Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Kick Off conference in Turku 19 – 21 January 2016 Björn Grönholm, Head of UBC SCC Secretariat Presented 19-Jan-2016 on behalf of Mr. Grönholm by: Risto Veivo, Co-chair of Sustainable Cities Commission / UBC Development Manager / City of Turku BUL Kick-off, Turku 19 January 2016

Union of the Baltic Cities – Commission on Sustainable Cities Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Union of the Baltic Cities – Commission on Sustainable Cities Activities include Arrangements of meetings and conferences Coordination of projects Coordination of conferences Policy statements Surveys, Good Practise Database www.ubcwheel.eu, etc Cover topics such as climate change, clean shipping and maritime policies, water and wastewater management, sustainable mobility, integrated planning, and cooperation with Russia and Belarus

Idea behind Baltic Urban Lab project Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Idea behind Baltic Urban Lab project Develop Urban planning to be seen more as a co- creation of solutions and concepts on urban problems… …in cooperation with different actors in the society that goes beyond the land-use planning to produce high quality living environments Through piloting on local level, identification of good practices on cross-national level, extensive exchange of knowledge and joint development, the project will… …seek new ways and develop models on how to apply the idea of co-creation by bringing different parties together in the framework of urban planning

Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Brownfield areas seen as urban labs where new solutions to support more modern and sustainable lifestyles on mobility, services, buildings, energy production, can be tested Urban labs can be understood as collaborations of public- private-people partnerships, in which stakeholders co-create new designs, products and services in real-life environments By integrating the planning (land-use/city) and implementation (solutions/business) processes already in the overall process development and working together from the beginning, higher quality can be reached and basis for urban lab development created  Urban planning moving towards process-orientation and collaboration

Baltic Urban Lab Consortium Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Baltic Urban Lab Consortium WP leaders: UBC SCC, Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Research and University of Turku – Brahea center City partners with pilot brownfield sites Turku Tallinn (Urban Planning Department) Riga (City Council City Development Department) Norrköping Municipality Associated partners State Regional Development Agency, VASAB Secretariat Regional Council of Southwest Finland Turku Science Park Ltd Turku Technology Properties Group BOVERKET – Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning UBC Secretariat of Sustainable Cities Commission Olena Zinchuk/ Project coordinator/ VASAB Workshop on Urban Revitalisation

Activities and results in Baltic Urban Lab Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Activities and results in Baltic Urban Lab 4 Integrated plans and development strategies for the participating pilot areas in Turku, Tallinn, Riga and Norrköping Action plans for each pilot area including stakeholder involvement plans Variety of participatory methods developed and tested PPP-partnerships models formulated on local level Lessons learned from City Pilot processes including Integrated planning and PPP- approaches & participatory methods Common understanding on the definition of brownfields and the framework influencing the redevelopment process

Joint Pilot Reviews and Site Study visits in four cities Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Good practices on brownfield regeneration from the Central Baltic region and beyond identified and promoted Analysis on the potentials of applying co-creation and PPP- partnership approach in the framework of urban planning in the Central Baltic region Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for Brownfield regeneration for Central Baltic cities Exchange and learning between local authorities and experts in the region on brownfield regeneration through training Joint Pilot Reviews and Site Study visits in four cities Policy and Practice recommendations on revitalization of urban space

Thank you and welcome to the project! Baltic Urban Lab Project Approach, Scope and Policy Considerations Thank you and welcome to the project! Björn Grönholm Head of Secretariat Union of the Baltic Cities – Commission on Sustainable Cities Mob. +358 9075987 Email bjorn.gronholm@ubc.net Web www.balticurbanlab.eu | www.ubc-sustainability.net