Metropolitan Areas+. Network of Regional Systems of metropolises in the Baltic Sea Region - Strenghtening of Competitiveness by Sustainable Developmen

Programme 2000 - 2006 Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The focus of MA+ is laid on a balanced polycentric development of BSR and its metropolitan regions. MA+ intends to strengthen metropolitan regions as a whole. Transnationally agreed development targets and measures - already in the preliminary stages - should help to reduce the traditional metropolitan conflict situation of functional and growth competition between the centre of conurbation, the surrounding area and the region of integration. Exemplary new forms of intercommunal and interregional cooperation like the Eastern Norway County Network (ENCN) and the Work Team of Regional Development Centres (ArgeREZ) or the Mälar region help to enable a sustainable balance of adminsitrative interests, functions and resources in the whole metropolitan regions by metropolises, nodes, outskirt centres and regions. Main goal is to strengthen the competitiveness of each metropolitan region as integrated economic, functional, social and resource region by sharing functions and potentials and by this of BSR as a counterpole to the established economic regions of Central Europe. In the medium-term, the balance of interests of metropolises and their polycentral nodes on the one hand and of the metropolitan regions and their poly-central settlement centres on the other hand shall increase the conditions for settling jobs, improving the quality of life of all social and generative groups of population and strengthening the political cooperation in general. In the short-term, strategic key projects of marketing and management accompanying investment proceeding will lead to real development and investment effects in an exemplary manner and will be implemented on regional and local level in public private partnership.

Achievements (EN):

All MA+ partners demonstrated concretely their interpretation of polycentricity and the problems in the implementation of this strategy. Several conferences, workshops and meetings took place, which were organised alternately by the participating project partners. A WP2 study tour (also open for the other MA+ partners) with the theme “Polycentricity supporting regional development – the case of Glasgow and Clyde Valley” was organised with the aim to extend international experience outside the BSR. Partners from Berlin and Stockholm met in open seminars for the exchange of experience (March 2004 in Berlin and June 2005 in Stockholm). The MA+ project results were published in the final project report “Polycentricity in Practice” and Leaf Mag No. 3.The LeafMag was produced not only in English, but also in German, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian language. All WP2 results were summarized in a final report “WP2 Integrated Polycentric Land Use and Trans portation Policy” and an annex “WP2 Integrated Polycentric Land Use and Transportation Policy – Case Studies Review”. The report includes an overview of the project including partners and tasks, a common perspective focusing on international, national, regional and local levels, recommendations and summary reports from all WP2 sub-projects. The regions involved in WP3 have discussed different strategies for the marketing of polycentric regions and have worked out methodological approaches (SWOT analysis). The increasing impor tance of knowledge-based industries will change the marketing for sites and regions. The different knowledge based clusters were identified and a benchmarking of the regional potentials in an interna tional context was carried out. All involved regions see an increasing role of creative businesses.

Thematic information

Regional planning and development

Partners (24)

Lead Partner: Joint State Planning Department of Berlin and Brandenburg (GL)

Address: Lindenstraße 34 a, 14467 Potsdam, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Administration of Vilnius County Covernor (Vil - county)

Name: Administration of Vilnius County Covernor (Vil - county)

Address: Gedimino ave. 14, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

FedOffice for Building & Region.Planning on behalf of Federal Ministry (BMVBW)

Name: FedOffice for Building & Region.Planning on behalf of Federal Ministry (BMVBW)

Address: 53179 Bonn, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Municipality of Sundbyberg (Sbbg)

Name: Municipality of Sundbyberg (Sbbg)

Address: Kavallerievägen Rissne, 17292 Sundbyberg, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

District Tempelhof-Schöneberg of Berlin (Thf-Schbg)

Name: District Tempelhof-Schöneberg of Berlin (Thf-Schbg)

Address: Rathaus Tempelhof, Tempelhofer Damm 165, 10820 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: n/a

City of Warsaw (Was)

Name: City of Warsaw (Was)

