July 25, 2010

City Region Governance tools


The Joining Forces project on city-region governance has now concluded having brought together eight partner cities to explore effective strategy development and governance arrangements at the city-region level. This URBACT II initiative examined how successful cooperation between cities and their surrounding areas can be achieved while helping to effectively address key competitiveness, equality and sustainability challenges. It dealt with issues including appropriate scales of governance and policy-making, resource pooling, and support at national, regional and EU level.

After two years of exchange and learning activities, Joining Forces has proposed recommendations applicable at various levels in response to each partner city’s situation. These are based on consideration of aspects of metropolitan governance including strategic and spatial planning; mobility management and transport; environmental issues (air and noise pollution, waste disposal, water supply); knowledge economy (creativity, research & education); private sector involvement; social inclusion, participation and empowerment; and attractiveness & competitiveness. In response, partner cities have set up Local Support Groups to work on plans ensuring the process has an impact on local practices and policies.


Final Report - Conclusions & Recommendations

Compendium of information on Local Support Groups and Local Action Plans

Posted by iroronan at July 25, 2010 12:09 PM