Cooperations with cities from rural perspective

Transcription

1 from rural perspective Netherlands, Rolf Oldejans Szczecin, 13 september 2012

2 Region Twente inhabitants 1500 km²

3 Characteristics Twente 14 municipalities Cooperation on housing, mobility, employment, health, security, recreation and tourism Competition between cities and rural area Cities: technology, universities vs low education and unemployment large part of population Rural area: demographic change + decrease of agricultural business Cities magnet for economic activities and social problems Strong regional identity + network economy ( Twente strong brand)

4 Urbanized zone = Network City Twente

5 Changing times Until 2000 rural Twente was agricultural But stricter environmental rules and animal diseases (swine fever and foot and mouth disease) caused bad image farmers + Economic downfall farmers and tendency towards enlargement of scale Change of direction by rural development (renewal) - Governments, by incentives (LEADER+, other subsidies) - Agricultural sector, by change in mentality world market versus regional market - Citizens, by more involvement into their leisure zone

6 Employment agriculture industry commerce non-commercial

7 Arbeidsplaatsen per sector Netwerkstad Twente (2011) Gezondheids- en welzijnszorg 18% Overheid en onderwijs 14% Overige dienstverlening Landbouw & visserij 3% 1% Zakelijke dienstverlening 13% Financiële dienstverlening 2% Industrie en nutsbedrijven 17% Bouw 6% Handel en reparatie 18% Logies-, maaltijd- en drankverstrekking 3% Vervoer, opslag, informatie en communicatie 5% Employment Network City Twente 1% traditional agriculture Bron: BIRO

8 Arbeidsplaatsen per sector overige gemeenten in Twente (2011) Overheid en onderwijs 7% Zakelijke dienstverlening 9% Financiële dienstverlening 1% Vervoer, opslag, informatie en communicatie 6% Overige dienstverlening 3% Gezondheids- en welzijnszorg 11% Logies-, maaltijd- en drankverstrekking 6% Landbouw & visserij 9% Handel en reparatie 22% Industrie en nutsbedrijven 14% Bouw 12% Employment rest Twente 9% traditional agriculture Bron: BIRO

9 Employment Netherlands versus Twente Agriculture Industry Commerce Non-commercial

10 Change of agriculture - Still produce for world market - Low scale farming, regional products - Leisure (recreation, tourism, horsification ) - Care (care farming) - Energy production (wind, sun, biomass, etc) - New types of housing (renewed use of farms, barns) - Creative industry (arts) - Innovative agriculture (pharmacy, new materials)

11 How did this change happen? LEADER+ was important Subsidy Rural development

12 LEADER in Twente Within Region Twente 3 Leader areas (North East, South and West-Twente) All Leader areas have the same structure, a local action group with eldermen and stakeholders/keypersons of rural areas

13 Material results in South Twente projects 10 mln (EU 3,5 mln, private 3 mln) projects 7,5 mln (EU 2,2 mln, private 2,5 mln)

14 Immaterial results - Impulse for rural area - In cities better image of rural area - In cities more awareness of the quality of rural area - More social cohesion within small communities - Starting of cooperation between governments, educational institutes, citizens and companies via the Green Knowledge Portal Twente

15 One of the bases of the LEADER success -> Regional solidarity Common decisions on projects and common contributions to projects The local contribution to LEADER projects ( 30% of the total costs): 50% by the municipality of the project 50% by all municipalities, each municipality contributes at the rate of inhabitants of the rural area, Hof van Twente 35,9%, Haaksbergen 22,9%, Almelo 9,5%, Enschede 10,3%, Hengelo 2%, Borne 19,4% Very simple but very effective for involvement of cities and vilages!

16 Examples Art gallery and picknick garden

17 Examples Climbing forest

18 Examples Trout fishing ponds + self picking fruits and vegetables + picknick/party terrain, managed with psychiatric patients and drugs and alcohol addicts

19 Examples Renewed use of old salt extracting houses by artists Mix of cultural heritage and economy

20 Examples Regional products market Twente

21 LEADER improved the relationship between inhabitants of cities and rural society It made cities aware of their urban fringes -> rural area added value to cities -> Quality of life!

22 New opportunities will rise e.g. Buiten in Enschede ( outside Enschede): cooperation of Leaderprojects and other entrepreneurs in the urban fringe of Enschede for a common communication, marketing and events

23 What s next? Developing new LEADER relations into a lasting cooperation and discovery of new impulses for urban rural partnerships within a new common area (urban fringe) and interest Learn from others, good examples in EU projects like SURF and URMA and in the Netherlands, e.g. in Amsterdam: - Responsible Capital (demographic change) - Proeftuin Amsterdam Local Food change - Floriade 2022 candidacy (combining agribusiness and urban development

24 What s next? - Further development of Green Knowledge Portal Twente: commitment of students to their region - Development of new ideas to trigger cooperatives of rural communities, with involvement of citizens -> new ways of funding and financial involvement, based on responsibility and sustainability - Building up a common strategy for both urban and rural development, not separately - Regional food market will become more important

25 Rural areas inspire cities Cooperation of urban and rural areas, naturally!

26 Thank you!