1 / 8

AlpCity - Small Town Development for Sustainable Growth

This project aims to develop and enhance small towns in the Rhône-Alpes region through economic development, services, tourism, handicrafts, and cultural preservation, with a focus on sustainable development. The project involves a multi-stage process, including consultancy, diagnosis/advice, and valorization of the experiments carried out in the small towns. The project also emphasizes the principles of sustainable development and social inclusivity.

kharry
Download Presentation

AlpCity - Small Town Development for Sustainable Growth

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. INTERREG III B ALPINE SPACE ALPCITY, 2003-2005 RHONE ALPES STEP ALPCITY PARTNERS MEETING GRAINAU 9-10 May 2005

  2. Rhône-Alpes Step First stage : 1697 small towns from montain (less than 5 000 inhabitants) • Second stage : 207 selected small towns answering to 3 critera • does not belong to an urban unit of more than 10 000 inhabitants • can be a pole of rural employment, a pole of intermediary services or a pole of community services • does not belong to suburbs or peri-urban areas Third stage : call to candidature with the small towns for consultancy and valorization of experiment , 20 answers of towns or regrouping of communities Fourth stage : diagnosis/advice and valorization of experiment in a sustainable development prospect

  3. Diagnosis/advice • 21 projects or process of development, 20 towns or regrouping of communities : • Economic development/regional planning(7) : to maintain populations, valorisation of the down town, accessibility, traffic organisation, searching a better coherence • Services (3) : opening a multi-services shop, creation of a day nursery, developing a center of health • Formation (1) :to offer a formation specialized for developing countries • Tourism (4) : soft tourism infrastructures for transport and housing, snow-blowers, governance (participation of the population) • Handicraft(3) : opening a shop, development of the activity • Culture/historical patrimony (3) : promotion, development Calendar : May 2005 : public market (advertising on the Rhône-Alpes web site…) End of May 2005 : selection of consultants October 2005 : end of consultancy

  4. Valorization of experiment I - 12 valorization of experiment, 11 towns or communities of towns after call to candidature • Patrimony/culture (3) :valorization, diversification for tourism • Services (3) : creation of a nursery, to maintain a diversity of services, house of employment and vocational training • Pedagogy/prevention (3) : road prevention, house of environment, secondary school • Sustainable development (1) : construction of wind turbines • Valorization through experience sharing (2) II - 21 valorization of experiment for the small towns after consultancy Calendar : end of september 2005 (I) end 2005 (II)

  5. Card-index : valorization of experiment 1-Title (which experiement), objectives 2-Contents/Description ( setting of a follow-up, operating range, cost/financial assistance.......) 3-Taking into account of the Sustainable Development 4- Remarks (as a conclusion) 5- Contacts (elected official, technician, addresses, telephone number, e.mail...).

  6. After deliberation of Rhône-Alpes council in February 2005, diagram present in appendix • Environment • economy of resources (I) • optimization of infrastrucures (E) • environmental impact (E) • Economy and activities • creation and maintenance of employment (I) • contribution to the local and regional added value (E) Sustainable development • Social • equal acces (I) • reinforcement of competences and know-how, opening to other knowledge, cultures (E) • social solidarity (E) • Governance • follow-up of the project (I) • coherence with other public policies (E) • Validity (operational axis) • perennity and feasibility (I) • relevance of Rhône-Alpes intervention (E) (I) = inherent in the project (E) = effects on its territory and environment

More Related