Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology InnoCité Presentation of the partnership the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology – Department of Regional Planning and Development – Darfo Boario Terme,

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 2 Reference: Reference: www. allianzbayerninnovativ.de Reference:

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 3 Head of the House Mr. Martin Zeil Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Mrs. Katja Hessel State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 4 Innocité Partnership – PP 3  Department for Regional Planning and Development  Division of Spatial & Sectoral Planning Contact persons Dietmar Schneyer, Head of Division Tel.: +49 (0)89 / 2162 – Manuela Stepputtis Tel.: +49 (0)89 /

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 5 Bavaria in Germany Largest Federal State 20% of the surface area 15% of population In Germany 7 Regional Districts 18 Planning Regions 2056 Municipalities

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 6 Tasks of Federal State Development  To develop, align and safeguard Bavaria and its parts considering the issues of regional planning principles.  Federal State Development is a cross-sectoral task.  Highest guiding principle is to develop balanced and equivalent living and working conditions in the whole federal state.

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 7 Organisation of State and Regional Planning in Bavaria State Planning Authorities Bavarian State Ministry for Economy, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Regional District Government Regional appointee District Authorities (Rural or Urban District Authority) Advisory Committee for State Planning Regional Planning Association Lower State Planning Authority Higher State Planning Authority Highest State Planning Authority Provider of Regional Planning:

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 8 Spatial Structure of Bavaria Rural areas Urban agglomerations

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 9 Role of rural areas in Bavaria  Approx. 85% of the state territory are rural areas.  Approx. 60% of the population (i.e. approx. 8 Mill. Inhabitants) live in rural areas.  Approx. 53% of the Bavarian GDP are created in rural areas.

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 10 Interest in the project  Regional sustainable development  Strengthening the situation of central facilities of small- medium sized cities in the Alpine Space  Securing provision with basic supplies  Consumer-related supply  Local and regional concepts to raise the attractiveness of the city centres of small and medium sized cities in the Alpine Space under the influence of great urban centres

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 11 Function & Role in the project  Representing the Bavarian project partner  supported by TU Kaiserslautern, Lehrstuhl Regionalentwicklung und Raumordnung  WP 4-Responsible „City analysis and diagnosis“ Definition of suitable criteria to analyse and evaluate our effort Data collection Preparation of an Alpine transnational analysis according to the criteria to be defined Coordination of the joint selection of the innovative transnational pilot cases  Project partner in the other WPs (especially WP 5 and WP 6)

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Duties in Work package 4 and current state of affairs  Analysing part: Aim: Achieve comparability of the Pilot-Sites Overview about the main similarities, challenges and problems in the Pilot-Sites Method: Standardised fact sheets (data collection) for the Pilot-Sites (Analysing of the demographical, economical and environmental structure) General Indicators which characterize a sustainable and innovative City state of affair: Data collection for the standardised fact sheets Development of the general indicators 12

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Duties in Work package 4 and current state of affairs  Transnational comparison Aim: summarisation of the main similarities, challenges and problems of small and medium sized cities under the influence of Agglomerations Method: Evaluation of the collected data and indicators Summary of the pilot-sites reports with a transnational comparison State of affair: Starting in June 13

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Duties in Work package 4 and current state of affairs  Interesting practises in the Pilot-Sites Aim: Exchange about interesting projects, public / private initiatives in the range of business, tourism, retail… Method: Collection of the information is based on a questionnaire which include the responsible body, structure of organization, financing… State of affair: Development of the questionnaire 14

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Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Facts of the Pilot-Site decline of the natural population → moving in is reason for stability of population Average age 46,8 years Over secondary residences Low unemployment rate 4,2 % Economical focus on Tourism Lack of land for industrial and business settlements 16

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Reasons for the selection of Markt (city) and county Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Structural changes in economy, tourism and demographics required new adaption strategies  Saving and enhancing of adequate supply for the region  Promotion of the business settlement and diversity of the economical and business structure  Combining of local and regional powers for the future development and challenges 17

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology 18 November - January 08/09 Choice of the Pilot-Site “Markt” (city) and county Garmisch-Partenkirchen Decision from Markt and county Garmisch-Partenkirchen to take part August - October 08 Phase of searching, analyzing and project finding in agreement and cooperation with the local authorities February 09 Agreement to develop a strategic concept and action plan especially for economy and business(included individual projects) together with the local authorities, stakeholders and local / regional key actors

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