Project overview
Strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in central Europe
Urban and rural regions are growing closer together across central Europe. As a result, the focus of spatial planning moved up to the level of metropolitan regions, which include commuter belts around cities. But cooperation between a city and its hinterland often remains challenging. The MECOG-CE project overcomes this by connecting eight metropolitan regions in central Europe that identify, test and share good governance tools.
1,65m €
Project Budget
80%
of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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Duration
Start date
End date
Project progress
About the project
Project partnership
Project partners
Lead partner
City of Brno
60200 Brno
Project partner
10138 Turin
Planning Department
Faculty of Science
European Funds and Policy Development Department
D-14467 Potsdam
Strategic development department
Roadmap
Our challenge
Urban and rural regions are growing closer together across Central Europe, but cooperation between a city and its hinterland often remains challenging. This creates inefficiencies in various fields important for citizens and their daily life.
Specific problem
To tackle persisting challenges, new tools are needed to improve cooperation between cities and its hinterland - metropolitan cooperation. The potential of this cooperation is not fully exploited.
Our idea
What if Central European metropolitan areas join forces and develop solutions for better metropolitan cooperation and governance?
Our solution
To strengthen metropolitan cooperation and governance in metropolitan areas, new solutions will be jointly developed and will be based on existing best practices and tools for enhancing metropolitan cooperation. These will be tested and applied in partner metropolitan areas.
News
P4 Governance
NEWS
28.04.2024
The first year of the MECOG-CE project is successfully completed!
For over a year now, the MECOG-CE project – Strengthening Metropolitan Cooperation and Governance in Central Europe has been aiming to enhance metropolitan areas in Central Europe. Thanks to the project, we as 15 partners across Europe are pushing forward mutual cooperation in the field of the metropolitan development.
P4 Governance
NEWS
27.03.2024
The Common Metropolitan Vision highlights the power of metropolitan areas
The outcome of the MECOG-CE project, titled "We are the Metropolitan Areas - Our Common Metropolitan Vision", stands as a strategic document that underscores the pivotal role of metropolitan areas in shaping European and national policies. This comprehensive framework represents a long-term and shared commitment of metropolitan leaders, stakeholders, ...
P4 Governance
NEWS
26.02.2024
Formation of study clusters marks the second milestone of the MECOG-CE project
The MECOG-CE project partners from across Central Europe (CE) met in partner city of Stuttgart on 22-23 February. The consortium formed study clusters and discussed possible pilot actions as part of a collaborative work. The main objective of these clusters is to share the expertise in implementing, managing, and ...
P4 Governance
NEWS
23.11.2023
Challenges and Opportunities for Metropolitan Areas in Central Europe
This article explores the current challenges and opportunities facing Metropolitan Areas (MAs) in Central Europe, summarizing insights from the study titled 'Identification of Challenges Specific to Central European Metropolitan Areas (MAs),' conducted by Charles University as part of the MECOG-CE project. The study examines the presence of the metropolitan ...
P4 Governance
NEWS
24.10.2023
44 Examples of Good Practices within 14 Thematic Domains. Study Clusters Challenge Has Begun in Warsaw!
The MECOG-CE project, aimed at strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe, recently achieved another milestone with its second transnational meeting held on 19th and 20th October, in Warsaw. During this meeting, the project consortium tackled two significant activities focusing on finding best tools and practices and formulating ...
P4 Governance
NEWS
04.06.2023
The MECOG-CE Project Focuses on Strengthening Metropolitan Cooperation and Governance in Central Europe
The project aims to identify the best tools, procedures and examples of good practices for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe and apply them in metropolitan areas towards strengthening integrated metropolitan strategic and territorial development. The project is designed so that knowledge/tools/methods and examples of good practice ...
P4 Governance
NEWS
31.05.2023
International Project MECOG-CE Kicks off in Brno
The purpose of the MECOG-CE project is to strengthen metropolitan cooperation and management in Central Europe. It is divided into three phases. The first phase will focus on benchmarking, mapping the current situation of territorial and strategic planning in Europe. The second phase will identify the best tools and ...
Events
P4 Governance
EVENT
Belgium
15 - 16.05.2024
METREX Spring Conference 2024
METREX, the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas, will held their Spring Conference in Brussels. The network is also part of MECOG-CE project and one of its outcomes, Common Metropolitan Vision, will be introduced.
P4 Governance
EVENT
19.04.2024
Knowledge Exchange Activity on Functional Area Governance Models
Partners of MECOG-CE project will be part of seminar organized by World Bank. We will present the important and interesting outcomes of our project and will discuss them with participants. Join us for this seminar!
P4 Governance
EVENT
Germany
22 - 23.02.2024
Transnational partner meeting in Stuttgart
Partners of MECOG-CE will meet again in Stuttgart and they will move this project forward, mainly thanks to the formation of study clusters focusing on best practices/tools, but also through the discussion on outcomes so far.
Outputs
We are the Metropolitan Areas – Our Common Metropolitan Vision
- Common Metropolitan Vision
- The status quo of metropolitan dimension in CE and its future development
- Identification of challenges specific for Central European MAs
- Report on metropolitan governance systems and existing tools/best practices at partners MAs for enhancing metropolitan cooperation
- Executive Summary: metropolitan governance structures and best practices
- Analysis of best practice outside partners’ regions
New solutions enhancing metropolitan cooperation and governance
Strategy for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe
Action plans for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance
Project videos
Project documents
Newsletters
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