07.06.2018, 4 pm, House of the Greater Region
The Greater Region is a border region with one of the highest numbers of cross-border commuters. Can cross-border employee mobility be discussed in view of the numerous (economic, demographic, environmentally-related, etc.) challenges as resource for the border regions?
Participants in the podium discussion:
Minister Nicolas Schmit (Minister of Labor, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Cristina Jochem (EURES-Network)
Jeanne Ruffing (Interregional Labor Market Observatory)
Viviane Kerger (Cross-Border Commuter Task Force)
Olivier Klein (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)
Marie-France Gaunard-Anderson (Université de Lorraine)
Rachid Belkacem (Université de Lorraine - Moderator)
Brief report (available in German and French)
- German - Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth, Rachid Belkacem: Grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitnehmern: eine Ressource für die Großregion? Kurzbericht zum 1. Forum Großregion. UniGR-Center for Border Studies. Download
- French - Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth, Rachid Belkacem : La mobilité transfrontalière des travailleurs est-elle une ressource pour la Grande Région ? Rapport Synthétique du 1er Forum Grande Région. UniGR-Center for Border Studies. Download
Follow-up report
1st Greater Region Forum of the UniGR-CBS: Successful Kick-off: The first Forum Greater Region of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies! Download
Press coverage
Grande-Région : le risque d’engorgement (Romain Van Dyck), in: Le Quotidien (09.06.2018). More information
Sur la trace des dynamiques, in: Lëtzebuerger Journal (08.06.2018). More information
Erstes Forum Großregion: Großes Interesse und intensiver Austausch, in: www.grandregion.net (08.06.2018). More information
Premier Forum Grande Région : un vif intérêt du public et de riches échanges, in: www.granderegion.net (08.06.2018). More information
Contact
Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth (University of Luxembourg )
isabelle.piroth@uni.lu
Organization
This podium discussion was organized by the Université de Lorraine (Rachid Belkacem and Marie-France Gaunard-Anderson), the University of Luxembourg (Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth) and the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Kirsten Mangels).