Following the success of the previous episodes of the ‘Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate’, the next edition will take place on 9th July 2026, and will focus on Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and cross-border cooperation.
Beyond Borders: Breakfast Debate. «Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and cross-border cooperation.». EVENT DATE: Thu, 09/07/2026 – 10:00 – Thu, 09/07/2026 – 11:00. REGISTER NOW
The session will focus on Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and its potential to strengthen cross-border cooperation by empowering local actors to jointly design and implement place-based solutions to shared territorial challenges.
Through the perspectives of practitioners and experts working on the ground, the debate will explore how local actors, municipalities, and communities can jointly design place-based solutions to shared territorial challenges, and how borders can become stronger spaces of collaboration.
The debate will present concrete examples of cross-border CLLD in practice, share findings from the OECD IMPACT pilots, and explore the added value of CLLD for regional development ahead of the next programming period.
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The Border Focal Point Network is delighted to welcome the following speakers:
- Olivier Baudelet, Expert, Interreg, Cross-Border Cooperation and Internal Borders, DG REGIO, European Commission
- Gina Streit, Project Manager, Regional Management Oberland (RMO) / Dolomiti Live Local Action Group
- Elle Merete Omma, Head of EU Unit, Saami Council
- Alexis Durand, Policy analyst, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division, OECD
- Irene Covi, Interreg Italy-Austria Programme Officer, Joint Secretariat, CLLD Expert, Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen-South Tyrol
- [Moderator] Karen Clements, 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
