1. LOGO PROJECT HerO Midterm-Conference in Valletta, Malta 4th Thematic Seminar Round table discussion Economic, social and environmental benefits of safeguarding historic urban areas

2. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 2 Objective of the Round table Safeguarding cultural heritage just costs money and hinders development! › Collecting benefits of safeguarding historic urban areas / cultural heritage. › Discussing possibilities of “prove” and communication to convince stakeholders.

3. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 3 Course of the Round table › Step 1 Collecting your interest in the topic. › Step 2 Collecting benefits of safeguarding cultural heritage / historic urban areas. › Step 3 Collecting ideas and knowledge how to prove benefits and communicate them. › Step 4 Further actions.

4. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 4 Collecting your interest in the topic › What interests you in the topic? › Which knowledge/ information would you like to gain?

5. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 5 Collecting benefits of safeguarding cultural heritage / historic urban areas › What are from your point of view economic, social and environmental benefits? › How are they achieved by safeguarding the cultural heritage? › Do you have any “prove” about it? Do you know about a “prove”?

6. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 6 Collecting ideas to prove benefits and communicate them › How can the benefits be measured/ proven/ monitored? › Have you done something successfully to communicate the benefits - to convince people about benefits? - Do you have an idea?

7. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 7 Further actions › Do you want to continue to work on that topic? › What do we work towards? What should be the outcome? › Which further information do we want to have and how can we obtain it? › What should be the next steps of the network/partners: Who is doing what?

8. hero@regensburg.de www.urbact.eu/hero

9. HerO Project Meeting in Valletta | 8th-10th November 2009 I Page 9 Recommendations / Lessons learnt › Text level 1 Text level 2 Text level 3 › Text level 1 Text level 2 Text level 3 › Text level 1 Text level 3