Impulse Presentation Twin City Vienna - Bratislava

1. Placing Vienna and Bratislava | Project 3 | Coordination: R.Giffinger, D. Müller, G. Gutheil, T. Dillinger, W. Gerlich Competence Section Regional Science | University of Technology Vienna Impulse Presentation Twin City Vienna - Bratislava Thomas Auböck | 0226212 Simon Hartl | 0025579 Eva Kaipel | 0125622 Gudrun Maierbrugger | 0226472 Gudula Pawelak | 0026766 Christian Fertner | 9953168 [Workshop II, 6./7., april, 2006]

2. Contents • Introduction to strategic concepts and technical terms • Vienna • Copenhagen-Malmö

3. Strategic Planning in Vienna • Origins: • first strategy plan published in 2000 (awareness of new framework conditions and EU – accession) • 2001: decision to evaluate and actualise strategy plan 2000  strategy plan 2004 • Actors: • directly in responsability of mayor • Elaboration by several sections of municipality in coequal and coordinated way • Support by external experts and in „…dialogue with citizens“

4. Strategic Planning in Vienna • Contents of Strategy Plan 2004: • Vision: 12 chapters, e.g. Vienna as economic center in a strong region, intelligent mobility, … • 5 strategic fields: • The position of Vienna in europe an in the region • New perspectives for economy and labour market • Science, education, culture and leisure • Quality of natural and urban spaces • Quality of life and the environment • Strategic projects: • Centrope • Cluster projects • …

5. Technical Terms • Vision: • Dictionary: „an image of the future we seek to create“ • In business management and politics often used as synonym for „strategic goal“ or „idea“ • Long-term orientation • In viennese strategy plan quasi preamble

6. Technical Terms • Strategic Field: • Integrative approach:  each field elaborated by several sections of municipality in a coordinated way  concern ideal development of whole city (integrative)  claim to be all-embracing • Shall describe the big, everyday – life fields of development • Differentiated into sub-chapters  action programm (measures in order to reach goals) attached • Strategic Project: • Used as example for innovative approaches  model character • Mission: best practises  establish new developments and serve as impulses • Do not represent an integrative development

7. Co-operation strategies in the Öresund Region Co-operation on different spatial levels • Öresundskomiteen • HUR and Region Skåne • The cities of Copenhagen and Malmö • The cities of Helsingør and Helsingborg • www.oresundregion.org

8. Co-operation strategies in the Öresund Region Öresund Committee • Political forum set up in 1992 • 4 x / year political meetings, 32 members • Aim: Europe‘s most functionally integrated border region • Action plan for the ÖC 2005-2006: • 3 Aims with broad defined measures • ÖC also acts as Interreg secretariat www.oresundskomiteen.dk

9. Co-operation strategies in the Öresund Region Regional level • HUR (Greater Copenhagen Authority) & Region Scania • Co-operation set up in 2000 • 4 x / year political meetings • Current project „Development of an Action plan for Growth in the Öresund region“ http:// www.hur.dk/oresund/skaane

10. Co-operation strategies in the Öresund Region Local level • Copenhagen and Malmö • Vision „Copenhagen and Malmö – one city“ adopted in 2000 • 2 x / year political meetings • Aim: Reducing barriers for inhabitants to cross the border • Action plan for co-operation for 2004-2006: • Common ambitions • 4 Action areas with sub-areas www.kk.dk/malmo

11. Co-operation strategies in the Öresund Region Local level • Helsingør and Helsingborg • ”HH-samarbejdet” set up in 1995 • Aim: Growth & living quality, good position towards Cph-Malmö • Framework document for co-operation for 2005-2006: • 5 Focus areas • Aims, concrete intiatives and demanded results for each • www.hhsamarbetet.org