Territorial Development and Governance Challenges in the Western

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Territorial Development and Governance Challenges in the Western Balkans by Rudina Toto

Territorial Development and Governance Challenges in the Western Balkans by Rudina Toto

Development Trends in the Western Balkans • Climate change: precipitation; temperatures; irrigation and crops

Development Trends in the Western Balkans • Climate change: precipitation; temperatures; irrigation and crops at risk • Energy: HPPs - volatile character and unsustainable • Increasing urbanization & decreasing informality • Boosting demand in tourism – more infrastructure investments • China, Russia, Turkey and Arab countries – large investors in the region, catching up with EU portfolio • Stricter regulations and shift in investments priorities due to EU integration and climate change • 2018 -2050: 14% of population lost due to migration, more disparities, & shortages in labour market • More governance layers introduced, cooperation between places increased, more emphasis on functional regions

Key Territorial Governance Challenges • Insufficient administrative capacities at local and central government levels

Key Territorial Governance Challenges • Insufficient administrative capacities at local and central government levels • Poor national and regional territorial planning (leading e. g. to sprawl) • Poor horizontal cooperation between sectors and stakeholders • Poor place-based governance • Lack of a development vision at a domestic level • Low cooperation among countries in the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans in Europe: An opportunity not to be missed • Western Balkans

The Western Balkans in Europe: An opportunity not to be missed • Western Balkans and the European Union: connected by common challenges Forests, Corine 2018 - Fragmentation & Inequalities - Growing Interdependency - Functional Mismatch Morphological Polycentricity Mismatch

The Western Balkans in Europe: An opportunity not to be missed • Western Balkans

The Western Balkans in Europe: An opportunity not to be missed • Western Balkans and the European Union can walk on common policy pathways - Functional cooperation at local level - Cooperation among players in the Western Balkans & with EU - Bottom-up visions informed by places for places, - A Western Balkan vision laying down thinking on the Western Balkans future in a wider European context - A European [territorial] vision that incorporates the Western Balkans (TA Post 2020) Polycentric governance of Spatial Planning in Albania

 • Regenerative and Inviting Western Balkan • High Quality Institutional and Social Capital

• Regenerative and Inviting Western Balkan • High Quality Institutional and Social Capital & Inclusive Democratic Practices • A polycentric and Interconnected Western Balkans VISION Balkanopolis: • Multilevel & Network • Place-specific & Regional Territorial Governance Territorial Development The Western Balkans Network on Territorial Governance

The Western Balkans Network on Territorial Governance - Western Balkans Erasmus - Projects to

The Western Balkans Network on Territorial Governance - Western Balkans Erasmus - Projects to build social capital & CPR for cooperation - Local-to-regional branding campaign - Common ‘foreign policy’ - Western Balkans Territorial Governance Observatory (We. BGO) - Balkans Adaptation Strategy for CC &Network of Protected Ecosystems - Territorial Governance in RCC - We. B in EU strategies, ESPON, & TAPost 2020 - OEM, Adriatic & Transversal Corridors