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Governance in the mid-section of Dutch administrion: struggle for survival of the Metropolitan region. Ruud van der Ploeg Senior advisor transport infrastructure Stadsregio Amsterdam. EMTA-meeting Prague 24-25 May 2012. Content. How powers are divided now - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Governance in the mid-section of Dutch administrion:
struggle for survival of the Metropolitan region
Ruud van der Ploeg
Senior advisor transport infrastructure
Stadsregio Amsterdam
EMTA-meeting Prague 24-25 May 2012
Content
• How powers are divided now• Challenge to create adequate
governance• Process steps • Transition period• Current situation…..
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Netherlands divided in
19 PTA’s
controlling
70 concessions
7 different operators
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
• Invoegen kaartje randstad en daarbinnen de stadsregio (is dat er?)
City Region of Amsterdam within the broader “Randstad”-area
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Organisation Stadsregio Amsterdam
Municipal Councils
Regional Assembly
Board of Executives
Local Transport Aldermen
Advisory Commissions
Fields of coordination
• LivingLiving
• WorkingWorking
• MobilityMobility
• Youth careYouth care
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Government coalition program, Administration (2010)
-Administrations concentrate themselves on core tasks (province: land use planning, economy, environment);
-Execution of government tasks as close to the civilians as possible;
-Not more than two government institutions involved with one task or subject;
- Proposal for scaling provincial government in Randstad-area;
-Proposal to transfer compentencies tot a new Infrastructure Authority;
-Proposal to abolish the level of Wgr+ regions (PLUS-regios) en district councils (within cities);
Last decree of conservative Dutch Administration
• Take the PLUS-regions out of the equasion
• Minister of the Interior, March 1: Make a new Transport Region expanded with City of Almere (fastest growing new conurbation)
Central message: think of a construct for governance for 17 municipalities in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region.
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
City region + Almere
AlmereAmsterda
m
Zaanstreek
Waterland
AmstellandMeerlande
n
Similar challengeConurbations all over Europe face a challenge: how to form a construct for regional governance,that is:- cooperative - legally binding- with sufficient democratic legitimacy - balancing the interests of all local stakeholders- within its own boundaries.
Search for an adequate compromise for governance of the participating municipalities and balance the interests of the regional governmentrepresented by the provinces (Flevoland/Noord-Holland)
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Which way could it work in the Netherlands? 16 municipalities + 1 city (Almere)
already working firmly together,awarded by government with financial means and legal powers (forming the ‘Transport Region’)
Anti-lobby of the provinces:Take municipal powers out of the hands of
the municipalities and transfer/delegate these to the 2 provinces and 2 cities (Almere and Amsterdam)
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Integration with government orsearch new form of
governance1. Succesful for 4 city regions outside
Randstad Area: transfer of powers for i.e. public transport to provincial governments
2. For the Randstad cities (The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam): formation of Metropolitan Regions with stronger cities.
Government for 4 of the 7 regions, versusGovernance by decision of central
administration in Metropolitan Regions (Amsterdam – Rotterdam/The Hague)
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
But….a downside
….in which municipalities + provinces are forced to create a transport region.
Problem: the central administration failed to work out the details.
EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Since April 23rd 2012• Conservative government resigned
suspension of the legal procedure for transition
• Central question: will parliament judge the removal of PLUS-regions as controversial?
• IF YES: new elections and formation of a next coalition will have to shed light on medium government level
• IF NO : the act of law to strike PLUS regions is likely to be further pursued.
To be continued….EMTA Prague 24-25 May 2012
Thank you!
Ruud van der Ploegr.vanderploeg@stadsregioamsterdam.
nl+31 20 5273 723