European New Towns Platform

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European New Towns Platform

• From 2006 to 2009

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A growing network
Adjud
Agios Stefanos

Almere
Alt Emporda
Barberà del Vallès
Basildon
Bussy-Saint-Georges
Capelle aan den IJssel
Cergy Pontoise
Emmen
Erd
Granollers
Haarlemmermeer
Harlow
Hässelby Vällingby
Louvain-la-Neuve
Milton Keynes
Nieuwegein
Ouest Provence
Purmerend
Sabadell
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Sénart
Stalowa Wola
Stevenage
Tatabanya
Torfaen
Val Maubuée
Vantaa
Zoetermeer
And still place for more members
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• At the European
• level work as an
• advocacy body to
• represent the New Towns,
• promote them and strengthen
• their role on a regional and
• trans-national level

• For members
• work as a Platform
• they can use to exchange
• information, share good
• practices and
• implement common
• projects

Our main aims

• To inform
• New Towns
• about the activities of
• the European
• Union and relevant
• programs,
• especially
• Structural Funds

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4 Priorities
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Network of artists or associations
Study visits
Gathering of young people
Activities
Trainings
New (European) projects
Forum
Twinning activities
Experts meetings
Conferences
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The rapid growth of New Towns can cause
specific problems linked with urban
renewal. The ENTP is starting an exchange of
information and good practice on this theme in
order to help New towns in developing their
urban renewal policies.

• We believe that local authorities
• play a main role for the
• social environment of inhabitants.
• This theme is implemented
• through 3 gender equality
• projects, knowledge networks
• project on local governance,
• the migrant woman project,
• the ARCADE project on
• culture and development and
• proposals on youth exchange
• and fight against social exclusion.

This theme is promoted because ENTP believes
that local authorities play a large role in
finding a balance between economic development
and environmental, health and social issues.
The theme is implemented through different
projects the Encourage project and the
Connected Cities project.
ENTP is starting to promote Entrepreneurships
projects, taking into account the high demands
of the partners in working on this issue and
its relationship with the other ENTP s
themes. Therefore, ENTP is beginning to work on
projects related to Development of local
economic competitive advantages, promotion of
SME, attraction and expansion of new business
and private investments and formation of high
or specialized skilled workers
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• Designed for
• nuclear families

• Absence of Community
• feeling

Social Cohesion
Confronted to the change of society
Ageing of the population

• Level of social problems
• (poverty, deprivation)

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The garden Cities influence
Transport
Sustainable Development

• Environmental
• policies

• Communities

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European projects

• Newtasc
• (finished in October 2006)

New Towns as Sustainable Communities
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European projects
Connected Cities (completed in 2007)

Combine sustainable mobility and spatial
development, improving accessibility and
quality of life in urban and rural areas
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European projects
Encourage (Running project)
Development of Alternative transport system and
corporative Transport plans
Eco-buildings
Landscape recovery
To encourage environmental managment practices in
the buisnes parks of 5New Towns in Europe in
order to reduce the encourage footprint in NWE
Creation of a joint waste Managment and
recycling system
Use of renewal energies
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European projects

• Knowledge Network
• (Completed in 2007)

Improve local policy and government by
reinforcing local participation and governance
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European projects
Migrant Woman (finished in 2007)
Raise awareness of the particular situation that
migrant women have to cope
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European projects

• Arcade
• (running project)

Promote cultural and artistic projects in
developing countries as vectors of sustainable
development
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European projects

• Men work / life balance
• (finished in February 2007)

Work Life Balance (finished in December 2007)
PROM (finished in February 2008) Promotion of
Gender equality through local development
European Commission With support from the
European Community Programme relating to the
community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality
(2001-2005)
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Participation in EU co-financed projects
Knowledge sharing and exchange of experience
Benefits of being a member
Information about the EU
Expertise sharing within the network
Technical assistance for projects and
conferences

• Use of the
• offices in
• Brussels
• (meetings)

• Fees
• 4900 to 7700
• Euros depending
• on the number
• of
• inhabitants

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Next projects

• EGENIUS
• (second phase to start)

Urban Regeneration and Town Centres
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Next projects
SET4U (just submitted)

• Sustainable Economy in Towns for Upward
  Development

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Next projects
Labour plus (to be submitted)
Local strategies for employment
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Next projects
Employers and work / life balance (to be
submitted)
Business sensitization to Gender Equality
Role of men and fathers in the reconciliation
between private and professional life 
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Next projects
Eco-responsible management (to be submitted)
How to implement an eco-responsible approach,
from the local authorities to the territories
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Next projects
Town centres management (to be submitted)
Integrated approach to town centres regeneration
in North West Europe with focus on demographic
changes and migrations
Integrated approach to town centres regeneration
in Mediterranean countries
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Next projects
INCLUSIA (to be submitted)
Cohesive and inclusive societies towards
equality, participation and development
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Next events

• CULTURE AND HERITAGE LILLE NOVEMBER 08
• ENCOURAGE FINAL NOVEMBER 2008
• TOWN CENTERS AND LIFESTYLES 2009
• ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF TOWN CENTRES 2009

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Conclusion

• A Europe more sustainable, more social, more
  competitive
• with you !
• Thank you
• for your attention