Europeanisation of territorial policies in Portugal and Italy: a cross-national comparison

Abstract

Over the last few decades, the European Union (EU) played a central role in diffusing specific ‘models’ of territorial policy across member states. This Europeanisation process did not produce homogeneous results, however, since comparable EU-funded territorial policy instruments generated dissimilar outcomes in different contexts. This article aims to compare the implementation of Territorial Employment Pacts, a Community Initiative the main features of which were a territorial-focused strategy, local-level involvement and a creative approach to governance, in the cases of Portugal and Italy. The objective is to learn more about the key factors for institutional change in the Europeanisation of territorial policies.

Collaborative public sector innovation: An analysis of Italy, Japan, and Turkey

“…Italian cases most frequently articulated inter‐governmental collaboration. This is consistent with the fragmented administrative structure of central government, provinces and municipalities formed by longitudinal decentralization reforms (Oliveira & Breda‐Vázquez, 2012), creating a need for such collaborations in order to innovate. Japanese semi‐finalists narrated more collaboration with citizens and NGOs, as well as universities.…”