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Establishment & Development of innovative R&D Networks with Partners in the Baltic Sea Region
Bonn, November 24-26, 2014
INTECRE
Innovative Technologies for Multidimensional
Regional / Spatial Development
Christine Fürst1, Susanne Frank1, Marcin Spyra2, Jan Bondaruk3
1
Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
2 Dept. of Architecture, Opole University of Technology, Poland
3 Dept. of Water Protection, Central Mining Institute, Poland
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
Challenges in Europe
• Europe is particularly characterized by transboundary interactions:
• economic growth: investment decisions, job markets…
• resource supply and consumption: water, biofuels / energy, food…
• infrastructural development: traffic, energy, waste, water…
• ecological
trade-offs:
soil
functioning,
water
balance,
biodiversity…
• Socio-cultural, legal and economic conditions (gradients) vary widely
und are a prominent driver for imbalanced development trends in
different regions (migration, globalization)
• Spatial planning mechanisms are so far not adapted to coordinate
transboundary processes and to overcome potential risks (migration,
globalization issues)
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Challenges in Europe
adapted from Von Haaren et al., 2014
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Objectives
• Design a network of research, SME and outreach partners for
identifying (scoping) needs and opportunities to overcome the
weaknesses in cross-border planning and decision making processes
• Specifying R&D targets for how to improve / support better spatial
planning and strategic environmental assessment
• Developing a blue-print for analytical / modeling / evaluation
frameworks that provide improved support for adaptive transboundary
planning and resources management
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Building the platform
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Building the platform
• Collaboration along two cross-cutting R&D topics formulated in the
ELI (European Land-use Institute) development strategy,
(a) Instruments and technologies for supporting planning and
decision making and
(b) Instruments for adaptive system management
• Two research stages, (1) building a platform for strongly SMEoriented collaboration referring to the cross-cutting topics, (2)
establishment and further development of the platform and
project-based collaboration (Baltic Sea Programme, INTERREG
Europe, Central Europe, H2020)
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
Specifying research structure and targets
Stage 1 – building the platform
Stage 2 – developing the platform
 Initiation: awareness
raising at existing fora
(partner acquisition)
 Scoping: regional hottopics, practice demands &
collaboration opportunities
 Consolidation: conferences / workshops to set up
the partnership / network
 Screening: in-depth analysis funding programs
 Profiling: bi- and multilateral meetings, working
paper (profile)
 Sustaining: submission of
proposal(s); SSM; iterative
extension profile
 Expertise building: SSM
 Spreading: transfer at regional / international fora
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
Specifying research structure and targets
Stage 1 – building the platform
Stage 2 – developing the platform
 Initiation: awareness
 Scoping: regional hotSeptember
15-17-14
Katowice,
raising at existing fora • RegioResources 21,
topics,
practice
demands
& Pl
• IUFRO World Congress 05-11 October-14, SLC, USA
(partner acquisition)
collaboration opportunities
 Consolidation: conferences / workshops to set up
the partnership / network
 Profiling: bi- and multilateral meetings, working
paper (profile)
 Screening: in-depth analysis funding programs
 Sustaining: submission of
proposal(s); SSM; iterative
extension profile
 Expertise building: SSM
 Spreading: transfer at regional / international fora
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
Specifying research structure and targets
Stage 1 – building the platform
Stage 2 – developing the platform
 Initiation: awareness
raising at existing fora
(partner acquisition)
 Scoping: regional hottopics, practice demands &
collaboration opportunities
 Consolidation: conferences / workshops to set up
the partnership / network
 Screening: in-depth analysis funding programs
 Profiling: bi- and multilateral meetings, working
paper (profile)
 Sustaining: submission of
proposal(s); SSM; iterative
extension profile
 Expertise building: SSM
 Spreading: transfer at regional / international fora
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
 SoA documentation /
marketing: publications,
web, subject area CASES
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
Role of the partners
Central Mining Institute
Codematix GmbH
Polytechnica Opole
GAF AG
Silesian University of
Technology in Gliwice
Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences
University of Copenhagen
GALF
Research
partners
SME & outreach
partners
GDS GmbH
PiSolution GmbH
University of Bonn
Simosol Oy
University of Helsinki
VISDAT GmbH
University of Jena
University of Münster
University of Tartu
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Role of the partners
Stage 1
Initiation
Consolidation
Profiling
Expertise building
SoA documentation
Stage 2
Scoping
Screening
Sustaining
Spreading
SoA documentation
Research partners
SME & outreach partners
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Developing a blue-print
• Identification of available approaches for spatial modeling and
ecological-economic IA, regional development and planning in the
consortium, identification of expertise gaps => requested science
partners
• Testing availability and accessiblity of advanced technologies in
the consortium (spatial analysis, data integration and knowledge
management, visualization and decision support) => requested
technology partners
• Visioning a meta structure for integration that meets information
and support needs in practice => requested outreach partners
• Developing a model for access and maintenance of an integrative
platform / tool (box) that connects also to also different funding
mechanisms (research, business) => overall R&D blueprint
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How and where to implement?
• Screening of eligible funding opportunities led to preliminary
prioritization of applications in the following programs:
• H2020
• ISIB-03-2015 Unlocking the growth potential of rural areas
through enhanced governance and social innovation
• SC-5-07- 2015 More effective restoration of ecosystem in the
EU SCC-01-2015 Smart Cities and Communities solutions
integrating energy, transport, ICT sectors through lighthouse
(large scale demonstration - first of the kind) projects
• Baltic Sea Region 2014–2020 (BSR) (different thematic priorities)
• CENTRAL EUROPE 2014-2020 (spatial asymmetries)
• INTERREG - Priority Axis Environment and Resource Efficiency
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Summary and outlook
• Currently 18 partners (7 SME) in 6 Baltic countries (DE, DK, EE, FI,
PL,SE) for initializing the platform
=> widening to LT, LV; increase SME and outreach partners
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Summary and outlook
• Consolidation measures started with skype meetings and first ideas
for profiling are drafted (integrative framework)
• Expertise building will be main issue of 2015
• SoA documentation / marketing & transfer start soon with webpage
opening; first steps for a regional conference in EE already done
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…the challenge of
building THE right
solution…
Thanks for your attention!
PD Dr. Christine Fürst
PD Dr. Christine Fürst