URMA project: approach, objectives

and current state of activities

Andreas Obersteg, Marta Jacuniak-Suda,

Prof. Dr. Jorg Knieling, HCU, URMA

Urban-Rural Partnership Conference 11 October 2013

URMA – FACTS

• Project duration 01.2012 – 12.2014

• Nine partners from five EU countries

• Overall project budget: 1,7 mio. EUR

• INTERREG IVC Priority 1: Innovation and knowledge

economy

• Sub-theme: Innovation, research and technology

development

URMA – FACTS

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URMA – PARTNERS

• HafenCity University Hamburg (LP),

Germany

• State Ministry of Urban Development and

Environment Hamburg, Germany

• Westpomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

• Tuscany Region, Italy

• Lombardia Region, Italy

• Institute of Urban Development Krakow,

Poland

• Municipality of Borne, Netherlands

• Pleven Regional Administration, Bulgaria

• City of Enschede, Netherlands

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URMA – OVERALL AIMS

• Interregional exchange of

experiences on urban-rural

cooperation/partnerships

• Identification of different types of

urban-rural partnerships as well

as regional innovation systems

• Improving the effectiveness of

regional and local policies in the

field of innovation generation

within urban-rural partnerships

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URMA subjects • Regional food cycles

and food security

• Urban-rural cross-

border cooperation

• Integration of rural

development policies

within regional

strategies

• University and

educational

cooperation

• Preservation of the

rural within (peri-)urban

regions

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URMA – OBJECTIVES

• Contributing to a better integration of

innovation and regional development

policies

• Strengthen interaction in the knowledge -

businesses - public sector triangle

• Strengthen regional economic cycles

• Contributing to a new understanding of

regional cooperation (With regard to the

new EU funding period)

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PROJECT

STRUCTURE

Component 1

Management /

Coordination

Component 2

Communication /

Dissemination

Component 3

Exchange of

experiences

dedicated to the

identification and

analysis of good

practices

Component 4

Pilot implementation

on urban-rural

partnerships

Concise dictionary (definitions)

Inventory of policies

Study visits

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Component 3 and 4

Public seminars

„Good Practice Guide“ incl.

analysis of success factors

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Urban-rural-urban partnership between Hamburg, rural areas and Danish

cities in different fields of cluster and science cooperation

Spatial analysis and strategy based on experienced cooperation.

Hamburg - Northern Germany - Denmark

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Milano, Lombardia: Use Expo 2015 to showcase the role of urban and

rural areas in the region especially in the field of nutrition

Lombardia Region , Italy

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Urban-rural partnerships for innovation in regional food product cycles.

Making use of regional research institutions and regional agriculture.

Cooperation with entrepreneurs.

Twente Region, Netherlands

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West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomerania‘s larger scale interaction (e.g. with Berlin, Hamburg,

cross-border).

Example of sustainable urban / village development to avoid sprawl.

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Tuscany Region

Strategy for the „parc in the plain“ to avoid further sprawl.

Integration of different policies / fields of spatial planning in one

strategy.

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Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Krakow)

Initializing cooperation in the metropolitan core of the region.

Support of local farmers / communities with ideas for regional food

cycles.

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Pleven Region

Cooperation with universities from Sofia to develop a „satellite“

university in Pleven.

Cooperation between municipalities (tourism, transport, cross-border)

URMA says hello!

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HafenCity Universität Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Jörg Knieling –

joerg.knieling@hcu-hamburg.de

Andreas Obersteg –

andreas.obersteg@hcu-hamburg.de

Marta Jacuniak-Suda -

marta.jacuniak@hcu-hamburg.de

Tel: +49(0)40 / 428 27 – 4562

www.hcu-hamburg.de

Pictures sources

Page 3: URMA project, HCU, REM Consult

Page 4 http://www.mcrit.com/spesp/espon%20be.htm

Page 5 http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2010/10/13/the-

future-role-of-innovation-and-innovation-poli

Page 7 Karol Janas, Krakov

Page 8 Innenministerium Schleswig-Holstein; Bundesamt für

Bauwesen und Raumordnung

Page 9 both Lombardia Region

Page 10 Twente region; Regionale Produkte:

http://www.nationalgeographic.de/ng-kids/fotostrecke-10-

klima-fakten?imageId=8

Page 11 Karol Janas, Krakov