PROmoting Sustainable development and regional attractiveness through PERi-urban Areas

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-08-09

Description

Description (EN):

The EU is acknowledged as one of the most urbanized areas in the world, characterized by a relatively dense urban network consisting mainly of medium sized cities. The trend of urbanisation is increasing and the consequent pressure on peri-urban areas has many impacts at environmental, social and economic level: increasing soil consumption, loss of ecosystem services and reduced resilience towards climate change effects, soil speculation. All this has negative impact on economic activities, public health and life quality. Tackling natural heritage protection in peri-urban areas becomes crucial to guarantee that natural resources are not compromised by urbanization; nevertheless, natural heritage protection is often seen as a constraint to economic growth, making the two concepts antithetic. PROSPERA’s overall objective is to improve regional policies on protection and promotion of natural heritage by tackling loss of ecosystem services and improve sustainable development in peri-urban areas threatened by urban-sprawl, with the ultimate aim of preventing biodiversity loss, soil consumption and further degradation of natural assets, by in parallel leveraging on these challenges as a way to favor regional attractiveness and economic sustainable development. To this end, 7 PPs from 5 EU countries (IT-EL-SE-BE-HU) have agreed on 3 leverages as means for a shift from the traditional perspective seeing urban/rural as a dichotomy to a new perspective, where protection of natural heritage fosters economic development in peri-urban areas: 1. Wise governance. 2. Eco-lo(gi)cal value chains. 3. Sustainable PPP (public-private partnership). PROSPERA PPs will identify at least 15 Good Practices from 5 regions and, after a process of interregional learning based on Study Visits and knowledge exchange sessions, they will define Regional Action Plans to improve 5 policy instruments.

Achievements (EN): In terms of activities, the project has organised a total of 77 policy learning events. It has also identified 18 good practices, produced 5 action plans and led to the increased capacity of 66 people.

Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/interreg-europe-2014-2020

Expected Results (EN):

PROSPERA’s overall objective is to improve regional policies on protection and promotion of natural heritage by tackling loss of ecosystem services and improve sustainable development in peri-urban areas threatened by urban-sprawl, with the ultimate aim of preventing biodiversity loss, soil consumption and further degradation of natural assets, by in parallel leveraging on these challenges as a way to favour regional attractiveness and economic sustainable development. The strategy is to address policies at local/regional level so to increase their potential to raise the attractiveness of natural landscapes in peri-urban context, restore ecosystem services and provide a healthier environment for our citizens. PROSPERA intends to reach this by using, as leverage, the potential of innovative SMEs that exploit the natural heritage in a sustainable way by creating new services for citizens and tourists, enhancing the environmental resilience and creating synergies with the urban context. PPs have identified 3 leverages as means for a shift from a traditional perspective seeing urban/rural as a dichotomy to a new perspective, where urban/rural is the positive synergy to guarantee protection of natural heritage and economic growth in peri-urban areas: 1. Governance: From a smart to a wise governance, new paradigm of participated governance involving local/regional governments, economic actors, knowledge institutions and bodies in charge of natural heritage protection. 2. Eco-lo(gi)cal value chains: design effective local values chain to enhance the valorisation of ecosystem services (from rural to urban areas & vice versa). 3. Sustainable PPP (public-private partnership), to balance environment protection and development of new green enterprises/services in peri-urban areas. Sub-Obj: to improve 5 regional policy instruments through the definition and implementation of Regional Action Plans. Each PP has identified its specific sub-objective according to its local context.

Expected Outputs (EN):

OUTPUTS are: - 5 ACTION PLANS aiming to improve regional policies on protection and promotion of natural heritage in peri-urban areas threatened by urban sprawl. The action plans are developed by PPs starting from the common framework of PROSPERA leverages (wise governance, eco-lo(gi)cal value chain and sustainable PPP) modelling them according their peculiar regional contexts. - 1 POLICY LEARNING SYNTHESIS REPORT including the collection of 15 GPs identified with the examples of their adaptation as displayed in the action plans of the partner regions together with 1 PROSPERA TOOL-KIT describing the methodology adopted; both documents to be shared with the Interreg EU Learning Platform. - 82 POLICY LEARNING EVENTS including STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS and 1 THEMATIC WORKSHOP. Events, multimedia, posters and printing materials, press release both local and EU level, press conference, continuous update of INTERREG and PPs’ websites developed by all the PPs and coordinated on project level guarantee an effective project dissemination. Overall RESULT, 5 POLICY INSTRUMENTS IMPROVED for the protection, promotion and development of peri-urban areas: new paradigm of “wise” participative governance are tested, effective local values chains to enhance the valorization of ecosystem services are enabled, experiences of sustainable public-private partnership started. Beside these overall results, following achievements are to be considered too: - 5 STAKEHOLDERS GROUP ESTABLISHED in the 5 participating regions combing competences from the fields of protection of the natural heritage, promotion, entrepreneurship and public governance. At least 1 GP finally adopted per PP, adapted and included in Action Plan. - An overall amount of 11 Mln of public funds influenced through the interregional exchange and policies improvement. In detail: LP-P2: Improved governance at regional level (Emilia-Romagna Region) and integration between regional cities and stakeholders representing the 2 dimensions (rural & urban) formally recognised. P3-P5: 2 projects identified to implement landbank measures and land management tools between public and private. P4: Integrated Urban Development Strategy with improved governance. P6: Improved governance at regional level (Central Macedonia Region) and integration between regional cities and stakeholders representing the 2 dimensions (rural & urban). P7: at least 6 new collaborations in the field of natural heritage protection and promotion established between researchers, public institutions & industry. PROSPERA will result in an improvement of the knowledge capital of the organisations thanks to the number of staff with enhanced competences (85 at pps/stakeholders), enabling them to propose new policy strategies and to adopt new technique. A positive expected impact, induced by the concrete outcomes of the improved policies, will be the improvement of conservation and valorization of natural heritage in the fragile system of peri-urban areas.

