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Overview Introduction - the speakers’ background City Twins Association strategy

Klaus Baldauf, City of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany * Board member of City Twins Association for cross-border cities. Overview Introduction - the speakers’ background City Twins Association strategy Overview of potential members of City Twins Association Example Frankfurt (Oder) – Slubice

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Overview Introduction - the speakers’ background City Twins Association strategy

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  1. Klaus Baldauf, City of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany* Board member of City Twins Association for cross-border cities • Overview • Introduction - the speakers’ background • City Twins Association strategy • Overview of potential members of City TwinsAssociation • Example Frankfurt (Oder) – Slubice • Working structures of FFO-Slubice Cross Border Governance • From the Vision till the Local Action Plan • Summary & Conclusion

  2. That’s where I come from: GERMANY / POLAND

  3. European and University Twin City • situated in the geographical heart of Europe: one hour from the german capital Berlin, about two hours from the regional capitals Poznan (600.000 inhabitants), Szczecin (400.000), Dresden (500.000) and Wroclaw (700.000) • direct neighbours on both sides of the River Oder • together about 80.000 inhabitants • common university Viadrina & Collegium Polonicum with together about 7.000 students from about 80 countries

  4. City Twins Association • Established in December 2006 as a result of the City Twins Cooperation Network project (2004 – 2006) • Members and other city twins cooperating with the association • Imatra - Svetogorsk (Finland - Russia) • Narva - Ivangorod (Estonia - Russia) • Frankfurt(Oder)-Slubice (Germany - Poland) • Valka - Valga (Lithuania - Estonia) • Görlitz - Zgorzelec* (Germany - Poland) • Tornio – Haparanda* (Finland - Sweden) • Cieszyn* - Cesky Tiesin* (Poland-CzechRepublic) * in moment abstend

  5. City Twins Association strategy 2010-2020 The vision • By the year 2020 the City Twins Association acting as an important and influential player for the purpose of the balanced development of the border areas. The mission • The mission of the City Twins Association is to establish fruitful and stable cooperation between its members to enhance sustainable and balanced development of the border cities, thus facilitating cross border cooperation in general. Strategic aims • The CTA is a stably developing organization with increasing number of members and sufficient financing resources to implement the CTA activities. • 2. The CTA is the key player in the process of the balanced development and cooperation between border cities, first of all between the CTA member cities • Main task: represent the special interests of City Twins SWOT

  6. City Twins AssociationMain task: represent the interests of City Twins Remove the barriers to cross-border cooperation between City Twins members for inhabitants and administrations Support of good neighborhood and variety of cultures Common protection of existence care Promote exchange of experiences, new ideas, views and objectives European partnership program also program for citizens in Twin Cities: Create a special program forCity Twins Citizenship - Connecting people throughout Europe Common cultural programs Common sports teams within City-Twins Youth meetings: „ Fit for life in border regions “ Support of common facilities: Know-how transfer

  7. Common Youth Festival of City Twins 10/2005 in Slubice

  8. Overview of potential members of City Twins Association Imatra Svetogorsk 34 Chaves Verin 33 Imatra Svetogorsk 34 Chaves Verin

  9. Prepared measures FFO - Slubice • Creation of cooperation structures between both administrations • Strategy for the common development of both cities: • Define structures • Fix priorities • Common office • Coordination of the cooperation • Project development • Common marketing

  10. Elements from our LAP (I): Working structures of Cross Border Governance „Executive“ „Legislature“ Lord Mayor of Frankfurt and Mayor of Slubice(once a month) Common City Council Assembly (1-2 times a year) Leader level Frankfurt-Slubice Steering Group (four times a year) Joint Committee(6 times a year) Working groups(economic development, city development and planning, education & culture, city marketing & international cooperation) (once a month) Working level Joint coordination team from both Administration Departments for International Cooperation & Frankfurt-Slubice Competency and Cooperation Center Frankfurt-Slubice Future Conference 2020 (4-6 June 2009) Cross-Border Civil Society Conference (once a year) society Communication platform: www.frankfurt.slubice.pl Common events: City Hansa Celebrations (July), cultural events: Transvocale, Unithea, Oder Music Festival

