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Territorial Impacts of EU Sector Policies: Insights from TIA

Explore the origins and application of Territorial Impact Assessments (TIA) in EU sector policies. Learn about TIA approaches, methodologies, and their contribution to European policies. Examine case studies on the territorial effects of agriculture, energy, environment, fishery, structural funds, pre-accession aid, research & development, and transport.

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Territorial Impacts of EU Sector Policies: Insights from TIA

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  1. Open Days 2007 – 10 Oct. • Territorial Impacts of EU Sector Policies • Dr Kai Böhme • Origin of Territorial Impact Assesssments (TIA) • TIA experience and results by ESPON • TIA application at local level • Conclusion

  2. Origin of TIA • ESDP – starts European debate • Roots e.g. Austria – Raumverträglichkeitsprüfung, Germany- Raumordnungsverfahren, Finland - part of Environmental assessment • National experiences focus on territorial effects of projects • ESDP – no definition • ESDP action programme - UK: tool for assessing the impact of spatial development against spatial development objectives • ESPON - assessment criteria, strategies interrelationship, mechanisms to appraise the positive and negative externalities • Rotterdam 2004, Luxembourg 2005 - “The territorial state and perspectives of the European Union” ,  Leipzig 2007 Territorial Agenda

  3. ESPON TIA approaches • Based on ESDP thinking • EU policy assessed: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Fishery, Structural Funds, Pre Accession Aid, Research & Development and Transport • Ex-post, ex-ante and comprehensive model • Key questions: • Against which policy objective? • Methodology to make objectives measurable? • Data collection? • Results?

  4. CAP (Univ. of Aberdeen) • Elements • P 1 market price support • P 2 Rural development policy • Small scale actions LEADER • Reference • Balanced competitiveness • Social and economic cohesion • Assumption diminishing role of agriculture leads to competitiveness • Results • P 1  richer regions in the core • P 2 more or less neutral • LEADER most effective for rural development

  5. SF (Nordregio, Stockholm & IRS, Erkner) • Elements • Structural Funds, • Pre-accession Aid • Reference • Territorial cohesion • Polycentricity (morphology, links, functions, cooperation) • 3 level approach • Results • Regional cross-border situations • Urban areas outside the core • Leverage effects

  6. TEN (Christian-Albrechts-Univ. Kiel) • Elements • TEN & TINA • Motorways, HS rail network, secondary transport networks, ICT networks • Reference • Change in accessibility • GDP per capita • 13 scenarios • Results • Cohesion in relative but not in absolute terms • European polycentricity in the East • Increasing road transport East & rural areas

  7. Towards an TIA methodology • Generalising efforts: • Minimum criteria for TIA • scoping • analyzing • concluding • TEQUILA: • econometric • multi-criteria • impact model • Contribution to the discussion on the cost of non-coordination of sector policies • Interaction between different policies needs to better investigated – general methodology? • TIA Ex-ante assessment of particular interest in policy debate • Results found way into policy process (Territorial State and Perspectives of the EU and indirectly in the Territorial Agenda) • ESPON 2006 only first step

  8. TIA for local plans & policies • Effects of a local master plan (municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden) • Adaptation of ESPON approaches (TEQUILA) • Focus on • Housing market • Market for office premises • Labour market • Economic structure • Regional growth & development • Results expected by end of 2007

  9. Conclusion • TIA can contribute to European policies • TIA can be used at local and regional level • More discussion is needed on • methodologies • how to integrate it in decision making TIA is supposed to inform policy making.

  10. Thank you very much for your attention! • Dr Kai Böhme • kai.boehme@sweco.se • +46 730 39 73 30 • www.eurofutures.se • www.spatialforesight.eu

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