Mechanisms of Vertical Integration

Here you find information on how European countries deal with the challenge of coordinating and integrating SD strategies and policies across different levels of governance, from the European via the national and regional to the local levels (vertical policy integration). The available country profiles cover in particular

• Linkages between national and sub-national SD strategies and policies (such as LA21 processes) and
• National SD strategies and their cross-border or supra-national linkages, in particular to the renewed EU Strategy for Sustainable Development.