RFSC in practice. A toolkit for the integrated approach

The RFSC Conference 2013 - Towards a European Model of a Sustainable City, 9 October 2013, Brussels

Koos van Dijken, Pamela Mühlmann Lucjan Goczol, Richard Mühlmann

RFSC - The toolkit for the INTEGRATED APPROACH

The RFSC Conference 2013 - Towards a European Model of a Sustainable City, 9 October 2013, Brussels2

Introduction to the RFSCThe Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities

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Introduction to the RFSC

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A toolkit for cities• an interactive web-tool• facilitating the dialogue about sustainable

and integrated urban development– within cities– between cities– with local stakeholders– across sectors– at different political levels (local, regional, national,

European)– within different levels of governance


Benefits: better communication & results• about sustainable and integrated strategies and projects

• amongst and between different groups

• fostering integrated thinking and actions

• illustrate and explain decision-making processes

• compare the impact and results for different alternatives

• improve coordination and give reasons for the choices taken

• assessing progress over time

• building capacity in urban management


Three main sections of RFSC


3 main tools

Checklist to develop a sustainable urban development strategy

Check whether a strategy or project is developed in an integrated manner

Build a monitoring system to evaluate a strategy or project

Choose the tool that best fit your needs


The “core” of the 3 tools25 questions on sustainable urban development

• covering the European objectives and principles

• grouped by the 4 pillars of sustainability– economy– social affairs– environment– governance

• each question specified with sub-questions to go into details and to stimulate further debate


The RFSC City Regensburg, Germany


• Located in the German Federal State of Bavaria and capital of the Bavarian region “Upper Palatinate”

• Approximately 153,000 inhabitants

• High tech economy and UNESCO World Heritage site

Regensburg


• Part of the Old Town

• 6.2 hectare in size; more than 1,000 inhabitants

• Redevelopment area since 2011

• Flagship project of the Local Action Plan, URBACT project “HerO“

Obermuenster Quarter


Checking the Obermuenster Quarterwith the Integrated Approach Tool




The RFSC City Bytom, Poland


Bytom – what and where?

• Southern part of Poland • Silesian Region• 69,44 square km• 174 724 citizens • Founded in 1254• 15 km from the region capitol

Katowice• 25 km from the Katowice Airport


The Development Strategy of Bytom 2009-2020ASSUMPTIONS (2008)• The Development Strategy of Bytom is a fundamental form of addressing challenges of the

present-day civilization and problems that local communities have to face. • From one hand as a vision of the development of the city of Bytom, this strategy is agreed

upon together with local partners, from other hand the development strategy is a blueprint for establishing the rudiments of programming of future investments on the local level.

• The document was approved by City Council in May 2009. • The core of strategy are the five priorities (which means the area where the intervention

must be undertake) within the vision of developmentDOCUMENT REVIEW – COCNLUSIONS (2011-2012)• City of Bytom must concentrate on two main priorities areas which are rebuilding the

economic base and improvement of cities public spaces• Involving more partners in the process of implementation is required • Improving of monitoring and evaluation system is required


The Bytom Development Strategy has used the Integrated Approach Tool in the testing phase…



…and will be enriched by the Monitor your Progress Tool.


RFSC GOVERNANCE KEY RECOMENDED INDICATORS Value 2009 Value 2012 Action required

Latest approval or revision date of a master plan with an integrated vision for the city as a whole 2001 2009 Review

Percentage of local budget dedicated to Deprived Neighbourhoods Areas compared to global local budget - - Calculation

To what extent does your city promote the cooperation and /or coordination with other municipalities and/or other levels of government?

Case by case Regulary Keeping

To what extent do you evaluate the progress of your policies/strategies/projects and do you adapt them according to your findings?

Once Sometimes Implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system

More information: http://urbact.eu/fileadmin/Projects/LCFacil/outputs_media/Final_Brochure_online.pdf

NOTES To use any monitoring system you need have access to the data Thanks that you are able to describe your current situation (diagnose) If you establish sets of aims – you need to precise value at the beginning (where are you now) and at the end of implementation RFSC Monitoring tool can be helpful at the beginning to describe yours current situation and can be an inspiration to define your own indicators, related to the four integrated development pillars

http://urbact.eu/fileadmin/Projects/LCFacil/outputs_media/Final_Brochure_online.pdf


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RFSC in practice. A toolkit for the integrated approach