Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios Work Package 9 BEST PRACTICES AND FUTURE SCENARIOS Coordinated by Regione Piemonte Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns

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Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios ALPCITY CHECK LIST DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATIONS INFORMATIONS OF EVALUATION - Project title - Promoter - Partners - Topic Area, field of action and proposed activity of project - Current state of the initiative - Characteristics of the Project Situation before the initiative began Establishment of priorities Formulation of objectives and strategies Mobilisation of resources Process Outputs and results achieved Impacts Sustainability - Instructions for transfer Lessons learned Tranferability

Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios Briefly descibe the situation before the initiative including major issues, trends and conditions in the area. Please specify which social groups were most affected, including women, men and youth, e.g. ethnic minority. SUBMISSION FORMCHECK LIST CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT Situation before the initiative began The more the faced problems are relevant and suitable to be transferred to other contexts and among social groups of interest where there are week subjects, the more the submitted practice results appraisable. - Faced problems: economical/social/environmental importance High/medium/low - Ongoing trends: spreading in other contexts High/medium/low - Most interested social groups: weak social groups Relevant/scarse/absent

Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios EXAMPLE OF BEST PRACTICE URBAN REGENERATION PROGRAMME IN NIEDEROSTERREICH JUDGEMENT At the beginning of the 90-ies, people moved out of small and middle-sized towns, into the region of Vienna, the Austrian capital. The bigger the distance of the town to Vienna, the bigger was the effect. The economic activities and cultural activities in the towns were often low and therefore especially young people migrated. This movement caused a “brain drain” from the rural regions. The Urban Regeneration Programme was one measure taken to stop this development. The Programme targets the “Soft Factors” for economic development by improving the quality of life in towns. This practice faces problems, such as depopulation and social changes in the alpine space due to the difficulties in adapting to the technological progress, which have a social and economical relevance and are shared in all the alpine territories. Moreover, women’s involvement and the promotion of their employment make it an exemplary case. ASSESSMENT 1 SITUATION BEFORE THE INITIATIVE BEGAN - Faced problems: economical/social/ environmental Importance - Ongoing trends: spreading in other contexts - Most interested social groups: weak social groups HIGH RELEVANT

Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios Urban Regeneration Programme in Niederösterreich FORMCOUNTRY N. EnglishAU 16 PRE-SELECTION JUDGEMENT  FINAL SCORE  9,07 The submitted programme of urban regeneration regards topics shared in all the alpine space, like depopulation and marginality, which were faced by networking the different actors (institutions and populations belonging to each municipality). The involvement and the matching among local actors has started up an almost established process (500 financed projects) of social and economic development, which has allowed the relaunch of competitiveness of these zones, with a view to social, economic and environmental sustainability. 6a. Situation before the initiative began 1 6b. Establishment of Priorities 1 6c. Formulation of Objectives and Strategies 1 6d. Mobilisation of Resources e. Process f. Outputs and Results Achieved 1 6g. Impacts 1 6h. Sustainability 1 7a. Lessons Learned b. Transferability 0.7

Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios ALPCITY BEST PRACTICES DATABASE CONTENT: 5 PRACTICES from AlpCity Partners 10 PRACTICES from other projects  Franche Comté  Piemonte  Veneto  Grainau THE PRACTICE ABOUT CASE STUDY Petites Cités Comtoises de Caractére was excluded BECAUSE OF A LACK OF INFORMATION MANY PRACTICES ARE STILL MISSING TO FINALISE THE DATABASE

Local endogenous development and urban regeneration of small alpine towns Work Package 9 – Best Practices & Future Scenarios FURTHER TASKS PROVIDE THE MISSING PRACTICES ABOUT CASE STUDIES MAKE A SELF-EVALUATION USING THE CHECK LIST PROVIDE A FINAL JUDGEMENT (10 LINES) WHICH STESSES THE SUCCESSFUL ASPECTS OF EACH CASE STUDY PROVIDE A LIST OF RECCOMENDATIONS i.e. LESSONS LEARNED TO BE TRANSFERRED FOR EACH CASE STUDY The list has to be short and precise NOT: A participatory process is required BUT:  What kind of participation  How many people to involve at each stage  Etc

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