Address: Plac defilad 1, 00901 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Voivodship of Masovia (Mas)

Name: Voivodship of Masovia (Mas)

Address: ul. B. Brechta 3, 03472 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Municipality of Huddinge (Hddg)

Name: Municipality of Huddinge (Hddg)

Address: 14185 Huddinge, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Buskerud County Council (Bskrd)

Name: Buskerud County Council (Bskrd)

Address: Fylkeshuset, 3020 Drammen, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Akershus County Council (Akshs)

Name: Akershus County Council (Akshs)

Address: Schweigaards gate 4, 0185 Oslo, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Eastern Norway County Network (ENCN)

Name: Eastern Norway County Network (ENCN)

Address: Schweigaards gate 4, 0185 Oslo, Norway

Legal status: n/a

St. Petersburg city, Committe of City Planning and Architecture (StP - CPA)

Name: St. Petersburg city, Committe of City Planning and Architecture (StP - CPA)

Address: P.O. Box 399, 191011 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: n/a

Town of Neuruppin - ARGE REZ (Nrppn)

Name: Town of Neuruppin - ARGE REZ (Nrppn)

Address: Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 33, 16816 Fontanestadt Neuruppin, Germany

Legal status: n/a

City of Stockholm, Planning Department (STK)

Name: City of Stockholm, Planning Department (STK)

Address: Box 8314, 10420 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Uusimaa Regional Council (Usm)

Name: Uusimaa Regional Council (Usm)

Address: Aleksanterinkatu 48 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Oblast Leningrad, Commmittee of Architecture and Urban Planning (OLen)

Name: Oblast Leningrad, Commmittee of Architecture and Urban Planning (OLen)

Address: Ul. Lomonossow 1; Pod. 5, 191011 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: n/a

Stockholm County Concil Office of Regional Planning & Urban Transportation (RTK)

Name: Stockholm County Concil Office of Regional Planning & Urban Transportation (RTK)

Address: Box 4414, 10269 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Östfold County Council (Östfd)

Name: Östfold County Council (Östfd)

Address: P.O. Box 220, 1702 Sarpsborg, Norway

Legal status: n/a

St.Petersburg, Committee of Economic Development and Trade (StP-CET)

Name: St.Petersburg, Committee of Economic Development and Trade (StP-CET)

Address: Wosnessenskiy Prospekt No 16, 190000 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: n/a

Kopenhagen Greater Authority (HUR)

Name: Kopenhagen Greater Authority (HUR)

Address: Gammel Køge Landevej 3, 2500 Copenhagen Valby, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionale Entwicklungszentren des Städekranzes (ARGE REZ)

Name: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionale Entwicklungszentren des Städekranzes (ARGE REZ)

Address: Tuchmacherstraße 47, 14482 Potsdam, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Town of Eberswalde - ARGE REZ (Eswld)

Name: Town of Eberswalde - ARGE REZ (Eswld)

Address: Dr.-Zinn-Weg 18, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Senate Department of Urban Development of City of Berlin (SenS)

Name: Senate Department of Urban Development of City of Berlin (SenS)

Address: Am Köllnischen Park 3, 10179 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: n/a

City of Vilnius, Municipal enterprise 'Vilniaus Planas' (Vil - city)

Name: City of Vilnius, Municipal enterprise 'Vilniaus Planas' (Vil - city)

Address: Gedimino 37, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): Metropolitan Areas+. Network of Regional Systems of metropolises in the Baltic Sea Region - Strenghtening of Competitiveness by Sustainable Developmen

Project acronym: MA+

Project start date: 2003-03-17

Project end date: 2006-03-16

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 605 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 685 000.00

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2000 - 2006 Baltic Sea Region

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

2019-07-08

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

136 / 136 (100%)

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

3 143 / 3 143 (100%)

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Metropolitan Areas+. Network of Regional Systems of metropolises in the Baltic Sea Region - Strenghtening of Competitiveness by Sustainable Developmen

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