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Strategie RO-BG SPATIAL June 2015 En.Pdf Common Strategy for Sustainable Territorial Development of the Cross-Border Area Romania- Bulgaria Project - 1 - Table of contents Table of contents ...................................................................................................................... - 2 - CHAPTER 1: ............................................................................................................................... - 3 - INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... - 3 - 1.1. Analysis of the programme theme ........................................................................................... - 3 - Work package 3: Development of common resources for the analysis of territorial planning and for the Strategy ........................................................................................................................... - 5 - Work package 4: Analysis and diagnosis of the current situation in the cross-border area ....... - 5 - 1.2. Themes analysed ...................................................................................................................... - 7 - 1.3. Data on the area under survey: Location and geography ...................................................... - 11 - 1.4. Correlation with territorial management and planning documents and social-economic development strategies................................................................................................................. - 13 - CHAPTER 2 : ............................................................................................................................ - 28 - TERRITORIAL DIAGNOSIS AND PRIORITIES ................................................................................ - 28 - a. Diagnosis by area ....................................................................................................................... - 28 - b. Prospective diagnosis ................................................................................................................ - 91 - c. Overall diagnosis ........................................................................................................................ - 95 - CHAPTER 3: ............................................................................................................................. - 98 - COMMON STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROSS-BORDER AREA ....................................................................................................................................... - 98 - 3.1. Vision ...................................................................................................................................... - 98 - 3.2. Objectives and guidelines ..........................................................................................................103 3.2.1. Strategic objectives ............................................................................................................103 3.2.2. Specific objectives ..............................................................................................................112 3.3. Policies, measures and projects ................................................................................................114 3.3.1. Development policies .........................................................................................................114 3.3.2. Programmes and projects ..................................................................................................125 3.5. Governance mechanism ............................................................................................................178 3.5.1 Risk assessment matrix .................................................................................................. - 181 - Appendix 1. Summary charts for NUTS 3 presentation .............................................................. - 183 - - 2 - CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Analysis of the programme theme This Strategy was developed under the project “Common strategy for sustainable territorial development of the cross-border area Romania-Bulgaria” (SPATIAL), implemented under the Programme for Cross-Border Territorial Cooperation between Romania-Bulgaria 2007 – 2013, financed by the state budget and by the local budgets and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The counties and districts which are part of the Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area are separated by the border between the two states as well as by a natural barrier – the Danube River, which covers more than 75% of the border line between Romania and Bulgaria. Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area is affected by numerous challenges and disparities which require the development of integrated territorial actions. One of the challenges is the number of large cities in the territorial structure of the cross-border area: in 71,390 km2 there are only two cities with more than 300,000 inhabitants: Craiova and Constanţa. Another problem related to the city network is the decline of the urban centres – many of them monofunctional cities, especially those located along the Danube, due to the industrial decline. This caused a massive loss of population – a demographic change, as a significant share of the young work force migrated to the larger cities of Romania and Bulgaria or even to other countries. The lack of connectivity is another major problem of the area, as there are only two bridges over the Danube and a lack of adequate transport infrastructure. The management of climate changes causing important flooding (especially on the Romanian side) and the desertification of agricultural land due to the lack of irrigation infrastructure are also major problems of the area. The Danube is also an important opportunity for tourism, as well as for other economic activities. The area studied also includes an important development corridor Bucharest-Giurgiu-Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo which should be valorised. On both sides of the Danube there are twin cities: Vidin-Calafat, Bechet-Oreahovo, Turnu Măgurele-Nikopole, Călăraşi-Silistra, which may cooperate to bring a - 3 - significant contribution to the regional development objectives, following the mature cooperation example of Giurgiu-Ruse. The cultural and territorial diversity is another added value element of the area. At European level, the Territorial Agenda of European Union and the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion support transnational and cross-border cooperation with a view to diminishing regional disparities, by cooperation in specific areas, using the functional rather than the administrative border areas. Another important document at European level whose principles and objectives were taken into consideration when developing this strategy is the European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter – the Torremolinos Charter, adopted on May 20, 1983 (Spain). This refers to the frontier areas as an area which should benefit from unitary treatment and an integrated approach, as areas which, more than all others, need a policy of co-ordination between states; the purpose of such a policy is to open up the frontiers and institute transfrontier consultation and co-operation and joint use of infrastructure facilities; states should facilitate direct contacts between the regions and localities concerned in accordance with the European Outline Convention on transfrontier co-operation between territorial authorities in order to promote increasingly close contacts between the populations concerned; in the frontier areas, no project which could have harmful consequences for the environment of neighbouring countries should be carried out without previous consultation of those states. The Strategy will consider, under the cross-border cooperation between Romania and Bulgaria, the development of a polycentric network of localities, the protection and conservation of the natural heritage areas and the rehabilitation and preservation of the tangible cultural heritage. Having regard to all these aspects and to the opportunity presented by the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, it became necessary to develop and adopt a territorial development strategy for the cross-border area as a result of multi-level cooperation to ensure a coherent approach on both riversides of the Danube. The project “Common strategy for sustainable territorial development of the cross-border area Romania-Bulgaria” (SPATIAL) is implemented by a partnership including the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania as lead partner, the Bulgarian Ministry of Development and Public Works and 10 other Romanian and Bulgarian partners. The project envisages the following objectives: - 4 - To develop a comprehensive evaluation of the social, economic and territorial cohesion and economic competitiveness of the Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border area To develop he Territorial Development Strategy for the sustainable spatial and economic development of the Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border area To set up a comprehensive and operational territorial database for the Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border area To develop and implement efficient and sustainable territorial monitoring instruments To develop and implement the relevant pilot projects as a major input for further sustainable implementation To raise awareness in the Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border area on common problems and sustainable solutions in the area and on the efficient promotion of the
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