Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

Governance systems in Europe are changing to become less top down, more flexible, and involve a wider group of public and private organisations. This raises questions of interdependencies across levels of governance, and amongst public and private actors, institutions and organisations. Simultaneously, the influence of national governance and planning traditions make these changes path and context-dependent.European local and regional authorities are required to promote sustainable and inclusive economic development, within the context of overarching European and national strategies. Common policy topics in terms of smart growth include, among others, infrastructure projects for delivering free Wi-Fi connectivity in city centres; development of ‘apps’ and interactive technologies which allow citizens and businesses to interact with local and regional government; and producing and collecting data on urban living, including the usage of spaces, traffic, and energy use in buildings and electric vehicles. In terms of sustainable growth, cities and regions are concerned with the development of infrastructure for low-carbon transport (such as charging posts); promoting resilience and energy security through local electricity generation; the development of new economic sectors, including green industries; and greening existing sectors and supply chains assisted by ‘smart procurement’ systems. As for inclusive growth, local and regional authorities mean to take account of issues such as demographic change and vulnerability created by aging populations and large-scale migration; development of affordable, sustainable housing, and the provision and distribution of public services to all members of society.All of the afore mentioned has to be achieved in a changing governance context and with fewer resources in the aftermath of the financial crisis. As a result, there is a need for closer cooperation with a widening range of public, private, voluntary sector and citizen-led organisations. However, it is unclear how this new, cooperative and lean governance regime can be brought into existence. This targeted analysis shall focus on four European study territories, each of which is characterised by particular governance tensions in relation to the allocation of territorial development responsibilities and to the specific characteristics of actors involved and issues at stake. In each of these contexts there is a growing need for territorial development strategies involving a variety of stakeholders within and beyond existing administrative territories. These strategies should complement existing regional development policies with a multi-level, as well as functional, approach to sustainable and inclusive territorial development.

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Expected Results (EN):

The objective of this activity is to examine how sustainable and inclusive economic development can be promoted in the evolving landscapes of territorial governance and planning in the stakeholders’ territories. More concretely, the objective of this activity is to satisfy the stakeholders’ knowledge need as defined below: how to promote sustainable and inclusive regional development strategies, taking into account the changing role of regional authorities and the proliferation of stakeholders in functional territories? What are good practices in delivering economic development policies in this new territorial governance framework? What can be appropriate structures that will enable Coventry to share resources and align policy objectives with other participants in the newly created Combined Authority? What can be new forms of cooperation and dialogue amongst municipalities in Southern Denmark around a wide spectrum of issues? What is the role of Piedmont Region in governing the change in the non-metropolitan part of its territory, to ensure that these areas are not excluded from the main development trajectories? How can territorial institutions in and around Oeiras be aligned to promote sustainable development and well-being in the region? The main outcome of the service should be:A report analysing the case study territories and the strategies used to navigate territorial governance tensions and challenges in each case; A framework of good practice for the creation and implementation of sustainable development policies. This will support policy-makers in navigating the connections within their organisations and with different private and public stakeholders at local, regional, national, and European level; Concrete proposals for developing and delivering individual outcomes in each stakeholder region, such as carbon reduction, green economic development, and addressing demographic and social vulnerability.

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Coventry University

Address: Priory Street, CV1 5FB Coventry, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

University of Copenhagen

Name: University of Copenhagen

Address: Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Politecnico di Torino

Name: Politecnico di Torino

Address: Viale Mattioli 39, 10125 Torino, Italy

Legal status: public

University of Lisbon - Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

Name: University of Lisbon - Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

Address: Rua Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276 Lisbon, Portugal

Legal status: public

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Coventry University

Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

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Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

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Polytechnic of Turin

Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

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University of Lisbon - Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

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Summary

Project name (EN): Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

Project acronym: ReSSI

Project start date: 2016-11-11

Project end date: 2018-04-03

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 248 239.87

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 202 986.73

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 202 986.73.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Targeted Analysis - Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 1 - Conceptual and methodological framework

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 2 – Governance Regimes, Opportunities and Challenges for European Cities and Regions

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 3 - Coventry Case Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 4 - Case study Southern Denmark

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 5 - Piedmont Region Case Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 6 - Oeiras Case Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/ressi

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2017-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development –Regional interplay and EU dialogue

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