Matti Fritsch
University of Eastern Finland
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European Planning Studies | 2015
Matti Fritsch; Sarolta Németh; Minna Piipponen; Gleb Yarovoy
ABSTRACT Cross-border cooperation (CBC) serves as a tool to combat peripherality of border regions and integrate formerly disconnected borderlands. Resting on the principles of partnership and multi-level governance, CBC activities are deemed by the European Union (EU) to include local/regional authorities, economic and social partners at various stages of the cooperation process. Even at the EUs external borders, where EU regional development principles of CBC are endorsed in an often uneasy combination with external policy principles, joint cross-border administrative arrangements and regional programme designs have been introduced through successive administrative reforms. Analysing the preparations for the European Neighbourhood Instrument Karelia CBC (2014–2020), it is argued that in order to promote regional development goals the priorities of CBC programmes should be in line with the aims of local/regional stakeholders, which requires resilient consultation and participatory processes throughout the programming cycle. Participant observation of the Finnish–Russian Karelia CBC programme preparations helped the authors pinpoint achievements and weaknesses of current joint programming solutions and investigate ways in which the partnership principle is put into practice in the preparatory processes. In the current political climate, it is interesting to note that CBC was not included by the EU or Russia in sanctions/countersanctions that were the result of the crisis in Ukraine.
disP - The Planning Review | 2011
Matti Fritsch; Heikki Eskelinen
Abstract Simultaneous processes of accelerated socio-economic transformation, geopolitical repositioning and rapid integration into the EU make Finland an interesting case and testbed for the analysis of processes of Europeanization of territorial governance and spatial planning. Focusing on institutional preconditions and underlying debates, this paper explores the ways in which “Europe” (in its manifold forms) has shaped and influenced Finnish territorial governance and how Finland has attempted to upload domestic interests to the European agenda. EU regional governance requirements, the spread of European planning concepts, and a Nordic epistemic community are identified as important catalysts for Europeanization. Overall, the findings cannot be taken as an indication of significant process of convergence of spatial planning and territorial governance in a European context. Instead, they represent a case of a countrys specific engagement with the EU dimension in territorial governance.
Planning Practice and Research | 2018
Matti Fritsch; Heikki Eskelinen
ABSTRACT The debate on strategic spatial planning highlights the limitations of statutory land use planning in weighing up future options for spatial development, particularly in instances of rapid change. This paper draws on this debate in order to analyse planning institutions and practices in Finland. The case in point is the south-eastern border region where interdependencies with Russia, particularly shopping tourism, have created pressures on land use and led to contentious planning processes between regional and central levels of government. It is argued that, in the absence of cross-border spatial co-ordination, there is a need to establish links between regional land use planning and visions of spatial scenarios in the national context.
European Planning Studies | 2009
Heikki Eskelinen; Matti Fritsch
Archive | 2009
Mats Johansson; Lisa Van Well; Heikki Eskelinen; Matti Fritsch; Timo Hirvonen; Olaf Foss; Dag Juvkam; Niels Boje Groth
Archive | 2015
I Breuer; A Radvanszki; P Schön; Schmidt Seiwert; D Celińska Janowicz; Katarzyna Wojnar; Csilla Hoffmann; M Péti; T Miklavčič; Maria Coronato; Angela D'Orazio; M Prezioso; T Avgoulidou; S Kyvellou; M Marava; I Vasiliki Pothitaki; A Eredj; Daniel Tudora; C de Carvalho Cantergiani; Mats Johansson; M Burinskienė; D Lazauskaitė; Z Gūtmane; R Strauhs; Antti Roose; Heikki Eskelinen; Timo Hirvonen; Matti Fritsch; G Þór Eyþórsson; Hjalti Jóhannesson
Archive | 2015
Ina Breuer; Adam Radvanski; Karl Peter Schön; Volker Schmidt-Seiwert; Dorota Celińska-Janowicz; Katarzyna Wojnar; Csilla Hoffmann; Márton Péti; Tomaž Miklavčič; Maria Coronato; Angela D'Orazio; M Prezioso; Stella Kyvelou; Theodora Avgoulidou; Nektaria Marava; Amel Feredj; Daniel Tudora; Carolina de Carvalho Cantergiani; Mats Johansson; Marija Burinskienė; Dovilė Lazauskaitė; Zane Gūtmane; Ronalds Strauhs; Antti Roose; Heikki Eskelinen; Timo Hirvonen; Matti Fritsch; Grétar Þór Eyþórsson; Hjalti Jóhannesson; Estelle Evrard
Archive | 2014
Airida Bernotaitė; Heikki Eskilnen; Grétar Thór Eythórsson; Olaf Foss; Matti Fritsch; Daniel Galland; Timo Hirvonen; Mats Johansson; Karolīna Kļaviņa; Antti Roose; Jon Olav Viste
Archive | 2013
Timo Hirvonen; Pasi Saukkonen; Heikki Eskelinen; Matti Fritsch
Archive | 2012
Grzegorz Gorzelak; Katarzyna Zawalińsk; Marek Kozak; Maciej Smętkowski; Adam Płoszaj; Dorota Celińska-Janowicz; Tymoteusz Wronka; John Bachtler; Arno Van Der Zwet; Heidi Vironen; Irene McMaster; Valérie Biot; Sabine Vanhuysse; Heikki Eskelinen; James Wesley Scott; Sarolta Németh; Matti Fritsch; George Petrakos; Lefteris Topaloglou; Dimitris Kallioras; Panagiotis Artelaris; Aggeliki Anagnostou; Panagiotis Pantazis; Victor Cupcea; Christos Georgiadis; Antonio Vázquez Barquero; Javier Alfonso-Gil; Juan Carlos Rodríguez Cohard; Oscar Madoery; Adrian Rodríguez