Strengthening Cooperation for Spatial Planning – A Case Study on Participatory Planning in Albania
0302, 2020

Strengthening Cooperation for Spatial Planning – A Case Study on Participatory Planning in Albania

Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, I, 2019, 27-41 Fiona Imami, Kejt Dhrami Summary The Albanian context still faces challenges on promoting participatory democracy in decision-making in all governmental levels. The increased activity in territorial planning over the last years, evidenced from the changes in legislation and preparation of plans at national and local level, has brought to discussion the challenges of establishing and reinforcing cooperation and

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From Space in Transition to Space of Transit – Risks and Opportunities of European and Chinese Investments in the Western Balkan Region
0302, 2020

From Space in Transition to Space of Transit – Risks and Opportunities of European and Chinese Investments in the Western Balkan Region

Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, I, 2019, 16-26 Giancarlo Cotella, Erblin Berisha Summary The Western Balkan Region (WBR) is currently undergoing a complex process of integration into the European Union (EU) that is supported by a number of programmes and actions. In the last decade, however, a new and cumbersome set of actors entered the game. The launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has

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Cooperate on Territorial Governance to Address Major Development Challenges in Europe
0302, 2020

Cooperate on Territorial Governance to Address Major Development Challenges in Europe

Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, I, 2019, 08-15 Journal Kai Böhme Summary In Europe (not just the EU), societal and territorial fragmentation, along with spatial inequalities are a growing challenge to the development of our places and societies. They are further fuelled by exogenous and endogenous development trends that affect future spatial developments. This article provides a quick glance at major development trends shaping Europe’s future

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Green Lungs for our cities
0801, 2019

Green Lungs for our cities

“Green Lungs for our cities – alternative and bottom-up monitoring platform for air quality, noise pollution and urban greenery for policy influencing at local level” is aimed at developing and piloting an alternative platform for monitoring and advocating policy-influencing on Cities Green Lungs – air quality, noise pollution, and urban greenery at local level. The EC funded 3 year project, which is piloted in the cities of Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan

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ENV.net factoring the environmental portfolio for WB and Turkey in the EU Policy Agenda
0701, 2019

ENV.net factoring the environmental portfolio for WB and Turkey in the EU Policy Agenda

The “ENV.net factoring the environmental portfolio for WB and Turkey in the EU Policy Agenda” is a regional project, bringing together seven partner organisations from the Western Balkan and Turkey and two EU member-state based partners, namely: 1. Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development (Albania) – lead partner 2. Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development (Serbia) – partner 3. Green Home (Montenegro) – partner 4. 4x4x4 Balkan Bridges (FYR of Macedonia) –

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