Multi-level governance and the role of the regions in the European Union: conceptual challenges and practical applications

• Autores: Karolina Boronska Hryniewiecka
• Localización: Cuadernos europeos de Deusto, ISSN 1130-8354, Nº 45, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La contribución de la Unión Europea a la gobernanza global), págs. 177-207
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18543/ced-45-2011pp177-207
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    Este artículo ofrece una aproximación conceptual de la gobernanza multi-nivel (GMN) en la Unión Europea y su aplicación como herramienta analítica en el estudio de la participación de los entes subestatales en el proceso de construcción europea. Con este fin, el artículo proporciona una serie de indicadores para "medir" la GMN y evalúa ciertos desarrollos institucionales hacia GMN, al tiempo que pretende determinar las implicaciones de la GMN en el poder regional. El estudio llega a la conclusión de que a pesar de la existencia de estímulos e incentivos relevantes para promover una mayor cooperación, partenariado e inclusión, el proyecto de la gobernanza multi-nivel europea no se ha institucionalizado todavía. Para valorar en términos cualitativos la GMN, este trabajo propone tomar en cuenta la amplia gama de indicadores de naturaleza normativa, sistémica y procedimental presentes en un específico contexto doméstico, o aplicables a una determinada política, para ponerlos a prueba en el marco de los instrumentos actualmente operativos. En este aspecto, se echan en falta estudios sistemáticos y comparados, especialmente en el ámbito de las políticas europeas con importante impacto territorial.

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    The aim of this article is to provide a framework for analysis of the concept of multi-level governance (MLG) in the European Union and its application as an analytical tool in the study of subnational participation in European policy-making. In doing so, it proposes a range of indicators for measuring MLG, evaluates certain institutional developments towards MLG as well as determines the implications of MLG for regional empowerment. The article concludes that in spite of the existence of stimuli and incentives for evolution towards cooperation, partnership and inclusion, we can still observe a low degree of institutionalization of MLG in the EU. In order to determine the "quality" of MLG the study proposes to take into account a wide range of normative, systemic and procedural indicators present in a specific domestic context or applicable for a given policy area and "test" them against the real-life mechanisms in operation. Systematic and comparative studies on the effectiveness of MLG are needed especially in the fields of policies with high territorial impact.

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