DSSW-Plattform - Deutsches Seminar für Städtebau und Wirtschaft (DSSW-Platform – German Seminar for Urban Development and Economy)
The DSSW-Plattform (German Seminar for Urban Development and Economy) develops for municipalities and local economy innovative concepts to strengthen and maintain inner cities. As a competence centre the platform offers the following services: transfer of knowledge, exchange of experience and realisation of expert events and projects. The main aim is to bring together public and private stakeholders with their different interests. The DSSW platform is working in a network of competent partners in the field of urban/ regional development, municipal head organisations and an association of the retail industry.
Network start date
01-01-2010
Contributing country and cities
Germany, covering all cities in Germany
Participants
- Deutsche Stadt- und Grundstücksentwicklungsgesellschaft (DSK) mbH & Co. KG;
- Stadt + Handel Dipl.-Ing.e Beckmann und Föhrer GbR;
- Gesellschaft für Markt- und Absatzforschung (GMA) mbH;
- Wüstenrot Haus- und Städtebau GmbH;
- Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) e.V.;
- Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund e.V.;
- Deutscher Städtetag.
Network lead
The network is run by the DV-GmbH (Associated Company of
the German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development).
The DV-GmbH distributes the publications of the DSSW, organises
several instruments to vitalize inner cities and city centres and
runs expert events. Furthermore, it organises the regular exchange
between the platform participants.
Objectives
The aim of the platform is to maintain and to strengthen vibrant inner cities and bring together experts from different fields of action. In this framework, it tries to stimulate different sectors important to the development of inner cities and community centres. One example of the current discussion is the collapse of the department store concept in Germany. This results in a number of problems like empty properties and the loss of an important hub for the inner city retail. The DSSW-Plattform wants to work out solutions and get city centres prepared for their challenges.
Products
The platform organises expert events and knowledge
transfer for the issues of inner cities and municipal centres.
Furthermore it offers practical instruments which can easily be
used by municipalities to manage vacancy, gaps between buildings or
to collect data about clusters of local economy.
EU involvement
It is planned to create a Europe-wide network for inner
cities and municipal centres. Thereby it can profit from its
contacts to Brussels (the DV has an office there).
Organisation
DV-GmbH
Littenstraße 10
10179 Berlin
Tel. Fax +49.30.20 64 16 91
E-Mail info@dssw.de
Contact information
Isabell Henel
Scientific assistant
Phone::+49.30.20 64 16 99 2
info@dssw.de
www.dssw.de
Document type
Network
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