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European Local Regeneration Forums Exchange: citizen participation and urban regeneration

Introduction

Citizen participation and urban regeneration are key mainstreaming issues in the agenda of the European Union for the next Cohesion Policy period 2007-2013. The aim of the 'European Local Regeneration Forums Exchange' project, supported by QeC-ERAN therefore is to give citizens the opportunity to interact and participate in urban regeneration processes, while at the same time encouraging the construction of an ever closer Europe, united in and enriched through its cultural diversity.

Problem

How to involve the local community in urban regeneration?

Description

The overall aim of this project funded by the 'Europe for Citizens' programme is to build on the foundations created by the pilot project European Residents in Regeneration Network (ERRN) and create mechanisms and resources which will further enhance citizen participation within the existing Local Regeneration Forums.

To realise this, the project has the following specific objectives:

Create online capacity building resources/materials to empower members of Local Regeneration Forums(LRF) to connect to EU policies and programmes;
Deliver a capacity building programme for LRF members;
Create video profiles of members of the Local Regeneration Forums in order to facilitate dialogue and discussion between members of different forums
Undertake a pilot online facilitated discussion forum between members of the Local Regeneration Forums and members of the EP Intergroup on Urban Policy and Housing.

Results

This project seeks to deliver the following outcomes:

Creation of resources and materials that will have wide applicability to other LRFs ;
Development of a common methodology for a capacity building programme for LRF members;
Creation of over 150 online profiles of LRF members which will incorporate the use of multi media in order to facilitate intercultural dialogue;
Establishing the first online discussion forum between members of LRFs and members of the EP Intergroup on Urban Policy and Housing;
Deepening, in terms of usage and sophistication of the online platform created during the pilot project.

EU involvement

Citizen participation and urban regeneration are key mainstreaming issues in the agenda of the European Union for the next Cohesion Policy period 2007-2013.

This project is developed within the "Europe for citizens" programme framework.

Contact info

QeC-ERAN
Tamara Hodas Garcia (project coordinator), tel. Tel : +32 - 2 524 45 45

Project start date

Links

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Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Keywords

Urban renewal