The Centre for Cross Border Studies and the International Centre for Local and Regional Development are supported by the EU's INTERREG IVA Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body
Welcome to BORDER-ZINE...
the E-Zine from the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) and the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD).
This information service is an initiative made possible with funding from the EU INTERREG IVA Programme, through the Special EU Programmes Body. It is part of our larger INTERREG IVA Project - the Ireland Northern Ireland Cross Border Cooperation Observatory, Phase 2 – otherwise known as INICCO-2 that is being jointly managed and delivered by CCBS and ICLRD.
SEND US YOUR EVENT, RESEARCH OR NEWS
We welcome your contributions on forthcoming cross-border events, research and other cross-border projects.
If you would like to use our online information bulletin please send your event or news item by email to
CarolAnne Murphy by the last working day of the month for inclusion in the next issue.
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RETIREMENT: Patricia McAllister
After some 10 years of working at the Centre for Cross Border Studies, Patricia McAllister retired in December 2013. Many of you will have had dealings with Patricia and will share in wishing her a long and happy retirement.
ANNUAL CCBS/ICLRD CONFERENCE
Cross Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone Concept
Venue: Cavan Crystal Hotel
Date: 30-31 January 2014
Keynote speaker: Dr Joachim Beck, Director of the Euro Institut, Kehl, Germany
The latest information on the conference is available on
www.crossborder.ie and includes
For more information please email
crossborder@qub.ac.uk
BORDER PEOPLE
Where should the next Border People training sessions be held?
In 2013 the Border People project organised a series of training sessions for 97 Information Advisors working or volunteering in organisations that deal with cross border enquiries from the public. The one-day courses provided an overview of the social welfare system on the other side of the border and highlighted common cross border issues e.g. exporting benefits, where to pay tax, where to access health care, where to claim illness benefit, etc.
Preparations are now beginning for the spring series and as before the one-day courses will be delivered in areas with most demand.
- For further information please visit www.borderpeople.info - the central access point for cross-border information on the island of Ireland.
PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCES TO CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
We now publish monthly summaries (in PDF format) of Parliamentary references to cross-border issues on our website. Both the NI Assembly and the Oireachtas (Dáil & Seanad) are covered.
Each reference has a link to the full Question, Ministerial Statement or Debate.
SCHOLARS AT RISK (SAR)
A call for research and knowledge sharing on the role of higher education in post-conflict recovery
By Sansom Milton PhD Candidate, Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, University of York, UK
News and updates will be posted on the SAR section of the Universities Ireland website regularly.
Recent posts include:
INTERTRADEIRELAND
Focus On Horizon 2020 Workshop - ICT Security
Date: 30 January 2014
Venue: Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin
The InterTradeIreland ‘Focus on H2020’ series aims to provide a better understanding of specific H2020 calls. This workshop focuses on ICT and Security, which has great potential for North/South collaboration. The workshop will give insights into topics expected in the first Calls (2014-2015) and will enable sharing of experience and meeting potential partners from across the island.
CROSS-BORDER EDUCATION
NEW: MATCHING SERVICE FOR SCOTENS NORTH/SOUTH RESEARCH PROJECTS
The purpose of the matching service is to help find partners in a relevant subject area from the other jurisdiction.
In line with its objective of providing a supportive framework for collaborative research and professional activities in teacher education in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) provides SEED FUNDING for projects such as research, conferences and exchanges which further this objective.
As the funding is for a COLLABORATIVE project, a minimum of 2 partners is required, with at least one of the partners coming from each jurisdiction, north and south. The application has to be for a joint project to secure funding.
Read more and download the application form >>
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE EU-METALIC II SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT
The EU-Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algerian, Libya in International Cooperation (EU-METALIC II) Programme offers scholarships for undergraduate, master, doctoral and post-doctoral students and staff. These scholarships are financed with the support of the Erasmus Mundus programme of the European Union and will cover travel, insurance, participation costs and subsistence allowance.
The call is open from Tuesday 21st October 2013 and the deadline is Friday 17th January 2014
EUROPEAN MATTERS
SYMPOSIUM: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN A EUROPEAN CROSS-BORDER REGION
Title: Social, ecological, economic and climatic change impacts and policy options in the border region of Luxembourg, Germany and the “Greater Region”
Dates: 13-14 February 2014
Venue: Domaine Thermal, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
The border region between Luxembourg, Germany, France and Belgium (the so called “Greater Region”) is facing complex transformation processes with substantial repercussions on economic, ecologic, juridical and social decision-making processes.
