A new horizontal action
Why EU strategy for the
Baltic Sea region?
• New political conditions
• More strategic use of EU funds
• Baltic Sea vulnerability
• Great potential for growth
• EU wants to take advantage of regional
differences
• A new way of cooperation
Why EU strategy for the
Baltic Sea region?
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Potential for further cooperation in the neighborhood
- East-West division characterizes many sectors
- Trade in the neighborhood
EU enlargement provides many opportunities
- Common law, consistent enforcement
- The regional dimension of EU legislation
New priorities - a new commitment
- EU policy becomes regional
- Many players can contribute and provide synergies
Macro regional strategies
EU
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Europe 2020, a strategy for
sustainable growth, cohesion policy
Macro-Regional
level
Member state level
Regional level / Local level
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Macro-Regional strategies
Territorial integration
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National plans
National Framework
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Regional development plans
Structural programs
Local development plans
Why macro-regions?
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Possibility of a new transnational approach
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Common challenges and territorial assets base of joint priority actions
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Achieve a better quality through cooperation between several countries
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Provides a policy framework that can enhance regional integration in
the EU's various parts
Strategy
The Commission has identified four pillars...
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An environmentally sustainable region
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A prosperous region
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An accessible and attractive region
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A safe and secure region
… and horizontal actions.
Make the Baltic Sea Region
environmentally sustainable
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Reducing the supply of nutrients in the ocean to acceptable levels
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To preserve natural areas and biodiversity, including fisheries
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To reduce the use and impact of hazardous substances
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To become a model region for clean sea
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Limiting and adapting to climate change
Making the Baltic Sea a
thriving region
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Removing the barriers in the internal market and to improve
cooperation in customs and tax
To exploit the full potential of the region in terms of research and
innovation (Sweden coordinator along with Poland)
Implementing the Small Business Act to promote entrepreneurship,
strengthen small and medium-sized businesses and using human
resources more effectively
Making agriculture, forestry and fisheries more sustainable (Finland,
Lithuania and Sweden co-ordinates)
Making the Baltic Sea area
accessible and attractive
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Improve access to energy markets and make them more efficient and secure
To improve internal and external transport links (Sweden and Lithuania
coordinates)
To conserve and enhance the region's attractiveness, especially through
education and youth affairs, tourism, culture, health care
Making the Baltic Sea area
safe and secure
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To be a leader in maritime safety and security
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To reinforce protection against major disasters by sea and land
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Reducing the extent of transnational crime and the damage it causes
Strategy - How?
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No new money
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Leverage existing funds
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Cooperation with the EIB and NIB
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No new structures
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No new regulations
Lisbon Treaty,
European Parliament Resolution
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Applying multi-level governance:
Parliament recalls that ‘multi-level governance’ means coordinated action by
the Union, Member States and local and regional authorities, as well as
socio-economic partners and NGOs, based on the principles of partnership
and co-financing.
In its view, this approach should be used in all Union policies for which
responsibility is shared between the different tiers of government, including
cohesion policy.
It considers that multi-level governance is a precondition for achieving
territorial cohesion in Europe.
Parliament therefore calls for this principle to be made compulsory for
Member States in policy areas with a strong territorial impact in order to
ensure balanced territorial development in line with the subsidiarity principle”.
(INI/2009/2231)
Our mission
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How can the concept of Multi-level Governance...
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...in line with the principle of subsidiarity...
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...be developed and concretized to give especially regional and local
authorities stronger roles in the implementation of EU territorial
policies,
in this case implementation of the EUSBSR?
A new horizontal action within the
implementation of the EUSBSR
Strengthening
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multi - level governance
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place-based spatial planning
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sustainable development
The aim
The action looks to establish dialogue
amongst actors at all levels of governance in
the Baltic Sea Region (a Baltic Dialogue)
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A second component is to work
with showcases building on the
regions’ special field of expertise,
spatial (strategic) planning and
water management, and through
this work establish good examples
and methods that allow
generalization.
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A third component is a "Local
signal panel" enabling the Priority
Areas and Flagship Projects the
possibility to reach out and get
input from all levels.
in order to consolidate findings and
disseminate good methods and
experiences.
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The aim of this dialogue is to ensure the
involvement of all levels of governance,
including the European Commission,
national ministries and authorities,
local/regional authorities, macro-regional
organisations, financial institutions, VASAB
and HELCOM.
The initiative
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Broader mission and
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Interreg 4b project INVOLVE
Horizontal action 2012 -”Strengthening multi-level governance, place-based spatial planning and sustainable development”
Flagships etc.
HAL-activities
Other Initiatives
Local Signal Panel
Baltic Dialouge
Showcase
Interreg-projekt INVOLVE
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EUSBSR Horizontal Actions
Horizontal Action Multi-level Governance
Baltic Sea dialogue - Generalization,
dissemination and learning - Local Signal Panel
Showcase Water
Showcase Planning
EUSBSR Priority Areas
PA1
PA2
PA3
PA4
PA5
PA6
PA7
PA8
PA9
etc
Tentative Workpackages
• Project preparations
• Management
• Communication
• Base line studies, research and analyses
• Show-cases that concretize the working
method: Spatial planning and Water
management
• Other show-cases to be developed
• Models/processes of multi level
governance
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The project will...
contribute to Priority 3 or 4
of the Interreg IV B programme:
(3) Baltic Sea as a common resource
(4) Attractive and competitive cities and
regions
Tentative outputs Interreg BSR
project INVOLVE
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Guide-book – MLG concept
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Good examples/best practice of MLG
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Training programme – Erasmus for elected local and regional
representatives of the BSR countries. Tests of the training programme
Proposal of a multi-level governance label to be launched in the Baltic
Sea Region
Lead Applicant
The Regional Council in Kalmar County
in close cooperation with
Region Västerbotten
and
Sida Baltic Sea Unit