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1Project-Meeng in As, Italy CONTENTS Project Meeng Alpsee-Grnten
region: connuing the processOn the 27th and 28th of July,Final
Conference2the Local Development Agen- Alpine Space Mid-Term
Conferencecy Langhe Monferrato RoeroKnowledge Management3(LAMORO)
hosted in As (Italy) the 5thExcursus: Inter-municipal cooperaon in
BangladeshTransnaonal Project Meeng. At theChamber of Commerce,
Industry, Hand-cra$ and Agriculture, project partnersect
implementaon; the second halfwere invited to listen to the
progresses, was dedicated to evaluang singlerst results and next
steps of LAMOROs aspects of inter- municipal commer-pilot project,
as well as to exchange ex- cial locaon development. The
groupperiences about their own pilot acons. inte nsively discussed
the structureThe As University of Economy pre-of the Guidelines on
Inter-Municipalsented the analysis done in the indus-Commercial
Locaon Developmenttrial areas of Nizza Monferrato, Canelli, (CLD),
trying to redene and distrib-Workshop session SL2011and
Calamandrana (municipalies inute the wri"en contribuons amongnal
Publicaon to be published in theAs Province). A$erwards, experts
frompartners.rst half of 2012.Moncalieri municipality (Turin
Province) On the second day, partners dis-provided a presentaon on
their ter- cussed project acvies concerningritorial experience and
their strategy in the project evaluaon and adapta-developing a
polycentric se"lement in on method, the main acons andVad
industrial area through the cre- deliverables, and nancial
issuesaon of a consorum of enterprises. with regard to the
remaining monthsProject partners at presentaon sessionof the
project. Next acons will beSL2011dedicated above all to nalize the
COMUNIS publicaons with a view toThe project team then focused on
the the nal conference that will be heldimplementaon of the
disseminaonin Bolzano/Bozen, and to begin theand knowledge
management system, project evaluaon, ensuring the capi-assessing
the work accomplished so talizaon and the transferability offar and
the planned strategies to en-results through the intensicaon
ofConference Hall at the As Chamber of sure project sustainability.
The rstthe use of the COMUNIS knowledgeCommerce SL2011work day
ended with the presenta-management pla#orm (see arcleBoth days
oered the occasion to sumon of project promoon material, aKnowledge
Management by Fran-up project outputs and acvies and todiscussion
about the nal conference ois Parvex).carefully plan the next steps
unl theand an exchange of view about theprojects nal conference in
March 2012.contents and technical aspects of two Silvia LodatoThe
rst half of day one was dedicatedpublicaons: the Project Synthesis
Societ Consorle Langheto presenng the status of pilot proj-Booklet
and the Popular Scienc Fi- Monferrato Roero (LAMORO)Alpine Space
Programme - European Territorial Cooperaon 2007-2013 1
2. www.comunis.euThe Alpsee-Grnten region set to connue the
CLDCOMUNIS project despite Immenstadts abandonmentFinal
ConferenceThe town council of Immenstadt a targeted distribuon of
tasks at8-9 March 2012voted against the towns further regional
level, thus saving on me,commitment to a joint project of costs and
waste of territorial resources.How can the
inter-municipalcommercial locaon developmentcooperaon for
Commercial The four mayors of the German towns(CLD) within the
COMUNIS project. Locaon Development (CLD) of Blaichach, Burgberg,
Reenberg andNevertheless, the other municipalies be fostered? How
can munici- Sonthofen acknowledge Immenstadtsintend to connue this
CLD projectpalies analyze their strengths, right to make its own
decisions,intheAlpsee-Grntenregion.weaknesses,opportunies however,
they intend to connue theFollowing a joint informaon meengproject.
The mayors sll believe thatand threats with regard to in-addressed
to the local town councilster-municipal CLD? How canand dedicated
to illustrate the proposedmunicipalies maximize theirestablishment
of an inter-municipal strong points and minimizeassociaon, the town
councils agreed to their weak spots and realizedra a regulaon as
the next step forward a more sustainable land usetowards a joint
commercial locaonfor commercial development?development project in
the Alpsee-Which type of inter-municipalGrnten region. The town of
Immenstadt, Workshop in Alpsee-Grnten KS2011 CLD approach is
appropriate tohowever, voted against the proposal achieve these
goals?with 14 votes in favour and eight against. the joint
development of commercialThe COMUNIS project partners areas is the
right answer to the current have elaborated a methodolo-
challenges. In the future, inter-municipal gy for analyzing
inter-municipal commerciallocaondevelopment locaons and
organizaonal shall be based on quality, rather than structures, as
well as intra-ter- quanty; only shared and agreed aconritorial
framework condions can sustainably maintain jobs in the area. for
joint commercial locaon Stakeholders in this process also
sharedevelopment. They have been the opinion that these much
desireddeveloping guidelines for de- forms of CLD cooperaon need to
be vising and applying inter-mu-Mayors in Alpsee-Grnten region
KS2011 extended to the whole Southern part of nicipal CLD
strategies, adapted Oberallgu. For this reason, preliminary to the
challenges, condions,Immenstadts town council jused its and
potenals of mountain re-decision with the need to exploit thetalks
with the mayors of these municipalies are already under way unl
gions.potenal of the areas involved through the beginning of
autumn. By the end of The achieved results of theknowledge
transfer, and expressed the year, the crucial decision on
drawingproject will be presented andmistrust at the idea of a joint
regulaon. up a regulaon will have been taken. disseminated at its
Final Con-That is only partly understandable, asference, held on
March 8-9,the joint management of a commercialSandra Feuerstein
2012, at the European Acad-development area already involvesCity of
Sonthofenemy of Bolzano (Italy).COMUNIS at the Alpine Space
Programme Mid-Term ConferenceOn June 16-17, the Alpine Space Pro-
ond day was dedicated to three work- WS 3: Governance towards a
macrogramme (ASP) mid-term conference shops (WS) open to all
parcipants:regional strategy: How to start a part-took place at the
World Trade Center inWS 1: Themes and priories for the nership
approach bringing together allGrenoble, France. The COMUNIS
proj-next generaon of projects: Idenfytypes of actors, states and
regions, andect was represented at this forum by European and
alpine challenges and priorize specic issues from the eld?the
French partner Chamber of Com- turn them into parameters for
acons.The COMUNIS project is featured in themerce and Industry of
Lyon Dlga- The disncon is made between deliv- soon to be published
Alpine Space Pro-on de Tarare. More than 250 partnerserables and
results/outcomes.gramme event brochure. For furtherexchanged
experiences about the 25informaon see the programme web- WS 2:
Management for supporverunning projects. site:
hp://www.alpine-space.eu delivery condions: Key points wereDay one
focused on assessment/out- raised such as the harmonizaon andcomes
and perspecves of the pro-simplicaon of procedures within
theFlorine Goncetgramme and issues related to EuropeanAlpine Space
Programme and greater Chamber of Commercepolicies in the Alpine
region. The sec-synergy between projects.and Industry of LyonAlpine
Space Programme - European Territorial Cooperaon 2007-20132 3.
