Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

Programme 2007 - 2013 Interreg IVC

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

Parks, both historic and modern, are intensively managed, high quality environments. They add to the attractiveness and success of cities and regions and to the quality of life for citizens and visitors. The partnership includes many of those cities and regions energetically enhancing and using parks in a wider policy context such as economic development, rural diversification, protection of cultural heritage, landscapes and environment or urban renewal. Partnership also includes some “newcomers” which started similar policies recently. They all acknowledge the unique resources of parks, the advantages of cooperation and the need to achieve additional economic, social and environmental benefits to diminish the risks of decline or loss caused by conflicting demands, budget reductions etc. Climate change is a growing threat whose effects are not fully clarified. It will affect park features and plants directly. It will attract more visitors using parks as comfort places. Finally parks will be part of risk prevention strategies such as green corridors to mitigate climate change. It is the project’s key objective that parks can fully be used for sustainable local and regional development and for policies to mitigate climate change by enhancing their abilities to better serve economic, social and environmental purposes; by combining the improved capacities to create synergies and to enhance performance and benefits; and by promoting guidance on how to relate the above with local and regional mitigation policies. Such policies ensure that in each park different functions work "hand in hand". This can be compared with a hybrid car, where two sources of energy and engines are linked to use their individual advantages, to support each other and to enhance performance and sustainability. Analogously, the idea of “Hybrid Parks” came into being. Activities cover the 3 pillars of sustainability by individual and interrelated activities, based on experiences and resources of the partnership and the objectives of “Hybrid Parks”. Best practice studies include “Economy: Tourism and urban (re)development", “Social: Widening the audience" and “Environment: Public awareness”. Policies using parks for economic, environmental or social development are investigated in two workshops each. Another six, cross-cutting or "hybrid" workshops investigate how to combine these approaches to increase the contribution and synergies of parks to sustainable development policies and mitigation of climate change. Study tours to the UK (focus: economy), Sweden (social) and Lower Austria (environment) and four open conferences further support exchange and transfer. This feeds into improved skills, policies and regional development plans, championed by regional support teams. The final conference presents the project report, with best practice case studies and the “Hybrid Parks Model” for integrated management of parks within sustainable development and climate change policies.

Achievements (EN):

The huge variety of actual uses and the great expectations related to the contribution of parks, gardens and urban spaces to sustainable urban and regional development across Europe, have become very obvious in the situation reports delivered by the partners.These early reports (available from www.hybridparks.eu) also raised the mutual understanding about the partners,their needs and objectives and about options emerging from exchange and transfer of good practice. The first workshop, held according to the plan in June in Lund, had its focus on the social aspects of parks and gardens. Partners, local politicians and external experts joined in Lund’s city park to discuss the needs and the challenges of the transformation of this 100 year old public park into a multi-purpose or Hybrid Park.Presentations by partners allowed comparing different approaches and experiences made so far.On the second day, presentations and guided tours through the Therapy Garden at Alnarp University and the Castle Garden in Malmö (added to the good practice database) further inspired the discussion about transfer options, improvements in existing parks, creation of new areas and help to further define joint challenges. Work on seven good practice case studies (scheduled for September 2012) was inspired by this workshop and the studies will reflect this while also delivering a wider picture. All this also helped to shape the content of the next workshop (Economy 1 in North Rhine-Westphalia) and the first conference in Umbria (postponed to November 2012). The project website offers detailed information and will be further enhanced within the next reporting period (e.g. by a news feed). Main events have been used to inform the media and thus the public about the project. For the forthcoming newsletter partners compiled a joint mailing list of addressees from the various departments, professions etc.

