RISE - Identifying and Exchanging Best Practices in Developing Regional Integrated Strategies in Europe

Main areas of analysis

• Investigating the state of play of the RIS amongst the four RISE regions
• Studying the compatibility between sectoral and territorial policies within a RIS
• Identifying the core indicators needed to measure the degree of integration of a RIS
• Studying how monitoring and evaluation indicators and methodologies can be used to enhance the development of a RIS
• Assessing how different financing instruments can be enhanced in preparing an integrated strategy
• Identifying different types of stakeholder engagement in the four regions and how these models can assist in the delivery of the strategy

Main results envisaged

• A report on the state of play of the regional integrated strategies of the four RISE regions
• Evidence of the relationship between sectoral and territorial policies on a RIS
• A RISE toolkit containing policy recommendations, a set of integration indicators as well as monitoring and evaluation indicators, an overview of different financial models applied within RIS and a model of different types of stakeholder engagement
• Data to the ESPON 2013 database
• Analytical input to territorial visions, strategies and scenarios