STRATEGIES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO REGENERATE LOCAL ECONOMY AND PREPARE TRANSNATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN EX-INDUSTRIAL CITIES

  • Project idea information

    Priority

    Well-governed Danube region - Increase competences for business and social innovation - Foster sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage and resources - Improve energy security and energy efficiency - Improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges

    Project Idea Promoter
    (name of the institution)

    REȘIȚA CITY HALL

    Needs and challenges
    (Needs, main problems or challenges to be addressed)

    One of the major societal challenges in the Danube area is the management of the consequences of industry decline and the regeneration of the urban communities affected by the industrial transformation of the last decades. In particular, the local author

    Objectives
    (main and specific objectives to be achieved)

    To enhance the institutional capacity of local public authorities in ex-industrial cities to manage the societal challenges generated by the consequences of industrial decline and to provide innovative practical solutions to regenerate the local economy i

    Main results and core outputs

     1 Strategy for promoting transnational invesments with the use of S3 and smart city approaches
     Smart tools to support preparation of transnational invesments
     Pilot actions to enhance the competences and skills of the local administration
     1 d

    Main foreseen activities

    1. Analysis: comparative analysis of the evolution of n ex-industrial cities in the post-industrial age. Analysis of individual evolutions / strategies and identification of good practices which might be of transnational relevance
    2. Transnational knowle

    Innovative character of the project idea

    The project is innovative as it addresses a persistent societal challenges in a different way and with new, innovative instruments.
    Thus, unlike the past projects addressing the challenge of industrial restructuring mainly at local or national level, thi

    Estimated Total Budget
    (in EUR)

    to be determined.

    Estimated duration
    (in months)

    25 months

  • Partners involved at this stage

    ERDF Partners

    -

    IPA Partners

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    Associated Strategic Partners

    -

  • Partners requested

    ERDF Partners

    Ex-industrial cities (i.e., cities which used to have a local economy largely based on industry, sometimes on mono-industry)
    Universities / research centers with expertise in regional development / spatial planing / urban development

    IPA Partners

    Ex-industrial cities

    Associated Strategic Partners

    Ex-industrial cities

  • Contact Person

    Name

    Bianca-Ingridt Bulgaru

    Address

    Piaţa 1 Decembrie 1918, Nr. 1A, Reşiţa.

    Country

    Romania

    Telephone number

    Is the applicant the project's potential Lead Partner?

    If not, is the potential Lead Partner already being chosen?

Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)