The published articles are select policy briefs on matters related to territorial governance, sketching the present situation, the Europeanisation process, the policy and the research and development agenda for the near future. The publication targets policy-makers, policy-influencing actors and policy scientists, and focuses on issues such as spatial planning, environment, climate change and resilience, energy, transport, cultural heritage, municipal finances, regional development, governance, disasters risk, etc.

The articles may propose observations, analyses and authentic solutions to policy problems, bring in international best practices that are sound and/or relevant for implementation in the context of the Balkan countries, or discuss the effect and relevance of EU policies in the Western Balkans and in the Europeanisation process. We encourage authors to submit articles that have a comparative approach/value in addressing aspects of territorial governance in two or more Western Balkan countries, or discuss issues that are relevant to all countries even though based on specific case studies.

Overarching Theme

The Editorial Theme of 2022 builds around “Greening the Western Balkan”. Articles can have a focus on the EU Green Deal and implications of green and digital transitions for the WB countries, the EU Green Agenda for the WB, how the European Bauhaus could translate to the Balkans context, policy analysis for green transition in different sectors such as energy, agriculture, environment, transport, local public finances, etc., aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation, nature-based solutions, decarbonisation of public transport and energy, linkages between environmental and spatial planning practices, etc. Articles that have a comparative approach on one or more countries are particularly welcomed in this year’s edition.

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to send abstracts of maximum 200 words, a short bibliography, name(s) and author(s) affiliation/s, and the specification of the corresponding author to ledio_allkja@co-plan.org, kejt_dhrami@co-plan.org and co-plan@co-plan.org , within the 30^th of June, 2022. If you have further queries, please contact the above email addresses.

Further Deadlines

Abstracts: June 30, 2022

Confirmation of Abstract acceptance: July 15, 2022

Full Article: August 20, 2022

Comments from the peer review process: September 15, 2022

Full Article (final): October 15, 2022