neighbourhood management in berlin: tackling spatial segregation - strengthening social cohesion
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Presentation for the workshop "Against Divided Cities in Europe" of URBACT Annual Conference 2012. Author: Reinhard Fischer, Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment, Section Socially Integrative CityTRANSCRIPT
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URBACT annual conference Copenhagen 2012Workstream 4
Neighbourhood Management in BerlinTackling spatial segregation-strengthening social cohesion
Reinhard FischerBerlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Section Socially Integrative City
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Berlin - Administration - Disparaties
› 3.5 mill inhabitants
› Berlin has the status of City and State (Land)
› 12 Districts (boroughs) as municipalities
› unemployment rate 12 % (twice the national average)
› unemployment rate in some neighbourhoods 25 %
› disparities in educational success within the city
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Berlin Neighbourhood Management
› Why Neighbourhood Management (NM) in Berlin
Until 1989 the wall prevented urban sprawl
subsidies kept “old” industries alive
the early 1990 saw rise in unemployment
and segregation
› How is it organized ?
It started in 1999 in 15 neighbourhoods- now 34 neighbourhoods with 400.000 inhabitants.
Neighbourhood Management Teams are contracted by the Senate.
Neighbourhood Councils of residents and institution.
Administrative steering groups
233.5 Mill € invested since 1999, with ERDF, Federal Programme Socially integrative city and Land of Berlin
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Areas of Socially Integrative City Programme
34 Neighbourhood Management Areas
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Senate Department for Urban Development, Berlin
Berlin Neighbourhood Management
suggestions
collection approval implementation decision
workshops
citizens‘ fora
planning units
individual suggestions
Neighbourhood
Council
District administration
implementation: NM Team/institution
processingSenate Dept
District PSS
NM office
review
rejection
analysis/expert opinions
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Berlin Neighbourhood Management
Additional area basedbudgets - Urban Lab
Integrated approacheson District and City levelof administration
NetworkingLocal education networksLocal business networks
ParticipationNeighbourhood Councildecides on projects
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Action Area Plus Initiative 2010 – 20135 Areas (800.000 inhabitants), including 30 NM Areasimproved cooperation between administrative departmentstackling spatial segregation on a larger scale
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Monitoring of social-spatial development Methodology* Standardized index analysis - „development index“* Based on small statistical units
Indicators (status and dynamics):* Unemployment* Welfare recipients* Selective migration* Stability and mobility of residents
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Questions and challenges
› What scale is best for area-based interventions? The small Neighbourhood Management areas or the larger Action Areas-plus?
› How can we evaluate and measure the impact of neighbourhood management, knowing that monitoring data is influenced by the general economic situation and the housing market?
›When and how can we end the Neighbourhood Management process? How can we establish sustainable support structures for disadvantaged neighbourhoods?
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Thank you – merci – gracias – TAK!
› Neighbourhood Management
› www.quartiersmanagement-berlin.de
› Action Areas Plus
› www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/soziale_stadt/
› aktionsraeume_plus/index.shtml
› Monitoring 2000 - 2011
› www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/planen/
› basisdaten_stadtentwicklung/monitoring/index.shtml
› URBACT Cohesion Network CoNet 2008-2011
› www.urbact.eu/conet