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13/09/2012
City Regeneration Teams In Belfast From Across Europe
Brownfield regeneration experts visiting from ten other European countries are rounding off their research trip with a plenary session in Belfast's City Hall this morning.
Their brownfield expertise led them to focus on key sites throughout the city where redevelopment is possible because there have already been buildings on the site.
They examined the northern fringe of the Gasworks, some vacant spaces in Belfast city centre, and the Springvale/Forth River development site.
The Brownfield Policy Improvement Task Force is an INTERREG IVC project, funded under the European Regional Development Fund, which aims to help cities improve policy development and the overall approach to regenerating brownfield sites through sharing of experiences and best practices in brownfield regeneration.
Belfast City Council has been leading the project, which covers cities and institutions from 11 countries across Europe, all of whom have also signed a 'Brownfield Pledge', which commits them to improving their brownfield regeneration policies.
And today's City Hall session will bring together teams from all the other cities involved.
These are Hajdú in Hungary, Oulu in Finland, Seville in Spain, Turin in Italy, Dresden and Leibniz in Germany, Vilnius in Lithuania, Ruda Slaska in Poland, Raumberg-Gumpenstein in Austria, and Dublin as well as Poland's Central Mining Institute and the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research.
Photo: The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Gavin Robinson, welcomes Ruta Matoniene from Vilnius and Matti Karhula from Oulu in Finland to the City Hall earlier this week.
(NE)
Their brownfield expertise led them to focus on key sites throughout the city where redevelopment is possible because there have already been buildings on the site.
They examined the northern fringe of the Gasworks, some vacant spaces in Belfast city centre, and the Springvale/Forth River development site.
The Brownfield Policy Improvement Task Force is an INTERREG IVC project, funded under the European Regional Development Fund, which aims to help cities improve policy development and the overall approach to regenerating brownfield sites through sharing of experiences and best practices in brownfield regeneration.
Belfast City Council has been leading the project, which covers cities and institutions from 11 countries across Europe, all of whom have also signed a 'Brownfield Pledge', which commits them to improving their brownfield regeneration policies.
And today's City Hall session will bring together teams from all the other cities involved.
These are Hajdú in Hungary, Oulu in Finland, Seville in Spain, Turin in Italy, Dresden and Leibniz in Germany, Vilnius in Lithuania, Ruda Slaska in Poland, Raumberg-Gumpenstein in Austria, and Dublin as well as Poland's Central Mining Institute and the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research.
Photo: The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Gavin Robinson, welcomes Ruta Matoniene from Vilnius and Matti Karhula from Oulu in Finland to the City Hall earlier this week.
(NE)
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