OECD Territorial Reviews
Subtitle: Tzoumerka, Greece 2002
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Territorial Reviews; OECD territorial reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789264195967
Subjects: Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: OECD's territorial review of the Tzoumerka region of Greece. The Tzoumerka is a mountainous area in Northwestern Greece that presents considerable development challenges with respect to economic growth, social cohesion and governance. The area is highly dependent on traditional agricultural activities that are only made viable by considerable Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support. Unfortunately, this support will almost inevitably decline. As incentives to modernise agricultural activities and promote other business activity have been ineffective, local development policy will need to go farther. It must direct the local population away from old survival habits to investing in capabilities required of new economic projects. The policy instruments that are likely to be most effective in creating a new mindset will consist in identifying and incubating a small number of successful initiatives with strong demonstration effects. Strategies identified include processing raw agricultural products into premium foodstuffs, to appeal to contemporary demand trends, and harnessing the valuable tourism resources of the area in order to attract visitors who increasingly seek out authenticity in their tourism experiences.
Table of contents: title: Assessment and Summary of Policy Recommendations; title: Part I. General Issues; title: Chapter 1. Rural and Mountain Regions in OECD Countries; title: Chapter 2. Regional Audit; title: Part II. Territorial Governance and Territorial Policies; title: Chapter 3. Territorial Governance; title: Chapter 4. Territorial Policies; title: Part III. Key Elements of a Development Strategy for Tzoumerka; title: Chapter 5. Development Strategy in Tzoumerka: Possibility, Prospect, and Sustainability; title: Chapter 6. The Information Society; title: Chapter 7. The Role of the Public Sector, Transport and Public Services Infrastructure in the Tzoumerka; title: Chapter 8. Development of the Existing Potential within Economic Sectors; title: Chapter 9. Environmental Sustainability and Long-Term Development; title: Chapter 10. The Animation and Management of a Regeneration Programme; title: References; title: Annex: List of Statistical Sources