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• social inclusion & integration;

• housing;

• transport & infrastructure;

• urban environment;

• economy, knowledge & employment;

• security & crime prevention;

• skills & capacity building.

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Energy Efficient Cities

Oradea, Romania, on 6 -7 of November 2013

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Policy Lab Czech Republic

Central theme: Integrated approach

Key elements:

Difficult complex process with many stakeholders

and many different interests

Long term effect positive

Policy related: Integration of different policy areas Cross-sectoral: Cooperation with different levels of government and with different actors (including citizens and private partners). Horizontal & vertical cooperation Place-based: Cities and their surroundings areas are interconnected, therefore the developments have to be implemented on an integrated way

Broader framework

European context:

EU Presidencies:

National programmes

Cohesion Policy, Structural Funds (5% urban), ITI and CLLD, RFSC

German EU Presidency: Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities (2007)

French EU Presidencies: Marseille Statement (2008)

New Deal for Communities (UK), Politique de la Ville (France), Iniciativa Urbana

(Spain), Soziale Stadt (Germany), Regional Development Strategy (Czech Republic),

Cooperative regional development (Hungary)

German case study

National programme Socially Integrative City (Soziale Stadt)

Targeted at deprived neighbourhoods

Programme implementation at three levels:

o Federal: programme framework

o Länder: programme regulations

o Municipalities: programme implementation

Annually renewed contracts between Federal Government and Länder

Characteristics:

Pooling of resources

Area based focus

New cooperative structures (district moderator)

Citizen participation (neighbourhood offices)

German case study

Evaluation Socially Integrative City (Soziale Stadt)

Positive impact:

o Improved living conditions

o Quality of houses

o Improved cooperation between neighbourhoods and municipality

Room for improvement:

o Certain groups difficult to reach

o Local economy/labour market

o Monitoring and evaluation

German case study

Socially Integrative City (Soziale Stadt)

In 2012 new phase of Soziale Stadt

Main focus on:

o Regeneration of neighbourhood area (public space)

o Improve quality of houses

o Greater variation of (family) houses

o Up-grade of neighbourhood infrastructure

Cross-sectoral cooperation (PPP)

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German case study

Duisburg: Project Poet Quarter

Great experience with integrated approach

Partnership between a private housing company and municipality

Developed specific neighbourhood management programme

One common vision underlying joint activities

Put in place dedicated structures at neighbourhood level

All activities self-sustaining !

Focus on social aspects:

o Residents participation

o Youth, sports and culture

o Language and education

German case study

Duisburg: Results

Percentage of residents moving out decreased (downward spiral)

Reduced vacancy rate 2-3%

Greater social cohesion though citizen participation

Bottom-up structures:

Structural cooperation structure with private partner

Strategic Steering Group

Neighbourhood Advisory Council

Round table

Lessons learned

Official fixed structures needed for continuity and long term commitment

Mix of social, economic, physical and environmental interventions

Integrate approach difficult to measure, especially social interventions (effect over longer term) e.g Dutch neighbourhood approach, New Deal for Communities

Participatory integrated approach complex

Combination short-term and long-term

Flexibility needed

Different way of working and communicating

Political commitment

Phasing out process important

Policy Lab Czech Republic

More information to be found on:

www.eukn.eu/PolicyLabs