Cohering the spatial and strategic planning in the Czech Republic

摘要

Over the last 7 years, there was a substantial progress in the Czech planning disciplines. The spatial planning gained a new law introducing new tools. Structural Funds became the main driver for the strategic planning, which became embedded in national, regional and local levels of governance. The integration of spatial and strategic planning is beginning to be re-introduced. Despite the progress, there is still a vast amount of learning and experience sharing yet to come, to push for example the new planning law and the tools it offers into the full practise. There is also a lot of work to tune the tools, which would allow to measure and monitor the development effects against desired and stated strategies. On a positive side, the local client base is slowly gaining some practical experience. But what is still missing is: 1. suitable formats of institutional support, 2. products geared to improve skills of the key local government decision makers (elected), 3. broadening and restructuring of spatial planers' and urban orientated education, 4. improvements in sharing the benefits arising from stakeholder's experiences.