The URBACT II Programme 2007 - 2013 - Lublin

Final Application Form TN URBACT II
2.2 Definition of issues to be addressed by the project (summary
of baseline study outputs)
From the key problems and challenges encountered 3 main issues can be derived,
which towns with historic urban landscapes have to deal with to be able to balance
and coordinate the different demands and interests on historic urban areas to support
a sustainable, future-oriented urban development, which combines the preservation
of the historic urban landscape with the sustainable urban development:
Applying an integrated revitalisation approach which balances and adapts the
use of the historic urban landscape assets to the different stakeholder needs
Protecting the visual integrity
Development and implementation of integrated cultural heritage management
systems
The last issue was identified as useful and innovative instrument to effectively
manage and deal with the key problems and challenges mentioned in the baselinestudy.
Integrated Cultural Heritage Management Systems
An integrated cultural heritage management system is an integrated planning and
strategy instrument. It determines the objectives, actions and management aspects
to achieve the coordinated preservation and further use and development of
historic urban landscapes and its cultural heritage. It serves as framework document
(document of reference; stating the basic rules) for managing historic urban
areas with its cultural heritage, supporting an integrated, sustainable urban development.
It takes into account, balances and coordinates the different demands and
needs of responsible bodies and stakeholders on the historic urban landscape.
Characteristics of integrated cultural heritage management systems are:
Proactive approach, not only concentrating on the prevention, but also inducing
and influencing needed development and actions;
It intervenes not only when problems come up (structural interventions), it tries to
anticipate them to ensure the sustainable “maintenance” of historic urban landscapes:
continuous actions instead of only singular actions; integrated approach
with specific objectives to pursue instead of sectoral policies.
In general an integrated cultural heritage management plan will be updated each 5
years.
In order to give access to the experience gained in the network to a wider professional
audience, the experience will be prepared and disseminated in a guidebook
with guidelines for the successful development and implementation of integrated
cultural heritage management plans.
Further, due to the lack of EU policies targeting at the further development of historic
urban landscapes, a strategy and policy paper will be developed. It will call
the EU Commission to include specifically the preservation and development of historic
urban landscapes in the next EU funding program period, stating the importance
of such landscapes and areas for the Lisbon and Gothenburg goals and giving
policy recommendations for the support of such areas.
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