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2. Smart Economic Growth
Exchange of Best Practice Between Prospering Regions
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Planungsverband Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main
Brussels, 11th October, 2007

3. What is Smart Economic Growth? The Partners The Working Programme
Overview
What is Smart Economic Growth?
The Partners
The Working Programme
Cooperative Development of Business Sites
Mutual Learning
Work in Progress
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4. What is Smart Economic Growth?
‘Smart’ is responding to challenges in an imaginative way
‘Smart’ is seeking and testing new solutions and tools
‘Smart’ is being prepared to be flexible and adaptable
‘Smart’ is always looking for an advantage and optimising benefits
‘Smart’ is aiming for ‘wins’ on several fronts simultaneously
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5. The Partners Surrey County Council (UK)
Buckinghamshire County Council (UK)
South East England Development Agency SEEDA (UK)
Technical University of Darmstadt (D)
Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association (D)
Consortium Province of Flemish-Brabant – Intermunicipal Agency Interleuven – Intermunicipal Agency Haviland (B)
Province of Utrecht (NL)
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6. The Working Programme ~ 25 Case Studies 4 Local Groups (UK, B, NL, D)
2 International Workshops
SEGDEG:
Smart Use of Space
Smart Organisations
Smart Business Parks
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7. Cooperative Development of Business Sites (1)
Greenfield development
Municipalities try to attract companies
Potentially higher income from taxes
Prestige
Unrealistic plans
Useless development costs
Imbalanced markets
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8. Cooperative Development of Business Sites (2)
25 Municipalities
Supply: 2.5 Mm²
Demand: m²/a
Supply for 20 years
Concentrate on 2 quality sites
Joint marketing strategy
Contract based
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9. Cooperative Development of Business Sites (3)
Little chance to enforce co-operation
(Best) practices
Arguments presented by practitioners
Overcome winners-losers dichotomy
Initiate a process
Incentives?
Patience
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10. Mutual Learning Case Studies inform SEGDEG Local Groups as multipliers
Workshops as discussion forums
SEGDEG informs practice
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11. Work in Progress International Workshop 18th October (Utrecht)
Project ends Summer 2008
SEGDEG
Case Studies as basis for stand-alone activities
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