Marseilles Spring Conference

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1 METREX the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas PRACTICAL GUIDE Marseilles Spring Conference Renewal and Regeneration The Marseilles/Provence Metropolitan Area 30 May - 1 June 2012

2 Marseilles Spring Conference The Marseilles Provence territory s membership of the Metrex network In 2010, six major local partners were elected to become a member of Metrex : the Agam, the CCIMP, Marseilles City Hall, MPM, the GPMM, and the EPAEM. This multi-partner membership results from a unified wish to contribute to the metropolitan construction underway. It is important to note, however, that the limits of the metropolitan area extend to the borders of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, beyond the territory represented by those six partners. Hosted by : Agam - Marseilles Urban Area Town Planning Agency CCIMP - Marseilles Provence Chamber of Industry and Commerce City of Marseilles MPM - Marseilles Provence Metropole (Marseilles Provence Collectivity) EPAEM - Euromediterranee Urban Development Agency GPMM - Marseilles Fos Port Authority After barely three years of participation in the network, the six partners are delighted to demonstrate their commitment to the Metrex association in hosting the 2012 bi-annual spring conference around the theme Territorial renewal and regeneration. Design Realisation : Agam Credits photos : Golem Image, Euroméditerrannée, Communauté urbaine MPM, Association MP2013, GPMM, CCIMP, City of Marseilles, Agam, Groupement Michel Desvigne, Foster & Partners, Tangram architectes, Ingerop, Yann Kersalé, Synaps.

3 MUCEM Rudy Riciotti Architecte 4 5 The town planning agency: an instrument for engineering in partnership The Agam, created in 1969, is a partnership structure that brings together local authorities and the State, as well as several public bodies and organisations. It is a meeting point where the different territorial scales overlap, and provides expertise and advice on the questions of the urban and economic development of the Marseilles metropolis. Constituting a driver for dialogue and joint working: this is the hallmark of the town planning agency. To that end, it benefits from the full support of a multi-disciplinary team and on a resource centre that collects and organises the data necessary for an understanding of territories and an analysis of urban phenomena. The Marseilles agglomeration town planning agency has the authority to play the role of pipeline between the different stakeholders and territories in order to promote the coherence of decisions implemented by public authorities. It provides support in ensuring the mobilisation of all those who, within the context of their competencies, will be called upon. Claude VALLETTE President of Agam The Marseilles Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry, promoting the development of the area s economic influence The Marseilles Provence CCI, the first Chamber of Commerce in the world, created in 1599, now represents the interests of all the businesses on the area s Commercial Register, totaling some 73,600 establishments. With its two functions, support for businesses and support for the territory, it has set a course for effectiveness, to boost enterprises on its territory and increase that territory s influence. The Marseilles Provence metropolis is now a reality for businesses and citizens. Our ambition: to develop the metropolis and get it into the European Top 20. Territorial awareness guides our initiatives. Currently, Marseilles Provence is preparing for its role as European Capital of Culture In the very near future, our territory will be welcoming 3 million cruise passengers, 5 million containers and 10 million airline passengers. Jacques Pfister President of CCIMP

