REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY - Citizens participation in EU cohesion policy

The proposal from Normandie was selected. Participation of citizens will be tested in the context of decisions on cultural spaces. Nine more pilot projects are at different stage of implementation. It is still possible for public authorities and civil society organisation to receive support by experts from OECD.

Deadline: 31/03/2024

See also: Call for expression of interest

Contact: Francesco AMODEO

Following the extension of the call for expression of interest “Innovative Implementation of the Partnership Principle in EU Cohesion Policy”, the proposal from Normandie was selected.

The region of Normandie and Relais Culture Europe will test deliberative process to propose collective recommendations on how to sustain better the potential of cultural spaces. The results of the pilot will contribute to the mid-term evaluation of programme 2021-2027.

With this new pilot, ten is the total number of pilots receiving technical assistance by OECD experts on open governance, under phase 1 (i.e. 6 pilot projects) and phase 2 (i.e. 4 pilot projects).

In order to build on the positive momentum created by the pilots, the call for expression of interest to participate in a pilot action on “Innovative implementation of the partnership principle in EU cohesion policy (phase 2)” has been extended today.

DG REGIO will assess expressions of interest on a continuous basis proposal to test deliberative processes by public authorities and civil society organisation but also to help public authorities to institutionalise deliberative mechanisms.

State of play of pilot projects

Completed: Banská Bystrica (SK) tested a digital platform for citizen participation and decided for its comprehensive deployment for preparing, updating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Integrated Territorial Strategy of the Functional Urban Area of Banská Bystrica

On-going: Citizens’ Jury in GZM (PL) on design of rail transport and Students’ Assembly in the Appenino Reggiano (IT) on territorial strategy

Panel preparation: Citizens’ voting in Dambovita County (RO) on territorial strategy, citizens’ jury in Ramincu Valcea (RO) on urban mobility, citizens’ budgeting in Catalunya (ES) on cohesion policy priorities

Preparation: Citizens’ commission and feed-back mechanism in Cantabria (ES) in ITI, Civic monitoring in Lazio (IT) on urban strategies, testing of toolbox on participatory methodology in Brussels (BE) on 15 municipal projects.