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European Regeneration: Importance of knowledge networks

European Regeneration: Importance of knowledge networks. Ewan Willars European Policy Officer RICS Europe. Urban Regeneration: a European challenge. Why is regeneration such a hot topic? The problems are increasingly visible Unequal social and economic development

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European Regeneration: Importance of knowledge networks

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  1. European Regeneration:Importance of knowledge networks Ewan Willars European Policy Officer RICS Europe

  2. Urban Regeneration: a European challenge • Why is regeneration such a hot topic? • The problems are increasingly visible • Unequal social and economic development • Unequal opportunities – employment, housing, leisure • Negative economic impact • Highly complex causal relationships: • Local • Regional • National • International

  3. Complex problems = complex solutions • Case by case solutions • Different mix of social / economic / environmental objectives • Different causes / influences • Different planning systems • Therefore difficult to develop a standard ‘top-down’ approach • However… • Huge range of local knowledge in each city • Shared principles of sustainable regeneration and urban • development • Acknowledgement of regeneration as a ‘European issue’

  4. Regeneration in the EU • Difficulties addressing regeneration at the EU level… • Lack of direct EU competence: • No planning / development control / land-use responsibility • No housing competence • Therefore requires a horizontal approach: • Environment, competition, regional, construction, fiscal and transport policy • But also opportunities: • Multi-national approach – range of URBAN cities • Multi-disciplinary approach • Focus on knowledge networks

  5. Creating a knowledge network:the URBACT programme • What is URBACT? • Creating a flow / exchange of good practice between cities • Accumulating and disseminating the knowledge base • Improve the ‘action capacity’ of urban professionals • Thematic Network: PPPs • 30 month programme • Amsterdam, Brussels, Chemnitz, Copenhagen, Gera, Lille, • Nottingham, Porto, San Sebastian, Riga, Budapest, • Nicosia, Dublin, Liverpool • RICS, OPS – specialist partners

  6. URBACT thematic network: Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) • Purpose of the study • Examine the role that PPPs play in urban renewal • Explore and identify good and bad practice • To produce and disseminate “transferable knowledge” – • a framework to support private sector involvement • Rationale • Increasingly a pan-European methodology • for regeneration • Brings better commercial awareness to projects • Private ownership of land requiring regeneration • Transfer of risk to the private sector

  7. Topics • Topic areas: • Different types / scale of PPPs and their impact at national, • regional, city, local, neighbourhood level • Structure of partnerships and the need for formalisation • Impact of national and EU policy and fiscal measures • The need and means to create viable local markets • Practical examples of cross funding via commercial • elements (housing, retail, commercial office space) • Importance of balanced (re)development – functional • diversity and a social mix.

  8. Get involved! • www.urbact.org • www.rics.org • Ewan Willars • ewillars@rics.org • +32 (0) 2733 1019

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