4 6 7 Euroméditerranee, the largest urban renewal project in southern Europe A joint initiative of the national government and local organizations, the Euroméditerranée initiative is charged with redeveloping and growing Marseilles to such a degree that it becomes recognized as one of Europe s major cities. This social, economic and cultural development project of national significance, launched in 1995, is creating a city that is both attractive and influential. At 480 hectares, Euroméditerranée is the largest urban renewal project in Europe. Compared to other French regions, our city has many unique advantages : ITER*, European Capital of Culture 2013, Campus Plan, port reforms, the Calanques National Park, and of course the Union for the Mediterranean process Guy TEISSIER MP for the Bouches-du- Rhône, President of Euroméditerranée Marseilles Provence Metropole : France s 2nd largest urban area Created after the implementation of decentralisation laws, the Marseilles Provence Métropole was created in Its 18 municipalities, including the inner city of Marseilles, decided to set up a single organisational framework covering a number of functions, so as to more effectively service the local population whilst planning for territorial development requirements. Its responsibilities include development and planning, social cohesion, distribution and management of public and environmental services. MPM is also the Transport Authority (AOT) for the territory. The Urban Community manages 24 marinas, making it the largest centre of leisure sailing/yachting in France and the second-largest in Europe. «Our territorial development project is dedicated to meet a number of major challenges : improving living conditions, reinforcing public transport and access to housing, promoting employment and economic growth as well as strengthening our role as Euromediterranean hub.» Eugene CASELLI City of Marseilles Marseilles, which is France s second-largest city, combines a wealth of unique heritage, intense cultural life and economic dynamism with an exceptional natural environment. With the impetus of a long-standing tradition of openness, Marseilles figures as one of the most active cities with regard to decentralized cooperation in maintaining privileged relations with cities around the globe. In hosting numerous international organizations, Marseilles is positioning itself as a centre of expertise, contributing to meeting the major economic and social challenges arising in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Marseilles, the link between Europe and the Mediterranean, is an open, dynamic and attractive metropolis thanks to its determined international policy that translates into close economic and cultural relations with many European and Mediterranean cities. Jean-Claude GAUDIN Senator Mayor of Marseilles Marseilles Fos Port Authority Marseilles Fos is the n 1 French port and n 5 in Europe. It is a major industrial logistics platform whose facilities are located between Fos bay and the Marseilles docks. Its remarkable positioning as the gateway to southern Europe, at the heart of the Mediterranean arc and at the mouth of the major Rhône- Saône axis is a rare trump card. When Marseilles welcomes the Mediterranean, Fos makes an appointment with the world. To the West, in Fos docks, a global trading hub, there is a concentration of large-volume and industrial traffic on intercontinental routes. To the East, in Marseilles s docks, the harbour welcomes ships carrying intra-mediterranean merchandise and Mediterranean passengers. There, shipyard repairs are a booming industry. The breakdown of stopovers (3,700 or 47% in Marseilles, and 4,200 or 53% in Fos) demonstrates the key role that the Eastern docks are playing in the port economy and in that of the city of Marseilles and of the Marseilles metropolis. Jean-Claude TERRIER Head of GPMM President of MPM *International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

5 8 synthetic Programme : : : 8.30 : : : : : : Wednesday 30 May METREX Networking Day Venue : CCIMP METREX Networking Meetings and METREX Managing Committee Meeting Venue : Marseilles Town Hall Registration Reception by elected representatives from the METREX Marseilles Membership Thursday 31 May Marseilles Day Venue : Marseilles Provence Metropole Hall Le Pharo Coffee, Tea and Registration Welcome Introduction and Organisation of the Conference Hannu PENTTILA, President of METREX Elected representative from Metrex Marseilles Membership Organisation of the day Overview of the territory : a multi polar territory Christian BRUNNER, Head of Agam - Marseilles Urban Area Town Planning Agency Pascal MARCHAND, Head of Planning, Marseilles Provence Metropole Régine VINSON, Head of City-Port Relationships Development Division, Marseilles Fos Port Authority Which governance for a multipolar territory? Jacques BOULESTEIX, President of Conseil de Développement Marseilles Provence Gilles PINSON, Professor of Politics at Sciences Po Lyon Discussion Coffee and tea : : : : : Three flagship territorial projects, as a reflection of the renewal dynamics 1 Renewal through culture Marseilles Provence European Capital of Culture 2013 Ulrich FUCHS, Deputy Director General - Marseilles Provence European Capital of Culture 2013 Boris GRESILLON, University Professor, author of «Marseilles Provence A Capital challenge» 2 Renewal through spatial planning - Euromediterranée and the Belle-de-Mai wasteland Franck GEILING, Head of architecture, town planning and sustainable development, Euromediterranee François LECLERQ, town planner, winner of the international urban design competition for Euromediterranee 3 Renewal through higher education and innovation - merging of Aix-Marseilles universities Herve ISAR, Deputy President of Aix-Marseilles University Hervé BRAILLY, PhD, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Innate Pharma SA Lunch Orientation tour Ship tour within the eastern docks of Marseilles Fos Port and pedestrian route to be organised from the Conference venue. Break and delegates return to hotels Venue : Friche de la Belle-de-Mai Conference Dinner Short visit of the industrial wasteland renewal building site Dinner : Friday 1 June METREX Day Venue : Marseilles Provence Metropole Hall Le Pharo The Mediterranean Dimension Part 1 Presentation of the Euro-Mediterranean Dimension of the Territory Cyril ROBIN CHAMPIGNEUL, European Commission Representative in Marseilles Part 2 Presentation of the CATMED european program «Change Mediterranean Metropolises Around Time» Hélène BALU, Chief of Sustainable Development, Environment and Mobility department - Agam Loïc GIRAUDON, Project Leader, City of Marseilles : Metropolitan Sites in Transformation - Showcases of Berlin Reiner NAGEL, Head of Departement of Urban Development, Berlin Senate : Coffee and tea : Knowledge Day Workshops (15-25 delegates in each including a Moderator, Rapporteur & discussants) Theme 1 : Urban Regeneration Wastelands and real estate management Urban Renewal Governance and funding to decide on, initiate and lead large projects : Short Sight Seeing tour in the gardens of Le Pharo : Lunch : : : : : : Knowledge Day Workshops (15-25 delegates in each including a Moderator, Rapporteur & discussants) Theme 2 Realizing the potential of Culture and Tourism How to sustain the positive effects once large events are over and large infrastructure has been completed? Governance and funding to decide on, initiate and lead large projects METREX Istanbul Study Visit and Managing Committee Meeting Feedback Istanbul Metropolitan Area Master Plan METREX Brussels presence and lobbying METREX 2012 Elections Roger READ, Secretary General, METREX Discussion Feedback reports on the Knowledge Day Workshops Workshop Rapporteurs Discussion Invitation to the Vienna Conference and METREX General Assembly Representative of the Vienna Membership - To be confirmed Roger READ, Secretary General, METREX

