National urban development policy initiative

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The National Urban Development Policy is an initiative of several public institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany on the goals and working methods of urban development in Germany. Its aim is, following the statements of the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities, to strengthen the cities and regions in Germany. For this purpose, six fields of action are defined in which funding and discussions are to be brought together.

background

The initiative for the national urban development policy was launched in the summer of 2007 following the Leipzig Charter for a Sustainable European City by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development together with the Conference of the Ministers and Senators of the Federal States responsible for urban planning, building and housing (ARGEBAU), the German Association of Cities and the German Association of Cities and Towns . In line with the Leipzig Charter for Sustainable European Cities, the initiative aims to strengthen the cities and regions in Germany in order to successfully cope with the current economic, ecological and social challenges and to remain livable places for all population groups.

aims

The main goals of the National Urban Development Policy were drawn up in 2007 by a group of experts and published in a memorandum. The initiative aims to adapt instruments and programs more quickly to new challenges, to make the general public more aware of the problems and opportunities of cities and to find new partners for urban development.

Fields of action

The national urban development policy concentrates on six areas of activity in which the various responsible persons from politics, administration, planning professions, economy, science, civil society can contribute. The projects and activities of the initiative are geared towards the following key topics:

  • 1. Activate citizens for their city - civil society
  • 2. Creating opportunities and maintaining cohesion - a social city
  • 3. Innovative city - engine of economic development
  • 4. Building the city of tomorrow - climate protection and global responsibility
  • 5. Design cities better - building culture
  • 6. The future of the city is the region - regionalization

Building blocks of the national urban development policy

Good practice

In the good practice module, funding, legislation and research in the field of urban development and urban development should be further developed and adapted to the current requirements and needs of practice. Due to the constantly growing and changing challenges for urban development, new needs in the cities and urban districts must be identified and responded to with adapted programs. The focus of good practice is the long-term perspective. Good practice is geared towards broad and intensive communication with those involved in the urban development process in order to develop more intensive networking. It forms the "backbone of urban development".

  • Evaluation and further development of funding programs
  • Constant exchange with federal states and municipalities
  • Implementation of regional conferences on urban development promotion and national urban development policy

Project series for city and urbanity

The project series for town and urbanity complements the activities of good practice . As part of the project series, a large number of projects are funded that meet the characteristics of innovative, exemplary and partnership-based approaches. The project series aims to develop new approaches and instruments for urban development. The project series is based on calls from 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014 for which a total of around 1,000 projects were submitted. Since 2007, over 130 projects in cities and municipalities of various sizes have been funded.

  • Implementation and support of innovative model urban development projects
  • Organization of the exchange of information and experience, implementation of project conferences
  • Support in the transfer of innovative approaches, identification of key projects for the further development of "good practice"

Urban development platform

The exchange of experiences plays an important role in the national urban development policy. The platform is therefore an important pillar of the initiative. The national urban development policy offers the opportunity to actively shape the future of urban development. Since 2007, numerous actors have been invited to a dialogue in order to open up the process - for example representatives from universities, foundations or business. As part of the national urban development policy, in addition to technical discussions, events are held annually that offer different actors the opportunity to exchange experiences. In addition to the events, publications and reports on the projects offer further opportunities to exchange experiences.

  • Implementation of events for the exchange of information and experience
  • Internet presence: www.nationale-stadtentwicklungspolitik.de
  • Publications

Additional information

See also

Web links

literature

  • BMVBS / BBSR (ed.): National urban development policy - positions. 2008.
  • BMVBS / BBSR (ed.): City: pilot. 01-09, 2009-2014.
  • R. Bohne: National urban development policy. Interview with Engelbert Lütke Daldrup. In: Planner. Issue 6, 2008, pp. 18-21.
  • BMVBS (ed.): On the way to a national urban development policy. Bonn 2007.
  • BMVBS (Ed.): National urban development policy. An initiative to strengthen the future viability of German cities. 2008.
  • S. Frank: Urban development through the EU: European urban policy and urban approach in the area of ​​tension between the Lisbon strategy and the Leipzig Charter. In: spatial research and spatial planning. Issue 2, 2008, pp. 107-117.
  • U. Hatzfeld: National Urban Development Policy - A New Look. In: Planner. Issue 6, 2008, pp. 5-7.
  • U. Hatzfeld, P. Jakubowski: National urban development policy in Germany - between trial and vision. In: spatial research and spatial planning. Volume 66. Issue 2, 2008, pp. 130-138.
  • E. Lütke Daldrup: Integrated urban development in Germany. In: RaumPlanung. Issue 140, 2008, pp. 222-226.
  • N. Scharbach: From Leipzig via Berlin to Papenburg. In: Planner. Issue 6, 2008, pp. 8-11.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leipzig Charter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bmvbs.de  
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development: On the way to a national urban development policy - Memorandum. 2007.