Following the success of the previous episodes of the ‘Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate’, the next edition will take place on 11 December 2025, and will be focused on how cross-border cooperation can strengthen resilience in EU border regions, particularly in the context of crisis preparedness, joint planning, and coordinated responses.
Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate. “A new Breakfast Debate – Resilient Borders: How Cooperation Makes Regions Stronger”. EVENT DATE: Thu, 11/12/2025 – 10:00 – Thu, 11/12/2025 – 11:00. REGISTER NOW
The discussion explored key challenges faced by border regions, lessons learned from pilot initiatives, and the added value of cross-border approaches in building long-term regional resilience.
This debate will present the results of the Resilient Borders Initiative and showcas two Pilot projects, one from each thematic lot:
- Cross-Border Spatial Planning
- Cross-Border Crisis Management
Follow the Border Focal Point Network initiatives on https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network
The new edition of the ‘Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate’ will highlight the new methods of cross-border cooperation fostered by the beneficiaries, the tools and strategies developed and implemented by the Pilot project partners to enhance cross-border and regional resilience, and the results of the Pilot projects and their anticipated impacts.
The Border Focal Point Network is delighted to welcome the following speakers:
- Hugo Sobral, Deputy Director-General, DG REGIO
- Ricardo Ferreira, Border Focal Point Coordinator, DG REGIO- Interreg, Cross-border Cooperation, Internal Borders
- Jean Peyrony, Director General of Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT)
- Martín Guillermo Ramírez, Secretary General of Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
- Iva Brejzová, Head of Integrated Rescue System and Humanitarian Aid Department Ministry of the Interior – Directorate General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
- Pavla Štefkovičová, Department of Urban Strategies and Analyses, Coordination Office baum_cityregion of the city of Bratislava
- Nikoletta Horváth, Head of Department -Department for Cross-border Interreg Programmes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
- [Moderator] Karen Clements, Deputy CEO at LOW Associates Strategic Counsel
The event will be held online on Zoom. Further information will be available closer to the event. If you would like to see any issues raised during the event, please feel free to send us an email at borders@loweurope.eu
