Kick Off Meeting

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• Kick Off Meeting
• West Athens
• 30/09-01/10/2005
• Moskos Diamantopoulos
• Project Manager

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Summarised description of the project
The project aims to demonstrate how local
mobility problems can be dealt with through an
open democratic concentration procedure involving
the active participation of the users concerned
within deprived urban areas i.e. local SMEs and
work force, local authorities and traveling
residents, in connection with urban centrality
and sustainability.
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Duration
start date 01/01/2005 end date 30/06/2007
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Timetable
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Project budget

• 507.580,00 , of which
• 253.790,00 ERDF funding
• 253.790,00 local funding

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Partners

• Association for the Development of West Athens -
  ASDA, Greece (Lead partner)
• City of Alexandroupoli, Greece (partner)
• City of Catania, Italy (partner)
• City of Czepel, Hungary (partner)
• City of Larnaca, Cyprus (partner)
• City of Sevilla, Spain (partner)
• City of Valladolid, Spain (partner)
• City of Valletta, Malta (partner)
• City of Kalisz, Poland (expert partner)
• City of Szekszard, Hungary (expert partner)

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Context
The CITUM network sets the issue of Transport
and Environment within a local authority context
referred to planning and implementing new types
of mobility and traffic management based on
European good practices and the potential of new
technologies. In addition, the ability of local
authorities to activate, sensitize, stimulate and
coordinate is highly sought for.
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Mission Statement
Elaborate and disseminate a common framework for
planning, implementing, financing and managing
urban mobility measures and policies that take
into account the social sensitivities and
constraints occurring in European cities with
similar mobility problems, through the exchange
and common assessment of the partners
experiences
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Focus (1/2)

• Enhancement of the centrality of the urban fringe
  through improved accessibility
• Enhancement of the attractiveness and safety at
  peripheral urban core areas
• Integration of innovative technologies in
  mobility planning and management
• Use of inner city mobility as a means of
  upgrading disadvantaged areas

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Focus (2/2)

• Enhancing adequate public transport and
  alternative transport modes such as walking and
  cycling to complement heavy public transport
  infrastructure such as metro, regional rail and
  tramway.
• Ensure the safe access of handicapped
• Ensure accessibility to disadvantaged groups such
  as immigrants and rapatriates and, thus, enhance
  their social integration through adequate use of
  information and publicity

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Objectives (1/4)
Review of current methods and processes regarding
Urban Transport System Management (UTSM) as a
tool for urban development focusing on the
experience of the participants in the URBAN, UPP
and related programs, using a commonly agreed
format. This will be achieved by a series of
case studies proposed by the project partners and
agreed in common as representative of the context
under study. This work is to be carried out (a)
by each participant separately, based on a common
template developed by the project expert and (b)
by thematic groups in which of participants
should be represented based on the interests
expressed by each.
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Objectives (2/4)

• Carry out a series of surveys, (a) a
  cross-sectional core survey using a common tool
  (questionnaire or other appropriate tool), and
  (b) a context/cityspecific tool designed on the
  basis of a commonly agreed format.
• Development of a common model to evaluate
  achievements, failures, risks and opportunities.
• Establish one monitoring mechanism by
  participant, as well as a cross-city monitoring
  group to follow and assess the mobility-related
  case studies involved individually and by theme.

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Objectives (3/4)
Organize workshops to present and discuss the
results of the assessment carried out (a) in each
participating city and (b) the ensemble. Outcome
lessons learned and issues arising. Identify and
suggest new approaches to raise citizens
awareness, interest and activation for different
contexts, individually and by cluster. Who
decides and how - democratic procedures
(government vs. governance) -citizens
participation.
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Objectives (4/4)

• Produce a Good Practice Guide, based on the case
  studies involved, to be discussed with the
  associations of local authorities, the central
  authorities and NGOs in the respective countries
  of the participants, as well as the
  European-level bodies concerned.
• Organize a congress to present and discuss the
  results of the activities carried out at all
  levels. Outcome The pan-European Handbook for
  Citizen-Friendly Mobility Planning and
  Management, which will present the proceedings of
  the final congress.

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Citizens in CITUM

• The project strategy comprises the involvement of
  the intermediate- and end-users of mobility plans
  directly in its activities so that their
  viewpoints are clearly reflected on the project
  outcome. To achieve this
• users representatives will be invited to
  participate at the project meetings and present
  their viewpoints on the issues discussed therein,
  and
• users and non-users attitudes and expectations
  will be dealt with during the surveys mentioned
  above (re. project objectives)
• Wide dissemination of the project outcome to the
  representatives of the population groups will
  facilitate their involvement

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Communication Activity
A podium for a democratic open dialogue, where
the project partners would have the opportunity
of promoting and demonstrating their own ideas,
thoughts and factual proposals always in
connection with the networks activities and
goals.

