Piedmont Region Case Study
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ReSSI – Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development – Regional interplay and EU dialogue Targeted Analysis Annex 5 – Piedmont Region Case Study Version 30/11/2017 This targeted analysis activity is conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The ESPON EGTC is the Single Beneficiary of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The Single Operation within the programme is implemented by the ESPON EGTC and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Member States and the Partner States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. This delivery does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the ESPON 2020 Monitoring Committee. Authors Giancarlo Cotella, Elena Pede and Marco Santangelo, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning – Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Advisory Group ESPON EGTC: Michaela Gensheimer (Senior Project Expert, Cluster Coordinator for Project Development and Coordination), Piera Petruzzi (Senior Project Expert, Communication and Capitalisation), Johannes Kiersch (Financial Expert) Information on ESPON and its projects can be found on www.espon.eu. The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. This delivery exists only in an electronic version. © ESPON, 2017 Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON EGTC in Luxembourg. Contact: [email protected] ISBN: 978-99959-55-16-8 a ReSSI Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial development – Regional interplay and EU dialogue Table of contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. ii List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. ii Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 2 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 2 Piedmont-specific research questions .............................................................................. 4 2.1 Methodological approach .................................................................................................. 6 3 Stakeholders territory and governance framework ........................................................... 8 3.1 Introduction to the case studies ......................................................................................... 8 3.1.1 Corona Verde ............................................................................................................ 8 3.1.2 National Strategy for the Inner Area (SNAI) of Valle Ossola .................................. 12 3.2 Governance context ........................................................................................................ 17 3.3 Opportunities and challenges .......................................................................................... 18 4 Case Study Analysis ....................................................................................................... 21 4.1 External drivers................................................................................................................ 21 4.1.1 International drivers ................................................................................................. 21 4.1.2 National policies and reforms .................................................................................. 22 4.1.3 Local and regional priorities .................................................................................... 23 4.2 Internal drivers ................................................................................................................. 23 4.3 Actors .............................................................................................................................. 25 4.4 Means .............................................................................................................................. 29 4.5 Knowledge and Communication...................................................................................... 30 4.6 Main obstacles and bottlenecks ...................................................................................... 33 4.7 Analysis and evaluation (Impacts)................................................................................... 35 5 Overall findings ................................................................................................................ 37 5.1 The role of the Piedmont Region..................................................................................... 37 5.2 Recommendations to the Piedmont Regional authority .................................................. 38 5.3 Recommendations to regional stakeholders across Europe: .......................................... 40 References .............................................................................................................................. 41 ESPON 2020 i List of Figures Figure 2.1: Italian Metropolitan Cities after Law 56/2014 .......................................................... 5 Figure 2.2: Case studies of Piedmont Region. .......................................................................... 6 Figure 3.1: Municipalities of Corona Verde ............................................................................... 8 Figure 3.2: Classification of Italian remoteness. ...................................................................... 13 Figure 3.3: Areas selected for SNAI by Piedmont Region. ..................................................... 14 Figure 3.4: Project area and Strategy area of SNAI Valle Ossola. ......................................... 15 Figure 4.1: Corona Verde evolving stakeholders’ framework. ................................................ 26 Figure 4.2: SNAI Valle Ossola stakeholders’ framework. ....................................................... 27 Figure 4.3 Knowledge flows of Corona Verde programme. .................................................... 31 Figure 4.4: Knowledge flows of SNAI Valle Ossola ................................................................. 33 List of Tables Table 2.1: Interview participants ................................................................................................ 7 Table 3.1 Corona Verde in numbers ....................................................................................... 11 Table 3.2 Challenges and opportunities in Piedmont Region and through the case studies .. 19 ESPON 2020 ii Abbreviations AIT Areas of Territorial Integration (Ambiti di Integrazione Territoriale) ANCI National Association of Italian Municipalities (Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani) ASL Azienda Sanitaria Locale CLLD Community-Led Local Development EAFRD European Agricultural Fund for Rural Area ERDF European Regional Development Fund ESF European Social Fund EU European Union EUSALP European Union Strategy for Alpine Region ITI Integrated Territorial Investment ISTAT Italian National Institute of Statistics LAG Local Action Group LEADER Liason Entre Actions de Development de l’Economique Rurale NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics PFA Project Framework Agreement PPR Landscape Regional Plan (Piano Paesaggistico Regionale) PTCP Territorial Plan of Province Coordination (Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento Provinciale) RDP Rural Development Programmes ROP Regional Operational Programmes UNCEM National Union of Mountain Towns and Communities (Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani) UPI Union of the Italian Provinces (Unione Province Italiane) SIE European Structural and Investment Funds SNAI National Strategy for Inner Areas (Strategia Nazionale Aree Interne) UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization EC European Commission ESPON European Territorial Observatory Network EU European Union NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ESPON 2020 2 1 Introduction This document presents the ReSSI case studies located in the Piedmont Region territory and is structured as follows: Section 2 introduces the Piedmont-specific research questions and the methodological approach adopted in the case studies. Section 3 contextualises the two case studies – the Corona Verde programme and the National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI) in Valle Ossola respectively. This section also presents an overview of the new Italian governance context, followed by an overview of challenges and opportunities arising for the Piedmont Region and the case study areas, particularly in relation to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent austerity policies in Europe. Section 4 analyses the two case studies. In each case, the international, national and local drivers are described; the actors and institutions involved are mapped; the types of prevalent knowledge and knowledge flows are analysed; and the main challenges and bottlenecks are identified. This section also provides an overall analysis and evaluation of the implemented projects. The present document is the result of a set of participant interviews, fieldwork and data analysis. ESPON 2020 3 2 Piedmont-specific research