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CREATIVE CLUSTERS
The starting assumption of the project is that creativity can act as a driving force for economic development of small urban centres and not only of big cities. The objective is to promote the exchange of experiences and best practices and the proposal of policy recommendations and action plans related with creative clusters in low density urban areas. Under the theme creative clusters/cities, the main issues addressed are: creative clusters: diversifying local economic base; creative entrepreneurs and talented people: attraction and retaining; promoting the creative city: a new range of facilities and infrastructures; others (branding the creative place; events and cultural agendas as catalysts; local creative education environments).
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ESIMeC
ESIMeC is an URBACT II network of nine medium sized cities that will work in partnership to develop innovative economic strategies to help these and similar cities cope better with the challenges of sustainable economic development, particularly in an economic downturn. Based on the particularities and assets of medium sized towns, the network will focus on long term solutions and place workforce development as an instrument for sustainable economic growth at the heart of its project implementation.
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REPAIR
The main objective of REPAIR is to promote the regeneration of former military sites of historic, cultural and social values, such as forts, prisons, detention areas, but in a sustainable and locally-anchored way involving local stakeholders to the extent possible and drawing on the experience of the project partners. Repair has 8 partners (Medway, New Dutch Waterline, Cartagena, Rostock, Venice, Charente-Maritime, Karlskrona and Thessaloniki) actively involved and they all have ample experience in urban spatial planning and development of city areas.
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SURE
Most towns in Europe face complex socio-economic challenges. One such challenge is related to deprived neighbourhoods that are located close to the town centre. In small and medium sized towns these neighbourhoods do not tend to offer attractive opportunities for large scale investments and instead hold back their economic development potential.
