We are grateful to the regional cross-border organizing committee and to the ECCB steering committee for their support and contribution to the organization of the conference.
The statement did, however, mention the need for joint attention to a number of issues, including the safety of genetically modified foods, research into the human genome, cross-border criminal organizations, the aging of populations in many developed countries and environmental issues like global warming.
Her proposal would link the right to immigrate not to a job offer from an employer but to membership in a cross-border worker organization — a kind of transnational union.
The great thing about the global Internet (while we still have it) is that it facilitates cross-border, horizontal organization that can serve as a counterbalance to the hierarchical instincts of regulators and policy makers who are still learning how the Internet works.
And as Internet and computer technology has made cross-border business organization less costly and more efficient, it has become easier for businesses to outsource or relocate all or part of their operations to countries where wages, labor, and environmental standards are low.
A non-profit organization, Stellar was created to make money transfers more accessible for people in underserved communities by connecting financial systems around the world and recently partnered with IBM on a cross-border payment system for banks.
The cross-border nature of the organizations' work, in predominantly opposition held areas, is supported by local ethnic Burmese health workers who are able to work with local councils, camp and community leaders.
Attacks on health services in the eastern states of Burma, and the far reaching impact on the health care system there are rarely reported on, except through the local human rights groups and organizations providing cross-border medical care.
And because they are commons goods -- not public or private goods -- responsibility for these cross-border resources must be undertaken through the self-organization and collective action of individuals, civil society and supra-national organizations.
National research organizations can also participate in cross-border research through their research institutes.
