Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015 - 2019
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PROGRAMME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST PLANNING REGION 2015 - 2019 Regional Economic Development This project is co-funded by the European Union Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015-2019 Programme for Development East Planning Region 2015 - 2019 Content Introduction ............................................................................................................................................5 1. Description of the project...............................................................................................................7 2. Development characteristics of the East Planning Region ..................................................9 2.1 Natural characteristics ...............................................................................................................................9 2.2 Economic characteristics of the East Planning Region .............................................................. 12 2.3 Social development ................................................................................................................................... 15 2.4 Agriculture .................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.5 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. 20 2.6 Environment ................................................................................................................................................ 25 2.7 Tourism and culture ................................................................................................................................. 33 3. Planning ............................................................................................................................................ 41 3.1 Vision .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 3.2 Mid-term goals ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Mid-term goal 1 .................................................................................................................................. 42 Mid-term goal 2 ................................................................................................................................... 51 Mid-term goal 3 ................................................................................................................................... 56 Mid-term goal 4 ................................................................................................................................... 63 Mid-term goal 5 ................................................................................................................................... 67 4. Financing of the implementation of the Programme for Development of the East Planning Region .................................................................................................................................. 75 This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union, Swiss Development Coop- eration and German Development Cooperation. The contents of this publication can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the aforementioned institutions. 3 Programme for Development East Planning Region 2015 - 2019 Introduction The Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015 – 2019 is a mid-term planning doc- ument, prepared in accordance with the revised Strategy for Regional Development of the Republic of priorities and measures which will contribute to the achievement of the mid-term goals. The Programme isMacedonia prepared 2009 in accordance – 2019. The with Programme the Articles defines 12 to the14 ofmid-term the Law regional on Balanced development Regional goals, Development. as well as The the methodology which is used for the preparation of the Programme is in accordance with the Rulebook on Methodology for Preparation of Regional Development Planning Documents. - ment in the process of planning the development of the region and the implementation of projects which willThe Lawcontribute on Balanced to the Regionaldecrease Development of the considerable clearly defineseconomic the and role social of the disparities Centres for among Regional the Develop regions. Currently, the planned regional development, which is implemented by the functional structures on na- tional and planning region level, creates possibilities for balanced regional development of the regions. The regional development programmes direct all development stakeholders toward the achievement of the planned mid-term goals. The Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015 – 2019 is the second comprehensive document which is prepared by the Centre for Development of the East Planning Region. The experience drawn from both the preparation and implementation of the previous Programme was used for the prepa- ration of this programme, in such a way which enabled the inclusion of all development stakeholders from the East region and their contribution to the creation of the document. The abovementionedProgramme defines goals the and five priorities mid-term are goals shown and inpriorities the second for partthe achievement of the Programme of each for mid-term Development goal. of the East Planning Region. This part also defines the measures whose implementation is planned to ensure the achievement of the defined mid-term goals as well as the financing of the region. For each mid- theterm development goal indicators of the are East defined Planning for the Region level of is the shown. achievement of the goal in 2019, while for each priority success indicators and expected outputs are defined. In the second part of the Programme, the vision for The introductory part, the description, precedes this part, stating the characteristics of the regions with regards to the overall situation in the region, which certainly serves as a basis for the preparation of the development programme. 4 5 Programme for Development East Planning Region 2015 - 2019 1. Description of the project The Programme “Regional Economic Development in Macedonia (RED)”, supported by GIZ in Macedonia, EU and the Swiss Development Agency has the aim to support the regional economy and employment in all the regions in Macedonia in accordance with EU criteria. Within the frame of the Programme, among other activities, the process for preparation of the Programme for Development of the East Planning Region 2015-2019 was conducted. The main development phases of the Process of preparation of the Programmes for development of the planning regions were: thematic areas • Preparation of a Sector Analysis, Analysis of the areas with special development needs and defining the Analysis and Vision • • First series of workshops – Analysis of the current condition; identifying the possibilities and definingDevelopment a vision planning (Shtip, September 11 and 12, 2014) • 2014) • Second series of workshops – Defining the mid-term goals and priorities (Shtip, October 2 and 3, Development planning and success monitoring • 30, 2014) • Third series of workshops – Defining the measures and success indicators (Shtip, October 27 and • FormulatingPresentation theand draft public version debate of the Programme • • Formulating the final version of the Programme - sults and impacts of the implementation of the Programme for Development of the East Planning Region Within the frame of the first series of workshops, the data from the conducted evaluation of achieved re East Planning Region were conducted. 2009-2014 were analysed and SWOT and PEST analysis of each of the determined thematic areas for the the frame of the thematic areas. The second series of workshops encompassed the process of defining mid-term goals and priorities within as well as success indicators for the planned mid-term goals. Within the frame of the third series of workshops measures for each of the defined priorities were defined 6 7 Programme for Development East Planning Region 2015 - 2019 2. Development characteristics of the East Planning Region - ning regions according to the NUTS 3 Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics. For the purpose of development planning, the Law on Regional Development (Article 5) defines eight plan • Vardar Planning Region; • East Planning Region; • Southwest Planning Region; • Southeast Planning Region; • Pelagonia Planning Region; • PologNortheast Planning Planning Region; Region and • Skopje Planning Region. •Regions in the Republic of Macedonia 2.1 Natural characteristics Location: The East Planning Region encompasses the Bregalnica river basin and covers an area of 3537 km2 or 14.2% of the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. This region is comprised of 11 municipali- ties (Berovo, Vinica, Delchevo, Zrnovci, Karbinci, Kochani, Makedonska Kamenica, Pehchevo, Probishtip, 209 settlements of which are characterised as rural settlement. Cheshinovo-Obleshevo and Shtip) which in terms of urbanisation are divided into 217 human settlements, 8 9 Programme for Development East Planning Region 2015 - 2019 Municipalities in the East Planning Region1 Climate Municipality Area km2 Inhabit- Settle- Share (in %) of urban popula- The climate in the East Planning Region is arid, i.e. mostly