European Territorial Cooperation

European Territorial Cooperation
Author: Eduardo Medeiros
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-03-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319748874

This book fills an existing academic literature gap by providing a sound and synthetic analysis on the process of European Territorial Cooperation over the last 30 years. This follows from the support from the former EU INTERREG Community Initiative, since 1989, later transformed into the second main goal of EU Cohesion Policy, by 2007: European Territorial Cooperation - ECT. In order to present the ECT process in a more comprehensive manner, and to be the main literature reference regarding this process in the decades to come, this book is divided into four different sections and 12 chapters. The first section summarizes the main impacts and added-value from ETC experiences while proposing the elevation of the ETC goals within EU Cohesion Policies. The second section addresses the process of cross-border cooperation, and namely its impact in reducing border obstacles and supporting ever growing number of cross-border entities. The third section elaborates on the second most important ETC process (transnational cooperation) with a similar approach. Finally, a last section debates the future scenarios for this process in Europe.

European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation

European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation
Author: Stefanie Dühr
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 821
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134034261

There is a strong international dimension to spatial planning. European integration strengthens interconnections, development and decision-making across national and regional borders. EU policies in areas such as environment, transport, agriculture or regional policy have far-reaching effects on spatial development patterns and planning procedures. Planners in the EU are now routinely engaged in cooperation across national borders to share and devise effective ways of intervening in the way our cities, towns and rural areas develop. In short, the EU has become an important framework for planning practice, research and teaching. Spatial planning in Europe is being ‘Europeanized’, with corresponding changes for the role of planners. Written for students, academics, practitioners and researchers of spatial planning and related disciplines, this book is essential reading for everybody interested in engaging with the European dimension of spatial planning and territorial governance. It explores: spatial development trends and their influence on planning the nature, institutions and actors of the European Union from a planning perspective the history of spatial planning at the transnational scale the planning tools, perspectives, visions and programmes supporting European cooperation on spatial planning the territorial impacts of the Community’s sector policies the outcomes of European spatial planning in practice.

The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2009
Genre: European cooperation
ISBN: 9789289504614

The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) is a new tool, which has been presented by the European Commission on the basis of long-term political actions and proposals coming, among others, from the Committee of the Regions. The EGTC provides a legal framework for territorial cooperation (interregional, cross-border and transnational), where different instruments have been used up until now. REGULATION (EC) No 1082/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 July 2006 on a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation is an EU response to problems that have been identified by programme and project partners. It is also a reaction to pressure from existing cross-border Euroregions and similar structures for a legal instrument capable of providing a strong legal basis for cross-border cooperation. The instrument aims to simplify administration, cooperation and financial control of territorial cooperation in Europe. Regulation (EC) no. 1082/2006 establishes an important legal instrument to strengthen cooperation between regional and local authorities and constitutes an important step towards establishing the right of local and regional authorities to cooperate across national borders. It offers a structure, stability and certainty for territorial cooperation. This new instrument for territorial cooperation has however been established at a time when Cohesion policy in general and territorial cooperation in particular are undergoing significant changes. In the 2007-2013 programming period a significant increase of territorial cooperation within Cohesion policy (e.g. through mainstreaming of the Interreg initiative; a stronger Lisbon and Gothenburg orientation etc.) can be observed. -- EU Bookshop.

European Territorial Cooperation

European Territorial Cooperation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN: 9789279209000

Regional Policy Directorate General just published a new publication entitled 'European Territorial Cooperation: building bridges between people'. This publication, available on line here, will give you an insight into how cooperation, including the European groupings for territorial cooperation and EU macro-regional strategies, currently works, and what the future may hold. It brings you stories about people from all over Europe who either have benefited from, or are somehow connected to, cooperation. European Territorial Cooperation is central to the construction of a common European space, and a cornerstone of European integration. It has clear European added value: helping to ensure that borders are not barriers, bringing Europeans closer together, helping to solve common problems, facilitating the sharing of ideas and assets, and encouraging strategic work towards common goals. This publication is available in French and German. Should you wish to order one copy, please send an email to [email protected] with the language requested and your full contact details.

Uncovering the Territorial Dimension of European Union Cohesion Policy

Uncovering the Territorial Dimension of European Union Cohesion Policy
Author: Eduardo Medeiros
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351689835

This book examines the ‘territorial dimension’ of EU Cohesion Policy, specifically assessing territorial impacts at the various spatial levels, engaging theoretically and empirically with the notion and role of the ‘territorial dimension’ within a strongly fragmented EU policymaking process.

Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe

Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
Author: Filipe Teles
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2017-11-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319628194

This book sheds light on the central complexities of municipal cooperation and examines the dynamics, experiences and drivers of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in Europe. Particular attention is given to the features of governance arrangements and institutions created to generate and maintain collaborative settings between different local governments in a particular territory. The thematically grouped case studies presented here address the dearth of comprehensive and comparative analyses in recent scholarship. The authors provide fresh insights into the rise of inter-municipal cooperation and its evolution during a period of financial crisis and European Union enlargement. This includes critical examinations of the impact of austerity policies, the behavior and perceptions of key actors; and under-explored new member states. Crucially, this work goes beyond the comparison of institutional forms of IMC to address why the phenomenon so widespread and questions whether it is successful, manageable and democratic. This work which presents the most recent and innovative research on inter-local collaborative arrangements will appeal to practitioners as well as scholars of local government, public economy, public administration and policy.

The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union

The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union
Author: Mats Braun
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789906466

This unique book explores what subregions are in a European context and what roles they fulfil in relation to the European integration process, exploring how subregional cooperation and integration in Europe largely take place in the shadow of the European integration process.