Attractive Towns. Green redevelopement and competitiveness in Nordic urban regions. Towns that provide a good life for allKick-off seminar: 14.-15. September 2017

Guro Voss Gabrielsen

Ystad, foto Julian Carnot

Goals for our project

― Prepare a joint Nordic strategy for how towns and their surrounding areas can become more attractive through the development of vibrant and inclusive urban environments that are economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.

Sønderborg, foto ImaGic_Jens F.

Key elements:

- environment- and climate-friendly solutions- social balance and equal opportunities for all- good social and public health services- cultural activities- vibrant town centres- historical-cultural objects and environments- blue-green structures- urban spaces and architecture- coordinated land use and transport solutions - attractive job opportunities.

Viborg, photo Alexander Nikiforov

1 Mapping, development and use of methods to measure urban qualities and sustainability (on assignment)

2 Share knowledge between Nordic decision makers, administration and academic communities

3 Contribution to handling complex decision-making challenges in urban regions

4A common Nordic strategy for attractive and inclusive urban environments (on assignment)

Hornafjørdur, foto: Health.fas.is

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Today we shall:

Relate our project to: - The Nordic Council of Ministers- The UN sustainable development goals- The impact of small and medium sized towns

And practice to: - Talk and work together across countries and sectors- Get to know each other- Have fun!

Narvik, photo VisitNorway

An unusual way of working

Bottom up― You have the leading role― What you get is what you give― You know what matters

Some frames are provided― Supporting finance for development projects― Infrastructure for meetings and networking

Pori, photo: Five Birds Photography

2017-2019: 9 000 000 DKK

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Working groups

Creating projects

Conferences

External consultants

Akranes, photo VIsitWestIceland

2 groupmeetings a

year + plenary

meetings

3 000 000 DKK (750

000 DKK pr. group)

Twoconferences

(2018 and 2019)

Subproject 1 and 4 on

assignment

Lund, photo Sophie McAulauy

From a common goal to a joint action plan

Common goals

• Prepare a joint Nordic strategy for competitive and sustainable urban development

Shared goals in the group

• What do we have in common?

• How can we support each other?

Action-plan• How do we make it real?

• When, what and how

Attractive Nordic towns. Kick off seminar in Oslo – 14 th September 2017Map -

1. Vulkan – Kick-off seminar 2. Christiania torg. Meetingpoint kl 19:153. Festningen restaurant. Adr: Myntgata 9, kl 19:30

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Day 2: Group work

1. Select a leader and a secretary for the working group Leader starts leading the meeting Secretary starts taking notes

2. Starting working on a joint action plan What do we have in common (from yesterday) How do we support each other? What, how and when?

3. Find time, date and host for your meetings before the next plenary meeting (April 2018)

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

The working group – roles

Leader― Initiate meetings ― Initiate and lead common tasks― Lead meetings

Secretary ― Assist the leader; take notes etc

Coordinator― Support the group leader, be available― Link to the project leader ― Report to the project leader― Collaboration with external consultants

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Other members/ all― Participate actively ― Collaborate and share ― Follow up with local projects ― Organize working groups― Facebook

Joint action plan

― Must be action oriented― Build around the groups shared goals and measures― Include a time- and resource plan― Adress key indicators for sustainable development & UN SDG’s― Make sure the action plan is aligned with the overall program life cycle

Disposition/contentsDescription of the towns. What is common?

Topics (examples): Development of the population, business and industrial sector, economy, land use, transformation, pollution, transport, biological diversity, cultural heritage, public health, social sustainability, urban qualities, attractiveness , blue green structures, climate change adaptation, climate friendly actions, recreational activities/outdoors etc.

Ongoing projects, networking (regional, national and international)

Work conducted in terms of various types of studies Urban life surveys, public health profiles, green areas, transportation, cultural heritage,

etc.

Use of indicators and methods to measure urban qualities and sustainability

Defining single projects

Defining single projects

― What is the target?― How can this project contribute to a Nordic strategy for competitive and sustainable

urban development?― Participants and collaboration

Others towns/municipalities, private and civil sector, authorities, researchers, Intersectoral and interdisciplinary work, across administrative boundaries

― Time table, milestones― Resources needed, budget

Find time for group-meetings up until April 2018

- In Nov/Dec. 2017 and Feb. 2018 (Iceland, Finland and Sweden???)- Next plenary, incl. working groups, will be in Denmark April 2018

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Program, day 1

13:00 – 13:10 Welcome , Guro Voss Gabrielsen, Head of Analysis and Evaluation, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

13:10 – 13:30 The presidency project and the Nordic Council of Ministers, Lise Østby, senior adviser, Secretariat for the Nordic Council of Ministers for Trade, Energy and Regional Policies

13:30 – 13:50 Sustainable development goals from the UN, Mona Helland, senior adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

13:50 – 14:10 What's on in Nordic small and medium sized towns? Moa Tunström, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio14:10 – 14:30 How to understand each other across sectors? Hege Hofstad, researcher, Oslo and Akershus University

College of Applied Sciences14:30 – 15:00 Coffee-break 15:00 – 16:30 Presentation of the towns in the network16:30 – 17:00 Information and inspiration for our work together, Guro Voss Gabrielsen, Head of Analysis and Evaluation,

Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation & Jonas Kroustrup Project manager ChoraConnections

17:00 – 17:45 Working groups 17: 45 – 18:00 Ending19:30 Dinner at Festningen restaurant

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar

Program, day 2

08:45 – 09:00 Coffee & arrival09:00 – 09:20 Introducing day 2, Guro Voss Gabrielsen, Head of Analysis and Evaluation, Norwegian Ministry of Local

Government and Modernisation09:20 – 11:30 Working groups 11:30 – 12:50 Presentation from all groups, 5 minutes each11: 45 – 12:00 Ending12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Mathallen

Project owner

NCM

Network

Working group 1

Viborg, Vasa, Lund, Hamar

Network

Working group 3

Middelfart, Växjö, Salo, Akranes

Network

Working group 2

Sønderborg, Ystad, Hornafjørdur, Narvik

Steering group

HOD, KLD, KMD

Project group

Øyvind Aarvig (KLD

Heidi Fadum (NDH)

Ellen Husaas (KMD)

Project leader

(Guro Voss Gabrielsen)Reference group

Temagruppe 3 (EK-R)

Terrestre økosystemgruppe(EK-M),

Folkehelsearenaen ( NMR)

Anchored acrosssectors

Network

Working group 4

Innherred, Mosfellbær, Fljotsdalsherad, Pori

Attractive towns, kick-off seminar