ALPCITY Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria)

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria)

• Urban Regeneration in Lower Austria
• since 1992
• Task to enable the citizens and the local
  authorities to organise self-help
• Each town office with consulter
• Today 40 towns involved, 450 projects, 15 Mio
  subsidies 62 Mio total costs

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Village and Urban Regeneration in Lower Austria
• Association for regeneration of towns and
  villages
• Office in each of the 4 regions of Lower
  Austria

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Our Tasks
• Workshops
• Leading discussions / presentations
• Developing of an integrated regeneration concept
• Project Management
• Financial aid / final account of projects
  (Fördereinreichung/-abrechnung?)
• Controlling
• Public Relations

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Targets
• Increase the quality of life
• Strenghten the community life (more solidarity)
• Strenghten the sense of responsibility
• To enable the citizens and the local
  authorities to organise self-help

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Regeneration program
• Information
• Work agreement
• Advisory council with members from policy,
  administration and citizens
• Developing of an integrated concept by
  participation of citizens (bottom up)
• Resolution of the municipal council
• Realising of developed projects
• Evaluation

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Advisory council

stakeholder
administration
working group leaders
policy
Advisory council
consulter,advisor
experts
Working group
Working group
Working group
Working group
Working group
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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Tasks of the advisory council
• Working out the main targets
• Coordination of the working groups
• Information and recommendation of the municipal
  council
• Information of the citizens

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Quality of life and services
• NOE 2 networks planned
• Multimedia libraries Aim showing the value to
  society and creating positive effects by
  cooperation
• Youthgathering needs and ideas for projects,
  finding right method for working with young
  people

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Network Youth
• 8 cities interested, 2 fixed yet
• Network covers needs to
• find methods for working with young people
• integrate youth into local development
• achieve active cooperation between regional
  authorities, cities, youth groups, citizens

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Strategy
• facing local challenges
• Working fields
• Integration into development, local identity
• Prevention of drug abuse, social hatred
• Unemployment, vandalism

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ALPCITY Niederoesterreich

• Experiences up to now
• Many different approaches
• Constant involvement of youth only with constant
  cooperation
• quick change of interested young persons
• Often social experts necessary