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TERCO - European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life Workshop 4: Development of urban regions in Europe: Key drivers and perspectives 13th June 2012, Aalborg. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TERCO - European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of
Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life
Workshop 4: Development of urban regions in Europe: Key drivers and perspectives
13th June 2012, Aalborg
Department of Planning and Regional Developement University of Thessaly, School of Engineering
Key objectives of TERCO
TA2020: “Co-operation is key to fostering smart, inclusive and sustainable growth and territorial cohesion in the EU”
• to estimate the impact that various types of territorial cooperation has on socio-economic development;
• to assess the adequacy of existing territorial cooperation domains and areas;
• to identify key determinants of successful territorial cooperation; and
• to establish good practices of governance for successful territorial cooperation.
Analysed co-operation among twinning cities as one type of territorial co-operation
Created unique pan-European database on twinning city networking from internet sources (Wikipedia - city web sites)
Carried out Network Analyses of intensity and degree of twining city cooperation
Carried out Case Studies to find out: substance behind city-twinning co-
operation importance of twinning co-operation
for development, international flows determinants/drivers of city twinning co-
operation Future desired domains for city-
twinning co-operation
TERCO links with urban development Main TYPES of
Territorial Co-operation analysed in TERCO
Twinning City
Cross-border (incl. Interreg A)
Transnational (incl. Interreg B)
Interregional (incl. Interreg C)
Trans-continental
Other
Source: Adam Płoszaj
Results: network of twinning cities within ESPON area
Territorial Agenda 2020: “The cooperation and networking of cities could contribute to smart development of city regions at varying scales in the long run”
Source: Adam Płoszaj
Results: network of twinning cities beyond ESPON area
Source: Adam Płoszaj
Results: How much substance is in twinning city networking?
Theme
Twinning Cities
Exchanging experience 63,6 90,0 78,0 88,9 79,3 94,3 70,0 83,9
Advising to solve similar problems 27,3 30,0 62,0 55,6 58,6 64,2 60,0 57,3
Sharing tools to tackle a common problem 0,0 30,0 60,0 50,0 55,2 56,6 50,0 51,3
Common actions to solve local problems 9,1 60,0 70,0 66,7 55,2 30,2 40,0 51,3
Implementing a spatial strategy 0,0 10,0 34,0 22,2 34,5 17,0 10,0 23,1
Solving cross-border problems 0,0 20,0 22,0 27,8 48,3 28,3 10,0 26,6
Twinning Cities
Source:Electronic survey
Results: Impact of twin city co-operation on development
Economic growth Job creation Quality of life Quality of natural environment Service provision 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
High importance
Old MS New MS Non EU
International trade FDI Commuting for work Tourism Migration0
10
20
30
40
50
60 High importance
Old MS New MS Non EUSource:Electronic survey
Results: Key determinants of co-operation
PROXIMITY – co-operation with the neighbours
LANGUAGE and CULTURE – similarities
HISTORIAC LINKS – co-operation initiated in the past
Source: Adam Płoszaj
Themes which will gain more interest in twinning city co-operation are: cultural events, tourism, educational exchange, economic co-operation
Themes which are loosing popularity: infrastructure, risk prevention, spatial planning
Future themes of twinning city co-operation
Future domains
Current domains
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Cultural events Tourism Educational exchange Social infrastructure Natural environment Economy
Risk prevention Physical infrastructure Spatial planningSource:Electronic survey
The direct impact of city co-operation on development is rather small however ..
intermediate impact of city co-operation on development is significant through its contribution to: institutional capacity building, professionalization of staff (incl.
language competences), exchange of experience, circulation of innovative ideas and strategies, etc.
Cities located in EU peripheral regions are more willing to co-operate Big cities are leading in twin city co-operation Future co-operation within twining cities will focus on: culture, tourism,
educational exchange and economic co-operation Transcontinental co-operation tackles important issues (emigration,
compatibility of social systems – health, insurance, etc.)
TERCO Experience onurban development driven by co-operation
Thank you for your attention !
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