“Empowering the Local for Enhancing Cohesion
and Spatial Justice in Europe”
Agenda
10:00 – 10:15 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME || Petri Kahila & James Scott, University of Eastern Finland
10:00 – 10:15 THE VOICES OF THE EU-LEVEL AND NATIONAL POLICY-MAKERS: THE MAIN CHALLENGES OF EU COHESION POLICY TODAY/POST-2020 || Karl-Heinz Lambertz (Parliament of the German-speaking Community, Belgium) & Peter Takacs (DG Regio, Territorial and urban development policy)
11:00 – 12:30 VOICES FROM THE RELOCAL RESEARCHERS
11:00-11:15 // “A drop in the sea or catalyst for change: diverse effects of the place-based approach in Europe” Judit Keller & Tünde Virág (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary)
11:15-11:30 // “The role of knowledge in place-based development: towards networks of deep learning” Thomas Borén & Peter Schmitt (Stockholm University)
11:30-11:45 // Questions and comments from the audience
11:45-12:00 // “An innovative scenario tool to assess spatial justice interventions” Simone Piras & Margaret Currie (The James Hutton Institute, Scotland)
12:00-12:15 // “Do ‘fair’ processes lead to ‘good’ outcomes? Assessing 22 local development actions across Europe” Sabine Weck (ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Germany) & Peter Schmitt (Stockholm University)
12:15-12:30 // Questions and comments from the audience
12:30-13:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30-14:20 VOICES OF THE LOCALITIES
13:30 – 14:00 // Videos from two RELOCAL case studies:
Strengthening Communities on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
Local Youth as Urban Development Actors, Germany
14:00 – 14:20 // Questions and discussion with local stakeholders
14:20-14:40 RELOCAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS || Sarolta Németh (RELOCAL, University of Eastern Finland)
14:40-15:10 INTERACTIVE BLOC – Q&A, COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
15:10-15:40 A POLYPHONIC CONCLUSION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? POLICY CONSIDERATIONS || Ali Madanipour (University of Newcastle), Eleftherios Stavropoulos (DG Regio, Territorial and Urban Development Policy) & Gilles Huchette (Euralens, France)
15:40-15:45 CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
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