Progress of Roadmap Action 1

ESPON Seminar, Paphos 5-6 December2012

Jacek Zaucha University of Gdańsk, Institute for Development

Dariusz Swiątek Polish Academy of Science

Kinga Stańczuk-Olejnik&Magda Zagrzejewska Polish Ministry of Regional Development

Structural Policy Coordination Department

Roadmap towards promoting and enhancing an integrated, territorial approach based on the TA 2020 accepted by the Ministers

Action 1: Stage 1 – preparation of a survey on how Members States

integrate place-based approach into public policies on national, regional and local level.

Stage 2 – develop a methodology on how to integrate the place-based approach into public policies on national, regional and local level.

Stage 3 – dissemination of the methodology and results of the survey as good practice throughout exchange of best practices, workshops, conferences, publications.

The origins for the NTCCP survey

Paphos ESPON Seminar 5-6th December 2012

To heat up European debate on the territorial approach to development. To integrate

economy and space.

To show added value of such approach in different policies

To convince the others that territory matters for development policies we have to show that we make use of the place-based approach in our countries.

The rationale for the survey

Regional/local National

Main ingridients of the place-based

Knowledge on individual development context (territorial capital, other type of local/regional potential etc.),

Impact assessments of different policies,

Institutional frame for multilevel governance dialogue including instruments,

Dialogue between different developmental agents/institutions .

This is only an example. Many other configurations are possible e.g. regional versus local

Capable Institutions for development of individual places and all places in harmony

Knowledge on the overall developmental context (of all places)

Knowledge on territorially differentiated socio economic development has been collected in almost all countries although using different methods and techniques

1. All the necessary ingredients of the place based approach are in place.

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

2. Main reasons of success

•Strong culture of public debate•Active and capable local/regional governments and stakeholders•Territorial impacts of national policies by local stakeholders

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

3. There is no uniform template of the Place Based approach. Countries’ approaches differ.

There is no clear proof for correlation between number of types of actors engaged in dialogue and size/type of the country

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

large countries

small countries

federal countries

4. Territory is an important topic for cross-governance dialogue within the place-based frame

Key sub topics:

• Strong cities >60%

•Functional regions >70%

•Accessibility and transport >80%

•Public services of general interest >65%

•Rural regions >75%

•Problem regions >78%

•Environment and nature > 70%

%

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

5. Some elements of the Place Based approach needs strengthening

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

50% of countries are not satisfied with the current state of the cross-governance dialogue

5. Some elements of the Place Based approach needs strengthening

Only in 57% of our countries local governments are able to asses the impact of upper level policies and formulate expectations on them

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

Number of countries

5. Some elements of the Place Based approach needs strengthening

We should focus on impact assessments, and planning in line with functional geography

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

Number of countries where instruments were used

5. Some elements of the Place Based approach needs strengthening

Knowledge on territorial development is collected by national authorities mainly from statistical sources, permanent monitoring systems are less popular.

Is this evidence based dialogue?

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

6. There is a need to focus our efforts on implementation of the Place Based approach on some policies

Functional Geography

Preliminary findings (26 countries)

SGEI

Thank you for your attention!