PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE COMMUNITIES

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PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE COMMUNITIES

• Jon Jordan
• UK Contact Point

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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES POLICY CHALLENGES

• Economic and structural changes threatens
  viability of some communities
• Other areas are facing growth area pressures
• Demographic change
• Reduction of the demographic footprint of
  communities

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SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE COMMUNITIES AIM OF
PRIORITY

• Transnational co-operation to promote attractive
  and viable communities which help to strengthen
  the competitiveness of the North Sea Region and
  contribute to balanced spatial development.

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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AREAS OF INTERVENTION

• Tackling the needs of areas in decline
• Promoting sustainable growth solutions for
  expanding area
• Promoting energy efficiency

• How do communities remain
• competitive?
• How do communities build in sustainability during
  strong growth?
• How do we reduce the carbon imprint?

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CREATING NEW PROJECTS BUILDING ON THE PAST.

• Building on previous projects e.g.-
• SmartLife International
• LifeStyle
• Waterfront Communities
• NS Rural
• B-SURE
• Town-Net

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AND LOOKIG TO THE FUTURE

• Projects should-
• Policy led - on competitiveness and sustainable
  development
• Strategic strong link to EU, national and
  regional policy objectives
• Concrete - with tangible results
• Focused - so that they have strong impact

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PROJECTS BUILT ROUND THE 4 Ls AND..

• LINKAGES with previous and present projects and
  programmes
• LEGACY showing structures, goals and ambition
  beyond the project period
• LOCALITY policy direction closely linked to EU,
  national and regional policies
• LATITUDE/LONGITUDE strong transnational and
  cross-sectoral partnerships

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THE PROGRAMMES CROSS-CUTTING THEMES.

• Sustainable development
• Innovation
• Territorial cohesion
• Equal Opportunities
• Transnational co-operation

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..AND FOR THE AMBITIOUS, A PROJECT MATRIX.