The URBACT II Programme 2007 - 2013 - Lublin

Final Application Form TN URBACT II
tended agora for City affairs.
The process map to deliver the
actions for the LSG follow a
stepped approach with a declaration
of interest from the Valletta
LC part approved by the
targeted stakeholders. The
stakeholders will be assembled
and the process of meetings
formalized on a committee
level. The LSG will consider the
milestones of the project and
will establish a process map to
carry out the tasks in line with
the project definitions.
4.2 Integration of ULSG activities to project work programme
The involvement of relevant partners at local level is a core component of the UR-
BACT II methodology for enhancing urban sustainable development policies.
In order to allow for an effective impact of network activities on local policies, each
partner in the thematic network HerO will set up an URBACT Local Support Group
by inviting the local key stakeholders concerned with regards to the integrated
management of the historic urban landscape. This aims to balance and co-ordinate
the different demands and interests on the old town area and to support a sustainable,
future-oriented urban development, which combines the preservation of the
cultural heritage assets with the necessary economic growth.
With this integrated approach, the URBACT Local Support Group of each partner
city wil conjointly develop a Local Action Plan, which in our case is a “road map”
for the development and implementation of an “Integrated Cultural Heritage Management
Plan”.The Local Action Plans will be developed on the basis of the input
given on project level during the 1 st and 2 nd thematic meeting, whereas the 3 rd and
4 th thematic meeting offer a platform to discuss the (draft) LAPs in a peer review
together with the other project partners, the associated Managing Authorities, the
European Commission, the European Association of Historic Towns and Regions,
the Lead Expert and other external experts. Within the HerO project work, a strong
link between the local and the project level is therefore guaranteed.
But not only the LAPs and the approach of implementing “Integrated Cultural Heritage
Management Plans” in the HerO partner cities wil link the ULSGs’ work to the
project activities. The selected topics for further exchange and learning activities
“Visual Integrity” and “Balanced urban functions in historic urban landscapes” (as
conjointly defined by the partners as being the most relevant in terms of the sustainable
management of the historic urban landscape) are of great importance and
an integral part of the daily work of most ULSG members who deal with managing
an old town area. The involvement and the active participation of individual ULSG
members in the related expert workshops are highly desirable as external views
will add additional value to the exchange activities.
The members of the partner’s URBACT Local Support Groups are explicitly invited
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