Transcript Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance

UDG-NTCCP
Meeting
26-27 Sept. 2011
Warsaw
Rik Baeten, Belgium
Mart Grisel, EUKN
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance in
Europe & EUKN Publication “Multilevel Urban
Governance or the Art of Working Together”
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
in Europe
Authors :
Prof .Dr. Tuna Tasan-Kok, Middle East Technical
Univ. of Ankara and Technical Univ. of Delft.
Mr. Jan Vranken, prof. em. University of Antwerp –
research institute OASES (Bel).
Commissioned by the Belgian presidency of the
European Council (2010) – Federal Service for Social Integration.
Advise : Committee of the Regions, CEMR, EUKN.
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
Aim of the handbook :
Providing guidance to diverse levels of urban governance in order
to realize an integrated urban development with common
objectives.
Offer illustrative models, methods and instruments to realize
tailor-made and innovative Multilevel urban governance.
Target groups :
Diverse levels of urban organisations, policy makers
and practitioners : EU, national, regional & local governments
and administrations, neighbourhood organisations, etc.
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
Contents (64 p.):
- Introduction :
definition, preceding declarations, challenges, use
and aims of the handbook, …
- Participatory MLG and integrated development :
Governance as a concept
-> Multi-actor understanding of urban management, no clear
hierarchy, governance-beyond-the-state, based on mutual
trust...
-> Characteristics of integrated urban development,
partnerships…
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
- Rules, conditions and the process of MLG:
General principles :
Common goals and targets, cooperation with agreements,
coordination, citizens’ participation…
* starting from local needs : bottom-up
* national concern : top-down with shared responsibilities.
Role of the different levels of governance :
EU, National, Regional, Local, Neighbourhoods
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
Main part of the handbook (p.22 – 46):
Instruments of collaboration between
different levels of governance
For each instrument : definition, aim, key principles, the process
the role of different levels, examples.
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Integrated Local Actions :
> Policy platforms
> Local Action Plans for integrated projects
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Territorial Cooperation :
> Territorial pacts
> European Grouping of territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
- Participation of diverse stakeholders :
> Local Strategic partnerships & Local Action Teams
> Local Support Groups
- Coordination between different levels of governance :
> Multi-Party Contracts
> State-Region Plan Contracts
- Integrated Sectoral Priorities :
> Local Climate Investment Programmes
> Jobs Strategies
Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance
- Conclusions & Recommendations :
> Importance of a ‘bottom up’ approach:
formulating local ‘expectations’ towards common
targets at diverse levels.
> Cooperation public and private sector.
> Spatial dimension of the priority areas.
> Importance of a “stage director’ responsible of
ML coordination.
- Postscript by DG Julien Van Geertsom about the
need for a common ML-method on a European scale.
EUKN publication “The art of working together”
EUKN-Publication
Multilevel Urban Governance or the Art
of Working Together
Methods, Instruments and Practices
Authors :
Mart Grisel & Frans van de Waart (eds)
Prof. Simon Güntner (Hamburg Univ of Applied Sciences)
Dr. Iván Tosics (Metropolitan Research Institute Budapest)
Commissioned by the Belgian presidency of the European Council
(2010) – Federal Service for Social Integration.
EUKN publication “The art of working together”
Theoretical framework (1)
Prof. Dr. Simon Güntner (2 articles)
1. MLG, a brief Look at the Current Debate
Introducing current concepts -> two broad categories of
MLG: 1. the ‘Russian dolls’-type of allocation of power
at distinct levels of government; 2. intertwining of
authority in task-related entities or partnerships.
2. Urban Development and European Forms of MLG
Concept of Multilevel Governance in the context of
European decision making : community method –
intergovernmental method, hard law – soft law,
subsidiarity principle…
EUKN publication “The art of working together”
Theoretical framework (2)
Dr. Iván Tosics (2 articles)
1. Multilevel Government Systems in Urban Areas
Typology of multilevel governmental systems in the EU
27 + Nor/Swit. Analyses of the formal divisions of competences, the regional and local level, planning
systems, intergovernmental fiscal relations…
2. Urban Development and Urban Policies in EU
Member States
Description of the structural differences among EU
Countries regarding their urban areas and their urban
development policies. Recent changes in political
orientations of national urban policies.
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11 case studies :
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Focused on the interaction between the various actors and their
roles
Analysed against background of a theoretical framework
Leading to some overall questions.
For each case:
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Urban MLG profile
Actor analysis: description actors and their roles
Policy and financial process (initiative, approach, execution,
monitoring, evaluation)
Case passport (issue, duration, budget).
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11 Case studies (1):
- Belgium - Antwerp: Park Railway North (Park Spoor
Noord)
- Hungary – Budapest: Magdolna Quarter Programme
- Romania – Rasnov: Rehabilitation City Centre
- Germany – Duisburg: Poet Quarter
- Scotland – Edinburgh: Joining up Local Employment
Services
- Belgium – Brussels: Collaboration Brussels Capital
Region in National Social Inclusion Action Plan
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11 Case studies (2):
- Belgium – Wallonia: Walloon Air and Climat Plan
- Cyprus – Urban Agglomeration Development Plan
Review Process
- Netherlands – Healthy Neighbourhood-experiment
(within Deprived Neighbourhoods Programme)
- Denmark - Local Employment Councils
- Sweden – Local Investment Programmes and
Climate Investment Programmes.
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Basic questions :
1. What are the challenges?
2. Who is doing something about it?
3. What helps and what does not?
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1. What are the challenges ?
- Policies directed at specific neighbourhood or city :
often local initiating actor (bottom-up): Antwerp,
Rasnov, Edinburgh, Budapest, Duisburg
- Challenges + objectives identified at regional,
national or European level : require implementation
on more local level (top-down) : Sweden, Denmark,
Netherlands, Walloon region, Cyprus
- Brussels case on social inclusion : elements of the
two types of policy.
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2. Who is doing something about it ?
→ range of actors involved
- Local municipal level responsible for formulating
policies + implementation in daily practice :
Budapest, Antwerp, Rasnov, Duisburg, Edinburgh
- Others : difficult to establish clear distinction between
roles of local, regional and national players :
Brussels, Wallonia, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
- National level taking the lead : Cyprus
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3. What helps and what does not ? Attempt of
categorization obstacles and stimuli :
- Complexity of the playing field
- Division of competences: horizontal, vertical, mixed
- Integrality: overcome sectoral predispositions, address
al relevant aspects of an issue
- Bureaucracy: complex government structure –
complicated procedures
- Participation: degree of involvement at all stages of
the project.
What’s next ?
How to bring Multilevel Urban Governance
into practice ?
- Need for an open debate on ML Urban Gov.
- Use of Handbook and EUKN-publ. as reference doc.
by politicians, civil servants and non-gov. actors
across Europe.
- Including ML Urban Gov. in the design of the new
Cohesion Policy.
- Including ML Urban Gov. in using the Reference
Framework for Sustainable European Cities.
- Development of an “Urban Method of Coordination”
on a European scale.