Regenerare Urbana

Urban Regeneration in Romania

Improving the capacity of homeowners' associations and local municipalities in sustainable housing management and integrated urban planning

Closing Seminar
March 7, 2008, 11.00 – 13.00

Background

Urban regeneration is the revitalisation of urban areas in a cooperative effort by municipalities, homeowners and other stakeholders. Its aim is to improve the living conditions, increase the environmental and social quality, and strengthen the local economy. In Romania, urban regeneration will be one of the biggest challenges for the coming decades. Urban regeneration will be impossible without the involvement of homeowners and their organisations, and other stakeholders in civil society and in the local economy, particularly financiers and project developers.

This seminar presents and discusses the results of a capacity building project (2006/2008) on urban regeneration and housing management, coordinated by Woonbron and HAL-Habitat..

Agenda

10.45 – 11.00	Coffee and registration
11.00	Opening
11.00 – 11.30	Presentation of the projects results and the lessons learned	Dick Reinders, project leader Woonbron
11.30 – 11.45	Presentation of training programs on urban regeneration and housing management	Trainer and representative INA
11.45 – 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 – 12.30	Presentation lessons learned urban regeneration pilot projects Bucharest Sector 4 and 6	Ms Daniella Roman, City Hall Sector 6 Mr Sorin Solomon, City Hall Sector 4
12.30 – 13.00	Discussion on the next steps: Promoting urban regeneration in Romania	Mihai Mereuta, President HAL-Habitat, Dick Reinders

Summary of the project

The project objective is to increase the capacity of homeowners’ associations, their representatives and local municipalities in Romania in sustainable housing management and integrated urban planning.

Stichting WOONBRON is a large housing companies in the south west of the Netherlands. Its housing stock comprises some 50.000 dwellings in the Rotterdam region. The international transfer of Dutch knowledge experience in the housing sector to other countries, e.g. in Central and Eastern Europe is part of Woonbron’s mission. Woonbron co-operates in the project with the Municipality of Rotterdam and the Foundation Housing+. The Romanian partners are the national Homeowners’ Associations League HABITAT – Romania, the Civic Action Foundation Romania, and the National Institute for Public Administration

The following activities have been carried out in the period July 2006 – February 2008

Training programmes on urban regeneration and housing management for civil servants, housing managers and presidents of homeowners’ associations in cooperation with INA
Pilot projects on stakeholder participation in Bucharest Sector 4 and 6 in cooperation with working groups of local municipality
Study visits to the Netherlands on urban regeneration and housing management
International conference on urban regeneration in Bucharest
Dissemination of experiences and approaches in urban regeneration and housing management, including regional seminars for homeowners’ associations.

Matra Programme

The project has been kindly supported by the MATRA Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme promotes social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.

Venue and contact

Sphera Building Center
Str. Segent Nutu Ion, nr. 44, Sector 5, Bucuresti
Tel. / Fax.: 021 / 319.07.99
mihai.mereuta@habitaturban.ro