1. Challenges in the Cooperation Between Different Administrative Levels: A View From Practice
Caspar Sluiter
Senior Policy Officer European Affairs

2. Multilevel governance and the VNG
European Union
National
Water board
Provincial
Local

3. Network of civil servants
The role of the VNG
Network of civil servants
390 Municipalities

4. Relations between the local and national level
Lobby with national government and parliament
The Code of inter-administrative relations
How to inform each other
Local impact of national rules
Financial compensation of new tasks
 This code also applies to the EU

5. Local-national cooperation in the EU: establishing a NL position
EU and Local level increasingly intertwined  constitutional make up of NL ill-equipped to deal with it
Common goal: see what influence the EU policy might have on the status quo
VNG actively involved in drafting national position

6. Committee of the Regions
Local-national cooperation in the EU: negotiations in Brussels
Council
The Hague
Commission
Brussels
Parliament
CEMR
Committee of the Regions

7. VNG in the EU decision making process
Commission
Proposes legislation
Council
Parliament
Decision

8. Future trends Decentralization European integration Differentiation
Network society
‘Maak verschil: Krachtig inspelen op regionaal-economische opgaven’
Werkgroep openbaar bestuur
‘Goed geschakeld? Over de regio en de EU’
Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken

9. Challenges
Position of regions  treaty change necessary?
Differentiation between governance levels: ‘agree to disagree’
How to deal with non-governmental partners?
Acceptance of national government that local governments are in the driver seat
Differentiation of regions  is the Inter-administrative Relations Code and ‘polder model’ enough?

10. Challenges in the Cooperation Between Different Administrative Levels
A perspective from the VNG