Who We Are
The monitoring of regional dynamics has been an objective and practice of CCDR LVT, exercised throughout its geographic area – the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Region – by the Lisboa Regional Dynamics Monitoring Body (OADRL).
Its general mission is to respond to specific needs for monitoring, follow-up and evaluating the implementation of public policies in areas of its organic competences, namely in the context of strategic management and regional planning and the management of structural and investment funds.
History
In 2010, the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Regional Observatory (ORLVT) was created as a unique monitoring structure, with the objective of promoting the articulated application of the powers attributed to CCDR LVT in the observation of regional dynamics and the implementation and execution plans and programs and to respond to the particular requirements of the Regional Strategy – Lisboa 2020, the Regional Spatial Planning Plans, the regional nucleus of the Spatial Planning and Urbanism Observatory and the Regional Dynamics Observation Center (CODR), established by the governance model of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013.
In 2014, the governance model of Portugal 2020 reinforced and expanded the obligations to follow-up, monitor and evaluate the regional dynamics committed to the CCDRs in their territorial circumscriptions, providing for the constitution of Monitoring Organs for Regional Dynamics and the creation, together with each CCDR, of mission structures to support the exercise of the powers of these bodies.
The Lisboa Regional Dynamics Monitoring Body (OADRL) was created by RCM nº 73-B / 2014, December 16, with the mission of promoting training and qualifying demand and monitoring regional dynamics and the effects of public policies and the respective instruments of execution, in particular, of operations financed by Operational Programs.
In turn, the revision of the legal framework of the spatial planning and urban planning policy, completed in 2015, reinforced the general obligations of the CCDRs in the monitoring and evaluation of territorial management instruments, imposing the definition of program execution indicators and territorial plans and deepening monitoring and evaluation obligations.
In this context, the CCDR LVT operationalised, in 2016, the Lisboa Regional Dynamics Monitoring Body (OADRL), continuing the objectives of the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Regional Observatory, for follow-up, monitoring and integrated evaluation of policies, strategies, plans and programs, in the fields of its organic competence and in its territorial circumscription, and guaranteeing the exercise of specific competences committed by the governance model of Portugal 2020.
Objectives
Considering the legal framework and the interests and needs of CCDR LVT and of regional institutions and actors in terms of follow-up, monitoring and evaluating regional dynamics and the implementation of public policies and instruments of strategic planning and operational programming in the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo Region, the Lisboa Regional Dynamics Monitoring Body aims to:
Produce information and reports for monitoring and evaluating regional dynamics and the effects of the implementation and execution of policies, strategies, plans and programs, especially within the scope of the regional strategy, regional spatial planning plans and operational programs;
Stimulate, participate and monitor strategic planning processes based on territory, namely the regional strategy of smart specialization;
Promote studies and initiatives for analysis and strategic reflection on economic, social and territorial development at regional and sub-regional level;
Participate in functional articulation networks, namely those foreseen in Portugal 2020 for the areas of monitoring and evaluation, capacity building and qualification of demand and regional dynamics and support the monitoring of regional dynamics in the social, economic and territorial domains, aiming at monitoring regional strategy, regional spatial planning plans and operational programs, in conjunction with other relevant national, regional and sub-regional information systems.
Competences
Article 60 of Decree-Law 137/2014 of 12 /.º Competencies of the monitoring bodies of the regional dynamics of the continent: 1 – The CCDRs, as the monitoring bodies of the regional dynamics of the continent, are responsible, within the scope of Portugal 2020:
a) Coordinate the fulfillment of the management competences entrusted to it under the cohesion policy with other EU policies;
b) To stimulate interregional and cross-border cooperation and to ensure the articulation between the services and bodies of the Public Administration and the local authorities and similar entities, contributing to the European integration of the regional space and to the strengthening of its internal and external competitiveness, based on sustainable development strategies at regional and local levels;
c) Contribute to the definition of the general bases of the regional development policy, within the scope of the country’s economic and social development policy;
d) To stimulate, participate and monitor the strategic planning processes of territorial base, namely the regional strategies of intelligent specialisation;
e) Foster partnerships between regional agents and develop integrated programs aimed at territorial cohesion and competitiveness;
f) Guarantee the development, monitoring and evaluation of territorial management instruments and ensure their articulation with the National Program for Spatial Planning Policy (PNPOT);
g) To monitor the execution and regional effects of public policies and the respective execution instruments, within the scope of economic, social and territorial development in each region, in particular, of the operations that are the object of financing by the Operational Programmes and by the programming instruments of the EAFRD and the EMFF;
h) To develop initiatives for analysis and strategic reflection on the economic, social and territorial development of each territorial constituency, which should count on the participation of representatives, namely, the strategic council for metropolitan development and the strategic council for intermunicipal development, provided for in Law No. 75/2013 of 12 September.
Intervention Areas
EU and PT Projects
Smart Specialization
- EDP and S3 monitoring systems in EU countries– research project
- Tejo Project (available water flows and impact on the ecosystem)
- The Hess Project – Higher Education for Smart Specialization
Sustainable Development Goals – GREEN DEAL
- National Plan. Energy and Climate (PNEC)
Digital Transition / Smart Cities
- CEF – Region Metabolism Data Observatory
Circular Economy
- Circular Economy at RLVT
- Industrial Waste Management Study
- JRC Report Smart Specialization in Portugal
Urban Resilience
- Public Procurement Observatory – Public Procurement Code – Services, urban competitiveness and territorial cohesion
- SOFTPLAN – From Soft Planning to Territorial Design: Practices and Prospects – Collaboration with the University of Lisbon, through the Faculty of Architecture and the Institute of Social Sciences, within the scope of the research project, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
Regional Dynamics
ERL2030 – Lisbon Regional Strategy
Participation in Implementation, articulation Central Administration, Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, Local Authorities and similar entities
RIS3 21-27 – Lisbon Regional Smart Specialization Strategy (EREIL)
Participation in the governance of EREIL
PNPOT – National Program for Territorial Planning Policy
Participation in the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of territorial management instruments and ensuring their articulation with PNPOT
ENEI – National Smart Specialization Strategy
Regional RIS3 integration in articulation with National Innovation Agency (ANI)
PRR – Recovery and Resilience Plan
Elaboration of projects and participation in their development
POR LISBOA – Lisbon Regional Operational Program
Participation in programming and drafting of the next community framework 21-27
Integrated Territorial Instruments – Analysis, contributions, disparities
PROT – Regional Spatial Planning Plan
Participation in the elaboration
RDR – Regional Dynamics Network
Participation in articulation with ADC (Agency for Development and Cohesion)
INC2 – National Circular Cities Initiative
Participation in articulation with DGT (Directorate-General for Territory)
CSE – Superior Statistical Council
Participation in articulation with DSOT (Territorial Planning Services Directorate)
Follow-up and Monitoring
Economic, social and territorial evolution analysis: Public Policy InfoData (biannual)
PT2020 Macroeconomic Impact Assessment: Monitoring Committee
Systematisation of Information and monitoring: Monitoring and Context Report (annual)