The URBACT II Programme 2007 - 2013 - Lublin
The URBACT II Programme 2007 - 2013 - Lublin
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Final Application Form TN <strong>URBACT</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
ANNEX 2 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE-<br />
MATIC NETWORKS WITH THE FAST TRACK LABEL<br />
This section is to be filled in by networks with the Fast Track<br />
Label only 20 .<br />
1. FAST TRACK Label and Commission support<br />
Please indicate for which part of the work programme you expect the support<br />
of the Commission and indicate what kind of support you envisage<br />
Being a Fast Track network means that HerO is privileged to benefit from the support<br />
and assistance of the European Commission acting as a partner to the network.<br />
During a first meeting at the EC DG REGIO in Brussels the following Directorates<br />
have expressed their interest in the project topic and have offered an active<br />
collaboration to the HerO team: EC DG REGIO, DG Environment, DG Education<br />
& Culture.<br />
Based on that HerO will invite EC representatives to all major events within the<br />
frame of the network in order to enrich the debate on the topic from a European<br />
perspective and to contribute to the peer review of the Local Action Plans. Presence<br />
of the EC will also give a strong (political) signal on the importance of the<br />
network topic to other invited experts on European, national, regional and local<br />
level and trigger the involvement of the responsible MAs.<br />
Another important aspect is that by having the EC DG REGIO as partner in the<br />
project this will allow the network to express recommendations (bottom-up) on<br />
the structure and priorities of the future structural funds programmes and European<br />
policies directly to the responsible institutions on European level.<br />
<strong>The</strong> HerO network’s special focus is on the sustainable development of historic urban<br />
landscapes through integrated management strategies. This means that the<br />
environmental component of the urban development of historic cities is of specific<br />
relevance to be discussed with experts from the EC, DG Environment and DG EaC.<br />
As part the networking activities for the “Organization of World Heritage Cities”,<br />
the City of Regensburg recently hosted a big conference on the topic “Earth, Wind,<br />
Water, Fire - Environmental Chalenges to Urban World Heritage” which addressed<br />
natural hazards and environmental influences as a major threat for European cities’<br />
built cultural heritage and for the communities’ identity. During this conference<br />
examples for innovative preventive measures have been presented to the<br />
audience and, as a result of the event, a “Regensburg Recommendation” has been<br />
adopted by the participants. With a lot of preparatory work already done, the environmental<br />
dimension of urban development could be elaborated further in close<br />
co-operation with the EC’s DG Environment. This would in turn result in new ideas<br />
for concrete measures on local and regional level receiving support from the Operational<br />
Funding <strong>Programme</strong>s.<br />
20 For further information please contact DG Regio at the following address: Regio-<br />
Urban-Territorial@ec.europa.eu) or refer to the Regions for Economic Change website:http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/interregional/ecochange/index<br />
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