EUKN - Netherlands - Improvements to neighbourhood centre the Sloep

Improvements to neighbourhood centre the Sloep - Enschede, the Netherlands

Introduction

Neighbourhood centre the Sloep is a meeting place with an important linking function in the neighbourhood. The Sloep has to deal with a lot of overdue maintenance and an inefficient and impractical lay-out. The renovation of the neighbourhood centre will provide a guarantee for the continuation and expansion of the present range of activities and courses for vulnerable groups.

Description

The aim of the renovation of the neighbourhood centre de Sloep is to retain it and to extend the range of activities and courses. The purpose of the neighbourhood centre is to make the local people more active on a social and economic level.

Approach

The building is being thoroughly renovated so that it will meet present-day requirements. Apart from the maintenance work, visually attractive upgrading of the accommodation will also be carried out.

Results

The expansion of the range of activities will lead to more people using the neighbourhood centre. This will ensure that the Sloep will become increasingly important as a multicultural meeting place for the neighbourhood. The provision of courses will increase local people’s prospects of integrating in the labour market. The social relationships between the immigrant and autochthonous populations in the neighbourhood will also improve.

Resources used

European subsidy: € 158.896
Total cost: € 453.989

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

Enschede Stedelijk Hart - local programme management
Phone: +31 53 4818532

Project start date

01/03/2003

Planned end date

01/07/2004

Links

City of Enschede

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Services & amenities

Keywords

Amenities