How can the municipality make The Hague Southwest an attractive area to live and work and fight deterioration and decay?

The municipality of The Hague has put forward an action plan for social matters in The Hague Southwest as an extension to the strategy of this part of the city based on spatial development and modernisation. The action plan is in line with those spatial developments and the restructuring challenge facing The Hague Southwest. The emphasis of the plan is on concrete action. The plan concerns facilities in the fields of welfare, health, social care, education, active/passive cultural participation and sport.

The action plan contains 20 action items for which the municipal executive wants to give a commitment to The Hague Southwest. They are plans for a concrete approach that the implementers can include in the programme. The action items are divided over various portfolios, i.e. welfare and care; housing and spatial planning; recreation, public spaces and sport; playgrounds; governmental modernisation; culture. The action plan is related to various other portfolios responsible for improving social quality, in places including The Hague Southwest.

The plan is built on an inventory of wishes among residents, implementers and directors of organisations and institutions. This produced a number of outcomes:

Local residents

The first progress report on the social action plan was published in June 2005. It describes the 20 action items and looks at the original goal, its fulfilment, progress, costs/cover and the follow-up activities. In April 2005, following a work conference, nine key development locations were designated in The Hague Southwest because they look promising. The locations are also described in the progress report.

City of The Hague, Stadsdeelkantoor Escamp
Mr F. Schutte, tel. +31 70 3532673

01/10/2004

20/12/2015

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Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration

Quality of life