The initiative will select 100 visitors from across Europe to participate in ten exchange visits focused on real-life solutions to challenges affecting border regions.

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and Fundación CEER (FCEER), have opened a new call for applications.

It is part of the Border Regions Peer Exchange on Solving Border Obstacles programmeThe initiative offers organisations working on cross-border the opportunity to learn directly from real experiences developed in European border regions.

100 visitors will be selected to participate in 10 peer-exchange visits taking place between November 2026 and January 2027. Each visit will be built around a real b-solutions case, a European initiative managed by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) that helps identify and address legal and administrative obstacles affecting cross-border cooperation. The visits will show how public authorities and other stakeholders have tackled these barriers and developed practical solutions that can inspire other border regions.

Read more: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/new-call-visitors-launched-join-peer-exchanges-solutions-cross-border-obstacles