Cross-fertilisation of cohesion policy and spatial planning
ESPON Policy Brief
V. Nadin – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
K.I. Piskorek – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
Verena Elisabeth Balz – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
W.A.M. Zonneveld – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
P.A. Munoz Unceta – Editor
Neli D Georgieva – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
Wilbert den Hoed – Editor (TU Delft - Spatial Planning and Strategy)
Zintis Hermansons – Editor (ESPON EGTC)
Gavin Daly – Editor (ESPON EGTC)
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Abstract
It is incumbent on governments at all levels to ensure that cohesion policy is efficient and helps deliver territorial cohesion. Spatial planning tools can play the key role in ensuring that in the countries and regions that receive cohesion policy funding the combined territorial impacts of cohesion policy and other sectoral policies are positive. However, the cross-fertilisation of cohesion policy and spatial planning is often very weak. Drawing on real experiences across Europe, this brief proposes seven practical steps that may enhance cross-fertilisation in the short term. They complement current trends and could guide and accelerate the achievement of a more territorially sensitive and efficient cohesion policy.