05 Newsletter December 2011 Bundesprogramm
Transnationale Zusammenarbeit
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DATES
12 January 2012 BaltSeaPlan Final Conference Berlin
28–30 March 2012 Creative Cities
Partner Meeting and Public Conference Ljubljana
9 May 2012 TRANSITECTS
Final Conference within the scope of the symposium “Logistik Innovativ 2012”
Prien am Chiemsee
9/10 May 2012 LABEL
Final Conference Dresden
11–13 June 2012 SCANDRIA
Final Conference as “Moving Event” between Berlin, Rostock, Gedser,
Kopenhagen, Malmö/Trelleborg
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lose cooperation between countries, regions and cities is according to the Territorial Agenda 2020 of the EU a key to achieve sustainable growth and cohesion in Europe. Furthermore, “Cooperation. Without borders” is the slogan under which the Interreg Programmes support a balanced spatial develop- ment. Thus, a joint proceeding is the basis for any European project work. But what are the chal- lenges of working together in the daily routine of the projects? How do international partners again and again fi nd a common ground to base on? And how do they network in practice?The Christmas edition of this newsletter illustrates different possibilities of cross-sectoral exchange of experiences by concrete project examples. “Best Agers” promotes the cooperation between elderly mentors and young entrepreneurs, while “Second Chance” focuses on public-private partnerships in the fi eld of cultural and creative economies.
The projects “SoNorA”, “SCANDRIA” and
“TRANSITECTS” presented selected project results on international conferences resp. work- shops to a specialist audience. Joint statements to transport political topics are high on the agenda of the “INTER-Regio-Rail” partners. At last, LABEL promotes the necessity of communication in regard to the adaptation to fl ood risk with e.g.
workshops or a moving exhibition.
Thank you for the good cooperation to all the projects that we presented in 2011. We wish you and all readers a pleasant reading, Merry Christ- mas and a Happy New Year!
Yours, DV-Team
PIXELIO, Peter Smola
THEMES
Innovative Measures for Urban and Regional Development
Best Agers Second Chance Page 2
Regional Development by Innovative Transport Projects
SCANDRIA SoNorA, TRANSITECTS INTER-Regio-Rail Page 3 | 4 Spatial Planning Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change LABEL
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a newsletter of selected projects within the Federal Programme Transnational Cooperation
This newsletter informs about the Federal Programme Transnational Cooperation. With this programme, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development supports German project partners in European projects of strategic political relevance for the Federal Governement on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development.
More Information on the Federal Programme at:
www.interreg.de or www.deutscher-verband.org
German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development | DV-GmbH
Heike Mages, Littenstraße 10, 10179 Berlin
Phone +49 (0)30/206 41 690 | Fax +49 (0)30/206 41 691 interreg@deutscher-verband.org
Please see the projects’ websites at the last page to get more information.
constellations of cooperation have to be aspired. The project partners will exchange their different PPP-concepts during a workshop in March 2012.
Furthermore, the partner HALLE 14 implemented fi rst investments preparing meas- ures on the area of the former cotton spinning mill. As a pilot project, there are go- ing to come up eleven artist studios which will be used for an international scholarship programme and for coopera- tion projects with European partners. Construction is in full play, lighting and heating only have to be connected, the corridors and the sanitary fi t- tings are going to be fi nished in 2012. The majority of the studios are primarily intended for the three-monthly stays of international artists in resi- dence.
been made in existing net- works in the UK and Germany.
To promote the exchange of experiences between different projects, networks and initia- tives, the project arranged an exhibition titled “Best Agers Project Fair” in November in Hamburg. Over twenty ex- hibitors from Germany, Latvia, Poland, Norway and other EU projects attended the fair and provided information about their activities.
In the city of Kiel, the pilot seminar for executives of the city’s personnel department was a “test run” for modules on “Employees as the Major Resource”, “Corporate Health Management” and “Change Management” to be used in public administrations. Cen- tral areas of action, such as working environment, work- ing hours, HR management or corporate health promotion, were tested and evaluated by the participating employees of the city administration.
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ge in Germany is still not being appreciated as much as would be necessary.Something has to change”, says Hans-Georg Billmann, an independent business consultant from Eckernförde.
On behalf of the project, a production company in Ham- burg is currently working on a documentary fi lm, to make the potential of the “Best Agers” visible to a wider pub- lic. The fi lm introduces four people from four partner countries, who want to share their knowledge and experi- ences – as Mr. Billmann in Schleswig-Holstein.
In Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia networks of ex- perts and elderly mentors are growing which support young entrepreneurs and especially small and medium sized en- terprises. To bring these two groups into contact, a multi- lingual web portal is currently under construction. The new initiatives will benefi t from the experiences that have
“Best Agers”
examines the economic potential of elderly people
Second Chance
First Investments in the project “Second Chance”
Best Agers Project Fair Hamburg Cotton Spinning Mill Leipzig
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nder the leadership of the City of Nuremberg, the project Second Chance focuses on the creative eco- nomic revitalisation of urban brown fi elds. At present, the partner cities Leipzig, Nurem- berg, Cracow, Ljubljana and Venice develop distinct utiliza- tion and fi nancing concepts for the different locations, whereby the possibilities of public-private-partnerships (PPP) are be taken into consid- eration.In Leipzig, this means the concretization of the partner- ship with the property owner of HALLE 14 and the spinning factory, the management com- pany “Leipzig cotton spinning mill”. It is necessary to build up further partnerships in con- nection with the artist studios and the exhibition spaces of HALLE 14. The fi rst concepts show that precisely the con- tent-based cooperations often do not correspond to classical public-private-partnership models, but that also other
©Claus Bach
www.secondchanceproject.eu.
www.best-agers-project.eu
structures and planning, they defi ne a Core and Compre- hensive Network for transport infrastructures in Europe.
Central nodes and connecting corridors in between form the anchor points of this network.
Refl ecting the relevance of these infrastructures, events within the projects SCANDRIA and TRANSITECTS set a focus on European nodes respec- tively corridors.
Green corridors and explicitly the Scandinavian-Adriatic- Corridor have been the main issue of the SCANDRIA hear- ing “Green Transport and Growth from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea“ on 22nd No- vember 2011 in Brussels. High- ranking panels, involving a.
o. Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission as well as State Secretaries of the German Federal States (Länder), de- bated concepts and measures in view to sustainable corridor development. Existing initia- tives and instruments have Focussing on Central Europe,
the conference organised in the frame of the project SoNorA emphasised develop- ment and cooperation oppor- tunities in the fi elds of green transport, sustainable logistics and renewable energies. Fur- thermore, possibilities and limits of a common economic area Central Europe have been discussed. The high-ranking panel discussion underlined once again that this aim can only be achieved by imple- menting real cooperation - above all between enterprises.
Transport infrastructures are a main precondition for this con- cern. Accordingly they have to be planned in intensive com- munication processes together with the economy.
The draft version of the new TEN-T guidelines adopts the Europe 2020 goal on sustaina- ble growth through intelligent transport development. Based on the White Paper about a common European transport area and on existing infra-
been presented and organisa- tion forms of corridor develop- ment as well as development options have been illustrated.
Furthermore, discussions focussed on chances and chal- lenges of the involvement of the Scandinavian-Adriatic- Corridor into the European Core Network took place.
Logistic nodes, whether they are cities, harbours or logistic platforms, are the multi- modal hubs of the European transport network. Thus, their functionality is decisive for the capacity and effi ciency of the whole system. In the frame of the TRANSITECTS- workshop „Fit for the future – innovative ideas for logistic nodes“ on 29th November 2011 in Berlin, actors from several European projects discussed how to sustainably assure and improve this functionality. It was concluded that - even if it is possible to improve some processes in single tranship-
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SCANDRIA, SoNorA, TRANSITECTS
Sustainable growth through intelligent transport development:
challenges, chances, approaches
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ransport and economy are two sides of the same coin:to involve economic locations in market systems and value chains, reliable transport infrastructures are needed.
Transport friendly branches offer an enormous economic and innovation potential, whereas increasing produc- tion generates higher trans- port volumes to be handled intelligently. The strategy Europe 2020 underlines the important role of sustain- able transport for economic growth: the guiding principle
“resource effi cient Europe”
claims the modernisation of transport via intelligent, mod- ern and completely interlinked transport infrastructures.
The conference “Economic perspectives between Scandi- navia and the Adriatic Sea” on 3rd November 2011 in Berlin discussed existing possibilities and regional potentials to in- duce economic impulses based on transport. 100 participants attended the event.
SCANDRIA: „Green Transport and Growth from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea“ TRANSITECTS
Continued on page 4
©Matthias Wagner
www.scandriaproject.eu www.sonoraproject.eu www.transitects.org
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etworking plays an important role for the regional rail transport (RRT) project INTER-Regio Rail.The nine project partners from Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Italy illustrate with the implementation of transnational pilot projects, how the RRT-authorities can improve the infrastructure, the organisation and the sup- ply of regional rail transport.
One main issue of the project is the cross-border cooperation of RRT-authorities in Europe in order to discuss common framework conditions. The partners of INTER-Regio-Rail also take up position on cur- rent transport political topics on European level. They devel- oped a position paper on the redraft of the “First Railway Package” of the EU and sent it to political decision makers in the European Parliament. Fur- thermore, they compiled and published a brochure about the organisation of RRT in the different European countries.
