This document discusses challenges and approaches for urban and territorial governance. It notes that the local level is impacted by global dynamics like migration, trade, and climate change. This requires fit-for-purpose institutional frameworks, an understanding of power dynamics, and effective multilevel governance. Integrated approaches are needed to address disparities by understanding rural-urban interconnectivity. Strong multi-actor cooperation is important for regional development and territorial cohesion through improved integrated planning. The document asks how development partners can adapt to these complex challenges and what common actions the network can take.

1. Technical Working group:
Urban and territorial governance
approaches
Considering the NUA in policy advise and
program design

2. Setting the scene
Complexity
Increasingly globalized world, the local level is no longer
insulated from international dynamics.
• migration flows,
• trade flows and value chains,
• climate change,
• conflicts or
• social cohesion dynamics
• Etc.
Impacts and development implications within and beyond
local or regional borders.

3. Institutional challenges
• Call for Fit-to-purpose institutional and governance
frameworks / reforms
• Better understanding of the underlying power and
interesting dynamics at play.
• An adequate multilevel governance framework
• Decentralization processes are as efficient as possible

4. Integrated approaches
• Address income and poverty disparities, social
fragmentation and foster spatial inclusion.
• Understand the existing interconnectivity between rural
and urban areas in terms of migration flows, agricultural
dynamics, structural service delivery such as transport
and telecommunication.
Territorial approaches to development and spatial
inclusion
• Strong cooperation and coordination (multi-actors and
multi-levels)

5. Regional development
• Pivotal to the promotion of sustainable development
and the enhancement of territorial cohesion.
• Territorial Cooperation between municipalities and
regions solutions in sectors such as waste
management, efficient mobility and public transit.
• improved integrated planning to harness the optimum
potential of increasingly interdependent regions,
urban settlements and the rural economy.

6. Questions
1. Which are the main challenges, in terms of
• Institutional and governance reforms (decision making,
resources)
• Horizontal multi-actor approaches (citizenship, private
sector)?
2. Given this context, how do development partners adapt their
interventions. Which tools are needed to ensure that these
complex and diverse challenges are taken into account?
3. What are the common actions that could be followed-up within
the DeLoG Network ? How can we on this?