Getting Started with Cross Border Cooperation is the Centre’s free online training programme which aims to help those people and organisations thinking about, or beginning to plan, a cross-border project to increase skills and knowledge in delivering an effective cross-border programme.

Whether you are completely new to cross border cooperation projects, or you have some experience in this area already and are looking to build on your experience and create stronger projects and stronger partnerships, this is the course for you.

The online course is split into six interactive modules, each dealing with different aspects of the design of a cross-border cooperation project. If you take it independently you can take as long as you need to complete it. The content consists of text, videos and interactive exercises.

The Centre for Cross Border Cooperation is also currently in the process of finalising a guided learning option which will allow you to further explore the contents of the course via a series of six online sessions with Centre for Cross Border Cooperation’s Director Dr Anthony Soares. A second cohort of 6 guided learning sessions is scheduled to begin in October 2025. 

Our intention in this course is to provide you with the information and tools that you need at each stage of developing your cross-border project to ensure that it is both effective and creates a sustainable partnership.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Use evidence to effectively identify and define challenges in your community that your organisation can solve as part of fulfilling its core mission.
• Build sustainable partnerships with organisations on the other side of the border.
• Design and implement projects that benefit multiple jurisdictions in a way that each organisation alone could not achieve.
• Effectively demonstrate the value and impact of your project.

To register and learn more about Getting Started with Cross Border Cooperation, click here.

If you would like to register for the guided learning option, or place your name on the waitlist for October, please email projects@crossborder.ie as soon as possible.

Source: https://www.icommunityhub.org/centre-for-cross-border-cooperation-online-training-programme/