MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGY AND TERRITORIAL COHESION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 95 - 117, 26.02.2021

Samet Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.775055

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The European Union (EU), which aims to promote cross-border cooperation (CBC) through various policies and programs, introduced its first macro-regional strategy (MRS) in 2009 as a new tool that offers an integrated framework and governance for regional cooperation beyond the national scale. With adoption of MRS, the EU seeks to tackle common problems of certain regions at the transnational scale and improve the efficiency of policies by enhancing territorial cooperation and coordination among the local, regional, national and supranational levels and mobilizing the existing cross-border institutions and initiatives. This way, it is intended for achieving a more prosperous space and strengthening the territorial integrity of the EU. Thus, MRS is closely related to territorial cohesion policy that is based on creating a balanced and harmonious societal structure on a place-based approach. In this framework, this study addresses the contribution of MRS to the territorial cohesion of the EU by elaborating on the fundamentals and objectives of territorial cohesion policy and MRS.

Keywords

European Union, Macro-Regional Strategy, Territorial Cohesion, Territorial Cooperation

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ’NDE MAKRO-BÖLGESEL STRATEJİ VE TERİTORYAL UYUM

Abstract

Çeşitli politika ve programlar yoluyla sınır ötesi işbirliğini geliştirmeye çalışan Avrupa Birliği (AB), ulusal ölçeğin ötesinde, bölgesel işbirliğinin geliştirilmesine yönelik olarak bütünleşik bir yapı ve yönetişim ortaya koyan ilk makro bölgesel stratejisini (MBS) 2009 yılında kabul etmiştir. MBS’nin kabul edilmesiyle AB, yerel, bölgesel, ulusal ve uluslar üstü düzeyler arasındaki teritoryal işbirliğini ve koordinasyonu arttırarak ve mevcut sınır ötesi kurum ve girişimleri harekete geçirerek ulus aşırı ölçekteki belli bölgelerin ortak sorunlarının çözümünü ve politikaların etkinliğini arttırmayı hedeflemektedir. Bu şekilde daha müreffeh bir mekân oluşturulması ve AB’nin teritoryal bütünlüğünün güçlendirilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu bakımdan MBS, yer merkezli bir bakış açısı çerçevesinde dengeli ve düzenli bir toplumsal yapı oluşturulmasına dayanan teritoryal uyum politikasıyla yakından ilintilidir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma, teritoryal uyum politikasının ve MBS’nin temel niteliklerini ve hedeflerini ortaya koyarak MBS’nin AB’nin teritoryal uyumuna olan katkısını ele almaktadır.

Keywords

Avrupa Birliği, Makro-Bölgesel Strateji, Teritoryal Uyum, Teritoryal İşbirliği

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