REPAiR: REsource Management in Peri-urban AReas: Going Beyond Urban Metabolism: D6.1 Governance and Decision-Making Processes in Pilot Cases

REPAiR will develop, test, and implement strategies for improved urbanmetabolisms in six peri-urban living labs (›PULLs‹) in the case study areas ofAmsterdam, Ghent, Hamburg, Łódź, Naples, and Pécs. In the frame of REPAiR ageodesign decision support environment (GDSE) will be developed and firsttested in the PULLs.In REPAiR’s Work Package 6 “Developing and implementing decision models”decision making processes will be analysed and decision models for all six casestudies will be developed in order to be implemented in cooperation withstakeholders in the six case study areas feeding into the GDSE.The deliverable D6.1 Governance and Decision-Making Processes in Pilot Cases isfocused on the definition and clarification of governance and decision-makingstructures in the two pilot cases of the REPAiR project: Amsterdam, theNetherlands and Naples, Italy. The deliverable is divided into 5 chapters.After a brief introduction to the work done for the drafting of this document(Chapter 1), the second Chapter aims to explain the theoretical background ongovernance and stakeholder analysis and gives an overview on the developmentof EU policies in the field of waste management.The third chapter and the fourth chapters report a description of the pilotcaseworks Amsterdam and Naples they include an overview on the governancesetting, a detailed timelines of the development of the waste governance and thedecision-making framework. This is followed by descriptions of the stakeholderidentification and interviews conducted in the pilot cases.The Amsterdam focus area is located in the Western part of AmsterdamMetropolitan Area. The central idea of the case study is to develop a more circulareconomy. This idea is already quite present among many stakeholders and isformulated as an objective by public stakeholders. Moreover, the public sideencourages the involvement of economic stakeholders into the development of acircular economy. The private stakeholders express great interest in becoming(more) involved into the process. However, the interviews also show that thedevelopment of a circular economy and changes in waste management in theNetherlands can only be reached on a long perspective and that many frameconditions in the waste management sector are long term bound.The Naples focus area is covering parts of the City of Naples and 10 municipalitiesin the north-east of Naples. After the conclusion of the waste crisis in Naplespublic authorities are aiming to improve the waste management on a long termperspective. The interviews show that there are two main challenges linked to thisprocess: firstly, the current change of the administrative system in both Italy andthe Campania region; secondly, the necessity to involve local citizens in thedecision-making process to regain the trust of the population.Chapter 5 illustrates the conclusion of this first step of the project and gives anoutlook on further steps.Version 1.6 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 688920.Spatial Planning and Strateg

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Guides help you do things. You turn to them when you need to find out how to solve a problem. They are a form of knowledge transfer, written by experts but in a way that is accessible and helpful to a wide group of users. This Guide was written by the researchers on the ESPON applied research study of Territorial Approaches to New Governance (TANGO). It aims to help those persons and institutions that are delivering territorial governance across Europe. Who is the guide for? This guide is targeted at three groups of potential users. These are: \u95 Practitioners, i.e. private or public professionals that are engaged in territorial governance activities at different scales and/or cohesion policy programmes or projects in Europe. \u95 Policy makers, i.e. public executives and officials in charge of territorial governance at various administrative levels. They may also have the responsibility to implement cohesion policy at the EU level (e.g. officials of the European Commission) or at national, regional and local levels in the Member States. Plans, programmes and projects are their main means of delivering territorial governance. \u95 Decision?makers who are mostly democratically elected politicians, such as members of the EU Parliament, national parliaments, or regional and municipal councils. However, they may also include persons appointed as representatives to bodies with decision?making powers, e.g. community representatives in partnerships for regional development. They are often in charge of ministerial or departmental roles related to territorial governance and to cohesion policy. Through their democratic mandate or a high?level appointment, they are the ones that can establish rules on territorial governance. However, the essence of governance is that it extends beyond governments, engaging a potentially wide range of stakeholders and non?governmental institutions. We hope the Guide can be useful to them, too. Why is a guide needed? Effective partnership working across different scales is recognised as essential for Europe’s cohesion and economic recovery. The Common Strategic Framework for cohesion policy 2014-2020 seeks much better integration of policies, and a more rigorous focus on achieving desired outcomes. In other words, better governance is fundamental to achieving the goals of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Integration and partnerships need a territorial dimension if they are to deliver the desired synergies. Box 1 more fully explains why territorial governance has become an increasing concern within Europe.OTB ResearchArchitecture and The Built Environmen

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