Template provided by URBASOFIA as Content Management and UIRS as Scientific Partners for the STATUS Project

1. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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Institutional and Informal Framework:
Policies, Plans and Initiatives Background
FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS
Prepared by: Urban Planning Institute
of the Republic of Slovenia
Central European Institute
of Technology ALANOVA
Reviewed by: STATUS Content Management Urbasofia
www.urbasofia.eu

2. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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Project number: SEE/D/0297/4.1/X
Project acronym: STATUS
Project title: Strategic Territorial Agendas for "Small and Middle-Sized Towns" Urban
Systems
Instrument: INTERREG IV B SEE
Call identifier: South East Europe Call D
Authorship
Barbara Music (UIRS), Bostjan Cotic (UIRS), Pietro Elisei (URBASOFIA), Sabina Dimitriu (URBASOFIA)
Review
Pietro Elisei (URBASOFIA), Sabina Dimitriu (URBASOFIA)

3. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents......................................................................................................................... 3
Abbreviation List...................................................................................................................................... 4
1 Summary of WP3 .................................................................................................................. 5
2 Brief overview of activities .................................................................................................... 6
3 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 7
4 Planning instruments and historical background .................................................................... 8
5 Methodology for the analysis of planning documents ............................................................ 8
6 Conclusions..........................................................................................................................11
7 References...........................................................................................................................12
Annexes......................................................................................................................................13

4. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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Abbreviation List
CKP - cities knowledge platform
ST/UA - Strategic Territorial/Urban Agendas
TP – Territorial Partner
SEE – South Eastern Europe
SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
UC – Urban Centers

5. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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1 Summary of WP3
The aim of WP 3 as an inception phase is characterized by different activities, analytical and cognitive
ones, to achieve the objectives of STATUS project like:
 tackling the problem of incoherent urban and regional development in SEE,
 developing place-based strategies by different participatory planning tools,
 reducing the widening development gap of SEE cities,
 guiding and supporting Territorial Partners to develop a sustainable and Strategic Territorial/
Urban Agendas (ST/UA), Urban Centers (UC) and the SEE cities knowledge platform (CKP).
Different methods of qualitative analyses (like stakeholder analyses in report 3.1.) and SWOT analysis
will be used not just in terms of networking but also as an opportunity for achieving a more in depth
knowledge of the state of the art of local urban issues. At the end all these activities they will provide
a clear framework of available data, current planning tools and pool of local actors characterizing the
partner cities planning areas.
WP 3 Inception consists of two main activities:
Activity 3.1.
Collecting data and identifying actors
Activity 3.2.
Analysis of current urban plans and policies in involved territories

6. Output 3.5 Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and Initiatives
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2 Brief overview of activities
Figure 1: Overview of activity, own graphic
Activity 3.2. Analyses of current urban plans and policies in involved territories
Subactivity 3.2.1.
Preparing report on policies
and plans of involved
partner
Subactivity 3.2.2.
Preparing report on key
features of investigated
policies/ plans
Subactivity 3.2.3.
Atlas of plan and policies on
GIS DB (open source/ open
content)
Activity will focus on major
planning instruments
(plans and policies at
different institutional level-
from national planning acts
until local urban policies),
level of integration and
capability of making synergy
of these different tools is
going to be investigated and
even the link between
policy design and decision
makers are going to be
examined.
responsible PP: UIRS
other PP involved: CEIT, other
PP
from Sep.- Oct. 2013
• Preparing report on
policies and plans of
involved partners (1x)
• responsible PP: UIRS;
other PP: CEIT
from Sep. – Oct. 2013
Output 3.6.
responsible PP: UIRS
other PP involved: CEIT, other PP
from Nov.- Dec. 2013
responsible PP: CEIT
other PP involved: Fundazione
Graphitech
from Nov.- Dec. 2013
The report discuses the
incipient stage of policies
and plans used in the target
area for the Strategic
Territorial Agenda.
Once the policies and plans
have been identified, analysis
will be performed in order to
define the analogies,
differences, synergies and
dissonants.
An Atlas of plans and
policies, generated on GIS
DB, is going to be designed
and put online, using open
source software and
applying open content
principles in its design: 10
policy/plans atlas are going
to be generated at project
scale.
Output 3.7.
Output 3.5.

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3 Introduction
This report is a state of the art inventarisation of institutional and informal framework of territorial
partners in STATUS project. It will be a base for analysis and comparison of territorial partner legal
framework that will be provided by UIRS and CEIT Alanova in an output 3.5. Report on policies and
plans of involved territorial partners.

