EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Delfshaven Clean

Delfshaven Clean - Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Introduction

The starting point for this project is to provide a contribution to the creation of a clean environment in Delfshaven. In addition to the services provided by the municipality, cooperative arrangements are being sought with the inhabitants and employers. Drug addicts will clean the streets themselves.

Description

The objective of the project ‘Delfshaven Clean’ is twofold. It seeks to:

create a cleaner and better environment for the inhabitants, employers and visitors to Delfshaven by means of ‘education’;
clean and maintain play areas for children and sweeping the streets by drug addicts.

Approach

To make a cleaner environment and to change the behaviour of the inhabitants, communication is essential in this project. This will be done through neighbourhood newsletters, free distribution newspapers, local radio and TV and neighbourhood meetings.

Results

Apart from the cleaner environment the project will also contribute to social participation by drug addicts.

Resources used

European subsidy: € 613.412
Total cost: € 1.306.442

EU involvement

This project has been partially funded with Objective 2 funds. Since 2000 nine cities have been eligible for the Objective 2 Urban Areas in the Netherlands programme, which forms part of the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD) of the European Union. EFRD is one of the four Structural Funds of the European Commission. The programme helps cities to carry out projects that benefit disadvantaged areas.

In the Netherlands, total European Objective 2 subsidies concern 192 million euros. 4.25% of the Dutch population lives in the selected areas.

The European Commission prescribes that for every euro from the EFRD, a minimum of one euro must be contributed from the government. The cities must therefore add their own public or private funding to the European subsidy. The European programme is linked to the urban plans agreed within the context of the urban policy of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. For this, the cities can make use of funds that have been allocated to them in the context of the national urban policy.

Contact info

Rotterdam Delfshaven - local programme management
Phone: +31 10 2441751 / 2441755

Project start date

01/01/2002

Links

City of Rotterdam

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration > Quality of life

Keywords

Social services