www.comunis.euKnowledge managementCOMUNIS implements a sustainable
developed, implemenng several in-Web 2.0 sites are o#en visited and
willsystem to manage knowledge devel-struments, as shown in the
enclosed therefore help a$ract a number of visi-oped within the
project. in a rst step, diagram. This system includes instru- tors
to both the project and the Alpinean inventory of available
instrumentsments implemented within the Alpine Space Programme
websites.was drawn up. These have been clas-Space programme, the
knowledgeThe system will lead COMUNIS to setsied according to their
specic con-management pla"orm of the Swiss up a dynamic process
connuing welltribuon to the spreading of knowl-regional policy
regiosuisse, as well as beyond the project duraon. Eachedge. A
system has been subsequently three worldwide Web 2.0 sites.
Thesepartner, therefore, needs to develop its own network of
relaons with ex- www.comunis.eu perts in the relevant countries.
This network, bringing together represen-www.alpine-space.eutaves
from the public sector, asso-Comunis ComunisRunning projects
ciaons, consultancy rms, as well asProject sheeton on
Wikipediatraining and research instutes shallregiosuisseAlpine
Spacenot only support the disseminaon ofon Linkedin the project
results, but also provide further value to them. For this rea-
www.regiosuisse.chson, special a$enon shall be paid
toregiosuissedocuments the network acvity coordinated by
baseknowledge managers and concerningComunisinter-municipal
cooperaon and Com- on Slidesharemercial Locaon Development. Franois
ParvexRegiosuisse on Linkedin Comunis on LinkedinSwiss Associaon
for Services toCOMUNIS Sustainable Knowledge Management FP
2011Regions and CommunesInter-municipal coopera!on towards economic
development in BangladeshInter-municipal cooperaon is an ar- an
intervening or direct policy towards However, a local territory can
prog-rangement for coping with dierent is- economic development
issues exceptress be$er when its government bod-sues that concern
more than one mu-for a very basic provision of support.ies and
other local public and privatenicipality. Many developed countries
As a result, they try to keep in contactorganizaons work well
together. Inlike Germany, Austria or Italy engagewith other public
or private organiza-Bangladesh, they also maintain coop-in this
approach having realized its ons which are involved in economic
eraon at dierent levels in variousbenets. This is not the case in
every related acvies. sectors. But it would be more eecvepart of
the world. For example in Ban- For instance, small- and
micro-entre- if they connued this process throughgladesh, a
developing country in South preneurship is a frequently used busi-a
dened policy or regulaon includ-Asia. Here, local urban government
ness form, e.g.in the sectors of poultry, ing rules for
accountability. In addi-bodies (Pourashavas) and local rural shery,
handicra#s, etc. A#er havingon, more autonomous power,
acvedevelopment bodies (union Parishad)fullled required training,
local entre-involvement of local stakeholders,are entrusted with a
large number of preneurs receive a certain amount ofoperave
collaboraon with dier-funcons and responsibilies. Munici-condional
grants provided by diverse ent instuons at the
inter-municipalpalies are involved in dierent inter-government or
non-government orga-level would help to take iniave to-municipal
acvies aimed at commu- nizaons. O#en, municipal responsible wards
cooperave economic devel-nity welfare, such as maintenance of
oversee such types of projects andopment acons taking into
accountroads, waste disposal, awareness rais- collaborate with the
afore-menoned regional resources and potenals.ing for be$er primary
health care, etc.organizaons as part of municipal de- Farha
ZakariaHowever, municipalies do not have velopment
acvies.Eurac-Research (Intern) COMUNIS aims at developing cooperave
strategies for inter-municipal Commercial Loca!on Development
(CLD). By fostering intra-territorial coopera!on, COMUNIS wants to
overcome individualisc a$empts of problem soluon on the level of
single municipalies. COMUNIS will provide broadly adaptable
guidelines to apply such strategies and oer praccal instru- ments
for assessing local and regional demand for the steering of CLD.
The project will result in a transnaonal knowledge management and
establish sustainable structures for managing CLD in the COMUNIS
pilot areas. The COMUNIS project is part of the European
Territorial Co- operaon and co-funded by the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) in the scope of the Alpine Space Programme.
It runs from July 2009 to June 2012.Alpine Space Programme -
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