ENGLISH: AEBR contributions to the Climate Change Summit:
http://sites.google.com/site/aebrcontributionclimatechange/
CASTELLANO: Contribuciones de la ARFE a la Cumbre sobre Cambio Climático:
http://sites.google.com/site/arfecambioclimatico/
DEUTSCH: Beiträge der AGEG zu der Gipfel um Klimawandel:
http://sites.google.com/site/beitragderagegklimawandel/
FRANÇAIS: Contributions de l'ARFE au Sommet sur le Changement Climatique:
http://sites.google.com/site/arfechangementclimatique/
domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2009
lunes, 7 de diciembre de 2009
Working materials for Copenhagen
Similar presentation for all videos (titles, description, ...)
Location in Goggle Earth.
Distribution in already created platforms:
Spotlight in YouTube front page.
Debate directo CNN/YouTube y recepción de contribuciones:
http://www.youtube.com/Cop15
Location in Goggle Earth.
Distribution in already created platforms:
Spotlight in YouTube front page.
Debate directo CNN/YouTube y recepción de contribuciones:
http://www.youtube.com/Cop15
jueves, 26 de noviembre de 2009
AEBR contribution to the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
The Association of European Border Regions has begun to tackle Climate Change as a discussion topic during its last General Assembly and Annual Conference on 5th – 7th November 2009 in Ghent (Euregio Scheldemond). Ms Caitriona Mullan (ICBAN, Ireland) drafted a discussion paper already distributed to AEBR members. You can order a copy of that document at info@aebr.eu
During the Ghent Conference it was also discussed to use this kind of topics to activate a more dynamic participation way for AEBR members, and to do more and better things together.
On the other hand, the Committee of Regions (CoR) has asked the regional associations to react to the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (7th – 18th December 2009). On 16th December, a CoR activity is foreseen in which traditional contributions are expected, but we propose something much participative, cheap, and with some more impact.
- Proposal: The AEBR asks its members to record short messages in video (if you have a press department with recording capacities, you can use them, but domestic video recordings without aspiring too much are also welcomed) in order to produce clips to be uploaded in YouTube. A message with links to these video clips will be sent to all participants in the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. A selection of clips will be presented in the CoR event in Copenhagen on 16th December.
Our members (and the visitors of this blog as well) can send their rough recordings, and we will mount the final clips. In some places, maybe there is someone very keen on taking videos that can be very helpful. As a background, it can be decided to do it:
- outdoors: nice location near the region/euroregion premises (recommended);
- indoors: maybe a good poster full of meaning as a background.
- The interviewed people could be: own colleagues (maybe also politicians) in the Region/Euroregion; and/or citizens passing by the camera in the street, park, etc. It is also recommended to use a tripod to fix the camera and get better images.
- These messages, no longer that one minute each, should answer the questions below, taking into account that the current crisis is a good chance to change behaviours, to change the way we get in touch with the earth and with others. The motto should be related to the growing world trend towards generosity (ethical banking, fair trade, NGOs, social networking, etc.), towards a vision of the world based on the fact that human beings come not before Nature. There is no way back, because it is not sustainable:
- Questions:
For people engaged in CBC:
- What could be the role of local/regional authorities to face climate change?
- How could CBC promote "cleaner", environmentally friendly, behaviours?
For the general public:
- What could you do to face climate change?
- Are you ready to change some of your habits (diet, fossil energy consumption, self-restraint) to contribute to a common goal?
- How to proceed? Whenever you have your video ready, you can upload it directly to YouTube (please mention “AEBR / European Border Regions Campaign to face Climate Change”), and linked it to your own website, but please do not forget to send it to us, preferably in AVI format (but also 3GP of MP4 formats are ok). As files can be very heavy, you can upload your file directly into our YouTube account: Please go to http://upload.youtube.com/my_videos_upload and then register using:
USERNAME: c.pandary@aebr.eu;
PASSWORD: climatechange
How do you see this? Do you feel like engaging yourself in this activity? Please send us your video. We will collect contributions until the last days before the 16th December. If you can only prepare this afterwards, do it anyway, as our campaign will not end just by Copenhagen.
Contribute to fight against Climate Change, and be active in your AEBR!
During the Ghent Conference it was also discussed to use this kind of topics to activate a more dynamic participation way for AEBR members, and to do more and better things together.
On the other hand, the Committee of Regions (CoR) has asked the regional associations to react to the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (7th – 18th December 2009). On 16th December, a CoR activity is foreseen in which traditional contributions are expected, but we propose something much participative, cheap, and with some more impact.
