ESPON ACTAREA Thinking and Planning in Areas of Territorial Cooperation Regional and national spatial planning: new challenges and new opportunities ESPON Outreach event-Université Paris Diderot-28 th (original) (raw)

The paper explores the concept of soft territorial cooperation within the context of regional and national spatial planning. It discusses strategic objectives that aim to enhance local capacities, fostering development through frameworks that promote a 'territorially embedded consensus.' Emphasis is placed on the importance of stable resources for facilitation, the need for coherent multi-level governance, and the potential of soft territorial cooperation to contribute to future cohesion policies.