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Programme 2007 - 2013 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

Cities throughout North West Europe (NWE) welcome the challenge to increase public involvement in decision-making and planning. However. the major problems facing Europe cannot be addressed using entirely local approaches. This also requires strategic. coordinated responses. VALUE+ will demonstrate how cities can best integrate bottom-up and top-down approaches. It will show how we can both deepen local participation and broaden involvement in strategy development. We will take this opportunity to generate valuable improvements to local growth. innovation and resilience strategies. VALUE+ will work transnationally to involve citizens in spatial planning. It will train-up an international team of ‘Local EU Champions’. involving them directly in the project’s delivery and promotion. Public engagement will be ramped-up over time. so that residents. businesses and politicians also become champions of the wider EU Project. This will create an air of excitement and opportunity. VALUE+ will help local communities realise their ambitions and potential. In this way. VALUE+ will improve territorial cohesion and enhance the social and economic performance of 2nd rank NWE cities. VALUE+ develops and implements novel tools and techniques to support integration. yielding more legitimate and efficient decisions. and delivering results ‘outperforming’ more traditional approaches. VALUE+ combines local participation with technological innovations (interactive 3D visualisations. social media and advanced GIS decision-support). The project involves citizens directly in this process. thereby generating new enterprise opportunities. It draws together organisations representing urban interests. working across all scales and sectors to deliver highly integrated activities. The VALUE+ partnership – which includes cities. social enterprises and universities – creates and cements the collaborations capable of achieving these exciting and vital aims.

Achievements (EN):

Peer-review plans for smart green growth An overarching theme of VALUE+ is to help local communities realise their ambitions and potential. During delivery of the project, organisations representing urban interests met to peer review strategic plans for green infrastructure investment. Tools and collaborative approaches were discussed openly, sharing information and learning first-hand how other parts of North West Europe approach multiple-pillar masterplanning and co-financing. This knowledge is used to develop and deepen local involvement in sites and projects supported by VALUE+ so that benefits will be long term and transnational. Social media platforms to engage stakeholders The use of social media can be the first step in involving stakeholders in the development of green infrastructure projects. VALUE+ project partners have developed online fora which support local involvement in investment. Use of social media ranges from familiar platforms such as Facebook, to all new ‘blogs’ developed for specific investments and linked to existing websites. The overarching aim for VALUE+ is to provide a test case for the use of social media in decision-making processes. Stakeholders become involved through manageable steps. Partners share their experiences, resulting in transnational cooperation and better value for all. Cross-sector strategies and partnerships to sustain engagement Stakeholder involvement in green investments typically waxes and wanes. This pattern can often be linked to cycles of regeneration brought about by financial investment. In this current period of reduced funding opportunities and increasing demands on our green investments, VALUE+ has examined which cross-sector strategies consistently sustain stakeholder engagement. A collaborative report examines how long-term management is delivered via enterprise partnerships and community capacity building projects. The results of this study will lead to wide reaching behavioural change among project partners, with implications for the management of green investments across North West Europe.

Website: http://www.nweurope.eu/

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Urban development Regional planning and development Rural and peripheral development

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: South Yorkshire Forest Partnership / Sheffield City Council

Address: Howden House (Level 5), Union Street, S1 2SH Sheffield, United Kingdom

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GA: Gemeente Amersfoort

Name: GA: Gemeente Amersfoort

Address: Postbus 40000, 3800 EA Amersfoort, Netherlands

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EIVP: Ecole des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris

Name: EIVP: Ecole des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris

Address: 15 rue Fénelon, 75010 Paris, France

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VHL: Stichting Van Hall Larenstein

Name: VHL: Stichting Van Hall Larenstein

Address: P.O. Box 9001, 6880 GB Velp, Netherlands

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IL: Intercommunale Leiedal

Name: IL: Intercommunale Leiedal

Address: President Kennedypark 10, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

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Ville de Liège

Name: Ville de Liège

Address: Ville de Liège, Département Travaux et Environnement, Aménagement des Espaces Publics, Rue de Namur 2., B-4000 Liège, Belgium

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Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (VLM)

Name: Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (VLM)

Address: Guldenvlieslaan 72, 1060 Brussels, Belgium

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Université de Liège (UL)

Name: Université de Liège (UL)

Address: (1) SEGEFA-ULg, bât. B11, 2 Allée du 6août (2) LEMA-ULg, bât. B52/3, 1 Chemin des Chevreuils, 4000 Liège, Belgium

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SPI+: Services Promotion Initiatives en province de Liège

Name: SPI+: Services Promotion Initiatives en province de Liège

Address: Rue du Vertbois 11, 4000 LIEGE, Belgium

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ILS - Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung gGmbH

Name: ILS - Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung gGmbH

Address: Brüderweg 22-24, 44135 Dortmund, 44017 Dortmund, Germany

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Verband Region Stuttgart - VRS

Name: Verband Region Stuttgart - VRS

Address: Kronenstr. 25, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany

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UoS: University of Sheffield

Name: UoS: University of Sheffield

Address: Department of Town and Regional Planning, Winter Street, S3 7ND Sheffield, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Community Forest Trust

Name: Community Forest Trust

Address: No 6 Kansas Avenue, M50 2GL Salford, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): VALUEADDED

Project acronym: VALUE+

Project start date: 2010-07-01

Project end date: 2015-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 165 829.29

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 582 914.64

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2007 - 2013 North West Europe

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2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

114 / 114 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 104 / 1 104 (100%)

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