ReSSI Regional strategies for sustainable and inclusive territorial Development – Regional interplay and EU dialogue Targeted Analysis Annex 4: Case study Southern Denmark Version 30 November 2017 This targeted analysis 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 Niels Boje Groth, Christian Fertner, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) 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 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2 Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 2 3 Background ....................................................................................................................... 4 3.1 Introduction to the Danish case ......................................................................................... 4 3.1.1 Actors ........................................................................................................................ 4 3.1.2 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 5 3.1.3 Spatial planning tools ................................................................................................ 5 3.1.4 Outcomes and impacts ............................................................................................. 6 3.2 Governance context .......................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Opportunities and challenges ............................................................................................ 8 4 CASE ................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1 External drivers.................................................................................................................. 9 4.1.1 Local and regional priorities ...................................................................................... 9 4.1.2 National policies and reforms .................................................................................... 9 4.1.3 International............................................................................................................. 10 4.1.4 Regulation involved ................................................................................................. 10 4.2 Internal drivers ................................................................................................................. 10 4.2.1 Statutory context ..................................................................................................... 10 4.2.2 A joint strategy for a diverse region ........................................................................ 11 4.3 Actors .............................................................................................................................. 12 4.3.1 Agents and institutions involved .............................................................................. 12 4.3.2 Type of agents and partnerships ............................................................................ 15 4.3.3 Type of setting ......................................................................................................... 16 4.4 Means .............................................................................................................................. 17 4.5 Knowledge and Communication...................................................................................... 19 4.5.1 Communication within the network ......................................................................... 19 4.5.2 Communicative means ............................................................................................ 19 4.6 Analysis and discussion – reflecting the case in concepts ............................................. 23 4.6.1 Request for regional leadership .............................................................................. 23 4.6.2 From percepts to concepts ...................................................................................... 24 4.6.3 The spatial planning perspective ............................................................................ 24 4.6.4 Territory and space in the regional approach ......................................................... 25 4.6.5 Where is regional planning to be found? ................................................................ 26 5 References ...................................................................................................................... 28 ESPON 2020 i List of Figures Figure 3.1: The five administrative regions of Denmark with seat of regional administration (Tornberg, 2007) ........................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 4.1: Population development in towns in Southern Denmark (RSDK, 2017) ............... 11 Figure 4.2: Actors involved in the RG&DS 2016-19 ................................................................ 12 Figure 4.3: Regional actors and councils involved in the RG&DS 2016-19 - simplified .......... 13 Figure 4.4: Stakeholders and initiatives of the RG&DS ........................................................... 13 Figure 4.5: Multi-level governance of regional business and growth policies in a Danish context ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 4.6: Regional authorities and sub-regional development councils in Southern Denmark ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 4.7: Policy field on city-regions in the RG&DS ............................................................. 18 Figure 4.8: Region Southern Denmark has published more than 600 analysis reports since 2007 (Source: https://issuu.com/region-syddanmark) ............................................................. 19 Figure 4.9: Recent visualisations of a (proposed) regional spatial structure........................... 21 List of Tables Table 2.1: Interviews and meetings in Southern Denmark* ...................................................... 2 Table 3.2: Relevance of the seven challenges for the Danish study ........................................ 8 Table 4.1: Stakeholder partnerships* in the two cases ........................................................... 15 ESPON 2020 ii Abbreviations ESDP European Spatial Development Perspective RG&DS Regional Growth and Development Strategy, Region of Southern Demark RSDK Region Southern Denmark SDU University of Southern Denmark ESPON 2020 iii 1 Introduction This Annex to the ESPON ReSSI report provides deeper insights into the Danish stakeholder territory case study. The report follows a common template developed by the ESPON ReSSI project team (see Annex 2 of the ReSSI report). Some section titles were slightly changed to fit the context and findings of the Danish case. The Danish study focuses on two cases which were chosen in close co-operation with the Danish stakeholder, the Region Southern Denmark (RSDK). The two cases are hierarchically interlinked as a ‘strategy’ and a ‘follow-up action’ in the framework of that strategy. The strategy case consists of the current Regional Growth and Development Strategy (RG&DS) of the Region of Southern Denmark. The name of the strategy refers to the key concept of the strategy, The Good Life as a Driver of Growth - Regional Growth and Development Strategy 2016-2019. The follow-up action, titled Regional Development Agreement 2016-17 for South Jutland, is currently being devised as a co-operation between the regional authority and four municipalities in the southern part of the region, called South Jutland. It was initiated as a ‘platform for dialogue and co-operation’. While the strategy case provided opportunities to discuss with stakeholders the process, results and prospects of what had already taken place, the follow-up case provided the opportunity to follow the process