The “Territorial Agenda” for the European Union – Effects on the Baltic Sea Region

1. The “Territorial Agenda” for the European Union – Effects on the Baltic Sea Region Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 – 2013 Conference Hamburg, 10 – 11 May 2007 Wilfried Görmar, BBR

2. The Territorial Agenda • Territory matters !

3. Facts – an example Land and soil consumption and degradation • From soil to land for settlements and transport = 1 m² per second in Switzerland 10 m² per second in Germany 15 % of ice-free world land surface = degraded

4. What matters ? • Territorial implications of sector policies, such as use of territorial resources • Territorial conditions for development such as location • Territorial organisation of processes, such as administrative territorial structure and territorial governance Consequence: • Growing awareness of territorial dimension in EU policies and programmes

5. Context for Territorial Agenda • 1999: ESDP • Polycentrism, accessibility, cultural and natural heritage • Will remain unchanged. 2000 / 2001: Lisbon- (economic growth and innovation, employment) and Gothenburg-Strategy (sustainability, ecologic, social) 2004 / 2006: Integration of territorial cohesion into structural policy • New Territorial Challenges How to mobilise diverse territorial potentials of all regions for strengthening global competitiveness, sustainability and balanced development Lisbon Performance of the EU Territory Response 2007: Territorial Agenda of the EU (TA) = Action-oriented application of Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies on EU space/territory

6. Challenges • Geographical concentration of market forces activities • Accelerating integration of the EU in the global economic competition • Effects of demographic change and migration on labour markets and social sustainability • Impacts of climate change • Rising energy prices • Growing social imbalances • Impacts of the EU enlargement on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU • Overexploitation of the ecological carrying capacity • ...

7. Structure and content of TA • Future tasks: Strengthening Territorial Cohesion • New Challenges: Strengthening regional identities, using territorial diversity • New territorial development priorities for Europe • Implementation actions

8. Background and future actions • TA is based on evidence document “The Territorial State and Perspective of the European Union” (ESPON/Interreg results) Supplementary Documents of German EU presidency: • Bringing Europe Together – Transnational Cooperation of cities and regions (results and impacts of transnational Interreg IIIB projects) • Maps on European Territorial Development TA to be adopted at informal ministerial meeting on urban development and territorial cohesion on 24/25 May 2007 in Leipzig; further actions through next EU Presidency (Portugal) TA to be further implemented through actions and programmes e.g. transnational cooperation programmes and further developed through ESPON and project examples

9. 6 Priority fields of TA • Strengthening polycentric development and innovation by networking of city regions and cities • New forms of partnership and territorial governance between rural and urban areas • Promoting regional clusters of competition and innovation • Strengthening and extending Trans-European Networks • Promoting Trans-European risk management including the impacts of climate change • Strengthening ecological structures and cultural resources as new development strategy

10. BSR influence on TA BSR stakeholder conference on Territorial Agenda in Warsaw 6-7 Nov. 2006: More emphasis on: • Social dimension • Cooperation with neighbouring countries • Role of small- and medium-sized cities • Integrated maritime policy

11. TA and transnational programmes • Territorial Agenda • Methodology = Integrated approach on territorial development • Thematic scope: 6 priority fields • Transnational cooperation programmes • Only EU programmes, where integrated territorial development approach is required, • Thematically more combined into 4 priorities + financially more focussed but also broader (ENPI and other themes)

12. TA Priority 1 TA: Strengthening polycentric development and innovation by networking of city regions and cities Implementation under BSR priorities 1 and 4 (“Fostering of innovations across the BSR” and “Promoting attractive and competitive cities and regions”) Key directions: High quality services, networking of BSR metropolises, strengthening networks of medium-sized cities, cooperation, marketing of BSR

13. TA Priority 2 TA: New forms of partnership and territorial governance between rural and urban areas Implementation under BSR priority 4 (Promoting attractive and competitive cities and regions) Key directions: Adapting solutions to specific BSR territorial structure, new solutions on urban-rural partnership, advanced governance solutions, developing endogenous potential of different rural areas, acting on demographic trends

14. TA Priority 3 TA: Promoting regional clusters of competition and innovation Implementation under BSR priority 1 (Fostering of innovations across the BSR) Key directions: Using excellent preconditions to develop BSR into knowledge-based economy

15. TA Priority 4 TA: Strengthening and extending Trans-European Networks Implementation under BSR priority 4 (Improving external and internal accessibility of the BSR) Key directions: Adjusting to BSR situation, improving interoperability, closing gaps, promoting development zones with neighbouring countries

16. TA Priority 5 TA: Promoting trans-European risk management including the impacts of climate change Implementation under BSR priority 3: (Management of the Baltic Sea as a common resource) Key directions: Improving water quality of Baltic Sea, using resources in sustainable way, enhancing maritime safety, ensuring integrated management of coastal and sea areas

17. TA Priority 6 TA: Strengthening ecological structures and cultural resources as new development strategy Implementation under BSR priorities 3 and 4 (“Management of the Baltic Sea as a common resource” and „Promoting attractive and competitive cities and regions”) Key directions: Maintaining and using attractive nature and culture as soft business environment and for good quality of life; culture to foster regional identity, using natural resources as new development alternative

18. Conclusion • Territory matters ! • „Let us act in implementing Territorial Agenda also through BSR programme !“ • For more information see: • www.territorial-agenda.eu • www.eu2007.de • www.bmvbs.de • www.bbr.bund.dewww.bsrinterreg.net