6 10 11 The Marseilles-Provence metropolitan area Key Figures Total : km² Population in 2009: inhabitants Housing stock: housing units with second homes (3.5%) and vacant housing units (6%), houses and flats EMPLOYMENT jobs with in agriculture, in industry, in construction, in private services sector and in public services sector. Working population : people of whom are in employment, BUSINESSES businesses with in agriculture, in industry, in construction in retail, transport and market services, - a rate of 17% of new businesses creation (in 2011) ACCESSIBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE TERRITORY : - an international airport with a passenger volume of 7.5 million passengers, steadily increasing for the seventh year running, - two TGV stations : Aix-TGV and Marseilles-Saint-Charles-TGV, - a large maritime port : 86 million tons for goods transport and 1.7 million passengers. Living in our metropolitan area... and discovering our territory AN UNUSUAL NATURAL HERITAGE FOR A METROPOLITAN AREA - a national periurban natural park, the first of its kind in Europe, created in April 2012 both terrestrial (8 300 ha) and maritime ( ha), - two regional natural parks : the Camargue Park, created in 1970 over ha (natural wetland area) and Alpilles Park created in 2007 over an area of ha (great fauna biodiversity), - an internationally famous massif, the Montagne Sainte-Victoire and the iconic massifs of Provence : the Estaque and Garlaban, - a coastline of about 270 km (excluding that of islands) with about 30 km of calanques. AN UNRIVALLED TOURISTIC TERRITORY - iconic historical centres : Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Marseilles - 9 million visitors with 15% overseas tourists, mostly British, Italian and Belgian. Road network Main roadways/motorways Regional links Rail network High-speed train network Airports Marseilles Fos Port Main marinas Urban area Economic area National Park of the Calanques Core land park Core marine park Marine park of the côte bleue Boundaries of the park Marine protected areas Intercommunity boundaries ITER Sources : IGN BD CARTO / Occupation du sol CRIGe / POS généralisés - DRE PACA / INSEE - RP 1999

