STATUS Plan and policy analysis framework

Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives

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Institutional and Informal Framework:

Policies, Plans and Initiatives Background

FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS

Prepared by:

Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia

Central European Institute of Technology ALANOVA

Reviewed by: STATUS Content Management

Urbasofia www.urbasofia.eu

http://www.urbasofia.eu/


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Project number: SEE/D/0297/4.1/X

Project acronym: STATUS

Project title: Strategic Territorial Agendas for "Small and Middle-Sized Towns" Urban

Systems

Instrument: INTERREG IV B SEE

Call identifier: South East Europe Call D

Authorship

Barbara Music (UIRS), Bostjan Cotic (UIRS), Pietro Elisei (URBASOFIA), Sabina Dimitriu (URBASOFIA)

Review

Pietro Elisei (URBASOFIA), Sabina Dimitriu (URBASOFIA)


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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... 3

Abbreviation List ...................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Summary of WP3 .................................................................................................................. 5

2 Brief overview of activities .................................................................................................... 6

3 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 7

4 Planning instruments and historical background .................................................................... 8

5 Methodology for the analysis of planning documents ............................................................ 8

6 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 11

7 References ........................................................................................................................... 12

Annexes ...................................................................................................................................... 13


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Abbreviation List

CKP - cities knowledge platform

ST/UA - Strategic Territorial/Urban Agendas

TP – Territorial Partner

SEE – South Eastern Europe

SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

UC – Urban Centers


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1 Summary of WP3

The aim of WP 3 as an inception phase is characterized by different activities, analytical and cognitive

ones, to achieve the objectives of STATUS project like:

tackling the problem of incoherent urban and regional development in SEE,

developing place-based strategies by different participatory planning tools,

reducing the widening development gap of SEE cities,

guiding and supporting Territorial Partners to develop a sustainable and Strategic Territorial/

Urban Agendas (ST/UA), Urban Centers (UC) and the SEE cities knowledge platform (CKP).

Different methods of qualitative analyses (like stakeholder analyses in report 3.1.) and SWOT analysis

will be used not just in terms of networking but also as an opportunity for achieving a more in depth

knowledge of the state of the art of local urban issues. At the end all these activities they will provide

a clear framework of available data, current planning tools and pool of local actors characterizing the

partner cities planning areas.

WP 3 Inception consists of two main activities:

Activity 3.1.Collecting data and identifying actors

Activity 3.2.Analysis of current urban plans and policies in involved territories


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2 Brief overview of activities

Figure 1: Overview of activity, own graphic

Activity 3.2. Analyses of current urban plans and policies in involved territories

Subactivity 3.2.1.

Preparing report on policies and plans of involved partner

Subactivity 3.2.2.

Preparing report on key features of investigated policies/ plans

Subactivity 3.2.3.

Atlas of plan and policies on GIS DB (open source/ open content)

Activity will focus on major

planning instruments

(plans and policies at

different institutional level-

from national planning acts

until local urban policies),

level of integration and

capability of making synergy

of these different tools is

going to be investigated and

even the link between

policy design and decision

makers are going to be

examined.

responsible PP: UIRS

other PP involved: CEIT, other

PP

from Sep.- Oct. 2013

• Preparing report on

policies and plans of

involved partners (1x)

• responsible PP: UIRS;

other PP: CEIT

from Sep. – Oct. 2013

Output 3.6.

responsible PP: UIRS

other PP involved: CEIT, other PP

from Nov.- Dec. 2013

responsible PP: CEIT

other PP involved: Fundazione

Graphitech

from Nov.- Dec. 2013

The report discuses the

incipient stage of policies

and plans used in the target

area for the Strategic

Territorial Agenda.

Once the policies and plans

have been identified, analysis

will be performed in order to

define the analogies,

differences, synergies and

dissonants.

An Atlas of plans and

policies, generated on GIS

DB, is going to be designed

and put online, using open

source software and

applying open content

principles in its design: 10

policy/plans atlas are going

to be generated at project

scale.

Output 3.7.

Output 3.5.


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3 Introduction

This report is a state of the art inventarisation of institutional and informal framework of territorial

partners in STATUS project. It will be a base for analysis and comparison of territorial partner legal

framework that will be provided by UIRS and CEIT Alanova in an output 3.5. Report on policies and

plans of involved territorial partners.


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4 Planning instruments and historical

background

For every territorial partner, major plans and policies operated in the selected area in the last 20

years, or currently operational, are reported.

