Title: Klaus Baldauf, City of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany * Board member of City Twins Association for cross-border cities
1Klaus Baldauf, City of Frankfurt (Oder),
Germany Board member of City Twins Association
for cross-border cities
- Overview
- Introduction - the speakers background
- City Twins Association strategy
- Overview of potential members of City
TwinsAssociation - Example Frankfurt (Oder) Slubice
- Working structures of FFO-Slubice Cross Border
Governance - From the Vision till the Local Action Plan
- Summary Conclusion
2Thats where I come from
GERMANY / POLAND
3European and University Twin City
- situated in the geographical heart of Europe
one hour from the german capital Berlin, about
two hours from the regional capitals Poznan
(600.000 inhabitants), Szczecin (400.000),
Dresden (500.000) and Wroclaw (700.000) - direct neighbours on both sides of the River
Oder - together about 80.000 inhabitants
- common university Viadrina Collegium Polonicum
with together about 7.000 students from about 80
countries
4City Twins Association
- Established in December 2006 as a result of the
City Twins Cooperation Network project (2004
2006) - Members and other city twins cooperating with the
association - Imatra - Svetogorsk (Finland - Russia)
- Narva - Ivangorod (Estonia - Russia)
- Frankfurt(Oder)-Slubice (Germany - Poland)
- Valka - Valga (Lithuania - Estonia)
- Görlitz - Zgorzelec (Germany - Poland)
- Tornio Haparanda (Finland - Sweden)
- Cieszyn - Cesky Tiesin (Poland-Czech Republic)
- in moment abstend
5City Twins Association strategy 2010-2020
- The vision
- By the year 2020 the City Twins Association
acting as an important and influential player for
the purpose of the balanced development of the
border areas. - The mission
- The mission of the City Twins Association is to
establish fruitful and stable cooperation between
its members to enhance sustainable and balanced
development of the border cities, thus
facilitating cross border cooperation in general. - Strategic aims
- The CTA is a stably developing organization with
increasing number of members and sufficient
financing resources to implement the CTA
activities. - 2. The CTA is the key player in the process of
the balanced development and cooperation between
border cities, first of all between the CTA
member cities - Main task represent the special interests of
City Twins
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6City Twins Association Main task represent the
interests of City Twins
- Remove the barriers to cross-border cooperation
between City Twins members for inhabitants and
administrations - Support of good neighborhood and variety of
cultures - Common protection of existence care
- Promote exchange of experiences, new ideas, views
and objectives - European partnership program also program for
citizens in Twin Cities Create a special program
for City Twins - Citizenship - Connecting people throughout Europe
- Common cultural programs
- Common sports teams within City-Twins
- Youth meetings Fit for life in border regions
- Support of common facilities Know-how transfer
7Common Youth Festival of City Twins 10/2005 in
Slubice
8Overview of potential members of City Twins
Association
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9Prepared measures FFO - Slubice
- Creation of cooperation structures between both
administrations - Strategy for the common development of both
cities - Define structures
- Fix priorities
- Common office
- Coordination of the cooperation
- Project development
- Common marketing
10Elements from our LAP (I) Working structures of
Cross Border Governance
Executive
Legislature
Lord Mayor of Frankfurt and Mayor of Slubice
(once a month)
Common City Council Assembly (1-2 times a year)
Leader level
Frankfurt-Slubice Steering Group (four times a
year)
Joint Committee (6 times a year)
Working groups (economic development, city
development and planning, education culture,
city marketing international cooperation) (once
a month)
Working level
Joint coordination team from both Administration
Departments for International Cooperation
Frankfurt-Slubice Competency and Cooperation
Center
Frankfurt-Slubice Future Conference 2020 (4-6
June 2009) Cross-Border Civil Society Conference
(once a year)
society
Communication platform www.frankfurt.slubice.pl
Common events City Hansa Celebrations (July),
cultural events Transvocale, Unithea, Oder Music
Festival
11 From the Vision till the Local Action Plan
- Future Conference (4th - 6th of June 2009) / 200
participants to create a common Vision - Cosmopolitan double city with German-Polish Flair
-gt a friendly and common citys centre,
connected via the river and the bridge - Double city with languages competence, the
children can learn the language of the neighbour
when they are 4 years old / in the kindergarten
We are on the both sides of the river Oder at
home! - gt Special education region Viadrina - Dynamic Double city, demographical development
with the - status quo at this moment, labor market and
investigations in the fields like innovative
technologies, education, culture, tourism,
Sport, etc. regadles on witch Oder-Side
provided new job - Young and family-friendly Double city
- Green Double city (local protection of nature/
climate and networking of green sysrems) - Double city of culture proud of regional
tradition, European Identity witch protection of
the cultural heritage - VISION
Strategic Aims Operational
objectives Actions /
Projects
12Elements from our LAP (II) Objectives and
projects
- 24 main strategic goals for 2010-2020 in seven
fields of development, f.e. - 1.2. Turning towards River Oder Revitalisation
and development of - areas located near the river as common
centre of both cities - 1.3. establishing Frankfurt-Slubice Competency
and Communication Center - 2.2. After primary school children are able to
communicate with peers - from the neighbour city in their language
- 4.1. Drafting and implementation of a joint city
and location marketing - strategy
- 14 projects for 2010-2013, f.e.