7 12 13 Marseilles Provence: a multi-polar territory Which governance for a multipolar territory? May 31 : WITH May 31 : WITH France is currently undergoing a period of mutation, with regard to the development of its territories. The development underway resonates most particularly in Marseilles Provence, in view of its geography, and of its particularities. Only a part of the metropolitan territory is represented in its membership in the Metrex Network. The effective metropolis includes at least two thirds of the Bouches-du-Rhône Department, from the Etang de Berre to Aubagne, taking in Aix and, for some, extends even further. Currently, within the context of Christian BRUNNER Head of Agam - Marseilles Urban Area Town Planning Agency Pascal MARCHAND Head of Planning, Marseilles Provence Metropole Régine VINSON Head of City-Port Relationships Development Division, Marseilles Fos Port Authority the aforementioned evolutions, a metropolitan hub covering the whole department is in gestation. Together, the department s conurbations constitute the distinct poles of a metropolitan territory under development. An observation of the different flows that irrigate them confirms their strong interdependency: flows linked to housing, transport of persons and goods, to jobs, to incomes, to leisure activities and links between businesses, universities and research centres... all circuits that characterise the metropolitan territory on a daily basis Its specificity resides in its multi-polarity. Each of the nine conurbations possesses its own economic resilience, its own identity, and its own influence. These are forces that are to be combined and coordinated, in order to make a success of the metropolitan construction of our territory. The Development councils are citizen assemblies composed of the territory s economic, social, cultural and associative representatives. Authorities for dialogue and debate between partners from multiple horizons which only rarely have the opportunity to exchange, their vocation is to enrich reflection on the territory s big issues, through the cross-referencing of competences and citizens points of view. The Development councils are complements of representative democracy, and are regularly consulted by intercommunal governance bodies, or those of the areas to which they are attached but can also tackle all questions dealing with planning and development of the territory in the broadest sense. A partnership approach has been launched by all the development councils in the metropolitan area upon request from the Presidents of the intercommunal authorities: to identify the major metropolitan issues and the collaborative projects to be rolled out as a priority for increasing the influence and the development of this great territory and, in parallel, for the organisation of the governance to be implemented and the resources to be deployed. Jacques BOULESTEIX, President of Marseilles Provence Developement Council Gilles PINSON, is a professor of Politics at Sciences-Po Lyon and Sciences-Po Paris. He is also one of the four founders of the research center «Understanding Urban Worlds*», which won a national wide tender concerning investments for the future. He co-runs the french online magazine His works bears on the urban politics and metropolitan governance. * Intelligence des mondes urbains

