Territorial governance as development chance for the Western Balkans

1. Territorial governance as development chance for the Western Balkans • Multilevel stakeholder governance in the EUSAIR • Giuseppe Di Paola • EUSAIR Coordinator • DG REGIO

2. Why the EUSAIR? • Territorial Governance is the formulation of public policies, programmes and projects for the development of a territory by: 1) coordinating actions of actors and institutions 2) Integrating policy sectors 3) Mobilising stakeholders participation 4) Being adaptive to changing contexts 5) Realising place based/territorial specificities and impacts Definition by: “Towards a Better Territorial Governance in Europe”, ESPON, 2014 MRS are forms of territorial governance on a larger scale

3. EUSAIR Governance Structure • Multilevel and Multisector Governance by involving: • - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and EU funds authorities (GB) • - Line Ministries (TSGs) • - Stakeholders (Annual Forum, Stakeholders Platoform) • EC involved at all levels of the process

4. EUSAIR GOVERNING BOARD ADRIATIC –IONIAN TRANSNATIONAL PROGRAMME Supporting EUSAIR governance and implementation PILLAR 2Connecting the Region PILLAR 3 Environmental Quality PILLAR 1Blue Growth PILLAR 4 Sustainable Tourism THEMATIC STEERING GROUP - Topic 4.1 - Topic 4.2 THEMATIC STEERING GROUP - Topic 3.1 a + b - Topic 3.2 THEMATICSTEERING GROUP - Topic 1.1 - Topic 1.2 - Topic 1.3 • THEMATICSTEERING GROUP Transport • Topic 2.1 • Topic 2.2 • Energy • - Topic 2.3 S T A K E H O L D E R S P L A T F O R M

5. How to make it work • Common objectives: • - More developed, competitive, innovative, connected, attractive region • HOW? • More Coordination across levels and sectors • More Ownership viabetter internal and external communication of EUSAIR potential • More Administrative capacity by attributing clear responsibilities to each actor)

6. COORDINATION CHALLENGES OECD Synthesis report on multi-level governance in the EUSAIR • Cross-sector. Both internally and at EUSAIR level. There is limited interaction between EUSAIR Pillars. • Vertical. In general sub-regional levels not fully involved in the Strategy. Need to increase involvement and commitment. • Horizontal. More coordination needed between EU-funded programmes and EUSAIR governance (embedding challenge)(e.g.Managing Authorities network in the Baltic sea region).

7. EUSAIR Internal Governance SERBIA • NC – MFA + EU Funds • PC and TSG members (line ministries) • Sub-national governments do not participate to EUSAIR multilevel governance in Serbia (Vojvodina indirectly involved providing co-financing opportunities – project level) • Good level of involvement of non gov stakeholders (academia,research centres,NGOs..) • Coordination. Working Group for Cooperation (EUSAIR)

8. POST-2020 Territorial Governance (PO5) • PO5 (A Europe closer to citizens) will be especially dedicated to territorial governance. • - incentives for integrated territorial development strategies targeting functional territories • - thematic flexibility (respond to interdependent challenges combining intervention fields (PO1 to PO5) • - special governance method

9. Elements of integrated territorial development under PO5 • Multi-sectoral strategic approach • Multi-level governance approach (from programming to implementation and monitoring • Multi-stakeholders approach • Functional area approach • Bottom-up participatory approach (e.g. CLLD)

10. Integrated Territorial Development What is integrated? Multi-sectoral Multi-level Multi-stakeholder Shared management (Partnership + Multi-level governance) COHESION POLICY Multi-territorial Community-led What is Integrated territorial development? (Art. 22) Policy objective 5 + territorial instruments • ITI (PO1-5) • CLLD (PO1-5) • Other (PO5)