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Public sector & NGOs 2006 / 3rd Place / Panevezys Municipality marketing and PR programm
1.
2. Panev÷žys city marketing program for the
year 2005-2007
CHALLENGE
Panevezys City Municipality decided to improve city’s image in substance. VRP | Hill & Knowlton has
won a competintion to prepare “Panevezys city marketing programme for the year 2005-2007”.
The ambitious objectives were raised for the new program of city’s image creating with the principal
target – to join the competition between other leading cities. The new image of Panevezys and the
chosen marketing actions had to attract more investments and EU financial support, to vouch the bigger
flow of tourists and the loyalty of Panevezys inhabitants to their home city. There was an important task:
not only to propose the city’s image creation strategy and tactics but also to assure efficiency of this
program.
It was evident that it will be more and more difficult to find and anchor city’s uniqueness in the regional
politics fight and for the city to become a centre of attraction. Vilnius, which has the best positions from
all Lithuanian cities, is widening it zone of influence with the dipolar project, Kaunas is also
strengthening its positions. Druskininkai is actively changing town face, Alytus prepares marketing plan.
And there is not only Panevezys witch pretends to become a centre of the Nordic region but also
Siauliai. Anyksciai has very good possibilities to become the cultural centre of region of Aukstaitija.
The surveys showed that until 2004 Lithuanian media had dedicated more attention to the criminal acts
in Panevezys then to positive city’s life phenomenon. The journalists and the general public associated
Panevezys with high criminality and in general viewed it as prospectless city. The image of Panevezys
as theatre and photography or other arts centre was declined and the stereotype of Lithuanian Chicago
were rather deeply positioned.
PROJECT DESCRIBTION
Seeking to find out about the city image among Panevezys inhabitants, its weak and strong aspects and
its perception by whole Lithuania inhabitants a sociological survey was carried out. Survey’s conclusion
showed that Panevezys city provokes rather negative associations for Lithuania citizens, but Panevezys
inhabitants them self are real patriots of their city.
According to this survey’s results and SWOT analysis we have created positioning composed from city’s
image definition, the slogan and the principal actions directions. The chosen position, which is The
Leader of Lithuanian regions, allows Panevezys to reveal the positive changes and still unvalued the
regional leadership. It is helpful to reflect for instance realistically one of lowest criminality indicators in
the country or x times more investments per capita then in Siauliai. The chosen positioning is also
helpful to reflect the forthcoming positive changes in the city and new projects in development (shopping
and entertainment centre Babilonas, construction of sports, entertainment and business centre, plans for
development of logistic centre and many more). This positioning is also helpful to reflect the results of
3. successful companies (Malsena, Panevezio keliai, Panevezio statybos trestas, Kalnapilio-Tauro group,
Linas, etc.).
We proposed to solidify the chosen status by developing of three main communication lines – leader of
the region(s), favourable business climate and rich public life.
The communication’s line The Regional Leader positions Panevezys in respect
to all Lithuania, formulates it uniqueness and competitive advantage in business,
logistics, tourism and living environment in comparison with other Lithuanian
cities. The objective to become the Lithuanian regions leader is ambitious and its
credibility depends directly on real economic and political changes that took place
in Panevezys but were poorly visible.
The line Favourable business climate shows Panevezys’ attraction for present
and future investors, for inhabitants of Panevezys or of all Lithuania who already
have or would like to start they own business. Panevezys is a good place for
business, a good place to work and live.
The line Rich public life shows a manifest attraction of the city (region) for the
tourists and inhabitants them self.
According to this positioning the slogan Panevezys. New direction was created and it develops all
above-mentioned Panevezys city image communication lines, expresses an emotionally attractive
ambition and detaches from negative image of the past.
For the development of all communication lines we proposed the concrete actions and distinguished
underlying activities. Seeking to assure an efficient implementing of the program we made an internal
communication analysis. According to the analysis results we offered the suggestions how to organise
the municipality’s work synchronizing all communication with the new image creating. The new city’s
positioning was presented to municipality’s heads and specialists, the recommendations for efficient
implementing of program were suggested.
The program included not only creative ideas, but also all structured actions of municipality having
impact on Panevezys image and foreseen till 2007. It involved the methods of communication with
media, propositions for e-communication, public actions and rituals, initiatives for promotion of
communities and business events, presentation of most important city development projects,
communication of festivals, initiatives for cooperation cities partners, advertisement actions, etc.
We proposed for instance to include the public communication “rituals”: to frame the club of famous
Panevezys people, to create a forum for meetings between the leaders of the city and the
representatives of groups of interests, to institute traditional city actions and events. The community
promoting initiatives as “2 percent for my city”, “safe neighbourhood”, “safe playgrounds” and similar
projects proposed by VRP Hill & Knowlton arouse interest and attention.
4. We created the theoretical base for the further municipality’s work, which will ensure the positioning of
city’s image. To maintain the homogeneity of the actions the logo supporting the city slogan and the
integral city-representing stile (souvenirs, info publications, website elements, etc.) were created; the
direction for the exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad was defined.
RESULTS
Lately performed sociological survey showed that inhabitants of Panevezys have felt more positive
changes in the city then other big cities’ inhabitants.
Leading the prepared marketing program, presentations of the city are arranged in different kinds of
international and national expositions: successful performance of Panevezys city in MIPIM 2005
Cannes, in international business exposition EXPO Aukstaitija, exhibition Miestas 2005 (City 2005). New
tourist routes are being planned; tourism information is structured and published. First time held forum of
investors have attracted participants from foreign embassies.
For the Panevezys city prepared marketing program became a part of integrated legal activities planning
document – strategic development plan of the city. It was achieved that the program became functional
and separately successfully developed document.
Police, members of tourism centres, academic, business community, artists and other members of city
community have involved into implementation of the program. Representative material of the qualitative
city was created. The program of city’s sociality encouragement has got big support. For instance, held
campaign “2% for yourself, for relatives, for the city”: people gave 2% of income tax to the city (in all 22
thousands LTL), which will be dedicated to install new video cameras for observation in the city. People
have actively participated in the project of “Safe neighbourhood”, contests of nicer environment. Special
attention is paid to the quality of city events organization, uniqueness of public actions – for example
events and festivals held in Panevezys got attention from Lithuanian media. For instance during
Christmas time held action of the largest sledges got almost the same attention as the event of
lightening up of the Christmas tree in Vilnius. Information about city events has changed its quality;
improvement programs with cities-partners are being prepared.
During the implementation of Panevezys city marketing program, changes of city image are noticed:
positive events and initiatives of the city get more attention from the media. Consequent activities of
Panevezys have inspired other cities competitors – Siauliai has also started to create city logo and
motto.
Formation of the image is a long lasting process. Other more clear changes will be showed after
repeated sociological surveys.