1. Policy coordination process in AttractSEE project and Spatial Plan of Republic of Serbia Jelena Miljković, Siniša Trkulja Republic Agency for Spatial Planning, Serbia Conference “Good Governance in the Balkans: From a Cross – Sectoral Perspective“ Zagreb, on November 7-8

2. Republic Agency for Spatial Planning National agency for spatial planning in Serbia Exists since 2003 National, regional and special purpose area plans Information system for sptaial development International cooperation Education, cpacity building, promotion

4. Spatial purpose area plans Special purposes: - infrastructure - protected areas - water accumulations - mining areas

5. Project Attract-SEE South-East Europe transnational program IPA funding Assessing Territorial Attractiveness in SEE 2012-2014 Partners from 8 countries

6. Project background The need for better territorial coordination of EU and national policies In the SEE countries there is still lack of knowledge, harmonized methodologies and efficient tools for monitoring current position and trends How sectoral policies can effect a sustainable development of a territory The need for evidence based policy in the SEE countries with monitoring of current position and trends

7. Purpose of the project The aim of the project is to establish a framework concept as well as tools useful for policy makers to enhance the quality of development decisions. The results of the project are to be used by policy/decision makers in improving their cooperation and networking at the South East Europe scale to support policy makers two main interlinked sets of actions are designed in the project: I.A common concept of territorial monitoring II.A policy coordination process will be designed

8. Where Serbia should go ? SPATIAL PLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 10 YEARS SPATIAL PLANS OF SMALLER TERRITORIAL UNITS REGIONAL /9/ AND LOCAL /122+7+22/ GOAL 1 GOAL 2 GOAL 3 GOAL 4 GOAL 5 REPORTS ON SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM OF IMPLEMENTATION 5 YEARS TOWARDS VISION

9. 106 indicators of territorial development ESPON and other Annual Reports (24 + 33 + 49) Indicators of Spatial Development 38 25 26 8 9 Regional development and social cohesion Regional competitivness and accessability Functional integration with the surroundings Natural resources and improved environment Protected natural & cultural heritage and landscape

10. Policy coordination Lack of coordination / harmonization is often referred to as problem of duplication, bureaucratic procedures, lengthy processes Therefore, coordination can be: -Act of managing interdependencies during activities that must be performed to achieve an objective -Way to focus on common problems and challenges, in order to reach objectives through measures and their implementation -Processes which facilitates adaptation and learning as they are the mechanisms for the construction of collective knowledge

11. Spatial Planning as a tool of Horizontal and Vertical Coordination Vertical cooperation among different territorail levels Horizontal cooperation among different sectors Different levels of horizontal cooperation Institutions – governance Participative planning, coordination of interests (through negotiation, mediation, facilitiation), stakeholder involvement

12. Thank you for attention! http://www.attract-see.eu http://www.rapp.gov.rs