MISSION OPÉRATIONNELLE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE (MOT) NEWSLETTER
This is a European-wide newsletter that focuses soley on cross border issues and events. The PDF version (link to download below) contains links to signup for the regular newsletter and to the MOT website.
Cross Border News, No. 94 December 2013
Includes the following articles:
- Cross-border study on the Jura Arc
- Cross-border bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Two questions to the Groupement transfrontalier européen on French-Swiss cross-border work
- Marine straits - Important territories for Europe
PEACEBUILDING
INCORE ANNOUNCEMENT - CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF IMPACT
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of INCORE's establishment. To commemorate the event we have launched '
20 years of making and building peace: The story of INCORE'. The document is complemented by a five-minute infographic animation charting the progress of the Institute.
BORDER ROADS TO MEMORIES & RECONCILIATION
This has been a busy and eventful year for the Border Roads to Memories & Reconciliation Project. We have met and engaged with 12 community groups who are assisting victims and survivors of the troubles. Visited and photographed over 170 border crossings and interviewed and recorded 70 residents who have shared their memories of what life was like for them while the border roads were closed.
We have facilitated 23 workshops which were attended by over 300 border residents from both communities North and South of the border, all who have their own stories and tales along the border roads to voice. The workshops enabled the participants to reflect on how their lives were affected by the road closures and how community’s changed and reacted together in response to the situations created by the troubles. We want to hear your story. Every individual story builds a little bit of history, and the history surrounding the Border Road Closures only the border residents can tell, so get in touch we would love to come and meet you and hear how your life was affected by the border roads being closed. For more information please don't hesitate to contact us.
If you would like to get involved in the project or find out more information, please contact Ciara on 042 9742003 or 0877648149 or email
ciaraking@borderroadmemories.com
BORDER LIVES
The 'Border Lives' project is an important storytelling project taking place in Northern Ireland and the Border Region. It involves finding people who would be willing to talk about their life growing up, living, and working along the border during the conflict.
CROSS-BORDER EVENTS
'NEW HORIZONS IN THE HUMANITIES'
A jointly hosted Irish Humanities Alliance and Royal Irish Academy event focused on Horizon 2020, and sponsored by the Irish Research Council. The aim is to introduce Humanities researchers to the structures and resources that exist and to encourage increased applications for EU funding.
Date: Thursday 30th January 2014 (11:00- 17:30)
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Panels:
• Briefing session on the Humanities and Horizon 2020
• Increasing cross-border collaboration: UK, Northern Ireland and Ireland
• How to embed HSS across the Societal Challenges in Horizon 2020? Health as an example
• How to be successful in drawing down EU Humanities funding?
Programme to follow.
For more information, please contact Aoibhin de Burca
A.DeBurca@ria.ie
CROSS BORDER BUSINESS SUPPORT EXPO
This one stop expo will be an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to see what support they can obtain.
Date: 30/01/2014
Venue: Carrickdale Hotel, Carrickcarnon, Ravensdale, Dundalk
Open to all businesses and entry is FREE of charge
The event is joint hosted by Dundalk Chamber of Commerce and Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade and is supported by InterTradeIreland, Louth Business Support Unit and Louth County Enterprise Board
CROSS BORDER ORCHESTRA OF IRELAND - PEACE PROMS 2014
Date: 16 February 2014
Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
The highly acclaimed Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland returns to the Waterfront following their sell out London début at the Royal Albert Hall. Peace Proms is a musical and cultural celebration with a central message of ‘universal peace,’ powerfully conveyed through the richness and majesty of music and song.
Directed by renowned conductor Maestro, Gearóid Grant, the concert features some of Ireland’s leading soloists; the Drum and Pipe Corps of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association of Northern Ireland and a peace choir of 1,000 voices made up of children from both communities and from both sides of the Irish border.
Find out more and to book >>
‘IRELAND AND ECOCRITICISM’ Second Interdisciplinary Conference
19-21 June 2014, University College Cork
The deadline for panel and paper proposals for ‘Ireland and Ecocriticism is 31 January 2014