Website: http://www.hybridparks.eu

Thematic information

Urban development Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (16)

Lead Partner: Stiftung Schloss Dyck, Zentrum für Gartenkunst und Landschaftskultur

Address: Schloss Dyck, 41363 Jüchen, Germany

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Cheshire West and Chester Council

Name: Cheshire West and Chester Council

Address: HQ (2nd Floor), 58 Nicholas Street, CH1 2NP Chester, United Kingdom

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Umweltschutzverein Bürger und Umwelt, Geschäftsbereich Natur im Garten

Name: Umweltschutzverein Bürger und Umwelt, Geschäftsbereich Natur im Garten

Address: Grenzgasse 10 EG, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Linköpings kommun

Name: Linköpings kommun

Address: Drottninggatan 45, 58181 Linköping, Sweden

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Landschaftsverband Rheinland LVR

Name: Landschaftsverband Rheinland LVR

Address: Ottoplatz 2, 50679 Köln, Germany

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Paola Local Council

Name: Paola Local Council

Address: Casal Paola, Gnien Pawlu Boffa, Triq il-Knsija, PLA 1075 Paola, Malta

Legal status: n/a

Gartenplattform Niederösterreich – Verein zur Förderung der Gartenkultur

Name: Gartenplattform Niederösterreich – Verein zur Förderung der Gartenkultur

Address: Grenzgasse 12 / EG, 3100 St.Pölten, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordhrhein-Westfalen

Name: Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordhrhein-Westfalen

Address: Fürstenwall 25, 40219 Düsseldorf, Germany

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Śląski Ogród Botaniczny

Name: Śląski Ogród Botaniczny

Address: 5 Sosnowa Street, 43-190 Mikolow, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe - LWL -

Name: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe - LWL -

Address: Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz 1, 48147 Münster, Germany

Legal status: n/a

ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ (PERIFERIA NOTIOU AEGAIOU)

Name: ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ (PERIFERIA NOTIOU AEGAIOU)

Address: Eleutherias Sqr, 85100 Rhodes, Greece

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Association des Parcs et Jardins de Bretagne

Name: Association des Parcs et Jardins de Bretagne

Address: 30 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes, France

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Turun yliopisto

Name: Turun yliopisto

Address: Yliopistonmäki, 20014 Turku, Finland

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Lunds kommun

Name: Lunds kommun

Address: Box 41, 22100 Lund, Sweden

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REGIONE UMBRIA Direzione regionale Risorsa Umbria. Federalismo, risorse finanziarie, umane e strumentali _Servizio aree protette, valorizzazione sistemi naturalistici e paesaggistici

Name: REGIONE UMBRIA Direzione regionale Risorsa Umbria. Federalismo, risorse finanziarie, umane e strumentali _Servizio aree protette, valorizzazione sistemi naturalistici e paesaggistici

Address: Via Mario Angeloni 61, 6100 Perugia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Regione Emilia-Romagna - Direzione Generale Programmazione territoriale e negoziata, intese. Relazioni europee e relazioni internazionali

Name: Regione Emilia-Romagna - Direzione Generale Programmazione territoriale e negoziata, intese. Relazioni europee e relazioni internazionali

Address: Viale Aldo Moro n. 52, 40127 Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Cheshire West and Chester Council

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Umweltschutzverein Bürger und Umwelt, Geschäftsbereich Natur im Garten

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Municipality of Linköping

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Landschaftsverband Rheinland - LVR

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Paola Local Council

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Gartenplattform Niederösterreich – Verein zur Förderung der Gartenkultur

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordhrhein-Westfalen

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Śląski Ogród Botaniczny - Związek Stowarzyszeń

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe - LWL -

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ (PERIFERIA NOTIOU AEGAIOU)

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Association des Parcs et Jardins de Bretagne

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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University of Turku

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Lunds kommun

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Stiftung Schloss Dyck, Zentrum für Gartenkunst und Landschaftskultur

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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REGIONE UMBRIA Direzione regionale Risorsa Umbria. Federalismo, risorse finanziarie, umane e strumentali _Servizio aree protette, valorizzazione sistemi naturalistici e paesaggistici

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Regione Emilia-Romagna - Direzione Generale Programmazione territoriale e negoziata, intese. Relazioni europee e relazioni internazionali

Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

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Project name (EN): Hybrid Parks: Combining abilities, creating synergies and enhancing the performance of parks for sustainable local and regional development policies

Project acronym: Hybrid Parks

Project start date: 2012-01-01

Project end date: 2014-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 411 182.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 858 523.40

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2007 - 2013 Interreg IVC

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2015-09-01

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

204 / 204 (100%)

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

2 250 / 2 250 (100%)

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