East-West Spatial Planning Forum for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region
Application
to Tacis Cross-Border Co-operation Micro Project Facility will
be submitted 15.03.2002
Project
title:
East-West
Spatial Planning Forum for sustainable development in the
Baltic Sea Region
Project
Applicant:
Agenjia Rozwoju Pomorza Gdańskiego
SA, Poland
NIS
partners:
Saint Petersburg City Administration , Leningrad and
Kaliningrad Regional Administrations, ICSER Leontief Centre
EU
partners:
Stockholm
County Council (Sweden), Nordregio (Sweden), Academy for
Regional Research and Regional Planning (Germany).
Cost:
250 000 ˆ
Title
Interreg III B project:
COMMIN -
Promoting Spatial Development by creating COMmon MINdscapes (Follow-up
INTERREG II C "Baltic Manual")
Applicant
EU Partner:
Academy for Regional Research and Regional Planning (Germany)
Cost:
1
Million ˆ
Links
between TACIS and Interreg:
The
proposed project – East-West Spatial Planning Forum for sustainable development in the
Baltic Sea Region –
will involve
all BSR
countries and representatives of regional and local
authorities from the North-West of Russia. Forum will work as
an arena for exchange of knowledge and experiences in the
field of spatial planning and sustainable development to
stimulate partnerships and increase the possibilities for
co-operation and networking between North-West regional
authorities and BSR countries. Different planning standards and routines,
combined with a lack of experience and information seem to be
the most important barriers for East-West co-operation in
the field of spatial development.
The
proposed project received very positive opinion of the VASAB
2010 and was considered as a priority issue for 2002. The
Pomerania region in Poland is acting as a lead partner
responsible for financial and reporting routines.
Project
activities
would
concentrate on mechanisms for involving Russian regions,
institution building and the transfer of know how on spatial
planning concepts and working methods, e.g.:
- translating,
adapting and disseminating materials on VASAB, Interreg
III, etc.
- developing
a web site for exchange of information, examples and
experiences
- organising
work shops and seminars
- designing
and carrying out training programmes
- undertaking
consulting activities
- facilitating
institutional pairing and bilateral co-operation.