The possibility of improving the vertical integration in planning theory

Abstract

Against the backdrop of globalization and decentralization, the strict division of the responsibilities among different territorial levels of governance, based on the top down or bottom-up principle, leads to the fragmentation in the decision-making process and disintegration in the total system of governance and planning of the (sustainable) development. Disintegration produces disfunctionality which has an adverse effect on the planning in general, endangers the efficacy of it, thereby calling the very purpose of its existence into question. Therefore, over the last few decades the modes for the application of the integral approach, by which the territorial levels would be adequately connect in the planning systems, have been tried searched for in the planning theory. This paper makes the basic recommendations for the improvement of the vertical integration of the territorial levels of governance based on the previous approaches and altered general context in which the planning takes place. They mainly imply the application of the principles of reciprocity and subsidiarity, as well as the concept of 'multi-level governance' during the division of responsibilities in the governance and planning among the territorial levels of governance, in the aim of shifting from their traditional hierarchal relation towards the partnership one.

U uslovima globalizacije i decentralizacije striktna podela nadležnosti između različitih teritorijalnih nivoa uprave po principu odozgo- nadole ili odozdo-nagore dovodi do fragmentacije u odlučivanju i dezintegracije u ukupnom sistemu upravljanja i planiranja (održivog) razvoja. Dezintegracija proizvodi disfunkcionalnost koja štetno utiče na planiranje u celini, ugrožava njegovu efikasnost, te dovodi u pitanje i samu svrhu njegovog postojanja. Zato se poslednjih decenija u teoriji planiranja pokušavaju pronaći načini za primenu integralnog pristupa kojim bi se teritorijalni nivoi adekvatno povezali u planskom sistemu. U radu se u odnosu na prethodne pristupe i promenjen ukupni kontekst u kojem se planiranje odvija daju osnovne preporuke za unapređenje vertikalne integracije teritorijalnih nivoa uprave. One se, pre svega odnose na primenu principa reciprociteta i supsidijarnosti i koncepta 'upravljanja na više nivoa' pri podeli nadležnosti u upravljanju i planiranju između teritorijalnih nivoa uprave, u cilju pomeranja od njihovog tradicionalnog hijerarhijskog ka partnerskom odnosu.