A Place-Based Approach in EU Regional Development and Its Application in Latvia

Abstract

The EU’s regional development policy is gradually moving from the redaction of regional disparities towards regional development growth. The role and involvement of regional and local authorities in regional development policy is increasing. Global changes and challenges call for a growing need to develop more efficient regional development policy instruments that would result in growth and increased quality> of life. Place-based approach is a strategic approach aimed at the development of territorial resources. The aim of this research is to evaluate the role of place-based approach in regional development, to identify and assess the main elements and opportunities brought by the implementation of such an approach.

New Labour’s regional experiment: Lessons from the East Midlands

“…Although the paper looks at one region in England in particular the lessons outlined in the paper are relevant for policy interventions at a smaller tier than the East Midlands so remain relevant for the LEPs. In addition, as the EU continues to expand it is introducing new administrative regions in many of the newer member states (Baltina 2012, Musil et al 2012 and the first major finding in this paper shows that creating new regions can have an impact on the success of governance initiatives. This paper also contributes to a (re)appraisal of place based economic development strategies by focusing in particular on efforts to gain private sector involvement in sub-national governance and assessing the multi-scalar nature of the regional policy in England.…”

“…Although the article looks at one region in England in particular, the lessons outlined here are relevant for policy interventions at a smaller tier than the East Midlands and so remain relevant for the LEPs. In addition, as the EU continues to expand it is introducing new administrative regions in many of the newer member states (Baltina, 2012;Musil et al, 2012) and the first major finding in this article shows that creating new regions can have an impact on the success of governance initiatives.…”

Podejście zorientowane terytorialnie (place-based policy) – teoria i praktyka polityki regionalnej

“…Na poziomie europejskim jest to szczególnie trudne w regionach słabiej rozwiniętych, zwłaszcza w nowych państwach członkowskich, charakteryzujących się relatywnie niższym poziomem kapitału ludzkiego i społecznego, wykazujących jednocześnie większe braki i niesprawności instytucjonalne. Potwierdzają to zróżnicowane rezultaty i nie zawsze oczekiwane efekty stosowania instrumentów w implementacji nowego paradygmatu polityki regionalnej (Baltiņa 2014). Wśród przykładowych działań tego typu zapewniających koncentracje merytoryczną i terytorialną interwencji zmierzającą do dostosowania jej do specyfiki poszczególnych terytoriów można wskazać cały katalog instrumentów: strategie inteligentnych specjalizacji, politykę miejską, zintegrowany rozwój obszarów wiejskich, zintegrowane inwestycje terytorialne, obszary problemowe i wiele innych (patrz ryc.…”

Assessment of the Mechanism for Realisation of Industrial Policy Regions: Applied Aspects of the «smart» Development Concept

“…Стрябкова, Ю.В. Лыщикова [16]), а применение локально-адресного подхода («рlace-based approach») (E. Miranda, J.R. Catarino [17], L. Baltiņa [18], J. Zygmunt [19], M. Grillitsch, B. Asheim [20], C. McDonald [21], А.С. Михайлова [22])повысить обоснованность промышленной политики.…”