InterMETREX

Programme 2000 - 2006 Interreg IIIC West

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

The achievement of the objectives of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), of harmonious, balanced and sustainable development, depends to a large extent on the effectiveness of metropolitan governance and spatial planning and development practice. InterMETREX offers practical benefits by enhancing the competence, capability and processes of existing metropolitan planning, and by providing a basis on which effective metropolitan governance can be established where such competence, capability and processes do not currently exist.

Achievements (EN):

Achievements so far In 8 Analysis Workshops, all Partners assessed their metropolitan planning practice against the METREX Practice Benchmark, and gained awareness, understanding, information and access to good practice. Emerging issues, their implications for improvement in Partners’ practice, and the need to update, refine and amend the METREX Practice Benchmark in the light of Partners’ experience has been discussed in 2 Synthesis Workshops; WK6-Barcelona (Oct 04) for 20 Partners from former EU15 Member States and Switzerland, prior to the dissemination of findings and conclusions at the METREX Barcelona Conference; WK10-Glasgow (May 06) for 8 Partners and 3 Contributors from the New Member States, Belorus, Russia, Romania and Bulgaria, whose findings and conclusions were disseminated at the METREX Szczcecin Conference in Sep 2006. Partners have also prepared a submission for the e-Atlas, a resource tool on the METREX website to promote networking between metropolitan areas. Improvement of practice was identified in the need for better relationships between planning at national, regional, sub-regional and municipal levels, and greater coherence between administrative boundaries and functional urban regions and areas; better integration of forecasts, projections, scenarios and sectoral plans, particularly on socio-economic issues; the polycentric development of retail centres; urban capacity studies for sustainability; the protection of traditional water and agricultural areas within the metropolitan area; the development of integrated metropolitan transport systems; the integration of the planning and implementation processes; earlier involvement of stakeholders in the planning process; greater transparency and improved monitoring; better management of planning strategy; tighter controls on monitoring and review; and, significantly, the need to measure, monitor, adapt and mitigate current practice with regard to climate change and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GGEs). A tool to assess and monitor GGEs at the metropolitan level was commissioned from the University of Manchester, and was presented to the project's partners at a meeting of the project's Steering Group in Vicenza in May 2007, illustrated by case studies from Glasgow (LP), Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Stockholm. Application of the Benchmark includes pedestrian zoning of retail centres, the recovery of land for leisure amenity, and the design of an urban light railway system; revision of Metropolitan Plans; review of structure plans and polycentric development in relation to Vilnius-Kaunas; improved scenario planning, stakeholder involvement and integrated regional strategies; improved monitoring and testing procedures; stronger cooperation between stakeholder organisations; data collection and regional monitoring, public consultation, plan marketing and regional development; and the integration of demographic and economic forecasts with plans.

Website: http://www.eurometrex.org

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Urban development Governance, partnership

Partners (31)

Lead Partner: Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee (GCVSPJC/RC)

Address: Lower Ground Floor, 125 West Regent Street, G2 2SA Glasgow, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Regione di Piemonte

Name: Regione di Piemonte

Address: Corso Bolzano n.44, @ Torino, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Helsingen kaupunki

Name: Helsingen kaupunki

Address: Kansakoulukatu 3, FIN 00 100 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Savivaldybes imone Vilniaus planas

Name: Savivaldybes imone Vilniaus planas

Address: Gedimino 37, @ Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Közep-Magyarországi Regionális Fejlesztési Tanács

Name: Közep-Magyarországi Regionális Fejlesztési Tanács

Address: Pro Regio Agency, Pf. 701-328, H-1399 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: n/a

Minskgrado-Municipality of Minsk

Name: Minskgrado-Municipality of Minsk

Address: 3 Bersona Str., @ Minsk, Belarus

Legal status: n/a

South Coast Metropole

Name: South Coast Metropole

Address: Marland House Floor 3, SO14 7LT Southampton, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Stolichna obshtina - Obshtinsko Predpriyatie - Sofproect OGP

Name: Stolichna obshtina - Obshtinsko Predpriyatie - Sofproect OGP

Address: bl 8, entr B, fl.18, Zona B-5 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: n/a

Org for the Master Plan Imp & Environmental Protection of Thessaloniki

Name: Org for the Master Plan Imp & Environmental Protection of Thessaloniki

Address: 105 Vas. Olgas Str., 546 43 Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Organisation for Planning and Environmental Protection of Athens

Name: Organisation for Planning and Environmental Protection of Athens

Address: 2 Panormou Str, @ Athens, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Ayuntamiento de Granada

Name: Ayuntamiento de Granada

Address: Plaza del Carmen s/n, E-18 009 Granada, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Junta de Andalucia

Name: Junta de Andalucia

Address: Calle Dona Maria Coronel 6, @ Sevilla, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Provincia di Napoli

Name: Provincia di Napoli

Address: Amministrazione provinciale, Piazza Matteotti 1, 1-80 133 Napoli, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Regione Emilia-Romagna

Name: Regione Emilia-Romagna

Address: Via dei Mille 21, @ Bolona, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Øresundskomiteen

Name: Øresundskomiteen

Address: Gammel Koge Landevij 3, DK 2500 Valby, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Δήμος Λευκωσίας

Name: Δήμος Λευκωσίας

Address: Eleptheria Square, P.O. BOX 21015, @ Nicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija

Name: Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija

Address: Code 8871006, Konstitucijos ave. 3, LT-09601 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Urzad Miasta Szczecina

Name: Urzad Miasta Szczecina

Address: Strategy and City Development Office, City Hall, Pl. Armii Krajowej 1, PL-70-456 Szczecin, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Instytut Rozwoju Miast

Name: Instytut Rozwoju Miast

Address: IGPIK / o Krakow, Plac na Stawach 1, 30-107 Krakow, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Regionalplanung Zürich und Umgebung

Name: Regionalplanung Zürich und Umgebung

Address: Seefeldstrasse 329, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Legal status: public

Verband Region Stuttgart

Name: Verband Region Stuttgart

Address: Kronenstraße 25, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Eurociudad Vasca Bayonne-San Sebastian

Name: Eurociudad Vasca Bayonne-San Sebastian

Address: Eurociudad Vasca Bayonne-San Sebastian, Plaza de Gipuzkoa, s/n, E-20 004 San Sebastain, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Stockholms läns landsting

Name: Stockholms läns landsting

Address: Office of Regional Planning, BOX 4414, S-10 269 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Malta Environment and Planning Authority

Name: Malta Environment and Planning Authority

Address: P.O. Box 200, CMR 01 Valletta, Malta

Legal status: n/a

METREX - The Network of European Metropolitan Regins and Areas

Name: METREX - The Network of European Metropolitan Regins and Areas

Address: c/o GCVSPJC, Lower Ground Floor, 125 West Regent Street, G2 2SA Glasgow, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Departamento de Trabajo

Name: Departamento de Trabajo

Address: Passeig de Circumval-lació, @ Barcelona, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Gobierno del Pais Vasco

Name: Gobierno del Pais Vasco

Address: Duque de Wellington 2, Lakua 2, 2a Planta, @ Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Ayuntamiento de Sevilla

Name: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla

Address: Avenida Carlos III, @ Sevilla, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Regione Veneto

Name: Regione Veneto

Address: Via Baldassarre Longhena 28, Marghera, @ Venezia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Greater London Authority

Name: Greater London Authority

Address: City Hall, The Queens Walk, SE1 2AA London, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Liverpool City Council

Name: Liverpool City Council

Address: 2nd Floor, Kingsway House, Hatton Garden, L69 2DJ Liverpool, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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