1. 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

2. 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 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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
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