Territorial partners:

1. Municipality of Kavala (GR)

2. Municipality of Alba Iulia (RO)

3. Baia Mare Metropolitan Area (RO)

4. Province of Foggia (I)

5. Municipality of Schwechat (AT)

6. Abruzzo Region (I)

7. Municipality of Satu Mare (RO)

8. Municipality of Drama (GR)

9. Municipality of Herceg Novi (MNE)

10. Municipality of Temerin (RS)

5 Methodology for the analysis of planning

documents

This section will be aimed at outlining a methodology for the critical analysis of plans and policies,

based on a set of criteria and methodological tools such as the SWOT analysis, PEST, etc.

The section will be developed by CEIT and UIRS.

Questionnaire for Territorial Partners

1. Short description of the whole administrative structure of the state

a. Check results of the Plurel project (attached, please note that Plurel report is dated in

2010, so it may be outdated for some countries with recent changes in legislation!)

b. max. 2 A4 pages

c. add graphic (maps, illustrations, check the attached sample made by Sabina.) and

insert them appropriate for word documents (no big files)

2. Short description of a planning system

a. Check the description of the Municipality of Schwechat

b. max. 2 A4 pages

c. add graphic (maps, illustrations please check the attached sample for Austria, made

by CEIT) and insert them appropriate for word documents (no big files)


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3. History of planning instruments, polices and plans

a. before current legislation and plans

b. Check the description of the Municipality of Kavala

c. max. 2 A4 page

d. add graphic (maps, illustrations, etc.) and insert them appropriate for word

documents (no big files)

4. Current planning instruments, policies and plans on different administrative levels with

short description of each

National level

State level

Regional level

Province level

Municipal level

Add missing level if exist

Describe doc, scale and what they regulate

5. Detailed description of the impact of the most important planning plans, instruments and

policies on the area of intervention

Administrative level Name of the document

Define: formal or informal document

Positive impact on the area of intervention

Negative impact on the area of intervention

National level Regulator dpdv legislativ sau directii strategice

Preferinta din punct de vedere a bugetului Limitari geografic sau administrativ

State level

Regional level

Province level

Municipal level

Add missing level if exist

6. Do you already know if you will need to change existing or prepare new formal documents,

if so, which ones – explain what docs are about and what relevance it has for the city.


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7. Addition information you feel you need to add to clarify the current situation

Samples for the graphics for the chapter 1: Short description of the whole administrative structure

of the state


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6 Conclusions

Assessing the coherence of the first proposal coming from TPs, with the instruments’ backgrounds.

Conclusions will provide suggestions for future planning attitudes to keep.

Structogram of the levels and instruments of the Austrian spatial planning system

functional Europe national state (province) (9) local (2356 municipalities)

Europe

national

state (province) (9)

regional

local (2356 municipalities)

Coordination by ÖROK, political guidelines (collective resolution of several partners on the national and province level)

Legally binding directives by laws, enactments and ordinances

zoning plan for built up and being developed land (1:1.000, 500)

sectoral plans and concepts by federal authorities (ministeries, e.g. flood protection, transport infrastructure, energy)

EUREKguidelines

general spatial development concept

spatial development program

regional development program

regional development program on specific themes ( flood protection, technical or social infrastructure...)

local/spatial development plan for the whole municipality (1:10.000)

administrative

ÖROK - Austrian Conference on Spatial Planningmaln publication: Österreichisches Raumentwicklungskonzept 2001

Austrian Spatial Development Concept 2001, next update 2011

land use plan for the whole municipality (1:5.000)


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7 References

Businessballs personal and organisational development website (2013) [Online], Available:

http://www.businessballs.com/swotanalysisfreetemplate.htm], 26.08.2013

European Commission (2011) Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020, Towards an Inclusive,

Smart and Sustainable Europe of Diverse Regions [Online], Available: http://www.eu-territorial-

agenda.eu/Reference%20Documents/Final%20TA2020.pdf, 23.10.2013.

Gerhard Larsson (2006) Spatial planning systems in Western Europe: An overview, Amsterdam.

Joint research center of the European Commission (2013) online foresight guide, [Online], Available:

http://forlearn.jrc.ec.europa.eu/guide/4_methodology/meth_swot-analysis.htm, 26.08.2013

Strategic management insight (2013) [Online], Available:

http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/tools/pest-pestel-analysis.html, 15.08.2013

United Nations (2008) Spatial Planning, Key Instrument for Development and Effective Governance

with Special Reference to Countries in Transition, Geneva.

http://forlearn.jrc.ec.europa.eu/guide/4_methodology/meth_swot-analysis.htm


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Annexes

ANNEX 1 – Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and

Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Kavala (GR)

ANNEX 2 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and

Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Alba Iulia (RO)


Initiatives Background of the Baia Mare Metropolitan Area (RO)


Initiatives Background of the Province of Foggia (I)


Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Schwechat (AT)


Initiatives Background of the Abruzzo Region (I)


Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Satu Mare (RO)


Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Drama (GR)


Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Herceg Novi (MNE)


Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Temerin (RS)

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