- 1.1.1. Frankfurt-Slubice Integrated Urban
Development Plan 2010-2020 (01.06.2010-31.05.2011)
- 2.1.2. Construction of a Polish-German
integrative kindergarten in Slubice and extension
of the Euro-Kindergarten in Frankfurt (2010-2012) - 4.2.2. Network for new small and middle sized
company settlement (2010-2012)
13 Summary and Future
- Establishing of competences communications
centre (point, agency, institution) - Common management of the governance
International cooperation, Marketing, Citys
planning, development of the youths and
cultural activities - Common vision brands policy for the European
double city - Networking of German-Polish competences
Euroregion Europe Direkt Consumers consulting Tourisms information Citizens informations service Common Citys marketing Exhibitions educationcentre German-Polish cooperation Exhibition of Oder Program for schools education institutions Borderland as a Experience Lab of the European Integration via exchange of knowledge
Cross-border cooperation of the new generation!
14Promotion examples European double city
Since 2008 common host's list of the tourism
association
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16Welcome to Frankfurt (Oder) Slubice !
- Thanks a lot for your attention!
- Dziekuje Panstwu za uwage!
- Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!
- Merci beaucoup pour votre attention!
17SWOT-analysis of the CTA
- Strengths
- Close connection and cooperation of border cities
governments and personal contacts of cities key
actors - Clearly defined aims, objectives and structure of
the CTA - Existence of the CTA bylaws, regulating the
activity of the association - Efficient and timely information exchange between
the CTA members - Visual symbolic, making the CTA recognizable
- Networking with strong cross-border associations
like MOT, Eixo Atlantico and AEBR - Skilled and qualified personnel within the CTA
members
- Weaknesses
- Small number of the CTA members
- Lack of PR activities
- Law publicity and insufficient awareness about
the association and its activities in the border
regions and Europe as a whole - Insufficient financing for implementation of the
activities - Association is not active enough to develop and
increase its activities - Lack of the clear strategy for the nearest years
- Low number of events, arranged for the purpose of
experience and best practices exchange among CTA
members - Lack of clear cooperation strategy with similar
associations
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18SWOT-analysis of the CTA
- Threads
- Other border cities could not be interested in
the membership - Projects, submitted by the CTA, might be not
approved by the Programmes - Low initiative of cross border citizens
- Sharp gap in the level of living of the border
cities citizens - Political and economic barriers for cross-border
cooperation - Unstable economic situation in Europe
- Economic crisis and therefore tough financial
situation in border cities members of the CTA - Different conditions and the ways of action on
social, health and safety matters in border
cities - Problems in the issues concerning free movement
of goods and labour force, especially on the
eastern border of the EU
- Opportunities
- European Union Policy, targeted to the
development of cooperation between the border
regions. - Existence of funds, financing the development of
cross-border cooperation. There are 52
cross-border co-operation Programmes along
internal EU borders and 13 transnational
co-operation Programmes. - The CTA is the only association in its kind in
the North East Europe no competitors - Opportunity of networking with similar
organizations in Europe and other countries
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