The aim of this leafl et is to establish a network between the authorities of regional rail transport in Europe. As a re- sult, there has been developed a common document which can serve as a working base for the further exchange of expe- riences.
The Lead Partner, the German BAG SPNV, currently elabo- rates with similar institutions from other European countries
“Ten key positions on the de- velopment of the rail transport of RRT-authorities in Europe”.
INTER-Regio-Rail
Jointly taking up position on European transport policy
effi cient transhipment of goods, they become bottlenecks of the transport network and thus a threat for the economic performance in Europe. Therefore,
the continuous and innova- tive further development of the transport network is highly necessary. In this sense European projects like SoNorA, SCANDRIA or TRANSITECTS give important impulses.
ment terminals (e. g. via improved techno logies, enhanced transparency or additional services) – coopera- tion of locations (which are potential competitors) will be the decisive approach to respond to future chal- lenges and demands. Thereby regional concepts as dry-ports as well as sub-regional alli- ances a. o. alongside corridors will play a role.
Such cooperation supports the effi cient use of existing infrastructures (using poten- tials of peripheral locations, bundling goods etc.), the development of integrated offers along transport chains and the communication of alternatives – especially to the economy. Furthermore, research and development cooperation allow the harmo- nisation of technical island solutions.
If corridors and transhipment points do not meet the requirements in regard to an
SoNorA: „Economic prospects between Scandinavia and the Adriatic“ Maastricht
SCANDRIA, SoNorA, TRANSITECTS
Sustainable growth through intelligent transport development: challenges, chances, approaches Continued from page 3
© Veolia 502, Fabian Schuler
© INFRASTRUKTUR & UMWELT
www.interregiorail.eu
Spatial Planning Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change
LABEL
Flood risk management – challenges and ideas at the Elbe
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hich challenges are existent in view to fl ood prevention and how can they be tackled? The project LABEL developed and exem- plarily implemented interest- ing ideas. During a workshop on 17th November 2011 at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Develop- ment these ideas have been discussed with 30 representa- tives from federal, regional and municipal level as well as with further stakeholders.It got clear that a view beyond administrative borders may enhance quality and sustain- ability of fl ood risk manage- ment. LABEL set important im- pulses in this regard. Partner- ships on political, municipal and scientifi c level have been encouraged and supported.
A good practice example is the fl ood partnership Elbe which involves 13 munici- palities so far. Furthermore, LABEL developed innovative products as for example the Elbe-atlas, showing potential
areas subject to fl ooding in a cross-boarder illustration.
Once more, the workshop emphasized the high rel- evance of communication for successful fl ood risk manage- ment. As even a dramatic fl ood event loses its brisance relatively fast, existing knowledge has to be spread continuously. With a mov- ing exhibition, project days and a cycling guide, LABEL improves comprehension for fl ood waters and the related problematic.
There is consensus that co- operation for fl ood risk man- agement at the Elbe has to be continued as fl ood events will keep on taking place and neither sensitisation nor coor- dination beyond borders are comprehensive so far.
© Gerhard Frassa/PIXELIO
www.label-eu.eu
Projects Supported by the Federal Programme Transnational Cooperation
Innovative Measures for Urban and Regional Development
AGORA 2.0 – Economic Development in the Baltic Sea Region:
www.agora2-tourism.net
BEST AGERS – Demographic Change:
www.best-agers-project.eu
CREATIVE CITIES – Strengthening and Professionalization of the Creative Industry:
www.creativecitiesproject.eu www.creativecitiesproject.eu
HELPS – Requirements of Accommodation for Elderly People SECOND CHANCE – Creative Reuse of Industrial Culture:
www.secondchanceproject.eu
Regional Development by Innovative Transport Projects
AMBER COAST LOGISTICS – Freight Traffi c between East and Central Europe:
www.ambercoastlogistics.com
INTER-REGIO-RAIL – Regional Rail Transport:
www.interregiorail.eu
RAILHUC – Cities and Regions as European Transport Hubs SCANDRIA – Infrastructure and Economic Development:
www.scandriaproject.eu
SONORA – Infrastructure and Economic Development:
www.sonoraproject.eu
TRANSITECTS – Transalpine Freight Traffi c:
www.transitects.org
Energy Efficiency in Town Planning and Housing
URB.ENERGY – Integrated Urban Development Concepts:
www.urbenergy.eu
Spatial Planning Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change
AQUAFIMA – Sustainable Management of Fishery
BALLAST WATER OPPORTUNITY – Managing Ballast Water:
www.northseaballast.eu
BALTSEAPLAN – Spatial Development on the Sea:
www.baltseaplan.eu
C3-ALPS – Facing Climate Change in the Alps LABEL – Flood Risk in the Elbe River-Basin:
www.label-eu.eu
