Ongoing International Projects

    6. prosince 2018

     

    IPR Prague is pleased to participate in a number of European-funded projects, as well as other types of studies and analyses. 

     

    OECD

    The Governance of Land Use


    IPR Prague coordinated Prague's input into the OECD report entitled "The Governance of Land Use in the Czech Republic, the Case of Prague." This in-depth study examines land use and governance trends in Prague and the broader metropolitan area, including the formal elements of the planning system and broader governance arrangements such as rural-urban partnerships. It provides a number of valuable recommendations on how to make land use policies more flexible and more effective.
    The aim of these recommendations is to ensure the sustainable development of regional transportation and infrastructure, affordable housing and quality public amenities.


    You can read the full report here.


    OECD Study on Transport Policy

    IPR Prague is pleased to be participating in a new OECD analysis on the topic of transport policy. OECD experts came to Prague in November 2018 to interview local stakeholders about urban and regional transport needs. Their analysis will investigate into how better targeted investment and transport policies could improve access to jobs and services.

    The two days of interviews pinpointed some of the issues that Prague is facing, such as the high volumes of car traffic from the surrounding Central Bohemian Region entering Prague on a daily basis, a consequence of rapid suburbanization. On the other hand, Prague's system of public transport is an example of a good practice that it can share with other cities – both in the quality of its service and in the way it is operated through ROPID (Regional Organizer of Prague Integrated Transport). The other case studies being included in the analysis are Vancouver, Madrid and parts of Romania.

    TRIANGULUM

    Prague is a follower city in Triangulum, an interdisciplinary EU research project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission, whose goal is to demonstrate, disseminate and replicate solutions and frameworks for Europe’s future Smart Cities. Throughout the project, three Lighthouse Cities-- Stavanger (NO), Eindhoven (NL) and Manchester (UK) will serve as testbeds for innovative projects which focus on the topics of sustainable mobility, energy, and ICT and business solutions. The Follower Cites, Prague (CZ), Sabadell (ES) and Leipzig (DE), aim to develop and conduct smart solutions in order to replicate the Lighthouse Cities' solutions.
    This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement No. 646578.
    For more information, please visit Triangulum's website.

    UNALAB

    UNaLab is a project funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. The UNaLab consortium comprises 28 partners from 10 cities across Europe and beyond, including municipalities, research institutes, businesses and industry representatives. The UNaLab partner cities commit to addressing the challenges that cities around the world are facing today, by focusing on climate and water related issues, within an innovative and citizen-driven paradigm. With three demonstration cities, seven replication cities and several observers, the UNaLab project aims to develop smarter, more inclusive, more resilient and increasingly sustainable societies through innovative nature-based solutions (NBS).
    Prague as an observer city is represented in the project by IPR Prague, in collaboration with the Capital City of Prague. The project launched in June 2017 and will run until May 2022.
    This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 730052 Topic: SCC-2-2016-2017: Smart Cities and Communities Nature based solutions.
    For more information, please visit UNALAB's website.

    SPIMA
    The SPIMA project (Spatial Dynamics and Strategic Planning in Metropolitan Areas) is part of a targeted analysis managed by ESPON (European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion).
    ESPON conducts comprehensive spatial observations to generate studies about spatial developments. Targeted analysis projects like SPIMA aim to capture and provide perspectives of European policies to national development policy levels. Besides Prague, the cities of Oslo, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Zürich, Brno, Vienna, Terrassa and Turin participate in the SPIMA project.
    The main topic of the study is the functioning of spatial development in metropolitan areas. It examines how work in multi-level governance systems in metropolitan regions can be more collaborative, and how arrangements and agreements between participating stakeholders can best be made. The project is collecting information about the current state of spatial planning and policies in metropolitan areas, and it seeks to identify strategies and methods which support best practices at the metropolitan scale.
    The outcome will be recommendations for successful metropolitan development and a sound policy structure.
    For more information, please visit this webpage.

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