Presentation for URBACT Training for Elected Representatives on Integrated and Sustainable Urban Development.
Seminar 3 (2-4 December 2013, Brussels, Belgium): Sustainability and change. How can cities tackle the challenges of climate change and assess their progress? And how to intervene in complex energy transitions while improving a city's quality of life?
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2. About Lublin
Biggest city in Eastern Poland
Biggest academic centre
in Eastern Poland
Dynamically developing economy leader of infrastructural investment
expenses
Finalist of the European Capital of
Culture Contest in 2011
3. Demographics
350 000
Population of Lublin
715 000
Population of Lublin Metropolitan Area
66%
Population at working age
21%
Population with higher education
52%
Population under 40
80 000
Number of students yearly
20 000
Number of graduates yearly
13 000
Number of students in technical secondary schools
10.5%
Unemployment rate as of March 2013
4. Location of Lublin
Distances:
82 km border crossing with Ukraine
165 km border crossing with Belarus
264 km border crossing with Slovakia
160 km Warsaw, the capital of Poland
5. Challenges:
The EUniverCities project wants to address
the urban challenges in and around ten
medium-sized European cities which share
a common interest in developing and
strengthening the co-operation between
the city and university.
Visualisation of a rebuilt seat of
Veterinary Medicine Faculty
Challenges in Lublin:
financial crisis
urban development
unemployment rate decreasing
population decline
brain drain
Cities and universities increasingly realise
that they can benefit both from more
strategic and effective forms of cooperation.
6. Expected results:
In addition to an initial Baseline Study,
describing every citys challenges and
points of departure for improvement, the
URBACT project will deliver more
outputs: per city a Peer Review report
with recommendations, factsheets, two
case studies on the role of students and
on partnership for placemaking, two
Politicians Meetings, communication
items and a final report. The project
should help in shaping concrete solutions
and finding the necessary funding.
7. Local Support Group and expected results in Lublin:
50 members representing over 10 stakeholders
work together in order to exchange
knowledge, experience to each other
meetings helds
February 2013
since
the
beginning
of
divided into 3 subgroups (October 10, 2013)
3 thematic groups:
1) How to keep and attract talents in Lublin
2) Urban issues City - University
3) System of cooperation between universities
and municipality
Peer Review Lublin (end of February)
Local Action Plan (end of April)
8. Thank you for your attention!
See you in Peer review in Lublin in February!