The aim of the Border Futures Subsection was to shed light on the development of cross-border cooperation in the territory of the Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/ Saarland Regional Working Group and to indicate future development paths. This paper introduces the focal points of the research and the...

What current discourses are relevant for border areas? What opportunities for and obstacles to integrated territorial development arise from the specific situation of border regions? How can these be utilised or overcome in a goal-oriented way? These questions were central to the discussions of...

The institutionalisation of border regions has a long history. Initial forms of cooperation usually emerged in relation to a specific event. The 1970s were decisive for the emergence of cross-border organisations in both the Greater Region and the Upper Rhine region. Over the decades the...

Der Bericht stellt die Aktivitäten und Netzwerke in den fünf Kooperationsräumen mit deutscher Beteiligung vor (Alpenraum, CADSES, Nordseeraum, Nordwesteuropa, Ostseeraum). Er enthält zudem auch intensive kooperationsraumübergreifende Vergleiche und unterbreitet Vorschläge für mögliche...