- Proposal: The AEBR asks its members to record short messages in video (if you have a press department with recording capacities, you can use them, but domestic video recordings without aspiring too much are also welcomed) in order to produce clips to be uploaded in YouTube. A message with links to these video clips will be sent to all participants in the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. A selection of clips will be presented in the CoR event in Copenhagen on 16th December.
Our members (and the visitors of this blog as well) can send their rough recordings, and we will mount the final clips. In some places, maybe there is someone very keen on taking videos that can be very helpful. As a background, it can be decided to do it:
- outdoors: nice location near the region/euroregion premises (recommended);
- indoors: maybe a good poster full of meaning as a background.
- The interviewed people could be: own colleagues (maybe also politicians) in the Region/Euroregion; and/or citizens passing by the camera in the street, park, etc. It is also recommended to use a tripod to fix the camera and get better images.
- These messages, no longer that one minute each, should answer the questions below, taking into account that the current crisis is a good chance to change behaviours, to change the way we get in touch with the earth and with others. The motto should be related to the growing world trend towards generosity (ethical banking, fair trade, NGOs, social networking, etc.), towards a vision of the world based on the fact that human beings come not before Nature. There is no way back, because it is not sustainable:
- Questions:
For people engaged in CBC:
- What could be the role of local/regional authorities to face climate change?
- How could CBC promote "cleaner", environmentally friendly, behaviours?
For the general public:
- What could you do to face climate change?
- Are you ready to change some of your habits (diet, fossil energy consumption, self-restraint) to contribute to a common goal?
- How to proceed? Whenever you have your video ready, you can upload it directly to YouTube (please mention “AEBR / European Border Regions Campaign to face Climate Change”), and linked it to your own website, but please do not forget to send it to us, preferably in AVI format (but also 3GP of MP4 formats are ok). As files can be very heavy, you can upload your file directly into our YouTube account: Please go to http://upload.youtube.com/my_videos_upload and then register using:
USERNAME: c.pandary@aebr.eu;
PASSWORD: climatechange
How do you see this? Do you feel like engaging yourself in this activity? Please send us your video. We will collect contributions until the last days before the 16th December. If you can only prepare this afterwards, do it anyway, as our campaign will not end just by Copenhagen.
Contribute to fight against Climate Change, and be active in your AEBR!
lunes, 16 de noviembre de 2009
miércoles, 11 de noviembre de 2009
San Martín de Tours
No soy religioso. Los que me conocéis lo sabéis bien. De hecho, agnóstico tirando a ateo. Pero la figura de los dos sanmartines más populares me han atraído siempre. San Martín de Porres (3 de noviembre), patrón del Perú, afroamericano, tenía el don de la ubicuidad. Y San Martín de Tours (11 de noviembre), obispo que dio la mitad de su capa a otro hombre que la necesitaba. Interesante, no le dio la capa entera, sólo la mitad.
Hoy, mi amiga Elena Itani, de Volyn (Ucrania), me ha mandado esta imagen del de Tours. Y al recibirla, me he acordado de otra persona que me lo trajo a colación. Vicente Ferrer, otro santo que no está en el santoral y que nos dejó recientemente, me dedicó en 2002 en Cáceres su biografía, escrita por el periodista barcelonés Alberto Oliveras. En la dedicatoria, escribía el father Ferrer: Martín, el Santo dio la mitad de su capa a un desgraciado sin camisa. Nos gustaría la mitad de esa capa. Pues eso.
viernes, 6 de noviembre de 2009
Asamblea General y Conferencia Anual en Gante
Entre los días 4 y 6 de noviembre hemos celebrado nuestra Asamblea General y Conferencia Anual 2009 en Gante, siendo nuestra anfitriona la Euregio Scheldemond (Bélgica). Lambert van Nistelrooij nos dimitió con nocturnidad el pasado 15 de septiembre, pero ha venido a despedirse de todos los miembros. De hecho, en el último mes hemos colaborado en varias cosas y nos quedamos con un buen amigo en el Parlamento Europeo.
Ese es también el caso de otros MPEs. Pero hay que destacar que han venido a nuestra sesión inaugural el Comisario de Política Regional, Pavel Samecki, el Director General Dirk Ahner, de la DG Regio; Luc van den Brande, Presidente del Comité de las Regiones; Gerhard Stahl, Secretario General del CdR; y muchos otros ponentes. Además, la mayor parte de nuestros miembros han estado representados, habiéndose tomado decisiones vitales para el futuro de la Asociación, particularmente en relación con las finanzas y la estrategia organizativa.