8 14 15 Renewal through culture Renewal through planning SAINT-PIERRE- DE-MEZOARGUES TARASCON BOULBON BARBENTANE GRAVESON MAILLANE MAS-BLANC- DES-ALPILLES SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-GRES FONTVIEILLE PARADOU The territorial dimension is at the heart of the Marseilles Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture project. This project involves a territory of km², brings together 75 municipalities, 9 intercommunal authorities and inhabitants. MP2013, which is first and foremost cultural, with ROGNONAS CHATEAURENARD the scheduling of 400 events covering a NOVES wide range of artistic disciplines, CABANNES VERQUIÈRES and over 600 million Euros EYRARGUES SAINT-ANDIOL in investment which will contribute SAINT-RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE to the LES BAUX-DE-PROVENCE MAUSSANE- LES-ALPILLES PORT-SAINT-LOUIS- DU-RHONE MOURIES SAINT MARTIN DE CRAU EYGALIÈRES AUREILLE PORT-DE-BOUC MIRAMAS SAINT-MITRE- LES-REMPARTS MARIGNANE CHATEAUNEUF-LES-MARTIGUES CARRY-LE-ROUET SAUSSET-LES-PINS VITROLLES ENSUES-LA-REDONNE LAMBESC COUDOUX SAINT VICTORET GIGNAC LA NERTHE LA ROQUE D'ANTHERON LE ROVE SAINT CANNAT EGUILLES VENTABREN ROGNES CABRIÈS LES PENNES MIRABEAU SAINT ESTEVE JANSON renewal of the cultural landscape of the metropolitan area, is also an essential part of the work of metropolitan development. The knowledge and the European experience of Ulrich Fuchs and of Boris Grésillon on these different dimensions will make it possible to scrutinise the issues and challenges, along with the successes and pitfalls, that can be encountered in the implementation of this type of territorial project. LE PUY SAINTE REPARADE BOUC-BEL-AIR SIMIANE COLLONGUE SEPTÈMES-LES-VALLONS PERTUIS MIMET PLAN-DE-CUQUES MEYRARGUES VENELLES SAINT-MARC- JAUMEGARDE BEAURECUEIL LE THOLONET MEYREUIL ALLAUCH PEYROLLES EN PROVENCE FUVEAU VAUVENARGUES BELCODENE PEYNIER LA BOUILLADISSE PEYPIN LA DESTROUSSE ROQUEVAIRE JOUQUES SAINT ANTONIN SUR BAYON CHATEAUNEUF LE ROUGE SAINT-SAVOURNIN CADOLIVE ROUSSET GEMENOS LA PENNE- SUR-HUVEAUNE CARNOUX- EN-PROVENCE CASSIS PUYLOUBIER AURIOL ROQUEFORT LA BÉDOULE CEYRESTE SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE TRETS SAINT-ZACHARIE CUGES-LES-PINS May 31 : With Ulrich FUCHS was in charge of Bremen s application to become European Capital of Culture in In 2005, he became the deputy director and programme director for Linz, the European Capital of Culture in In May 2010, he joined Marseilles-Provence 2013 as the association s deputy managing director. Boris GRESILLON, is a professor at the Aix-Marseilles University and a researcher at the Mediterranean House for Human Sciences (MMSH) laboratory. As a geographer, he is an expert in cultural and urban affairs. He is notably the author of «Kulturmetropol Berlin» (Berlin, 2004), and of «Un enjeu «capitale»: Marseilles Provence 2013». Euroméditerranée now pilots a transformation process of large industrial wastelands located in the inner city so as to create new economic, retail and residential developments. The transformation of this part of town located between the city centre of Marseilles and the northern maritime facade, covering 480 hectares (confer map on page 17), must make it possible to extend the city centre northbound linking up with peripheral parts of the city, promoting the metropolitan influence, ensuring the evolution of this rundown area and addressing the interface between the city and the port. Euroméditerranée acquires land, plans public spaces and establishes the development programme. The land is then sold on to developers and / or operators on the basis of specifications specifying the nature and architectural form of development. May 31 : WITH Franck GEILING, is a D.P.L.G architect with a PhD in Local development management and urban policies at the Université de la Méditerranée. He is currently the Director of Architecture and Town Planning, in charge of leading the architectural and urban policy, of coordinating housing policies, of taking forward real estate consultation processes and planning of public spaces. François LECLERCQ, is a certified architect, town planner, professor at Ecole d Architecture of Marne-La-Vallée, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight in the Order of Arts and Humanities. The scope of the operation has been extended over 170 hectares in 2007 with a development objective of new housing units and with m² of new offices. This extension was given the Ecocité Label by the Grenelle de l environnement forum. LA CIOTAT

9 16 17 Renewal through higher education, research and innovation Original (1) and extension (2) zones of Euromediterranee Agam May 31 : WITH Hervé BRAILLY, PhD, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Innate Pharma SA, a public biotech company developing first-in-class drug candidates for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. The company was founded in 1999 and originates from academic research. Hervé Brailly also serves on the Board of several institutions such as Provence-Languedoc BioCluster Eurobiomed and INserm Transfert. 2 How can training, production and enhancement of knowledge be organised on the metropolitan scale? The recent merger of the three universities of Aix-Marseilles with the creation, on 1 st January 2012, of just the one Aix-Marseilles University lies at the heart of this theme. This new higher education and research university, with its Hervé Isar, is an associate professor in Public Law, he is an expert in Electronic Communications Law. His role in the roll out of the «Operation Campus», a large real estate initiative on the Aix-Marseilles area, has led him to be an active participant in the merger of the three universities of Aix-Marseilles. Following the creation of the Aix-Marseilles University, he was elected Deputy-President in charge of the heritage of this major university.» Thanks to their current position and background, Hervé Isar and Hervé Brailly, will make it possible for us to better appreciate these issues around the development of training, research and innovation over a territory. Euroméditerrannéé students, teaching staff members and researchers and its e 650 million budget, is a key player on our territory. Beyond training and research, the issues of linking and developing the necessary porosities with the economy on the metropolitan scale have to be addressed. What can the forms of embedding of this territorial links, in spatial as well as in networks terms be? At the end of 2007, the State and the local authorities decided to extend the operation s area northwards, to encompass a further 169 hectares. At 480 hectares, Euromediterranée is now the biggest urban renewal operation in Europe. This undertaking is a veritable urban eco-design project, enjoying Ecocité accreditation from the Ministry of Ecology since the end of 2009, and a precursor in the Mediterranean region.

