1. Partnerships for Sustainable Rural-Urban Development
Rupert Kawka
European Seminar on Sustainable
Urban Rural Partnerships.
November 16th, 2012 in Metz

2. Urban-Rural Partnerships – a German and EU concern

3. A realistic idea? No different demands and goals
additional administrative burden
no statistically proven surplus value
no altruism
Yes
connecting complementary, similar,
same potentials
co-operation for mutual benefit
managing linkages for economic
development and quality of life
win-win situations and conflict management

4. German and EU framework
8 demonstration regions with ~ 40 projects, selected from 55 ideas
large variety of topics
covering 57% of Germany with 53% of the population
from 1/2008 to 6/2010
(+ 2nd phase till 2013)
budget: 1 Mio Euro from federal level, 1 Mio Euro from regions
Metropolregion Hannover –
Braunschweig –
Göttingen - Wolfsburg

5. Some project examples
Regional chains of value added in Nürnberg region:
16 partners promote regional food products
Siemens canteen consumes for 4 Mio. Euro food
New governance model in Central Germany
Metropolitan Region: new members, new name, new financial basis, new voting procedure
Joint spatial planning in Stuttgart region:
formerly 5 individual, now 1 joint development plan
matched concepts for logistics and regional trains

6. Success factors motivated actors different actors same eye level
linkages
concrete and
many projects
shared problems
Success factors
feeling of being
a functional unit
small steps
time (initially and
for sustainability)
strategy/
shared goals
certain form
of governance
(integrated approach)
experience/tradition
in co-operation

8. Thank you for your kind attention! Please feel free to contact me!