Además, tenemos ya un candidato en firme para Presidente de la Asociación.
Ese es también el caso de otros MPEs. Pero hay que destacar que han venido a nuestra sesión inaugural el Comisario de Política Regional, Pavel Samecki, el Director General Dirk Ahner, de la DG Regio; Luc van den Brande, Presidente del Comité de las Regiones; Gerhard Stahl, Secretario General del CdR; y muchos otros ponentes. Además, la mayor parte de nuestros miembros han estado representados, habiéndose tomado decisiones vitales para el futuro de la Asociación, particularmente en relación con las finanzas y la estrategia organizativa.
Además, tenemos ya un candidato en firme para Presidente de la Asociación.
domingo, 27 de septiembre de 2009
Territorial Cooperation and Territorial Cohesion
Almost 400 answers were sent to the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. This crucial European debate was promoted by the European Commission, following an initiative of the former Commissioner Danuta Hübner (PL), currently Chairwoman of the EP’s Committee on Regional Development. One of those answers, elaborated by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), is attached to the AEBR Newsletter number 15, September 2009. You can get our contribution to the Green Paper by following these simple indications:
Go to the AEBR online forum (http://forum.aebr.net/en/index.php). Log in by introducing "aebr" as user, also "aebr" as password. Then, go to "AEBR Newsletter - September 2009" and click on "English version with English Annexes". The first document is the Newsletter, and the third one is our statement on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. If you have any difficulty, just paste the following link in your navigation bar after logging in:
http://forum.aebr.net//en/forum_topic.php?topic_id=49
There, you can also find some other AEBR contributions: on the future CBC, the Lisbon Strategy after 2009, a proposal for a EU Strategy on the former Iron Curtain areas, the discussion document on rural development initiated by the Landrat Hermann Steinmaßl (Traunstein, DE), the report of MEP Tune Kelam (EE), suiveur of the European Parliament on CBC issues, the AEBR position papers on TEN-T Networks, CB Health and Patients' Rights, and on the Barca Report, as well as some recommendations to improve the EGTC and the Interreg Programmes. We also include a summary on the Eastern European Partnership, the new proposal to strengthen the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Please leave your reply there and help us to improve our communication efforts with European border and cross-border regions.
Coming back to the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion, main hint of the territorial debate since long ago, it has situated territorial cooperation at the core of territorial cohesion and has promoted an extraordinary debate within all European territorial stakeholders. These contributions have confirmed the added value of territorial cooperation, as the own Commission affirmed in the presentation of the Seminar organized last 25th September 2009 in Brussels, devoted to the cross-border, transnational and interregional strands of territorial cooperation.
The Seminar had as general purpose to stock contributions to the Green Paper in the field of territorial cooperation by:
• Giving a general overview of the contributions (convergent and controversial aspects)
• Presentint significant contributions coming from cross-border regions and transnational networks (best practices and answers to Green paper's questions)
• Concluding on possible policy options, and the policy process state of the art.
You can see the programme, download presentations and even see video recordings of the interventions at the following CoR link:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/territorial/programme_en.cfm?nmenu=2
Make your comments, participate, use any available channel to raise your opinions, suggestions, or proposals. Our tasks in the AEBR (and therefore Cross-Border Cooperation) can be very much enriched with your valuable participation!
Your AEBR Team
Go to the AEBR online forum (http://forum.aebr.net/en/index.php). Log in by introducing "aebr" as user, also "aebr" as password. Then, go to "AEBR Newsletter - September 2009" and click on "English version with English Annexes". The first document is the Newsletter, and the third one is our statement on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion. If you have any difficulty, just paste the following link in your navigation bar after logging in:
http://forum.aebr.net//en/forum_topic.php?topic_id=49
There, you can also find some other AEBR contributions: on the future CBC, the Lisbon Strategy after 2009, a proposal for a EU Strategy on the former Iron Curtain areas, the discussion document on rural development initiated by the Landrat Hermann Steinmaßl (Traunstein, DE), the report of MEP Tune Kelam (EE), suiveur of the European Parliament on CBC issues, the AEBR position papers on TEN-T Networks, CB Health and Patients' Rights, and on the Barca Report, as well as some recommendations to improve the EGTC and the Interreg Programmes. We also include a summary on the Eastern European Partnership, the new proposal to strengthen the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Please leave your reply there and help us to improve our communication efforts with European border and cross-border regions.
