1. Palace of the Parliament
17th Session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial Planning (CEMAT) “The future of CEMAT”
Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds
Bucharest
3 – 4 November 2017
Palace of the Parliament

2. MAIN POINTS Presentation structure
The history of CEMAT - Past CEMAT sessions - Contributions of CEMAT to the field of spatial planning
The future of CEMAT
- Perspectives on the possible areas of interest, institutions to support the organization of CEMAT, based on the questionnaire answers

3. The history of CEMAT
Past CEMAT sessions - CEMAT it is the only framework for pan-European co-operation on spatial development policies within which members and non-members of the European Union can gather on an equal footing at the level of Greater Europe.
- The Council of Europe’s activities relating to spatial planning began in 1970 in Bonn with the 1st session of the CEMAT.

4. The history of CEMAT Past CEMAT sessions Bonn 1970 La Grande Motte
Territorial planning - a fundamental political objective
1970
La Grande Motte
The objectives of a European spatial planning policy
1973
Bari
Urbanization and spatial planning
1976
Viena
Decision on the elaboration of the land-use planning charter
1978
Londra
Balance and perspectives in the European territory planning
1980

5. The history of CEMAT Past CEMAT sessions Torremolinos 1983 Lausanne
adopting the Territorial Planning Charter – first framework document
1983
Lausanne
Resolution on the rational use of soil
1988
Nantes
The principles of integration after 1990 are established
1989
Torino
The achievement of the Europe 2000 document is set
1990
The Europa 2000 report is published
1994
Drafting and adoption of the Vision Planet document on the spatial integration of Central and Eastern European, Danubian and Adriatic
The European Spatial Perspective is adopted
1999
Hanovra
Adopting the 10 principles of sustainable European space development
2000

6. ? The history of CEMAT Past CEMAT sessions Ljubljana 2003 Lisbon 2006
Territory and landscape
2003
Lisbon
Networks for sustainable spatial development of the European Continent – bridges over the Europe
2006
Moscow
Future challenges: sustainable territorial development of the European continent in a changing world
2010
Nafplion
Territorial democracy
2014
Bucharest –
Functional areas - capitalization of local potential within the territorial development policies in Europe
2017 ?
2020

7. The history of CEMAT
Contributions of CEMAT to the field of spatial planning
- Guiding Principles for spatial planning have garnered strong commitment and support at national level and have permeated the national spatial planning culture.
- The Glossary of terms contributes to promoting a common understanding of key concepts and terminology in spatial planning in the European context. It is particularly valuable in creating a common European reference for spatial problems.

8. The future of CEMAT
Perspectives on the possible areas of interest, institutions to support the organization of CEMAT, based on the questionnaire answers
- Within the study on Functional Areas, the last section of the questionnaire centered on the future of CEMAT.
The main themes covered by the survey are:
the benefits that CEMAT has brought to
the field of spatial planning in each CoE Member States
the future format of CEMAT
the Presidency of CEMAT and
the XVIIIth CEMAT reunion
Possible institutional structure of CEMAT
Further directions

9. The future of CEMAT
The benefits that CEMAT has brought to the field of spatial planning in each CoE Member States :
Promoting joint ideas, joint concepts, critical debates, exchange of experience and sharing good practices
Framework for national, regional and local policy-making
Promoting spatial planning activities
Improving a better common understanding of key concepts and terminology in spatial planning
Networking
A source of inspiration for other organizations, academia, practitioners and local authorities
A source of inspiration in the development of a framework to enable the participation of regions, municipalities and citizens in spatial planning

10. The future of CEMAT The future format of CEMAT:
- Most countries that filled the questionnaire also expressed their support for organizing CEMAT in the future, based on two main arguments:
CEMAT is the only pan-European platform of territorial development and spatial planning
CEMAT is a framework for the evaluation of national and transnational strategies for sustainable spatial and socio-economic development in Europe.
- Proposals to change the format include:
finding a particular purpose and a tighter connection to other global or EU processes
organizing operational meetings
avoiding overlapping with the activities of some other organizations

11. The future of CEMAT ?
The Presidency of CEMAT and the XVIIIth CEMAT reunion:
- At the moment, no CoE Member State expressed a firm intention to take over the Presidency of CEMAT and the XVIIIth CEMAT reunion

12. The future of CEMAT Possible institutional structure of CEMAT:
The Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)
The European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG)
Secretariat functions in Council of Europe
Closer contact with Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points (NTCCP)
Intensifying cooperation between experts under the coordination of the Council of Europe

13. The future of CEMAT Further directions: Main objectives:
Achieving better links between EU policies and national spatial planning systems
Building a common knowledge and understanding of the major trends of the global changes affecting the territory
Strengthening cooperation
Spreading good practice instead of focusing on written declarations
- Specific themes (examples)
Spatial planning and climate change
Governance of functional areas
Migration and demographic changes
Limit the growth of settlements’ area
Quality of urban living space

14. Instead of conclusions, further questions on the future of CEMAT
How can closer co-operation with other organizations active in field can be achieved?
What is the proper way to provide technical and financial support for the organization of future CEMAT sessions?
Is it necessary to have a technical secretariat? And how can it be supported on a financial, technical and administrative level?
Will there be a next CEMAT session?

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