Workshop 2 – Integrated development in cities, rural and specific regions Observations from TANGO Lisa Van Well and Peter Schmitt, Nordregio ESPON Internal Seminar 2013 “Territorial Evidence for Cohesion Policy and Territorial Agenda 2020”

Opportunity: A clear rational for development: City of Stockholm has effectively packaged public policy around clear goals based on its environmental rationale seen in promotion of the image around Hammarby Sjöstad and Royal Seaport Challenge: Involving all the relevant actors: Lack of participation of big commercial actors in the working groups (due to a clear political will) in South Loire Territorial Cohesion Plan. Challenge: Finding spill-over mechanisims for urban growth to rural development. Defining the role of rural regions in globalised world 1) Challenges and opportunities for cities for smart, sustainable inclusive development in next period? 2

Challenge: Difficult to mobilise all relevant stakeholders: Difficulties of involving small businesses in the Greater Manchester collaboration with 10 local administrations. Required resources needed to involveg stakeholders in workshops or forums! Opportunity: Building on cross-border cooperation Tradition of cross-border cooperation important for governance of tri- lateral park -Goričko Nature Park in Slovenia, Örseg National Park in Hungary and Naturpark Raab in Austria Opportunity: Boosting institutional capacity: North Shields Fish Quay governance is lead by residents and businesses in the neighbourhood, help from experts for facilitation and guidance. 2) Challenges and opportunities for inclusive growth in peripheral, rural, sparsely populated areas? 3

3) How integrated are current governance practices in different types of cities and regions? In general 4

Understanding planning in the Functional Economic Area in Greater Manchester has allowed the development of an adaptable and flexible governance structure facilitated by partnership arrangements, which deliver cross-sector participation and public policy packing on a range of issues. National and sectoral strategies and policies are not very well linked to a "place-based approach", due to the lack of complex regional spatial plans and the lack of administrative regions in Slovenia…. …Can be overcome partly as in transport strategy of Ljubljana Urban Region in a "soft" platform of cross-sectoral and multi-level actors at the regional level. 3) How integrated are current governance practices in different types of cities and regions? More specific 5

Knowledge from local-level : need for this to be better integrated into regional and national strategies, programmes (Greater Manchester Combined Authority). Lack of use of local territorial knowledge in implementation of plans and strategies (Pécs European Capital of Culture). More use of ex post evalautions: to break away from path dependency and better nourish the feedback cycle (Stockholm resource efficiency…. Need to break away from modernist approach) Need special management skills and experience, precise operating rules and independent, flexible project institutions (Pécs). Challenge: Finding institutional ways to utilize local territorial knowledge Knowledge about how local institutions can be made more flexible to new incoming territorial knowledge (Baltic Sea Region cities) 4) What territorial evidence to policy makers need in this context? 6