About Us

President McAleese hosts 10th birthday reception for the Centre, September 2009.

The Centre for Cross Border Studies, based in Armagh and Dublin, researches and develops cooperation across the Irish border in a wide range of practical areas, notably education, health, ICT, planning and the economy. Its purpose is to:

  1. Identify gaps in cross-border information, research and mutual learning in Ireland;
  2. Commission and publish research on issues related to  North/South and cross-border cooperation in all fields of society and the economy;
  3. Host events at which research findings can be discussed and disseminated, and at which cross-border policy formation in Ireland can be developed;
  4. Present the findings of such research and development to the two governments, the Northern Ireland Executive, social partner bodies and the public;
  5. Manage and provide administrative support for cross-border networks in research, training and higher education:  the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD); the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) and Universities Ireland;
  6. Provide sources of comprehensive and accurate information about North/South and cross-border cooperation in Ireland (notably through the websites www.borderpeople.info and www.borderireland.info)

Notes from the Next Door Neighbours

Notes from the Next Door Neighbours

WHAT THEY SAY…

The Centre for Cross Border Studies is an important catalyst for bringing people to work together across a range of social and economic issues and thus find out what they have in common. The tragedy of the recent past on this island is that we turned our backs on each other and did everything separately. The value the Centre adds is to show how much more we can achieve by working together. — THE TAOISEACH, MR BRIAN COWEN TD, 11 March 2009