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Better living environment in underprivileged areas by upgrading neighbourhood services

Introduction

In the Nijmegen districts of Hatert, Willemskwartier and Goffertwijken, Neerbosch-Oost and Oud-West, there are neighbourhood services that are intended to provide a contribution to improving the housing and living environment in these underprivileged neighbourhoods by setting up recognisable, low-threshold facilities close to the inhabitants of a neighbourhood. These neighbourhood services have to be upgraded, so that more inhabitants are able to use them.

Description

The aim of this project is to strengthen the existing neighbourhood services in the Kanaalgebied so that the inhabitants will make more use of them. The municipality is also using the opportunity to involve the inhabitants in future planning for their own neighbourhood.

Approach

The activities of this project consist mainly of training costs, presentation and communication costs, project coordination and organisation.

Results

The neighbourhood services provide an important contribution in reducing the distance between the municipality and the inhabitants. As a result of the low-threshold, recognisable facilities, the inhabitants are also having more contact with the social organisations.

Resources used

European subsidy: € 101.758
Total cost: € 214.745

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

Nijmegen Kanaalgebied - local programme management
Phone: +31 24 3292065

Project start date

01/01/2001

Links

City of Nijmegen

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure

Keywords

Services & amenities