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 –
Andreas Obersteg –
Marta Jacuniak-Suda -
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
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