Towards a typology of regional governance

This chapter presents an innovative typology of regional governance models across OECD countries. The typology is based on the different regional governance models adopted by OECD countries, grouping them into four different categories: 1) planning or statistical regions; 2) co‑operative regions; 3) decentralised regional government; and 4) regions with legislative powers. This categorisation helps understand the different types of regional governance around the world, their main objectives, the main gaps the models attempt to solve and the main challenges they represent. The chapter then presents other bodies and governance tools that may exist at the regional level, such as representatives of the central administration at the regional level, regional development agencies and metropolitan governance bodies.