Newcastle University

Project: Territorial Governance - Best Practices for New Perspectives (TANGO)

From September 2011 to February 2014
Project Leader(s): Professor Simin Davoudi
Staff: Professor Ali Madanipour, Dr Geoff Vigar
Contact: Professor Simin Davoudi
Sponsors: ESPON

The project aims to: develop a typology of contemporary governance practices; examine different forms of territorial governance in promoting territorial development objectives. It will examine: How is multi-level and cross-sector territorial governance organised throughout Europe and what are good mechanisms to ensure coordination between different public sectoral policies and cooperation between different levels of public government? What role can instruments of national, regional and local spatial planning systems play in creating better territorial governance? And what other effective models exist to achieve this aim? What are the main lessons for future Cohesion Policy? These will be explored through some 12 in depth case studies from different parts of Europe. The Newcastle Team is responsible to undertake two UK case studies involving major documentary analysis, interviews and field visits. The consortium consists of 6 European partners and is led by Nordic Centre for Spatial Planning (NORDREGIO) in Stockholm. The Newcastle University team is led by Prof. Simin Davoudi and includes: Professor Ali Madanipour, Dr Geoff Vigar and Dr Nicola Headlam, all based at GURU, APL.