  11. From the Vision till the Local Action Plan Future Conference (4th - 6th of June 2009) / 200 participants to create a common Vision: Cosmopolitan double city with German-Polish Flair-> a friendly and commoncity`s centre, connected via the riverand the bridge Double city with language`s competence, the children can learn the language of the neighbour when they are 4 years old / in the kindergarten–„Weareontheboth sides of the river „Oder“ at home!” - > Special education region Viadrina Dynamic Double city,– demographical development with the status quo at this moment, labor marketand investigations inthe fieldslikeinnovative technologies, education, culture,tourism, Sport, etc.–„regadles on witch Oder-Side provided new job“ Youngand family-friendly Double city Green Double city (local protection of nature/ climate and networking of green sysrems) Double city of culture: proud of regional tradition, European Identity witch protection of the cultural heritage VISION Strategic Aims Operational objectivesActions / Projects

  12. Elements from our LAP (II): Objectives and projects • 24 main strategic goals for 2010-2020 in seven fields of development, f.e.: • 1.2. Turning towards River Oder: Revitalisation and development of • areas located near the river as common centre of both cities • 1.3. establishing Frankfurt-Slubice Competency and Communication Center • 2.2. After primary school children are able to communicate with peers • from the neighbour city in their language • 4.1. Drafting and implementation of a joint city and location marketing • strategy • 14 projects for 2010-2013, f.e.: • 1.1.1. Frankfurt-Slubice Integrated Urban Development Plan 2010-2020 (01.06.2010-31.05.2011) • 2.1.2. Construction of a Polish-German integrative kindergarten in Slubice and extension of the Euro-Kindergarten in Frankfurt (2010-2012) • 4.2.2. Network for new small and middle sized company settlement (2010-2012)

  13. Summary and Future • Establishing of competence`s & communication`s centre (point, agency, institution) • Common management of the governance: International cooperation, Marketing, City`s planning, development of the youth`s and cultural activities • Common vision & brand`s policy for the European double city • Networking of German-Polish competences Cross-border cooperation of the new generation!

  14. Promotion examples European double city Since 2008: common host's list of the tourism association

  15. Welcome to Frankfurt (Oder) & Słubice ! • Thanks a lot for your attention! • Dziękuję Państwuzauwagę! • Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit! • Merci beaucoup pour votre attention!

  16. Strengths  Close connection and cooperation of border cities governments and personal contacts of cities’ key actors Clearly defined aims, objectives and structure of the CTA Existence of the CTA bylaws, regulating the activity of the association Efficient and timely information exchange between the CTA members Visual symbolic, making the CTA recognizable Networking with strong cross-border associations like MOT, Eixo Atlantico and AEBR Skilled and qualified personnel within the CTA members Weaknesses  Small number of the CTA members Lack of PR activities Law publicity and insufficient awareness about the association and its activities in the border regions and Europe as a whole Insufficient financing for implementation of the activities Association is not active enough to develop and increase its activities Lack of the clear strategy for the nearest years Low number of events, arranged for the purpose of experience and best practices exchange among CTA members Lack of clear cooperation strategy with similar associations SWOT-analysis of the CTA Back to CTA

  17. Opportunities European Union Policy, targeted to the development of cooperation between the border regions. Existence of funds, financing the development of cross-border cooperation. There are 52 cross-border co-operation Programmes along internal EU borders and 13 transnational co-operation Programmes. The CTA is the only association in its kind in the North East Europe – no competitors Opportunity of networking with similar organizations in Europe and other countries Threads Other border cities could not be interested in the membership Projects, submitted by the CTA, might be not approved by the Programmes Low initiative of cross border citizens Sharp gap in the level of living of the border cities’ citizens Political and economic barriers for cross-border cooperation Unstable economic situation in Europe Economic crisis and therefore tough financial situation in border cities – members of the CTA Different conditions and the ways of action on social, health and safety matters in border cities Problems in the issues concerning free movement of goods and labour force, especially on the eastern border of the EU SWOT-analysis of the CTA Back to CTA

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