ESPON CPS (2017/2018)

In 2017/2018, the Elbe/Labe Euroregion participated as one of ten model regions in a project of the European Spatial Planning Observation System ESPON and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) to improve the provision of cross-border public services (CPS) in border regions. In our case, the aim was to enable the inhabitants of the Schluckenauer Zipfels to access the hospitals in Sebnitz and Ebersbach without complications with their Czech health insurance company.

The project provided valuable input on the issue of cross-border healthcare both for the region and across Europe.

It was not possible to solve the regional problem that Czech citizens from the Schluckenauer Zipfel can hardly use the hospitals in Sebnitz and Ebersbach. However, contacts were established with regions where this works (Gmünd - České Velenice). A memorandum was also signed by Saxony and the Czech Republic in 2019, but this was never implemented.

In the European context, the issue of cross-border healthcare has been placed high on the list of border obstacles, partly thanks to this project. We hope that this will lead to a solution to the problem in the medium term.

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