urbact and the cash project
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Presentation by Emmanuel Moulin, head of the URBACT SecretariatTRANSCRIPT
URBACT and the CASH Project 29 November 2012
« The URBACT method »7000 persons involved in 54 Projects,
500 Cities in 28 Countries
Sharing experience, learning, drawing lessons for « the outside world »
A strict balance between Comp and Conv partners
Action-oriented: Local Action Plans
Involving local stakeholders: URBACT Local Support Groups
Involving Managing Authorities
Permanent support to networks & community of work (experts, Secretariat)
A staged approach: networks created in 2 stages (6-month Development phase)
URBACT programme Wednesday 7 November 2012 I Page 2
URBACT and Housingfrom urban regeneration to housing and energy
Focus on urban regeneration: CoNet: social cohesion in neighbourhoodsHerO: cultural heritage and urban developmentRegGov: governance and urban regenerationRE-BLOCK: integrated policy for high rise blocksSURE: Socio-economic methods for urban regeneration Focus on housing:SUITE : social and urban inclusion through housingHOPUS: good design for housingFocus on finance:CSI Europe: PPP and urban regenerationFocus on energy:CASH: social housing and energyLINKS: energy efficiency and cultural heritage
Threats (CoT)
Demographic declineEconomic dvpt & competitiveness under pressure
Growing social polarisation
Depletion of natural ressources
Responses
6 URBACTWorkstreams
Workstream 1
Shrinking cities
Workstream 2
More jobs: better cities
Workstream 3
Young peopleand
social innovation
Workstream 4
Against divided cities
Workstream 5
Motivating mobility mindsets
Workstream 6
Building energy efficiency
URBACT WorkstreamRetrofitting our way out of the recession:
an integrated approach
How can retrofit demand and appeal be stimulated ?
To what extent can retrofit help tackling fuel poverty ?
How should user behaviour be dealt with ?
Which sustainable financial tools for retrofitting while boosting economic activity ?
Investing in retrofitting or site redevelopment ?
How can retrofit contribute to cultural heritage ?
URBACT Conference Copenhagen, 3-4 December 2012
CITIES of TOMORROW, ACTION NOW
… and drafting orientations for the future of URBACT
Strengthening Exchange and learning activities through networking
Developing capacity-building on integrated and sustainable urban policies
Reinforcing linkages with Cohesion Policy and its instruments: for example Community Local Led Development
Consolidating capitalisation and dissemination of knowledge and expertise