10 18 19 Orientation tour : Ship tour and pedestrian route from the Conference venue May 31 : Vieux Port Marseilles s Vieux-Port effectively is the center of town and is about to undergo a major modification and renovation, in order to improve its access to the public. The plan demand massive changes in the transportation and parking, lighting, access to the port, street and pavement levels and even the positioning of the tunnel exit. This project is part of the preparation to 2013, when Marseilles Provence will be European Capital of Culture. MUCEM Situated at the prow of the J4, this emblem of the «Cité de la Méditerranée» designed by the team led by Rudy RICCIOTTI and Roland CARTA, represents the first creation by the State of a great national museum outside Paris. The future MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) will consist of two buildings: the rehabilitated Fort Saint Jean and the building on the J4 esplanade that will host the permanent exhibitions and will open in 2013, Capital of Culture year. MUCEM Rudy Riciotti Architecte Euroméditerranée Marseilles-Fos Port Eastern Docks To the East, in Marseilles s Docks, the harbour welcomes ships carrying intra-mediterranean merchandise and Mediterranean passengers. Shipyard repairs are a booming industry. The breakdown of stopovers (3,700 or 47% in Marseilles, and 4,200 or 53% in Fos) demonstrates the key role that the Eastern docks are playing in the port economy and in that of the city of Marseilles and of the Marseilles metropolis. Skyline The Cité de la Méditerrannée, being developed between the entrance to the Old Harbour and Arenc, is one of Euromeéditerranée s most ambitious programmes, and is an integral part of the new relationship between the city and the port. The redevelopment of the seafront is a major urban issue as it makes possible the revitalization of the city centre and the port by recreating connections between the two sites. Major Cathedral Esplanade This architectural ensemble of Cathedral and Vieille Major (the former cathedral) constitutes a major component of Marseilles s cultural and architectural heritage. With the development of the J4 esplanade, it will inevitably contribute to the development of cultural activities linked to Marseilles-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture. Docks buildings / Business district Since 1992, when the Euroméditerranée project first saw the light of day, the Joliette quarter has evolved into a veritable business district. This dynamic and attractive district, which has a distinctly international stature, already hosts 12,000 employees working for 800 businesses in the services, international trade and telecommunications domains.

