espon open seminar alcalá, spain, 9/10.6.2010

ESPON Open Seminar Alcalá, Spain, 9/10.6.2010

Metroborder

Tobias Chilla, Luxembourg

on behalf of the Metroborder-TPG

Metroborder project background

09.12.08 Formal project start (MC Bordeaux)

09.04.09 Inception report

28.2.10 Interim Report

31.10.10 Draft final report

31.12.10 Final report (End of the project)

Metroborder project background

Geographical Focus of the Metroborder Project: “Cross-border metropolitan polycentric regions“ (CBMRs)

Metroborder project background

CU Coordination Unit

MC Monitoring Committee

AREBundesamt für Raumentwicklung (Lead)

MAT Ministère de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du territoire du Grand Duché du Luxembourg

DIACTDélégation interministérielle à l'aménagement et à la compétitivité des territoires

BMVBS Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

DGATLPMinistère der Region Wallone, Direction générale de l'Aménagement du territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine

UL Université du Luxembourg (Lead)

CEGUM Centre de Recherches en Géographie - Université de Metz

CEPS Centre d'Etudes de Populations, Pauvreté et Politiques Socio-Ec.

ETHZ Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

IGEAT Université Libre de Bruxelles

RegBas Regio Basiliensis

UHA Université de Haute Alsace

USB Universität des Saarlandes

Scientific institutions Scientific institutions Stakeholders Stakeholders

Programme levelProgramme level

Key potentials – challenges – options

European CBMRs: a multifaceted picture a) Polyentricity vs. Assymetry

Key potentials – challenges – options

European CBMRs: a multifaceted picture a) Polyentricity vs. Assymetry b) Dynamics vs. Stagnation

Key potentials – challenges – options

Average annual population growth rate over the last 15 years

European CBMRs: a multifaceted picture a) Polyentricity vs. Assymetry b) Dynamics vs. Stagnation c) Integration vs. Polarisation

added value of better governinga) Overcoming the‚multi-level-mismatch‘

“very important barriers” to cross-border cooperation in the Greater Region (in %, n=126)

added value of better governing

Greater Region: Support of the with politcal strategy „Metroborder“ (delphi survey 2010, n=156)

Upper Rhine: Importance of the "Trinational

Metropolitan Region Upper Rhine" (delphi survey 2010, n= 78)

a) Overcoming ‚multi-level-mismatch‘ b) Using the actual political energy

added value of better governinga) Overcoming ‚multi-level-mismatch‘ b) Using the actual political energy c) Reflecting on the diversity of instruments

How to build better governance structures

a) Bringing together the right actors/institutions (‘3-D-perspective‘)

How to build better governance structures

a) Bringing together the right actors/institutions (‘3-D-perspective‘) b) Adressing the relevant themes

How to build better governance structures

a) Bringing together the right actors/institutions (‘3-D-perspective‘) b) Adressing the relevant themesc) Working on the relevant territory (projects, perimeters, etc.)

ESPON Open Seminar Alcalá, Spain, 9/10.6.2010

Metroborder

Tobias Chilla, Luxembourg

on behalf of the Metroborder-TPG

key policy questions

1. What are territorial potentials, challenges and development options for CBMR?

2. What can be the added value of better governing CBMR?

3. How to built better governance structures for CBMR and what are the challenges?