• Links and access ensured to
• social partners and other groups concerned
  (professional associations, labor unions,
  traveling citizens etc.)
• third parties such as other municipalities,
  metropolitan centers and local associations

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Communication Activity

• Development of a website hosted at the ASDA
  portal mirror sites created in the websites of
  the participants, where available a mini-site
  within the URBACT website to facilitate
  pan-European dissemination of the project
  outcome.
• Presentation and appraisal workshops
• Meetings between all partners concerned to
  evaluate successes, failures and future prospects
  of the policies and practices considered.
• A final convention to assess the conclusions
  achieved at all levels.
• Informational reports and a regular newsletter
• Wide diffusion of a manual where final
  conclusions will be summarized
• Wide diffusion of the CITUM Good Practice Guide
• Extensive coverage by the local media operating
  in all participating cities on the occasion of
  each separate meeting.
• All meeting proceedings that will be uploaded in
  the CITUM website and will be extensively
  promoted by all possible means (local media,
  posters, banners in parent websites and so forth

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Outputs Deliverables
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Outputs Deliverables
Technical documents
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Outputs Deliverables
Administrative reports
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Modus Operandi
PRIMARY TECHNICAL OUTCOME
Alexpoli
WORKING GROUPS
Catania
WG1
Czepel
Kalisz
Larnaca
Sevilla
WG2
Szekszard
Valladolid
Valletta
ASDA (Lead Partner)
WG3
WG4
STEERING GROUP
GUIDELINES APPROVALS
URBACT SECRETARIAT
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
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Role of the Lead Partner (ASDA)

• undertake the general planning and co-ordination
  of the CITUM project according to the principles
  and objectives of URBACT. This includes the
  preparation of working papers, reports and other
  project documentation.
• be responsible for the economic management of
  program and will report to the Secretariat of
  URBACT consequently.
• inform, in due time, the partners on their
  commitments and the course of programmed
  activities.
• deliver substantial know-how and skills,
  whenever required, to the partners as well as the
  administrative secretariat of URBACT.
• undertake the CITUM network website.
• organize the kick-off meeting and all the
  technical work of partners.
• manage the implementation of all foreseen
  activities and outputs, co-ordinate all partners
  and guarantee the correct financial management of
  EU-funds.
• set-up a financial management and accounting
  system according to the system used within the
  URBACT Programme to ensure that eligible project
  expenditure is correctly stated in the required
  financial reports.
• collect, analyse, evaluate and edit all relevant
  information from the partners and other
  institutions, draft and deliver all foreseen
  working papers, documents and reports.
• draft activity reports, gathering all
  information on the network activities.
• facilitate and oversee the activity, authorise
  expenditure on technical work and ensure that all
  material is placed on the web site.

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Role of the Project Partners

• provide the input required (resources, expertise,
  specific model approaches) for all network
  activities and participate at all foreseen
  partner meetings.
• provide their individual input in relation to the
  four identified network themes via the proposed
  thematic working groups according to the specific
  experience and interests of each.
• undertake all the administrative actions at the
  local level that emanate from the goals and the
  objectives of the CITUM network.
• attend all the work meetings planned.
• ensure wide publicity to the working meeting
  organized in each ones city putting
  simultaneously and the thematic fields in the
  local meetings of work.
• form local networks to include related
  institutions, public and private, that will
  reflect the local expression of problems of
  mobility.
• transfer the knowledge and experience acquired in
  the working meetings.
• appoint one local network manager, who will
  represent the city in the network during the
  whole project duration. He will be the sole
  contact person for the project management and
  co-ordination and he will assure that the input
  from his city is available and appropriate.

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Role of the Steering Group

• For important technical, strategic and financial
  decisions concerning the whole project a Steering
  Group with representatives of all partners should
  meet on a regular basis.
• The Steering Group will assure the strategic
  overview of the work program of the network
  (incl. concrete outputs) and monitor and control
  project finances.
• To monitor the project activities, the work
  plan, outputs and finances, all relevant basic
  documentation will be available to all partners.
• The partners will control and assess these
  issues and propose amendments and modifications,
  which will be normally done within the Steering
  Group.

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And now
thank you and
lets start working