FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY A CASE STUDY OF SERBIA
FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY A CASE STUDY OF SERBIA

Author(s): Sofija Adžić
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Economic development
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Serbia; Territorial cohesion; Sustainable local development; Planning and institutional framework; Coordination and integration;
Summary/Abstract: Serbia made the first step in constituting a framework for sustainable local development in order to increase the (national) territorial cohesion by adopting the National strategy for sustainable development, Spatial Plan of Republic of Serbia 2010-2020, a number of territorial and sectoral strategies, including the obligation to make the Local spatial plans by the end of 2013. However nothing has been done regarding the implementation plan or on innovation in accordance with the causes and consequences of the spillover of first and second wave of the global financial and economic crisis. A key orientation in this paper is that the problem of constituting a framework for sustainable strategy of local development should be done on the basis of coordination and integration of key sectoral and territorial policies, plans and strategies in line with the creative analysis of the goals and achievements of local development in the EU Member States. The main finding is that the framework for a strategy for sustainable local development needs to establish a clear, precise and transparent relationship between the spatial, urbanistic and environmental local policies, plans and strategies in relation to sectoral plans and strategies, in particular, the strategy of national re-industrialization and transition to the regime of sustainable macroeconomic development. In this context, it is necessary to: (1) Enter the territorial dimension in general sectoral and planning basis, (2) Introduce the clearly defined procedures for coordination in the process of integration of general plans and strategies with local spatial, urbanistic and environmental policies, plans and strategies, and (3) Establish and coordinate the sets of key indicators and criteria for monitoring the implementation of plans and strategies on sustainable development of functional urban areas, municipalities and rural areas.

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