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KOSOVO IN THE PROCESS OF REGIONALIZATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
No full textFRANCESCO CITARELLA
KOSOVO IN THE PROCESS OF REGIONALIZATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Within the framework of co-operation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Regional Headquarters Allied Forces Southern Europe (NATO - AFSOUTH) and the Department of Studies on the Environment and Territory (DiSAT) of the University of Salerno) in consideration of the engagement of NATO in the Balkans – a strategic Region for the peace process and development of the Mediterranean area – on 30 April, 2003, a Memorandum of Co-operation for Research was endorsed by Prof. Francesco Citarella , constituting the first stage in a strategic partnership. Subsequently, in June 2003, the University of Salerno Advanced Research Team (USART), coordinated by Prof. Citarella, was invited by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) to visit Kosovo to start a series of interdisciplinary studies and research on the complex problematic socio-economic and security issues of the Region.
The experience and planning capacity acquired in this context on the part of the Author, set the foundations for a Report on Sustainable Development Planning in Kosovo – of which the present volume is a synthesis – preliminary to the drafting of a Feasibility Study for consolidating the peace and development process. Project objectives, parties and context, institutional responsibilities and coordinated actions were defined by the Author in the light of the new international order, imbalances and the multi-directional nature of the forces in the field. At the same time, expected benefits were calculated, commitments and relative costs estimated and the characteristics of the information systems delineated. Methodological approaches and deadlines for completing the studies were also taken into account.
The Author specified clearly that consultation on policy or judgment of the work of the parties involved in the Kosovo reconstruction process, was not the remit of the Report. The proposal he pointed out, was to provide a schematic scientific analysis of all the documentation and Reports available regarding the Kosovo issue. In short, he pointed out, the Report was intended as a strategically useful document for the devising of policies, in a perspective of future engagement in the Region.
The volume starts with an historical overview of the Region, dealing in particular with the Post Conflict International Community Commitment, and analyzes programs, projects and strategies devised for the reconstruction of the Kosovo Area.
The second part of the volume delineates the process of Regionalization and Local Development, the Stabilization and Association Process and the role of Territorial Partnerships in Local Development policies. The section also includes an Operative Plan for Kosovo and a brief outline of the Southern Regions, that highlights the need for a strategic repositioning of European Union policies
EMERGING GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF GLOBAL CHANGE
No full textFRANCESCO CITARELLA
EMERGING GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN A FRAMEWORK OF GLOBAL CHANGE
The work, writings presented by Francesco Citarella at the 30th Congress of the International Geographical Union (United Kingdom, 2004), highlights emerging geopolitical and economic issues by examining a series of case studies in a framework of global change. In particular, as concerns Development and Security in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean Area, this contribution is built around the concept of the need for creative development, the ability to learn from experience and the ensuring of security in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean Area. Unfortunately, to date, the numerous initiatives, plans and programs put in place by governing Commissions and International Institutions have achieved extremely limited results, mainly because in the view of the Author, the Mediterranean continues to be considered a state of affairs and not a project. In such an operative framework, he points out, the role of territorial planning is strategic. Furthermore, he is firmly convinced that establishing economic and social objectives for late developing countries would ensure a rational use of resources and productive structures and would promote growth sustainably. In short, the Author maintains that although the difficulties encountered in the attempt to re-compose the “Mediterranean mosaic” are many, they are certainly no greater than those that other regions have had to face at the beginning of the re-construction process of their economic, political and cultural identity. From the above considerations – stemming from a plethora of studies and research – the Author has conceived the idea of elaborating a “Master Plan for the Mediterranean Area” whereby the territories, institutional remits, potential partnerships and coordinated action have all been devised in the perspective of (i) a new international order and (ii) taking into due account the diverse forces in the field. Professor Citarella believes that this is neither a simple nor short term process. In addition to adequate knowledge and knowhow, he argues, analyses and intellectual proposals, awareness, decision making and a line of action on the part of governments for territorial planning, control and intervention are urgently required.
In the second paper Sustainable Development in Kosovo, the Author presents the peculiar characteristics of a Region – Kosovo – in transition from a centrally planned economy to a free market system. From a glance at the economic, political and institutional scenario, it is evident the Author maintains, that the Region is still in the initial phase of the transitional process, rendered even more evident by the ongoing rise in unemployment.
In his study, the Author sets out specific guidelines for devising an operative plan for Kosovo in order to guarantee rational management of its financial and other resources in a perspective of sustainability. The diverse forces in the field and fundamental challenges such as European integration, regionalization and sector strategies, (that have already made a strong impact on endogenous development) will he insists, continue in the long term, to drive the strengthening of local economies.
In the contribution Tourism in Europe, regionalization and globalization, Prof. Citarella focuses on the role Tourism plays in the current phase of globalisation, characterised by the rapid growth of technological progress in the sectors of communication and transport. At the same time, the Author points out, the potential of tourism imparts dynamism to the network of inter-population, socio-economic relations and transformations in progress in productive areas and geographical space. The growing attention addressed to tourism on the part of members of academia and the scientific, political, institutional and entrepreneurial world Citarella argues, is fully justified in such a scenario. In short, it goes without saying, the Author maintains, that globalization implies the overcoming of national barriers, more solidarity, the integration of inter-national economic activity, the intensifying of social relations and the free circulation of information on a planetary level. Globalization consequently, constitutes a factor of tourism development, also in terms of new client acquisition, but at the same time, the Author warns, the phenomenon generates problems of a socio-economic nature which can be governed only in a regulatory perspective and by the capacity to anticipate and react to changes in tourism preferences; in short, by enhancing the quality of local products or services compared to those of other regions
POLITICHE PER IL POSIZIONAMENTO STRATEGICO DEL TURISMO EUROPEO
No full textFRANCESCO CITARELLA
POLICIES FOR THE STRATEGIC POSITIONING OF TOURISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Tourism in the European Union (EU) is a complex socio-economic and cultural phenomenon, its roots far reaching on a global scale. The analysis of the sector, based on a interdisciplinary approach, highlights the competitive role that tourism plays in the context of modern economies. Furthermore, appropriate knowledge of both tourism chain dynamics and the stakeholders involved, represents a fundamental challenge.
On a local scale, new policies of enhancement, conservation and resource promotion are urgently needed if the European Union is to devise tourism policies that guarantee optimum results.
As tourism represents a priority sector of the European Union’s economic policy, the study supported by correlated data, monitors trends in tourism demand, the impact of tourism in the European economy and on employment in the light of European Community initiatives. In order to build an integrated policy framework, the analysis maps the effects of socio-economic and technical factors at European level.
Geographically speaking, an enlightened vision of tourism underpins socio-economic spatial growth, despite degenerative scenarios, phenomena that can only be controlled with appropriate territory planning.
In effect, EU interest in sustainable tourism growth and environmental safeguarding has led right from 1985 onwards, to a new model of growth as its priority, explicated in policies of economic and social cohesion. In this context, the European Commission, encouraged by the findings of its Steering Groups on Tourism and Employment, has focused on two main pillars: job-creation and environmental compatibility.
To promote greater integration of European Community policies, it is essential that strategies be based on improving knowledge and knowhow, disseminating information and facilitating access to European Community initiatives and not least, by promoting the exchange of information on the legislation and development programs in force
Role of the Economy of the Southern Italian Regions in the context of sustainable development planning in the Mediterranean Basin
No full textL'integrazione delle politiche regionali e lo sviluppo delle potenzialità endogene di un comprensorio montano della Campania: il Matese
No full textGEOTEMA, N.
La visione strategica della Regione Campania nel Progetto Interregionale “Ospitalità nei Borghi”
No full textConvergenza digitale e diffusione dei servizi innovativi per la competitività e la sostenibilità della “città aumentata”
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