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Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière. Transfrontier Operational Mission. Governance and planning in cross-border regions: needs, answers from EU. « Sharing experiences across borders » Dundalk, 30 September 2011 Jean Peyrony, DG of Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT).
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Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière Transfrontier Operational Mission Governance and planning in cross-border regions: needs, answers from EU « Sharing experiences across borders » Dundalk, 30 September 2011 Jean Peyrony, DG of Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT)
PRESENTATION MISSION OPÉRATIONNELLE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE • Governance and planning in cross-border regions: needs, answers from EU • MOT, Transfrontier Operational Mission • The URBACT « EGTC » project: how should the different levels contribute to the governance of cross border agglomerations • An opportunity: EU cohesion policy 2014+
THE NETWORK OF MOT MISSION OPÉRATIONNELLE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE
STRUCTURE MISSION OPÉRATIONNELLE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE A unique structure to serve projectswith a cross-border strategy Interministerial Steering Committee Information + Feedback on needs and requirements (need for adaptation of orientations) Government Orientation + Support fromnational level TECHNICAL TEAM Association(public, semi-public, private actors)
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT • The “EGTC” project was a working group co-financed by the URBACT II programme:http://urbact.eu/ • Rationale • Network of 6 cross-border agglomerations (different political, cultural, socio-economic contexts) • Exchange on cross-border governance tools, including the EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation) • To improve their system of transfrontier partnership
Partnership of the « EGTC » URBACT project MOT, Lead Partner Lille Métropole Urban Community Eurométropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, FR/BE Slubice Frankfurt on Oder/Slubice conurbation, PL/DE Chaves Eurocidade Chaves-Verin, PT/ES Esztergom Ister-Granum EGTC, HU/SK Canton of Basel Stadt Trinational Eurodistrict Basel, CH/DE/FR Urban Community of Strasbourg Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau, FR/DE
Outputs of the « EGTC » project The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT • 6Local Action Plans to improve cross-border governance : one per cross-border agglomeration A series of opened dissemination conferences • Handbook • Methodology followed by the project partners • Best practices of local cross-border actions • Lessons learned and recommendations of actions • European Action Plan • Lessons learned at local level • Recommendations addressed at regional/national and European levels
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT • The “Leadership” agenda of CB governance (or internal governance) • Need of: • Committed individual political leaders • Organized technical work (dedicated staff/administrations) • Articulation between the politicians and the technicians • Financial solidarity • Institutionalisation of a collective leadership (e.g.: EGTC) Lessons learnt
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT Lessons learnt • The “Community” dimension of the CB governance (or involvement of civil society) • Need of: • CB projects implying an active role of the local population • Media connecting leaders-citizens-CB Conurbation • Participative democracy to develop a sense of CB community
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai : FRANCE/BELGIUM
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT • Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai : • a cross border conurbation • 2 millions inhabitants living on 2 countries, 3 regions, speaking 2 different languages • 14 institutions are partners (4 in France, 10 in Belgium), representing intermunicipalities, départements, regions and States • Covering the territory of 145 municipalities
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
The governance of the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Political level Technical level Civil Society The Presidency Conference of Mayors The Executive Agency (operational services) The Assembly The Forum of the Eurometropolis (economic and social sphere) The Board • Six Thematic Committees • - Mobility - Economic Development • Culture - Services to population • Territorial strategy - Tourism Bilinguism Double parity France / Belgium Wallonia / Flanders
The URBACT « EGTC » project:Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations EUROPEAN PROJECT The European Action Plan • Bring up cross-border agglomerations’ interests to the EU level • Lessons learned at local level: • solutions to be developed at local level, answering the inhabitants’ needs • need to involve upper levels: inefficiency traps (Barca); subsidiarity is 2 ways; dissymetry of competences across borders • Recommendations adressed to the regional/ national and European authorities • - horizontal coordination across borders • - vertical coordination: multi level governance • - territorial awareness
Long History: EU in charge of economic and social cohesion, not of spatial planning Debate on territorial cohesion started in the early 1990s 1st peak: ESDP, 1999 Led to the INTERREG and ESPON programmes Territorial Agenda and Leipzig Charter 2007 Territorial Cohesion in the Lisbon Treaty, new shared competence Green paper Territorial Cohesion Barca report: place based approach Territorial Agenda 2020 Cohesion policy 2014+ PL presidency: mainstreaming of TC An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY
Integrated strategies, also across borders Territorial programming: place based approach Horizontal and vertical coordination of policies Evidence-based policy making 4 pillars for fostering Territorial Cohesion, with the support of Cohesion policy 2014+, for cross border regions An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY
2014/2020: Need to build (local/regional/national) strategies on each border, ...and to coordinate them across the border EU Baltic strategy (macro region) shows the way; but Cross-border regions are strategic as well All programmes (national, regional, EU funded or not) should implement these strategies; cooperation programmes as facilitators The 3 NOs: no new legislation, no new goverment, no additional money…but coordination: soft planning for soft spaces Options Territorial cohesion and Cooperation in strategic policy documents: EU “Common strategic framework” (CSF) national “Development and Investment Partnership Contracts” (DIPC), coordinated between themselves. 1. Integrated strategies An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY
2. Territorial programming An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY 2014/2020: more territorial approach in programmes Options: • Territorial dimension (including cooperation with neighbouring regions) in operational programmes • Support for integrated local development initiatives (URBAN,LEADER acquis) in all contexts (urban, rural, urban-rural) • at the appropriate geographical level, preferably functional areas, ... also in cross-border context (eg: cross border conurbations) • Build cross border capacity and governance, multi level when necessary: EGTC a good tool • Improving the partnership approach - direct involvement of local authorities, also in cooperation programmes: eg global grants to EGTCs ...
3. Coordination of policies An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY 2014/2020: At each level, need for horizontal coordination vis à vis territorial impacts; vertical coordination between levels. Options At local and regional (possibly cross border) level: integrated projects and programmes At Member State level: horizontal coordination vis-à-vis CBC: contact persons in ministries, coordinated at high level, within and between States At EU level: horizontal coordination through: • Cohesion policy: place based implementation tool of EU 2020 strategy; coordination of funds and sectoral policies • within European Commission: Geography matters! Inter-service groups; territorial dimension of impact assessments • Vertical coordination, role of Strategic follow up of Cohesion Policy, including territorial dimension and cooperation.
4. Evidence-based policy making An opportunity: Territorial Cohesion, EU Cohesionpolicy 2014+ EU COHESION POLICY • Ability to measure assets as well as constraints of territories, territorial impacts of policies... • Need to go below NUTS 2 (local); above NUTS 2 (pluri regional); and across NUTS (cross-border context!) • Options: • Refined data sets and new territorial indicators, in close cooperation with national Statistical Offices (coordinating on borders), and EU (ESPON, Urban audit...) • For cross-border regions: programmes shall fund evidence base building: data, scenarios... • Enhancing EU networking on territorial and urban issues (ESPON, Urbact, Interreg C, Interact), so as to share evidence and disseminate good practice: governance, planning...also for cross border regions !
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