CoUrbIT – Complex Urban Investment Tools

5C075

Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Via Sarfatti 25
20136 Milan
Italy

Prof. Remo Dalla Longa
Tel.:	+390258363055
Fax:	+390258362081
Email:	remo.dallalonga@unibocconi.it

1 - Spatial development approaches
1.2 - Shaping urban development

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

3rd Call

Owing to the globalisation of markets some economic and social functions of cities have changed or have even become obsolete in European cities and metropolitan areas. The focus of CoUrbiT is centred on complex urban projects to be developed in order to reuse areas in which economic and productive functions have ceased. The aim is to develop new urban regeneration management (URM) methods and tools to revitalise these areas. After designing an appropriate managerial model, CoUrbIT will test the model by applying it to pilot areas which are selected from among the project areas. The CoUrbIT managerial model for regeneration projects should become also a reference for other CADSES public administrations concerning the management of complex urban investments. It will assure efficiency, effectiveness, speed of administrative procedure and coherence to EU legislative framework, which are the necessary conditions to be attractive to investors and those with private capital. It will then be possible to apply the model throughout the CADSES space by e-learning technologies. CoUrbIT will enable the definition of a model of urban regeneration management, compatible with the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP). This model should help to manage regeneration projects. New functions of the revitalised areas will substitute obsolete ones and will attract more investments and gain competitive advantages. The application of the model should assure both flexibility of public administration actions concerning the specificities of the areas, as well as reliable administrative procedures and time frames.

The expected outcome of CoUrbiT is, among others, the development of a benchmarking network for urban regeneration procedures and models used by partner countries up to now. A high level of homogeneity and strong co-ordination of the activities done by each partner is the aim. The project creates an efficient and effective model of urban regeneration that is compatible with EU directives. This regeneration model is applied to selected pilot areas and will be adapted to their specific requirements and patterns. It will be revised on the basis of monitoring results. Dissemination actions of the project’s results include international workshops, a website and a toolbox of models (feasibility studies, public-private agreements, business plans) which allows public administrations, investors, stockholders and stakeholders to get to know and understand the CoUrbIT model. The public administrations partners of CoUrbiT will be trained to apply the model to pilot areas. It will then be possible to transfer the model to other regions of CADSES via e-learning technologies.

Total budget (EUR):	1.934.300,00 EUR
ERDF:	1.203.125,00 EUR

Start:	06/2005
End:	06/2008

• Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi , Milan, Italy
• Province of Treviso European politics, Special Projects, Research Sector, Fontane di Villorba, Italy
• Municipality of Leipzig Office for Urban Renewal and Housing Support, Leipzig, Germany
• Municipality of Krakow Department of Urban Development Strategy, Krakow, Poland
• Province of Pordenone Land Planning Patrimony Sector, Pordenone, Italy
• Municipality of Stuttgart Department of Enviromental Protection, Stuttgart, Germany
• Municipality of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
• AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland