What is the network for

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What is the network for?

• The network looks at
• How regions can become more sustainable and begin
  to look at what makes a sustainable region.
• How the European Commission and structural funds
  can help to promote sustainable regions.

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How we do this

• Providing regional baseline mappings
• Inter-regional co-operation
• Development of policy and new approaches

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Initial partner regions

• Wales (lead partner)
• Asturias
• Central Macedonia
• Emilia-Romagna
• La Rioja
• Limburg
• Sardinia
• Tampere
• Västmanlands
• Västra Götalands

• Estonia
• Northern Hungary
• Silesia
• West Pannon
• Epirys
• Vejle
• Storstrom
• Mid-West Regional Authority of Ireland
• Crete
• Limousin
• Heraklion
• Nord-Pas de Calais

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What are the issues we are addressing?

• Core Themes
• Spatial Planning
• Governance
• Tools Indicators

• Specific Topics
• Sust. Prod. Consumpt.
• Post-Industrial Regener.
• Low-Carbon Economy
• Rural Depop./Demogr.
• Sustainable Tourism

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Challenges

• Different starting points on SD
• Openness and honesty
• Integration of policies to pull in the same
  direction
• Partnership
• SD has to underpin work

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Strengths

• Partnership
• Experiences Knowledge
• Innovative ideas
• Vision
• SD makes regions proud

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Key messages

• Regions are key to SD
• Make SD the overall aim of policy
• Regional distinctiveness can be embraced within a
  common framework
• Stronger support is needed from the EU
• Build regional systems for SD

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Build regional systems for SD

• Why?
• Regions are key
• Integrative policies
• Change society in a sustainable direction

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Build regional systems for SD

• How?
• Develop implement general framework, based on
  SD criteria
• Use market driven solutions co-ordinated with
  interactive and integrated spatial planning
• Public sector - lead by example
• Use cross-sectoral, longer-term themes

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Contact Details

• www.sustainable-euregions.net
• sustainable-euregions_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk