1. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 0

2. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 1 Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT) The Basque Country and the European regions Content of the Presentation: Spatial Planning in the Basque Country. Spatial Planning outlook and challenges in The Basque Country. Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government.

3. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 2 Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT) The Basque Country Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco POPULATIONSURFACEDENSITY inhabitantskm²inh/km² ALAVA300,0003,26894 BIZKAIA1,150,0002.217506 GIPUZKOA700,0001,977340 GLOBAL2,150,0007,462287 18.2% of the population > 65 years old Migration rate:3.00%

4. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 3 THE DIFFERENT COMPETENCES Basque Government Provincial Council of Biscay Diputación Foral de Bizkaia Provincial Council of Guipuzcoa Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa Provincial Council of Alava Diputación Foral de Alava 111Town Councils 111 Municipios 88 Town Councils 88 Municipios 51 Town Councils 51 Municipios

5. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 4 THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE PLANNING 1.General Guidelines for the territorial planning Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV 15 Territorial Planning Areas: -6 Areas in Biscay -6 Areas in Guipuzcoa -3 Areas in Alava Sectorial Territorial Planning: a) For the protection of: - Rivers and streams - Wetlands - Coast -b) For the basic planning of infrastructures: -Railway infrastructures -Roads infrastructures -Wind power energy -Industry Territorial Planning Local planning of each of the 250 towns of the Basque Country 2 3 4

6. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 5 General Guidelines for the territorial planning of the Basque Country Las Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV - Approved in 1997. - They establish the basic model and criteria that have to be considered by the intermediate territorial planning of each region.

7. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 6 Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT) The document of the General Guidelines defines the basic connections between the main towns of the Basque Country, such as the new railway network (High speed railway) Conexión básica entre las capitales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

8. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 7 Territorial Planning for the metropolitan area of Bilbao Plan Territorial Parcial del Bilbao metropolitano -In this planning has been defined the criteria that have to be considered by all the town councils situated in the metropolitan area of Bilbao, in order to design their own local planning.

9. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 8 Territorial Planning for the region of San Sebastian: Categories for the land planning Plan Territorial Parcial de Donostia-San Sebastián: Ordenación del medio físico - As happens with Bilbao, in others metropolitan areas such as San Sebastian, we are working on territorial planning that will define a model of development for the planning of the 13 towns situated in the same metropolitan area

10. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 9 Territorial Planning for the region of Goierri (Guipuzcoa): Categories for the land planning Plan Territorial Parcial de Goierri. Categorías de ordenación del medio físico

11. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 10 Sectorial Planning for the protection of rivers and streams Plan Territorial Sectorial de ordenación de márgenes de los ríos y arroyos - This is one of the territorial planning that already has been approved to protect the natural values of the land.

12. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 11 Sectorial Planning of wetlands Plan Territorial Sectorial de Zonas Húmedas - The first aim of this territorial planning is to protect the wetlands that we have in our land, according to the value that each place has.

13. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 12 Sectorial Planning for the protection of the coast Plan Territorial Sectorial de protección y ordenación del litoral Z u m a i a Z a r a u t z - This planning establishes the conditions to guarantee the protection of the territory situated closer than 500 metres from the coast line.

14. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 13 Sectorial Planning for the promotion of land for industries and commercial equipment Plan Territorial Sectorial de Creación Pública de Suelo para Actividades Económicas y de Equipamientos Comerciales - This territorial planning defines the most suitable areas to promote the development of industries.

15. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 14 Sectorial Planning of the railways Plan Territorial Sectorial de la red ferroviaria en la CAPV Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

16. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 15 Sectorial Planning for Wind Energy Plan Territorial Sectorial de Energía Eólica

17. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 16 Sectorial Planning for cycle routes Plan Territorial Sectorial de vías ciclistas de Gipuzkoa

18. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 17 Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT) The protection of environment, natural resources and landscape Protección del medio natural del País Vasco

19. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 18 Project for the urban regeneration of the Bay of Pasaia Regeneración de la bahía de Pasaia (Gipuzkoa)

20. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 19 Metropolitan area of Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaya Ordenación del área metropolitana de Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaia

21. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 20 Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government Having reference indicators of European regions as a reference framework to help us define parameters that should be considered in our Spatial Development Strategy. Benchmarking with other European regions when defining objectives for our Spatial Development Strategy, and also when assessing results of spatial planning policies. Networking with other regional authorities, building synergies in the field of spatial planning policies (even with neighbor regions). Improving future possibilities of European funding returns, having a coherent spatial development strategy. Strengthening scientific capacities in the field of spatial planning through the participation of Basque research centers in ESPON projects.

22. ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 21 Spatial Planning outlook and Challenges in the Basque Country Update of the Spatial Planning Guidelines. Train connection with Europe and other Spanish regions (and Sustainable Mobility Act). Integrating Landscape in planning system (future Landscape Act). Integrating Climate Change in planning system (future Climate Change Act). Sectorial Planning for agriculture and forestry. From polycentrism based on the three province capitals towards the Basque cities network (transformation axes). Urban retrofitting and perimeter limitations.