EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Feasibility studies into more efficient use of business sites

Feasibility studies into more efficient use of business sites - Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Introduction

The project is a first step towards the future revitalisation and restructuring of the business sites in the Noordkanaal and Oostkanaal harbour areas. The feasibility studies are intended to indicate in which way better and more efficient use can be made of business sites and optimal use can be made of the harbour areas.

Description

The objective of the feasibility studies is to arrive, together with employers and the surrounding inhabitants (possibly via an employers' association), at a Master Plan for the revitalisation of the whole area. The revitalisation must strengthen the climate for new businesses and improve the social environment.

Approach

Studies and surveys will be carried out to examine the following issues:

is there a basis for an employers' association that will deal specifically with the revitalisation of the Kanaalhavens
harbour area?;
how should the Master Plan be formulated?

Results

The feasibility studies and surveys will provide the conditions for an integrated approach for the area, with both employers and inhabitants cooperating to strengthen the climate for new businesses.

Resources used

European subsidy: € 47.450
Total cost: € 94.901

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

01/10/2002

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Keywords

Land use