Spa-ce.net Belgrade September 2010

 Territorial cohesion is about ensuring the harmonious development of all places, and  About making sure that their citizens are able to make the most of inherent features of these territories.  Transforming diversity into an asset

 FROM LONG-TERM VISION TO REALITY: › Serbia within clearly defined territory, regionally more balanced, › with sustainable economy based on local/regional resources › competitive and socially more coherent, › with proper infrastructure and more accessible, › with protected cultural and natural patrimony and meliorated environment, › functionally integrated in its European surroundings.

 GENERAL AIMS (2020) 1. More balanced regional development and advanced social cohesion 2. Upgraded regional competitiveness and accessibility 3. Sustainable use of natural resources with protected and meliorated environment 4. Protected and sustainably used nature and cultural patrimony and landscape 5. Spatial-functional integration with surroundings in Europe

 Social incoherence  Economic incoherence Human resources Income p/c Regional differences Social inclusion

DECENTRALISATION RESPONSIBILITIES RIGHTS Fiscal decentralization Bigger municipalities (LAU 1) Small municipalities (LAU 2) Municipal property Municipality City (NUTS 3) RESPONSIBILITIES= RIGHTS

POLICENTRISM AND KEY ROLE OF CITIES Regional centers (urban centers with regional functions) Cities Mega 4→3 MEGA City of Belgrade FUAS International importance National importance Regional importance

 Integration  Statistics ESPON › NUTS › NUTS 2 – 5 macro regions › NUTS 3 – 24 districts › LAU 1 bigger municipalities › LAU 2 small municipalities  Asymmetric › Administrative (Vojvodina, Belgrade, Kosovo and Metohija) NUTS 2 › Statistical (West-Central, East-South Serbia) NUTS 2 REGIONALIZATIONREGIONALIZATION CriteriaCriteria geographicalstatisticfunctional

COOPERATIONCOOPERATION Intraregional (between municipalities )Interregional Regional plans Serbia Europe Functional/economic connection between regions INTERREG IV, etc. Crossborder

TERRITORIAL COHESION ISSUE OF RATIONALITY ISSUE OF SOLIDARITY Centralized role of state Structural policies adapted National instruments and financial resources coordinated NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPENDES ON STATE’S CAPACITIES TO COVER ALL THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS THE MODE OF CENTRAL GOVERNING ADAPTED TO SATISFY ALL Equal opportunities and eligibility to supporting all regions Allocation of financial resources to regional tier Incentives to regional development Municipal networking RESPOSIBILITY OF ALL TIERS WITH POSSIBLE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL CAPITAL AND POTENTIALS ACTIVATING ADVANCING GOVERNANCE OF ALL TIERS

 FROM ORIGINAL FREE MARKET AND LAISSEZ- FAIRE (state 2010)  THROUGH A MORE REGULATED STAKEHOLDER SYSTEM ( goals 2020)  TO A CONSCIOUS, INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADES THE CAPACITY FOR COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND INNOVATION TROUGHOUT ALL CORE SOCIETAL AND ECOSYSTEMS ( VISION) A shift of awareness, extending self-interest to entire ecosystem › (Otto Scharmer, MIT, 2009)