Key Indicators for Territorial Cohesion & Spatial Planning Stakeholder Workshop - Project Update 13 th December 2012 San Sebastián, Basque Country
Key Aims Explore the use of territorial data in developing and monitoring national spatial strategies and other territorial development policies. Identify the data used and any gaps or limitations in the data available in the stakeholder countries. Examine the extent to which ESPON data has informed the strategies examined and develop guidelines on the use of indicators and ESPON data in territorial policy development at the national level. Identify a core set of key indicators of territorial cohesion, competitiveness and sustainable development to inform spatial planning at the national level, drawing on ESPON research and datasets available in the stakeholder countries. Consider how the capacity for spatial analysis can be strengthened and harmonised at the national level, how national analytical experience and expertise can help to inform and take forward the EU Territorial Agenda, and the implications for future ESPON research
Key Questions What are good practices on the use of data to inform territorial policy development? How can the stakeholders make better use of ESPON data in developing their spatial policies? What data is needed for developing reliable key indicators? What are the key indicators for measuring territorial cohesion, competitiveness and sustainable development? How can indicators for different countries be compared? How can the key indicators most effectively inform spatial policy? To what extent are these indicators GIS-based and would this enhance their comparability and relevance? How can the key indicators be regularly updated and how is this to be managed?
Stakeholder Driven Approach Responds to a demand of policy makers and practitioners, expressed during the ESPON 2006 Programme, for user and demand driven research projects. Introducing a new approach to the generation of project ideas as well as to the implementation of projects by emphasising operational use of the results of the analyses in practice. Carried through in close cooperation and partnership between stakeholders, a group of experts and the ESPON Programme Focusing on integrated analyses of certain territorial contexts, regional case studies, experiments and methodological support to territorial planning and visions.
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Spatial Planning & Territorial Cohesion INTERCO INTERREG A Europe 2020 Economic performance Socio-economic territorial Smart growth and competitiveness balance Environmental qualities Environmental sustainability Sustainable growth (for a resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy) Social inclusion and quality of life Innovative territories Access to services, markets and jobs Territorial cooperation and governance Polycentric territorial development Socio-economic territorial balance Balanced and polycentric urban system Territorial cooperation and governance Balanced and polycentric urban system Inclusive growth (a high-employment economy delivering economic, social and territorial cohesion) Smart growth Smart and inclusive growth Economic governance Smart and inclusive growth
Spatial Planning & Territorial Cohesion
Spatial Planning & Territorial Cohesion Ireland Scotland Iceland Latvia Basque Country Economic recovery and employment Economic recovery, growth and Recovery from economic crisis Economic breakthrough Recovery from the crisis within much reduced budgetary transition to a low carbon and recovery from resources economy economic crisis Need to deliver much greater efficiencies through enhanced settlement-infrastructure/services alignment More balanced regional development Environmental challenges: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, habitat protection and water quality management Need for a more rational and evidence based spatial planning system National development infrastructure Realising potential of different areas according to specific territorial assets Meeting climate change targets, environmental sustainability, natural resource management and realising renewable energy potential Balanced distribution settlement Development of the highland interior Economic, social and territorial disparities Economic and human dimension of sustainability Environmental sustainability Integrate strategic planning from various government institutes/companies An aspirational agenda for an independent Scotland Importance of place and quality of life Managing demographic change Demographic dynamics (rapid depopulation, social cohesion...) Sustainable planning of coasts and the ocean Integration between settlements and infrastructure of the territory Regional development Protection of the biodiversity Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Sustainability Regeneration Innovation
Progress to Date Inception Report Elaboration of methodological approach [6 th of June 2012] Interim Report Data and Information Gathering 1. The detailed territorial profiles of the case study territories aimed at identifying the key territorial development challenges and existing spatial monitoring arrangements; 2. The results of consultation workshops with stakeholders in relation to the key drivers and development priorities in each region and their requirements for appropriate national territorial monitoring indicators; 3. Review of existing ESPON Research 4. Preliminary set of common identified priority themes identified by the TPG based on policy objectives and development priorities for the territories and stakeholder consultations to which the indicators will be grouped and linked; and 5. A preliminary inventory of domestic indicator and data sets in each stakeholder territory.
Next Steps Filtering of indicators and data sets based on the agreed themes and through the application of indicator selection criteria as established in both the Inception and the Interim Reports to identify a core set of key indicators; Identification of ESPON and non-espon datasets in each case study region to populate the indicators. This will include will include identification of any gaps or limitations in the data available in the stakeholder countries and recommendations for future data collection; Fine-tuning of indicators to ensure they are compatible, comparable and understood in diverse policy contexts. This will include presentation of a draft set of indicators to key stakeholders in each of the stakeholder territories for further comment and amendment; Preparation of the draft Guidelines and Recommendations for National Stakeholders and Recommendations for ESPON reports. Again these draft reports will be presented to the stakeholders in each territory for critical comment and feedback; Development of a centralised dashboard system (as per the ESPON TPM project) for collating and presenting spatial data and indicators from each of the case studies; Preparation of graphics illustrating the performance of selected indicators for each of the case studies. Once data have been gathered, TPM recommendations will be applied and used within the technology available within NIRSA to develop a data visualisation tool.
Filtering Process Key Principles Bottom Up & Stakeholder Driven Builds on Existing ESPON Research Spatial Planning Focussed Measurable Explanatory Power (Outcome) Practical Availability (Datasets) Relevance Ease of understanding
Criteria for Indicator Selection Does the indicator address the case studies policy objectives and development priorities (i.e. overall priority themes)? Does the indicator enable assessing the performance and dynamics of balanced territorial development (i.e. can it be mapped to illustrate spatial patterns)? Is the indicator regularly measured (i.e. are there reliable and timely datasets available or monitoring arrangements in place)? Does the indicator effectively provide information sensitive to change to timely aid decision-making processes? Is the indicator well-understood by planners and decision-makers (i.e. can it communicate the results in a concise and accessible manner)?
Identification of Themes Themes 1: Economic Competitiveness & Resilience: economic activity, employment, enable, adaptability, diversification, innovation, collaboration, agglomerations of scale. Theme 2: Managed Spatial Development: Balanced development, settlement infrastructure alignment, effective, coherent, polycentricity, capacity and assets Theme 3: Social Cohesion & Quality of Life: equity, people, well-being, choice, access, green infrastructure Theme 4: Environmental Resource Management: climate change, adaption, low-carbon, landscape protection, coastal management, sustainability, biodiversity, habitats, air quality, water management Outliers: Polycentrism, Governance and Territorial Cooperation
More information Thank you for your attention Please visit http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/espon/kitcasp/ gavin.daly@nuim.ie; ainhoa.gonzalez@nuim.ie