Hradec Králové and UmeåHradec Králové and Umeå

Experience with the RFSC

Hradec Králové and Umeå– RFSC Involvement

Strategic reasons, why join RFSC?

• Gain and share experience with strategic planning

• Integrated and simplified approach to monitoring sustainable urban development

• Multi-level governance

Practical reasons, why work with the RFSC

• Establish cooperation with relevant peer cities with

• Proven track record and results

• Similar urban challenges

• Continue success with other EU projects (M-Spice, URBACT)

Hradec Králové – Ambassador City

Peer Cities Network

• La Rochelle (France), Umea (Sweden), Hradec Králové (Czech Rep.)

• focus on the Monitoring tool of the RFSC

Main GoalMain Goal

• to share experience of using the RFSC tool

• emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of strategies, projects

• to gain knowledge useful for the further expansion of the RFSC in the Czech Republic

Hradec Králové – Testing Phase

Strategic objectives

• Stimulate job growth with maintainedsustainability

• Promote culture as investment and inspiration for a sustainable society,growth & global development

• Develop the knowledge city, with goodeducation and life-long learning

Spatial strategies for 200 000 inhabitants

• Five kilometer city— the dense city

• More city— vitalizing urban areas

• Investment in public spaces & parks

• Developed public transport and conversion of traffic

• High density in mixed developmentseducation and life-long learning

• Women & men shall have equal power to form society as well as their lives

• Sweden’s best public health by 2020.

• High density in mixed developments

• Everybody takes part. A sustainablecity can only be built together with itsinhabitants.