ITEM: Interreg project Crossquality closure event
The INTERREG-EMR-V-A project Crossquality is coming to an end.
On 16 March 2023, 10.45 to 13.30 CET, the closure event of this project will be held in Maastricht.
Programme
| 10.45 |
Registration |
| 11.00 | Welcome and introduction: The partners of the project Martin Unfried, Project leader, ITEM Crossquality, Moderator Prof. Martina Fromhold-Eisebith, RTWH Aachen (via zoom) Prof. Elly van de Velde, Hasselt University Prof. Roland Billen, University of Liège Michael Dejozé, EGTC Euregio Meuse-Rhine Rob van Vugt, Interreg Programme Meuse-Rhine |
| 11.10 | Crossquality – A methodology to better assess the quality of cross-border cooperation and the experiences with the first application in the Euregio Meuse Rhine Fabian Fahl, RWTH Aachen, Casper Kikken, Hasselt University |
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A first round of feed-back from practitioners involved in the research |
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| 11.45 | Crossquality – The pilot: What are the results related to the Interreg programme Euregio Meuse Rhine? Martin Unfried/Pim Mertens, ITEM, Maastricht University |
| 12.10 |
Debate: Interreg Practitioners and the Crossquality team |
| 12.45 | End of the closure session |
| 13.00 | Lunch and networking |
| 13.30 | End of the event |
As a reminder, here some background information on Crossquality:
How good is the cooperation of public sector bodies, companies or citizens in our cross-border region? How can we describe the quality of cross-border networks and entities? And finally: what are precisely the positive effects of an Interreg programme on the different aspects of cooperation and governance across borders?
In 2021 and 2022, the Crossquality project developed a methodology to measure the quality of cross-border cooperation related to Interreg programmes. With this innovative qualitative assessment methodology, it is possible to better assess the effects of Interreg programmes in a specific programme area. One practical result of the project is a handbook for practitioners describing how to apply the assessment.
As a pilot, the team from RWTH Aachen, Hasselt University, University of Liège, Maastricht University and EGTC Euregio Meuse Rhine carried out a first assessment by approaching many Interreg experts in the cross-border territory, conducting interviews, organising workshop and launching a survey.
The results for the Interreg programme Euregio Meuse-Rhine will be presented and discussed during this closure event.
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