11 20 21 Friche de la Belle-de-Mai Short visit of the industrial wasteland renewal building site / Dinner The Mediterranean Dimension It brought together the cities of Athens, Barcelona, Genoa, Aix-en-Provence, Malaga, Marseilles, Rome, Seville, Thessalonica, Turin and Valencia, with the Institut de la Méditerranée providing technical support for the partners. CAT-MED resulted in three major phases of work : The creation of a Transnational System of Indicators Experimentation on the basis of practical cases on each of the territories through the creation of metropolitan workgroups capitalisation on experience through the drafting of a methodological guide to Mediterranean sustainable districts via the June 1st : signature of the Malaga Charter for sustainable urban models May 31 : La Friche la Belle de Mai is an artistic and cultural centre in Marseilles with international prestige. This place of contemporary creation and multidisciplinary artistic production is an incubator for activities (residencies, concerts, exhibitions, shows, screenings, catering etc.) which brings together 70 independent organisations employing some 400 professional artists and show people. La Friche is also a place for shows open to all types of audience which attracts 110,000 spectators/visitors every year. Theatre, music, dance, circus, visual arts, and cinema: all artistic disciplines are practiced and publicly displayed and performed here. This industrial wasteland that was converted into a cultural space in 1992 also hosts artists and authors residencies, placing artists and the city at the heart of its project, and is a landmark amongst Art s New Territories, which it prefigured. ARM Marseilles s geographical position and history lends it a natural tropism towards the Mediterranean. This Euro-Mediterranean dimension is reinforced by the close relationships that the territory s stakeholders have developed with many Mediterranean countries in the economic, urban development, cultural, higher education, health and public safety sectors Numerous cooperation projects are being rolled out in the Euro-Mediterranean region, notably involving the organisations with international scope that Marseilles welcomes on its territory. Presentation of CAT MED The project CAT MED, developed between 2009 and 2011 within the context of the MED programme (Change Mediterranean Metropolises Around Time), aimed to identify operational solutions for modifying urban behavior in order to reduce the environmental impact of urbanization. The Villa Valmer, a centre for International Expertise serving the Mediterranean Over the last few years, the Phocean city (Marseilles) has attracted many international bodies, which have made it a top ranking centre of expertise on great Mediterranean issues. The Villa Valmer, dominating the Corniche and with a view that extends to the Mediterranean horizon, has become the symbol of intense international activity. In becoming home to an office of the World Bank and of the UN Industrial Development Organisation in 2004, followed by the establishment between 2005 and 2007 of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Plan Bleu, and the International Organisation for Migration, The Villa Valmer has now become a unique platform in that it hosts top ranking multi-partner initiatives such as the Marseilles Centre for Integration in the Mediterranean (CMI) and the Office for Economic Cooperation of the Mediterranean and the Middle East (OCEMO).

12 22 23 Changing metropolitan sites : the example of Berlin Knowledge Day workshops Notre-dame-de-la-Garde Calanque Sugiton New velodrome stadium Theme 1 : Urban Regeneration June 1st : Wastelands and real estate management Urban Renewal Governance and funding to decide on, initiate and lead large projects Theme 2 : Realizing the potential of Culture and Tourism June 1st : Corbusier Corniche JFK How to sustain the positive effects once large events are over and large infrastructure has been completed? Governance and funding to decide on, initiate and lead large projects Palais Longchamps June 1st : WITH Reiner NAGEL, architect and urban planner, graduated in Architecture in Between 1998 and 2005, he was Member of the Board at HCH Hafen City Hamburg GmbH, managing the International development Project. Since 2005, he has been Head of Department for Urban Planning and Open Space in the Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin, with lectureships at the Berlin University of Technology. He is Member of the Deutschen Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung (DASL) and Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA). BIBLIOGRAPHY - Marseilles Cultural s renaissance. Wall Street Journal, January 27, urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability : Best Practice from European Cities. Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon. Wiley- Blackwell, November transforming urban waterfronts : Fixity and flow. Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Dirk Schubert, Quentin Stevens. Routledge, September events and urban regeneration : The strategic use of events to revitalise cities. Andrew Smith. Routledge, January the creative power of cities : City, culture and society (Vol. 2, No. 3). Francesco Bandarin. Elsevier, September pp Creative knowledge cities: Myths, visions and realities. Marina van Geenhuizen, Peter Nijkamp. Edward Elgar, February sustainable city and creativity : Promoting creative urban initiatives. Luigi Fusco Girard, Tüzin Baycan, Peter Nijkamp. Ashgate, January Marseille 2013 or the final round of a long and complex regeneration strategy? Lauren Andres, Town planning review - Marseille Versus Marseille Provence : Local and Regional Challenges of 2013 ECOC, Lauren Andres - Maastricht University website :

13 Marseilles Conference Contacts Sylvain CRESPEL - Agam Tel (0) s.crespel@agam.org Marie-Anne GOBERT - CCIMP Tel : (0) marie-anne.gobert@ccimp.com > Hôtels Etap Hotel Marseilles Vieux Port 46 rue Sainte Tel (0) Hotel Ibis Marseilles Euromediterranée 15/17 boulevard de Dunkerque Tel (0) New Hotel Select 4 allée Léon Gambetta Tel (0) > Conference locations CCIMP : Palais de la Bourse 9 La Canebière Marseilles Town Hall : Quai du Port Marseilles Provence Metropole Hall Le Pharo - 58 boulevard Charles Livon