Territorial Agenda of the EU

An Informal Ministerial conference was held in Leipzig on 24 and 25 May 2007 within the framework of the German EU (European Union) Council Presidency. On the occasion of this conference, ministers responsible for Spatial Development in EU Member States agreed on the so-called "Territorial Agenda of the European Union".

Having agreed upon this Agenda constitutes the preliminary culmination of a process which was launched on the occasion of the Informal Ministerial conference in Rotterdam in 2004 and was continued via the one in Luxembourg in 2005.

Aim

The Territorial Agenda of the EU, as a short policy paper and its recommendations for an integrated spatial development policy aims at mobilising the potentials of European regions and cities for sustainable economic growth and more jobs.

Europe's competitiveness in the world will additionally be strengthened by utilising its territorial diversity in a better and more innovative way. Europe will be brought closer to its citizens and their scepticism will be overcome.

The recommendations delivered by the Territorial Agenda of the EU are based on an analysis embodied in the expert report document "Territorial State and Perspectives of the EU".

Integration of relevant stakeholders in the process

On the way to Leipzig, spatial development policy players have been involved in a dialogue on elaborating the Territorial Agenda of the EU.

Interested stakeholders wishing to answer took for example the following questions into consideration:

• How do they see the present analysis?
• What responses to the territorial challenges do you expect from EU policies?
• How do you think the political process should be shaped?
• What good practices should be integrated in the documents?

Email address

territorial-agenda-eu@bmvbs.bund.de