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4 Planning instruments and historical
background
For every territorial partner, major plans and policies operated in the selected area in the last 20
years, or currently operational, are reported.
Territorial partners:
1. Municipality of Kavala (GR)
2. Municipality of Alba Iulia (RO)
3. Baia Mare Metropolitan Area (RO)
4. Province of Foggia (I)
5. Municipality of Schwechat (AT)
6. Abruzzo Region (I)
7. Municipality of Satu Mare (RO)
8. Municipality of Drama (GR)
9. Municipality of Herceg Novi (MNE)
10. Municipality of Temerin (RS)
5 Methodology for the analysis of planning
documents
This section will be aimed at outlining a methodology for the critical analysis of plans and policies,
based on a set of criteria and methodological tools such as the SWOT analysis, PEST, etc.
The section will be developed by CEIT and UIRS.
Questionnaire for Territorial Partners
1. Short description of the whole administrative structure of the state
a. Check results of the Plurel project (attached, please note that Plurel report is dated in
2010, so it may be outdated for some countries with recent changes in legislation!)
b. max. 2 A4 pages
c. add graphic (maps, illustrations, check the attached sample made by Sabina.) and
insert them appropriate for word documents (no big files)
2. Short description of a planning system
a. Check the description of the Municipality of Schwechat
b. max. 2 A4 pages
c. add graphic (maps, illustrations please check the attached sample for Austria, made
by CEIT) and insert them appropriate for word documents (no big files)

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3. History of planning instruments, polices and plans
a. before current legislation and plans
b. Check the description of the Municipality of Kavala
c. max. 2 A4 page
d. add graphic (maps, illustrations, etc.) and insert them appropriate for word
documents (no big files)
4. Current planning instruments, policies and plans on different administrative levels with
short description of each
National level
State level
Regional level
Province level
Municipal level
Add missing level if exist
Describe doc, scale and what they regulate
5. Detailed description of the impact of the most important planning plans, instruments and
policies on the area of intervention
Administrative level Name of the
document
Define:
formal or
informal
document
Positive
impact on
the area of
intervention
Negative
impact on
the area of
intervention
National level Regulator
dpdv
legislativ
sau directii
strategice
Preferinta
din punct de
vedere a
bugetului
Limitari
geografic sau
administrativ
State level
Regional level
Province level
Municipal level
Add missing level if
exist
6. Do you already know if you will need to change existing or prepare new formal documents,
if so, which ones – explain what docs are about and what relevance it has for the city.

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7. Addition information you feel you need to add to clarify the current situation
Samples for the graphics for the chapter 1: Short description of the whole administrative structure
of the state

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6 Conclusions
Assessing the coherence of the first proposal coming from TPs, with the instruments’ backgrounds.
Conclusions will provide suggestions for future planning attitudes to keep.
Structogram of the levels and instruments of the Austrian spatial planning system
functional Europe national state (province) (9) local (2356 municipalities)
Europe
national
state (province) (9)
regional
local (2356 municipalities)
Coordination by ÖROK, political guidelines (collective resolution of several partners on the national and province level)
Legally binding directives by laws, enactments and ordinances
zoning plan for built up and being
developed land (1:1.000, 500)
sectoral plans and concepts by federal
authorities (ministeries, e.g. flood
protection, transport infrastructure,
energy)
EUREK
guidelines
general spatial development concept
spatial development program
regional development program
regional development program on
specific themes ( flood protection,
technical or social infrastructure...)
local/spatial development plan for the
whole municipality (1:10.000)
administrative
ÖROK - Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning
maln publication: Österreichisches Raumentwicklungskonzept 2001
Austrian Spatial Development Concept 2001, next update 2011
land use plan for the whole
municipality (1:5.000)

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7 References
Businessballs personal and organisational development website (2013) [Online], Available:
http://www.businessballs.com/swotanalysisfreetemplate.htm], 26.08.2013
European Commission (2011) Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020, Towards an Inclusive,
Smart and Sustainable Europe of Diverse Regions [Online], Available: http://www.eu-territorial-
agenda.eu/Reference%20Documents/Final%20TA2020.pdf, 23.10.2013.
Gerhard Larsson (2006) Spatial planning systems in Western Europe: An overview, Amsterdam.
Joint research center of the European Commission (2013) online foresight guide, [Online], Available:
http://forlearn.jrc.ec.europa.eu/guide/4_methodology/meth_swot-analysis.htm, 26.08.2013
Strategic management insight (2013) [Online], Available:
http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/tools/pest-pestel-analysis.html, 15.08.2013
United Nations (2008) Spatial Planning, Key Instrument for Development and Effective Governance
with Special Reference to Countries in Transition, Geneva.

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Annexes
ANNEX 1 – Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Kavala (GR)
ANNEX 2 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Alba Iulia (RO)
ANNEX 3 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Baia Mare Metropolitan Area (RO)
ANNEX 4 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Province of Foggia (I)
ANNEX 5 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Schwechat (AT)
ANNEX 6 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Abruzzo Region (I)
ANNEX 7 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Satu Mare (RO)
ANNEX 8 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Drama (GR)
ANNEX 9 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Herceg Novi (MNE)
ANNEX 10 - Institutional and Informal Framework: Policies, Plans and
Initiatives Background of the Municipality of Temerin (RS)