Thematic information

Urban development Sustainable management of natural resources Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes, in particular Investment for Growth and Jobs and, where relevant, ETC programmes, in the field of the protection and development of natural and cultural heritage

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Comune di Reggio Emilia

Department: Area Risorse e Servizio Programmazione e controllo/Department for Planning and monitoring

Address: Via Giuseppe Mazzini, n.6, 42121 RE, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.comune.re.it

Total budget: EUR 362 362.00

ERDF budget: EUR 308 007.70

Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali S.p.A. – C.R.P.A.

Name: Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali S.p.A. – C.R.P.A.

Address: Viale Timavo 43/2, 42121 Reggio Emilia, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.crpa.it

Total budget: EUR 131 772.00

ERDF budget: EUR 112 006.20

ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΙΚΗΣ

Name: ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΙΚΗΣ

Address: AGIOU OROUS 2, 63075 IERISSOS, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.dimosaristoteli.gr/

Total budget: EUR 142 475.00

ERDF budget: EUR 121 103.75

EDC Debrecen Nonprofit Kft.

Name: EDC Debrecen Nonprofit Kft.

Department: Urban development

Address: Széchenyi u. 31., 4031 Debrecen, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://edc.debrecen.hu/

Total budget: EUR 155 131.00

ERDF budget: EUR 131 861.35

Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserij en voedingsonderzoek (ILVO)

Name: Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserij en voedingsonderzoek (ILVO)

Department: Social sciences unit

Address: Burgemeester Van Gansberghelaan 92, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Total budget: EUR 161 366.00

ERDF budget: EUR 137 161.10

Stad Gent

Name: Stad Gent

Address: Botermarkt 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 179 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 152 405.00

Varbergs Kommun

Name: Varbergs Kommun

Department: Business and destination office

Address: Västra Vallgatan 39, 42380 Varberg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.naringsliv.varberg.se

Total budget: EUR 190 237.00

ERDF budget: EUR 161 701.45

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Summary

Project name (EN): PROmoting Sustainable development and regional attractiveness through PERi-urban Areas

Project acronym: PROSPERA

Project start date: 2019-08-01

Project end date: 2023-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 322 643.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 124 246.55

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 124 246.55.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Action plan - City of Ghent, Belgium

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-07-04

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan - Debrecen, Hungary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-07-05

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan - Municipality of Varberg, Sweden

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-06-27

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan - Reggio Emilia

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-07-19

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Action plan for Aristotelis, Greece

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-07-15

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional knowledge exchange synthesis report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional report – City of Ghent

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-08-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional report – Municipality of Aristotelis

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional report – Municipality of Debrecen

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional report – Municipality of Reggio Emilia in collaboration with CRPA

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Regional report – Municipality of Varberg

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Synthesis report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-08-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

András Kuhn - Debrecen study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-07-30

Languages: hu, en

Ann Coussement - Debrecen study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-07-30

Languages: en

Carlotta Bonvicini - Reggio Emilia study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-26

Languages: it, en

Cornelia Magnusson - Debrecen study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-07-30

Languages: en

Dimitris Mintos - Ghent study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-01-26

Languages: en, el

Erika Decock - Aristotelis study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-12-20

Languages: en

Erika Jacsmenik - Aristotelis study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-12-20

Languages: en

Eva Kerselaers - Ghent study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-01-26

Languages: en

Interreg Europe PROSPERA

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-05-03

Languages: en

Introduction

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2020-06-09

Languages: en

Katalin Nagy - Reggio Emilia study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-06-16

Languages: hu, en

Matilde Bianchi - Ghent study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-01-26

Languages: en, it

Nikolaos Averginos - Aristotelis study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-12-20

Languages: en

Panagiotis G. Tsolakidis - Varberg study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-11-15

Languages: en

PROSPERA final video-scribing

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-05-16

Languages: en

Sabrina Campani - Varberg study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-11-15

Languages: en, it

Storytelling video Aristoteli Chalkidikis (GR)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-07-30

Languages: en, el

Storytelling video Debrecen (HU)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-06-14

Languages: en, hu

Storytelling video Reggio Emilia (IT)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-06-14

Languages: en, it

Storytelling video Varberg (SE)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2022-06-15

Languages: en, sr

Tanja Barrett - Reggio Emilia study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-05-26

Languages: en

Ulrika Rylin - Varberg study visit

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/prospera/

Publication date: 2024-08-19

Document date: 2021-11-15

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 Interreg Europe

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2023-10-31

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258 / 258 (100%)

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2 084 / 2 085 (99.95%)

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PROmoting Sustainable development and regional attractiveness through PERi-urban Areas

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