Hans Bruyninckx - Transboundary low carbon economic development - Tthe Benelux experience
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Transcript of Hans Bruyninckx - Transboundary low carbon economic development - Tthe Benelux experience
Prof. Dr. Hans Bruyninckx (Catholic University Leuven)
Brussels, May 2013
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1. Transboundary cooperation and the low carbon economy (LCE)
Local and regional dynamics essential in LCE strategies Level at which LCE policies are concretised, implemented
and financed
Cluster-approaches to industrial (eco-)innovation
Often linked to local dynamics (e.g. carbon neutral urban or regional development strategies)
Local dynamics often have transboundary characteristics Economic clusters are often transboundary (e.g. harbor
regions; metropolitan networks; …)
Often supported by policy instruments and strategies (e.g. EU funding for transboundary development)
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2. Local cases: never in ‘isolation’
Framework: (sub)national and European policies on Industrial policy Eco-innovation GHG emissions reductions Related R&D policies
New dynamics on local LCE Covenant of Mayors EU attention OECD attention
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3. Euregion Scheldemond
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Bio-base technology as basis for reconversion and green growth
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Industrial Profile
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Organisational Structure Bio Base Europe
- Port of Ghent - Education opportunities: “close the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biobased products and processes” - Train employees for biobased green jobs
- City of Terneuzen - Education, networking, technological innovation and exhibiting
“Smart Links”: cooperation among biobased companies
4. Multi-level Policy Initiatives
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Belgium
Flemish Region
Province of Eastern-Flanders
City of Ghent
The Netherlands
Province of Zeeland
City of Terneuzen
Surprisingly many efforts already at the regional and local level but…
considering the indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy: - No cross-border cooperation yet - No systematic measurement yet
-Yet need for indicators: - How are we doing? Policy performance - Legitimacy ?
5. Reflections on the use of local LC-indicators
A number of enduring problems of data-gathering - ‘region’ does not coincide with any data gathering ‘institution’
- Transboundary characteristics complicate this
- Data availability; consistency; comparability; …
- Longitudinal nature of LCE/S transition
Result: hardly any of the indicators are used at this moment
Yet, … many indicator processes are running at the local level - labor-, capacity-, time-intensive
- Little coherence, compatibility at the level of Belgium/Flanders
- Little structured ‘learning’
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6. Emerging Policy Messages
Challenges for data gathering remain strong
Yet, … many indicator processes are running at the local level
Two steps approach: the core (eg: GHG emissions of the region; Carbon intensity of the economy of the region; carbon intensity of employment) and the complementary adjusted local set
Specific process approach for crossborder areas
Opportunities for for exchange, learning, methodological and policy development!
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7. Role for RIOs (Benelux)
LCE and Green Growth
Relevance for specific region?
Part of core political/policy attention?
How to integrate in working program?
Indicator development and use
Specific competences in cross-border cooperation: how to use this for indicator processes?
Setting the stage for other cross-border areas of high significance for LC-future
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