Euregio Meuse Rhine
Fabian Fahl, RWTH Aachen, Casper Kikken, Hasselt University  
14:30

Crossquality – The pilot: What are the results related to the Interreg programme Euregio Meuse Rhine?
Martin Unfried/Pim Mertens, ITEM, Maastricht University
14:45

The Quality of cross-border cooperation: How to bring light into the black box?
Moderator Martin Unfried
15:15

End of the workshop

 

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