Experimentalist governance beyond European Territorial Cooperation and cohesion policy: macro-regional strategies of the European Union (EU) as emerging ‘regional institutions’?

Gänzle, Stefan; Mirtl, Jörg

doi:10.1080/07036337.2019.1580277

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“…Digitization is proving to be a constant preoccupation of new researches (B. Asheim et al, 2017;Barzotto et al, 2019;Bednárová et al, 2018;Gabor et al, 2021;Gänzle & Mirtl, 2019), their approaches, however, are not as complex as the one we propose. In relation to the purpose of the research, we have demonstrated that there is the possibility of configuring seasonal sustainability at least through a valid, multi-criteria model pivoting on the digital component of the economy.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…H4: Digitization of the public administration and its connection with the citizens is an asset of smart development, under the conditions of changing the mentality of approaching the system (an aspect which has become urgent during the pandemic). This hypothesis is supported by the researches of B Asheim et al (2017),Barzotto et al (2019),Bednárová et al (2018),Gabor et al (2021),Gänzle and Mirtl (2019)…”

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“…The analysis of EUSDR implementation over the period 2011-2018 was carried out by Gänzle and Mirtl (2019) through an experimental study on governance between European regions in territorial cooperation. In methodological terms, the paper is based on the analysis of 38 semi-structured interviews of EU MRS, EUSBSR and EUSDR actors.…”

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Regional Digital Economy in the Danube Member States Under the Impact of the New Challenges

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Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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The paper aims to analyse the changing economic structure and the trends of the digitalization amplification through the prism of a dynamic multi-criteria model, assessing the strategic perspective by pivoting digitalization in the strategic equation. The main objectives of the research cover the context of vulnerability across the EUSDR countries, the solutions from the literature review and the definition, testing and implementing of a new dedicated model. The model takes into account regional indicators, reported by Eurostat. Statistical analysis procedures and methods were applied in order to capture the expected disparities under the impact of the pandemic, as well as harmonization with European Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR) – specific impact indicators. The analysis uses la latest official statistical data from Eurostat. The importance of this scientific approach lies in the fact that the results are applicable to the wider region, the vast majority of the Danube states being EU members (9 states), 3 candidate states and 2 potential candidate states in the new geo-political and military context. States that are not yet EU members have regional and cross-border cooperation agreements with the EU. Moreover, the region itself has reacted in a unified way to the challenges of the economic and pandemic crises, the study being conducted over the period 2004–2020. In addition, EU Member States have additionally benefited from European emergency allocations to counter the effects of the global economic crisis and stem the spread of the pandemic. We used empirical and analytical methods, starting with the study of literature, data collection and consolidation of the database, its homogeneity and the application of modelling procedures. The major key findings are focused on the existence of a strong connection between investment effort, labour skills, sustainable development and the digital economy able to face new global and regional challenges. The policy implication of this research consist in offering viable elements capable of assisting regional decision-makers in adopting topical measures on digitisation and reconfiguring strategic regional connections to maintain a sustainable direction for the EUSDR. The recommendations from this study imbraca forma some directions for action related to labour high skills, digitalization, R&D investment and e-commerce.

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“…Yet, these differences loose content when looking at international actors like the EU institutions. In this context, the external and internal features of the crisis become intertwined, since the nature of the EU itself sits somewhere between an external actor dealing with policy issues on behalf of its Member States (these issues include, for example, trade, crisis management, international aid) (Aggarwal and Fogarty, 2004, Holland and Doidge, 2012, Hynes and Scott, 2013, Jurje and Lavenex, 2014, and an actor that builds new institutional logics and, in order to do so, learns how to cooperate in innovative ways with its Member States and their institutions, through different forms of indirect and experimentalist governance (Gänzle and Mirtl, 2019).…”

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Debating European Union governance in times of crisis

Serban

2021

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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The current article problematises European Union governance arrangements in times of crisis. The debate is built by arguing for a conceptual link between policy learning and indirect governance in the EU. These two frameworks are seen as fundamental theoretical pieces for understanding the EU's learning journey and the resulting governance mechanisms during and after these major events. Yet, the article shows that none of these two approaches can explain on its own how EU governance evolves because of crises. It is rather by looking at the intersection between indirect governance and policy learning that we get a more complete picture of the EU governance landscape in times of crisis. This theoretical debate builds on recent EU crises and scrutinises the policy-politics link by concluding on the preferred forms of EU indirect governance in times of crisis, while adding insights from the literature on policy learning and entrepreneurship.

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“…The prospect of MRSs hinges on the performance of MRs. Hence, MRs also have the potential to harden (Gänzle, 2018;Gänzle and Mirtl, 2019;Metzger and Schmitt, 2012). However, an integrated and coherent approach on how this solidification may be handled has not been addressed.…”

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İş Birliğinin ve Koordinasyonun Geliştirilmesi Yoluyla Yeni Bir Teritoryal Ölçek? Avrupa Birliği’nin Makro Bölgesel Stratejisi

Yilmaz

2023

TESAM Akademi Dergisi

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The macro-regional strategy (MRS) of the European Union (EU) is widely acknowledged as a soft form of governance. To this view, the identified macro-regions (MRs) are loosely demarcated regions, the governance of which hinges on the informal coordination and flexible involvement of actors. However, it is also stated that MRs have the potential to solidify. Nevertheless, how this solidification may be handled in integrity has not been addressed in studies on MRS. This study proposes an integrated framework for this matter. Considering that the scale may be configured and reconfigured, MRS offers a new governance level that has territorial dimensions in certain respects. It delineates a macro-regional scale with the aim of promoting the autonomy and ability of the identified MRs to produce policies. In this regard, the study suggests that MRS may introduce a new territorial scale on the basis of three variables as delimitation, place-based governance, and territorialisation of policy-making.

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Experimentalist governance beyond European Territorial Cooperation and cohesion policy: macro-regional strategies of the European Union (EU) as emerging ‘regional institutions’?

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Regional Digital Economy in the Danube Member States Under the Impact of the New Challenges

Regional Digital Economy in the Danube Member States Under the Impact of the New Challenges

Debating European Union governance in times of crisis

İş Birliğinin ve Koordinasyonun Geliştirilmesi Yoluyla Yeni Bir Teritoryal Ölçek? Avrupa Birliği’nin Makro Bölgesel Stratejisi

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