Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

2. The Basque Country and the European regions • Content of the Presentation: • Spatial Planning in the Basque Country. • Spatial Planning outlook and challenges in The Basque Country. • Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government. Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

3. The Basque Country Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

4. THE DIFFERENT COMPETENCES Basque Government Provincial Council of Biscay Diputación Foral de Bizkaia Provincial Council of Guipuzcoa Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa Provincial Council of Alava Diputación Foral de Alava 111Town Councils111 Municipios 88 Town Councils88 Municipios 51 Town Councils51 Municipios

5. THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE PLANNING • 15 Territorial Planning Areas: • -6 Areas in Biscay • 6 Areas in Guipuzcoa • 3 Areas in Alava 2 • General Guidelines for the territorial planning Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV • Sectorial Territorial Planning: • a) For the protection of: • Rivers and streams • Wetlands • Coast • b) For the basic planning of infrastructures: • Railway infrastructures • Roads infrastructures • Wind power energy • Industry Territorial Planning 3 4 Local planning of each of the 250 towns of the Basque Country

6. General Guidelines for the territorial planning of the Basque Country Las Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV - Approved in 1997. - They establish the basic model and criteria that have to be considered by the intermediate territorial planning of each region.

7. The document of the General Guidelinesdefines the basic connections between the main towns of the Basque Country, such as the new railway network (High speed railway) Conexión básica entre las capitales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

8. Territorial Planning for the metropolitan area of Bilbao Plan Territorial Parcial del Bilbao metropolitano -In this planning has been defined the criteria that have to be considered by all the town councils situated in the metropolitan area of Bilbao, in order to design their own local planning.

9. Territorial Planning for the region of San Sebastian: Categories for the land planning Plan Territorial Parcial de Donostia-San Sebastián:Ordenación del medio físico - As happens with Bilbao, in others metropolitan areas such as San Sebastian, we are working on territorial planning that will define a model of development for the planning of the 13 towns situated in the same metropolitan area

10. Territorial Planning for the region of Goierri (Guipuzcoa):Categories for the land planning Plan Territorial Parcial de Goierri. Categorías de ordenación del medio físico

11. Sectorial Planning for the protection of rivers and streams Plan Territorial Sectorial de ordenación de márgenes de los ríos y arroyos - This is one of the territorial planning that already has been approved to protect the natural values of the land.

12. Sectorial Planning of wetlands Plan Territorial Sectorial de Zonas Húmedas - The first aim of this territorial planning is to protect the wetlands that we have in our land, according to the value that each place has.

13. Sectorial Planning for the protection of the coast Plan Territorial Sectorial de protección y ordenación del litoral Z u m a i a - This planning establishes the conditions to guarantee the protection of the territory situated closer than 500 metres from the coast line. Z a r a u t z

14. Sectorial Planning for the promotion of land for industries and commercial equipment Plan Territorial Sectorial de Creación Pública de Suelo para Actividades Económicas y de Equipamientos Comerciales - This territorial planning defines the most suitable areas to promote the development of industries.

15. Sectorial Planning of the railways Plan Territorial Sectorial de la red ferroviaria en la CAPV Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

16. Sectorial Planning for Wind Energy Plan Territorial Sectorial de Energía Eólica

17. Sectorial Planning for cycle routes Plan Territorial Sectorial de vías ciclistas de Gipuzkoa

18. The protection of environment, natural resources and landscape Protección del medio natural del País Vasco Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

19. Project for the urban regeneration of the Bay of Pasaia Regeneración de la bahía de Pasaia (Gipuzkoa)

20. Metropolitan area of Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaya Ordenación del área metropolitana de Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaia

21. Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government • Having reference indicators of European regions as a reference framework to help us define parameters that should be considered in our Spatial Development Strategy. • Benchmarking with other European regions when defining objectives for our Spatial Development Strategy, and also when assessing results of spatial planning policies. • Networking with other regional authorities, building synergies in the field of spatial planning policies (even with neighbor regions). • Improving future possibilities of European funding returns, having a coherent spatial development strategy. • Strengthening scientific capacities in the field of spatial planning through the participation of Basque research centers in ESPON projects.

22. Spatial Planning outlook and Challenges in the Basque Country • Update of the Spatial Planning Guidelines. • Train connection with Europe and other Spanish regions (and Sustainable Mobility Act). • Integrating Landscape in planning system (future Landscape Act). • Integrating Climate Change in planning system (future Climate Change Act). • Sectorial Planning for agriculture and forestry. • From polycentrism based on the three province capitals towards the Basque cities network (transformation axes). • Urban retrofitting and perimeter limitations.