Presentation by Emmanuel Moulin, head of the URBACT Secretariat

1. URBACT and the CASH Project
29 November 2012

2. « The URBACT method »
7000 persons involved in 54 Projects,
500 Cities in 28 Countries
 Sharing experience, learning, drawing lessons for « the
outside world »
 A strict balance between Comp and Conv partners
 Action-oriented: Local Action Plans
 Involving local stakeholders: URBACT Local Support Groups
 Involving Managing Authorities
 Permanent support to networks & community of work
(experts, Secretariat)
 A staged approach: networks created in 2 stages (6-month
Development phase)
URBACT programme Wednesday 7 November 2012 I Page 2

3. URBACT and Housing
from urban regeneration to housing and energy
Focus on urban regeneration:
CoNet: social cohesion in neighbourhoods
HerO: cultural heritage and urban development
RegGov: governance and urban regeneration
RE-BLOCK: integrated policy for high rise blocks
SURE: Socio-economic methods for urban regeneration
Focus on housing:
SUITE : social and urban inclusion through housing
HOPUS: good design for housing
Focus on finance:
CSI Europe: PPP and urban regeneration
Focus on energy:
CASH: social housing and energy
LINKS: energy efficiency and cultural heritage

4. Threats (CoT)
Demographic decline
Economic dvpt &
competitiveness
under pressure
Growing
social polarisation
Depletion of
natural ressources
Responses
6 URBACT
Workstreams
Workstream 1
Shrinking cities
Workstream 2
More jobs:
better cities
Workstream 3
Young people
and
social innovation
Workstream 4
Against
divided cities
Workstream 5
Motivating
mobility mindsets
Workstream 6
Building
energy efficiency

5. URBACT Workstream
Retrofitting our way out of the recession:
an integrated approach
How can retrofit demand and appeal be stimulated ?
To what extent can retrofit help tackling fuel poverty ?
How should user behaviour be dealt with ?
Which sustainable financial tools for retrofitting while
boosting economic activity ?
Investing in retrofitting or site redevelopment ?
How can retrofit contribute to cultural heritage ?

6. URBACT Conference
Copenhagen, 3-4 December 2012
CITIES of TOMORROW, ACTION NOW

7. … and drafting orientations for the future of
URBACT
 Strengthening Exchange and learning activities through
networking
 Developing capacity-building on integrated and
sustainable urban policies
 Reinforcing linkages with Cohesion Policy and its
instruments: for example Community Local Led
Development
 Consolidating capitalisation and dissemination of
knowledge and expertise

8. contact@urbact.eu
www.urbact.eu