INTRODUCTION TO WORKSHOPS Betty Anyika Project Manager (VALUE) South Yorkshire Forest Partnership

VALUE and MP4 EU Interreg Projects Themes are integral to both projects Workshop speakers from VALUE and MP4 plus external speakers Site visits were linked to a theme

6 Themes Policy and Planning Valuation and Evaluation People and Partnerships Places and Greenspaces Governance and Management Funding and Finance

ThemeSite Visit Policy and PlanningGold route / Sheaf Valley Park Valuation and EvaluationFive weirs walk / Wicker Riverside People and PartnershipsMagna / Centenary Riverside Places and GreenspacesFirth Park / Ripples in the pond Governance/ManagementShire Brook/Rother Valley Country Park Funding and FinanceAbbeydale Industrial Hamlet / Shepherd Wheel

Questions to guide workshop discussions 1.Policy and Planning Meeting in the middle: bottom up local opportunities, strategic priorities? 2.Valuation and Evaluation Urban competitiveness: jobs and growth or wider benefits? 3.People and Partnerships Co-operation and collaboration, or convenience and compromise?

4.Places and Greenspaces From place-making to place-keeping: innovative interventions? 5.Governance and Management Leading change or responding to circumstance? 6.Funding and Finance Funding the future or fighting with finance? Finding the balance.

Workshop Discussions Not just VALUE and MP4 project specific Your chance to contribute