Community
Framework for Cooperation to Promote Sustainable Urban Development
This Community Framework is a legal instrument allowing the Commission
to provide financial and technical support to networks of local authorities
in the field of the promotion of sustainable urban development.
For the period 2001-2004 the amount allocated is EUR 14 million. The indicative
amount for the 2003 call, covering parts A and B of the programme is EUR
3.2 million. Support for projects is available for a maximum of 3 years.
Funds are earmarked for Commission support and assistance
to encourage the conception, exchange and implementation of good practices
in the following fields:
- implementation at local level of EU environmental legislation
- sustainable urban development
- local Agenda 21
The following types of activities will be eligible:
- Information and exchanges of information on sustainable urban development
and local Agenda 21 and improvement of environmental quality in areas
where environmental problems occur alongside socio-economic problems.
- Cooperation between the partners concerned by sustainable development
and Agenda 21 at European level.
Further Information: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/funding/urban_en.htm
ENTRUST
- Empowering Neighbourhood Through Recourse of Urban Synergies with Trades
- is a thematic network of research institutions and end-users financed
by the EU Fifth Framework Programme. It aims at producing explicit guidance
on how to form and drive public-private partnerships for working together
in deprived mixed function neighbourhoods in recession.
Involved are partners from Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Hamburg,
Lisbon, Malta and Vilnius.
The project is planning a final EuroConference on public-private partnerships
in regressing mixed function neighbourhoods in February/March 2004.
More information about the projectcan be found at: http://www.ensure.org/entrust
Agreement
between the European Parliament and the Council on a new Directive
on public participation in environmental decision-making, the general
public will have a say in the preparation of environmental plans and programs
dealing with waste management, air pollution, nitrate water pollution,
and projects with significant environmental impact. The Directive implements
a part of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) Aarhus
Convention into EU legislation.
According to the Commission, the new Directive establishes basic procedures
for public participation in the above areas and introduces for the first
time public participation in the decision-making on environmentally significant
projects. It also gives the public a possibility to challenge the legality
of decisions, acts or omissions subject to the public participation provisions.
The UN-ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was adopted
June 25, 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus at the Fourth Ministerial Conference
in the "Environment for Europe" process. It entered into force
October 30, 2001.
http://civitas.barcelona2004.org/news/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=23407
"The Network Society: the new context for planning"
ACSP-AESOP third joint congress Leuven (Belgium) July 8th - 12th 2003
After the highly successful experience of ACSP-AESOP Joint Congresses
in Oxford (1991) and Toronto (1996) the European and American planning
scholars, not to forget colleagues from the other continents, join in
Leuven-Belgium for the third joint congress ACSP-AESOP.
The overall theme of the congress ‘The Network Society: The New context
for planning’ provides the opportunity to address a wide range of topics
which will be faced by planning educators and professionals the coming
years.
Important dates and deadlines
- December 5, 2002 Start abstract submission - Start on-line congress
registration
- January 13, 2003 Deadline abstract submission
- March 21, 2003 Deadline Early Registration
- May 5, 2003 Deadline guaranteed hotel booking
- May 15, 2003 Deadline refunded cancellations
e-mail: aesop-acsp@isro.kuleuven.ac.be
URL: http://www.aesop-acsp.org
"The Future of Deindustrialising Regions"
Post-AESOP/ACSP-Congress in Dortmund/Berlin 2003 - July, 13th to 16th,
2003
From July, 8th to12th, 2003, there will be the third
joint congress of the European and American planning scholars (ACSP/AESOP)
in Leuven, Belgium. This event is followed by the post-congress "The Future
of Deindustrialising Regions: Planning for Urban and Regional Transformation",
which will be held in Dortmund, Germany (July, 13th to 16th, 2003) . In
Dortmund nine tracks will discuss the planning challenges as well as the
planning opportunities of old-industrial regions. The themes of these
tracks are: Globalisation and regional economic development; Deindustrialising
regions: laboratories for planning education; Culture, entertainment and
urban development; Brownfield redevelopment; Regional governance: producing
visions for sustainable institutions; Sustainable mobility; The 'social
city': demographic change, multiculturalism and local economies; Sustainability
and mixed-land use; Industrial urbanism. The experiences of the International
Building Exhibition Emscher Park will play a crucial role within the congress.
Later on, the european trip will go to Berlin (Germany), where on July
17th and 18th the theme will be "Culture, Entertainment and Creative Industries".
Further information on the tracks, call for proposals and on technical
questionsat the website www.aesop-ruhr-2003.de
