Huelva 2007 - Territorial governance
Index d'articles
The decentralizing processes of the latest decades implied a stronger importance of the regional and local actors in the definition of the strategic guidelines of territorial development and in the management and evaluation of the projects which have a territorial base. The decentralized territorial entities have a stronger power than in the previous periods. Besides, public entities try to involve the private actors as broadly and deeply as possible in the design and management of the territorial projects, by giving a more important role to the civil society in these processes.
This proliferation of decision-units on the territory makes thinking about territorial governance, the rules creation, the processes and practices that determine the way decision are made on a territory. Transparency, participation, responsibility, coherence and coordination are the principles associated to governance in the democratic societies by the international organizations, such as the EU and the ECDO. Nevertheless, the respect of these principles is not automatic and it is even a stake for territorial action.