Coming back to the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion, main hint of the territorial debate since long ago, it has situated territorial cooperation at the core of territorial cohesion and has promoted an extraordinary debate within all European territorial stakeholders. These contributions have confirmed the added value of territorial cooperation, as the own Commission affirmed in the presentation of the Seminar organized last 25th September 2009 in Brussels, devoted to the cross-border, transnational and interregional strands of territorial cooperation.
The Seminar had as general purpose to stock contributions to the Green Paper in the field of territorial cooperation by:
• Giving a general overview of the contributions (convergent and controversial aspects)
• Presentint significant contributions coming from cross-border regions and transnational networks (best practices and answers to Green paper's questions)
• Concluding on possible policy options, and the policy process state of the art.
You can see the programme, download presentations and even see video recordings of the interventions at the following CoR link:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/territorial/programme_en.cfm?nmenu=2
Make your comments, participate, use any available channel to raise your opinions, suggestions, or proposals. Our tasks in the AEBR (and therefore Cross-Border Cooperation) can be very much enriched with your valuable participation!
Your AEBR Team
sábado, 29 de agosto de 2009
La Raya
La revista "Imagen de Extremadura" es una interesante publicación de Marca Extremadura. La iniciativa dirigida desde la Vicepresidencia Primera y Portavocía de la Junta de Extremadura es una revista muy agradable, con artículos de calidad y cuidada maquetación. Las ilustraciones muestran un cuidadoso empeño por la calidad muy saludable.
http://www.marcaextremadura.es/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=5&Itemid=74&s=5&phpMyAdmin=wAlvPAlg4RznPb%2CNIiGOKSE5Fxe&lang=es
La traigo a colación porque dispone de una sección denominada La Raya, término que empleamos en la frontera con Portugal para denominar dicha circunstancia administrativa. El enfoque que se otorga a dicha sección coincide con la actitud generalizada de la población rayana extremeña, pero también de la de Portugal. Una de las visiones más amables de las relaciones fronterizas.
En el número 12 (diciembre 2008-enero 2009), "La raya judía" (Toni Gudiel)
En el número 13 (febrero-marzo 2009), "Extremadura y Portugal, punto de encuentro" (Javier Álvarez); "Barrancos en la historia y en el presente": "Seixas, el Schindler de la Raya" (Antonio Sáez Delgado), "El más rayano de los pueblos portugueses" (Ruy Ventura)
En el número 14 (abril-mayo 2009), los "puntos cardinales de la gastronomía rayana"
En el número 15 (verano 2009) nos muestran "las otras rayas", las fronteras de Extremadura al norte, al sur y al este
http://www.marcaextremadura.es/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=5&Itemid=74&s=5&phpMyAdmin=wAlvPAlg4RznPb%2CNIiGOKSE5Fxe&lang=es
La traigo a colación porque dispone de una sección denominada La Raya, término que empleamos en la frontera con Portugal para denominar dicha circunstancia administrativa. El enfoque que se otorga a dicha sección coincide con la actitud generalizada de la población rayana extremeña, pero también de la de Portugal. Una de las visiones más amables de las relaciones fronterizas.
En el número 12 (diciembre 2008-enero 2009), "La raya judía" (Toni Gudiel)
En el número 13 (febrero-marzo 2009), "Extremadura y Portugal, punto de encuentro" (Javier Álvarez); "Barrancos en la historia y en el presente": "Seixas, el Schindler de la Raya" (Antonio Sáez Delgado), "El más rayano de los pueblos portugueses" (Ruy Ventura)
En el número 14 (abril-mayo 2009), los "puntos cardinales de la gastronomía rayana"
En el número 15 (verano 2009) nos muestran "las otras rayas", las fronteras de Extremadura al norte, al sur y al este
domingo, 8 de febrero de 2009
Mária Valéria Bridge, Hungary-Slowakia
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The Mária Valéria Bridge links Esztergom (HU) with Stúrovo (SK). Designed by János Feketeházy (1893). Retreating German troops blew up the original bridge in 1944. It was rebuilt and reopened in October 2001. Project financed by the EU Phare CBC Programme, which assisted applicant Central European nations preparing to join the EU.
jueves, 22 de enero de 2009
A Cross-Border Priest Helping to Heal a Divided People
Under this link, there is an interesting article about one of those heroes of Cross-Border Cooperation:
http://borderireland.info/discuss/?p=116
http://borderireland.info/discuss/?p=116
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