The concept of territorial governance has been promoted by the European Commission as a
central element of European Regional Policy. This article examines the key dimensions of …

The concept of active subsidiarity advocated by the European Commission has important
implications for European Union (EU) regional policy. This article examines the main tenets …

Throughout its history, but also squeezed between the current challenges of globalisation
and sovereignty, the Balkans has been confronted with a number of different political …

Transboundary collaboration is an essential element of maritime spatial planning (MSP)
processes (Flannery et al., 2015). While most MSP is conducted within national jurisdictions …

As several Western Balkans countries aspire to become members of the European Union
(EU) in the (near) future, it is interesting to explore to what extent EU territorial trends are …

ABSTRACT Since 2009, the European Union (EU) has started to'experiment'with new forms
of territorial governance: Macro-regional strategies (MRS), such as the one for Baltic Sea …

Desde hace años, la Unión Europea viene haciendo especial énfasis en la promoción de la
capacidad institucional de las administraciones en el marco de los programas de desarrollo …

European Union (EU) policymakers and academics regard impact assessments as the
primary mechanism for communicating the added value of EU Cohesion Policy to citizens …

Rural areas across Europe suffer from population decline, which eventually leads to an
increased closure of small elementary schools. In order to avoid both school closure and …

Since the first decade of the 2000s, the European Union (EU) has regularly set out to
endorse ambitious grand strategies covering a wide range of policy areas. By addressing …