The Western Balkans Network on Territorial Governance, 2023 was held in Skopje, North Macedonia on 11 – 12 May.
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The theme this year was “Pathways towards Resilience: Harvesting talents to address demographic transformations that are shaping societies and economies in WB”—–
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We focused on the demographic processes and their impact on planning and governance processes, challenges and options, and recommendations for reversing the situation through stimulating innovative processes and proper government policies.
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We also discussed the future of the network, its position in the region regarding territorial governance issues.
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Western Balkan Network on Territorial Governance is established to serve as a platform aimed at bringing forward the research on territorial governance in the Western Balkan (WB) countries bringing together research and policy-influencing forces from the region. In more specific terms, the network will work on undertaking pioneering research and policy advocacy across the region, to enhance the domestic territorial governance and impact in a ‘unique voice’ the EU integration of the WB countries from a TG perspective. In so doing, the network aims to strengthen the WB-EU partnerships at the level of academia, researchers’ community, and civic society for dealing with territorial development in the WB in a combined EU-domestic bottom-up fashion.