09/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The region of the Upper Rhine (Alsace, Bade Württemberg, south of the Rhineland Palatinate, the Swiss cantons of Basel-city, Basel-Country, Soleure, Argovia and Jura have provided a joint response to a consultation opened through the European Commission's Green Paper on regional cohesion. Backed up by their cross-border cooperation, which both involves public and private bodies, these different regions underline the importance of modulating interventional and involving the different level of the regional and local authorities in cooperation. They also welcome the contribution made by the INTERREG programme. Officials from regional authorities presented their common document, as well as other emblematic cooperation projects in the Upper Rhineland (Biovalley cluster, the EUCOR university network, the Upper Rhineland geographic information system), during an event organised on 30 March by the Regional Bade-Württemberg Representation in Brussels. (O.J./trans/rh)