INTERCO Workshop Investigating storylines on territorial cohesion MC meeting 16.11.2010 Liege ESPON...

INTERCO WorkshopInvestigating storylines on territorial cohesion

MC meeting 16.11.2010 LiegeESPON Seminar 17.11.2010, LiegeESPON Seminar 18.11.2010, Liege

Open Workshop 14.01.2011, Brussels

INTERCO

Aim:Develop indicators and indices that can be used to measure territorial cohesion, complex territorial development, structural issues, territorial challenges and opportunities as well as territorial effects at different geographical levels and types of regions.

Lead:University of Geneva

Timeframe:November 2010 – January 2011: Screening the demandFebruary 2011 – September 2011: Indicator work Autumn 2011: Workshops on preliminary findings Winter 2011/12: Fine tuning

Final Report February 2012

5 Stories about Territorial Cohesion Competitiveness, smart growth, use of territorial potentials in a polycentric Europe

Balanced development, inclusive growth, equality, fair access to services

Local development focus, endogenous local potentials, access to nearest centre

Geographical specificities, islands, mountainous, rural and sparsely populated areas

Coordination of policies, territorial impacts, synergies, costs of non-coordination

Others, such as environment

The stories are not mutually exclusive,they highlight different facets

Territorial Cohesion: Competitiveness Story Aim: • contribute to growth and boost European competitiveness

Focus: • territorial potentials • connectivity • large urban agglomerations as ‘motors‘ / agglomeration effects

Rationale:• economies of agglomeration• new economic geography• growth pole theory

Indicators:• connectivity of MEGAs• territorial distribution of MEGAs• international headquarters• ...

Territorial Cohesion: Balanced Development Story Aim: •contribute to inclusive growth, fair access to infrastructure and services (and possibly redistribution of wealth)

Focus: •territorial diversity •specific comparative advantages •‘equal’ or fair development opportunities

Rationale:•endogenous development potentials •negative effects of extreme economic imbalances

Indicators:•GDP per capita gini coefficient •access to infrastructure and services of general interest•social welfare indicators •...

Territorial Cohesion: Local Development Story Aim: •focus on local development conditions and in particular the access to the nearest economic centres (place-based policy making)

Focus: •territorial diversity and fragilities of small and ‘peripheral’ places•specific development conditions •intangible development factors

Rationale:•endogenous development potentials (incl. soft factors) •territorial context as exogenous development factor

Indicators:•access to the nearest economic centre •‘uniqueness’ of the assembly of business activity •various ‘local cluster’ measures •...

Territorial Cohesion: Geographical Specificities Story

Aim: •reduction of disparities in the level of development –related to geographical specificities (Treaty)

Focus: •backwardness of the least favoured regions (regions in industrial transition, rural, peripheral, sparsely populated, mountainous and border regions, and islands)

Rationale:•‘compensation’ for permanent handicaps

Indicators:•access to the nearest economic centre •population density•dependency ratios•...

Territorial Cohesion: Sector Coordination Story

Aim: •Dialogue with other sectors in order to strengthen the territorial dimension in various policy fields – better synergies

Focus: •costs of non-coordination •integration / coordination of policies •territorial impact assessment

Rationale:•network governance •polity and politics

Indicators:•governance indicators•policy integration indicators •...

Territorial Cohesion: Others / Environment

Aim: •Environmental dimension of territorial development

Focus: •green growth•environmental assets •energy issues

Rationale:•sustainable development

Indicators:•...•...

Towards your territorial cohesion balance

World CaféOne table = one storyline

20 minutes discussion at each tableMove to new table = new storyline 20 minutes discussion at each table

(start with short intro by the host)

5 Stories about Territorial Cohesion

A - white) Competitiveness, smart growth, use of territorial potentials in a polycentric Europe

B – yellow ) Balanced development, inclusive growth, equality, fair access to services

C – green) Local development focus, endogenous local potentials, access to nearest centre

D – blue) Geographical specificities, islands, mountainous, rural and sparsely populated areas

E – red) Coordination of policies, territorial impacts, synergies, costs of non-coordination

F – organge) Environment as important future dimension

Questions for the World Café

Flesh out your storyline:

•What distinguishes your storyline from the others ?

•What are the basic ideas behind the storyline ?

•What are the main rationales to be developed in the storyline ?

•First ideas on how the storyline can be measured ?

Reporting and discussion

It’s your turn !

Thank you very much !

For further input reflections please contact the INTERCO team, e.g.

kai.boehme@spatialforesight.euerik.gloersen@spatialforesight.eu