Innovation in the centres of smaller cities to retain local custom and to attract businesses and create employment

Programme 2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Date of latest update: 2025-01-21

Description

Description (EN):

Centres of smaller cities offer environments that attract people to work, visit & live. People spend their free time there and build up emotional connections with the place. In previous eras the catchment population depended on their city centres for work, social, cultural and commercial activity. Today, as connectivity and mobility of the population increased, city centres have to meet several key challenges in order to survive and thrive. The above trends are accentuated in smaller cities, whose centres have deteriorated considerably over the past decade. In particular, smaller cities located in commuting distance to large cities or to more developed countries are affected by specific challenges. Municipalities find themselves in the frontline to play an increased role in supporting the revival of their cities. The challenge includes re-examining spaces available in the city centres for new forms of retail (e.g. omni-channel shopping), work (e.g. start-ups, open innovation) and culture (e.g. creative zones), to nurture environments leading to creative eco-systems and place-led initiatives and community events. The wider scope of of the project is to include more creative and place-led initiatives that stimulate change and innovation in the city centres of smaller cities located in the shadow of larger cities by addressing some specific aspects in terms of thematic challenges (retail, work and creative enterprise) and place-led & more collaborative governance approaches.

Achievements (EN):

Revitalising city centres of smaller cities: The cities of this Action Planning network were challenged to identify the urban issues relate to their city centre, analyse perceptions and reality of those areas. All cities have a centre which historically and functionally brings residents, businesses, services and a range of social activities together. Thus, the involved cities shared ideas and practices, supporting each other to develop actions to strengthen the revitalisation of their city centres (which is often the nexus for social, cultural and, ultimately, economic local development).

Website: http://www.urbact.eu

Thematic information

Urban development Labour market and employment

Specific Objective: To improve the capacity of cities to manage sustainable urban policies and practices in an integrated and participative way

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority:

(11 ETC) ETC specific for interregional cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by disseminating good practices and expertise and capitalising on the results of the exchange of experience in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages pursuant to point (3)(b) of Article 2 (exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practices in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages)

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: San Donà di Piave

Address: Piazza Indipendenza, 13, 30027 San Donà di Piave, Italy

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 145 689.56

ERDF budget: EUR 101 982.69

Petrinja

Name: Petrinja

Address: I, Gunduli?a 2, 44250 Petrinja, Croatia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 41 862.32

ERDF budget: EUR 35 582.97

Valašské Meziříčí

Name: Valašské Meziříčí

Address: Námstí 7, 757 01 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 46 380.83

ERDF budget: EUR 39 423.71

Nort-sur-Erdre

Name: Nort-sur-Erdre

Address: 30 rue Aristide Briand, 44390 Nort-sur-Erdre, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 84 460.60

ERDF budget: EUR 59 122.42

Amarante

Name: Amarante

Address: Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes, 4600-011 Amarante, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 55 125.30

ERDF budget: EUR 46 856.51

Idrija

Name: Idrija

Address: Mestni trg 1, 5280 Idrija, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 58 635.01

ERDF budget: EUR 41 044.51

Heerlen

Name: Heerlen

Address: Geleenstraat 25, 6411 HP Heerlen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 82 364.72

ERDF budget: EUR 57 655.30

Radlin

Name: Radlin

Address: Józefa Rymera 15, 44-310 Radlin, Poland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 43 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 37 315.00

Medina del Campo

Name: Medina del Campo

Address: Calle Gamazo, 1, 47400 Medina del Campo, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 73 018.62

ERDF budget: EUR 51 113.03

Kildare County Council

Name: Kildare County Council

Address: Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, - Naas, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 81 927.30

ERDF budget: EUR 57 349.11

Sopron (Lead Partner until end of Phase 1)

Name: Sopron (Lead Partner until end of Phase 1)

Address: 9400 Sopron, Hungary

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 36 635.74

ERDF budget: EUR 31 140.38

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Summary

Project name (EN): Innovation in the centres of smaller cities to retain local custom and to attract businesses and create employment

Project acronym: City Centre Doctor

Project start date: 2015-09-15

Project end date: 2018-05-03

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 750 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 558 585.63

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 558 585.63.

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.

Videos / films

SAN DONA DI PIAVE (IT), DANIELE TERZARIOL, CITY CENTRE DOCTOR

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-03-22

Languages: en

Studies / surveys

BETA ACTIONS: Testing ideas and preparing for change - Case studies from the partner cities in the City Centre Doctor Project

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

San Doná di Piave Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan - Summary - IDRIJA

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

City of Petrinja Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan: Town centre of Valašské Meziříčí

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en, cs

Attachment file: Download

The Naas Town Centre Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Heerlen Integrated Action Plan - Executive Summary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-02-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Nort-sur-Erdre Integrated Action Plan - Executive Summary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Amarante Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Medina del Campo Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://urbact.eu/citycentredoctor

Publication date: 2020-12-28

Document date: 2018-05-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-03-28

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

88 / 88 (100%)

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

716 / 716 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.urbact.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-13, 2023-01-03 and 2024-02-01.

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Innovation in the centres of smaller cities to retain local custom and to attract businesses and create employment

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