City of Karlsruhe External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit Spotlight Europe Karlsruhe Report on European Activities 2016 – 2018 Focus: Urban Mobility
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About this report
The European Union is inseparable from its cities. As already stated in the report of 2015, the European idea is lived, pushed forward and spread within the cities. Ever since the municipalities have politically gained in importance and with the Pact of Amsterdam, cities have become even more involved at EU level.
A fact of course, which also has an impact on this European report. Our newly created “European Magazine” sets its editorial focus on the “Urban Agenda for the EU” and urban mobility. The message is clear: Karlsruhe is taking over a leading role in Europe. Together with the Czech Republic and on behalf of many partners, the city is coordinating the “Partnership Urban Mobility”, strengthening cooperation across borders in practical terms.
At the same time, we are updating previous reports on European Activities with new information. For example regarding our twin cities, particularly our enhanced political relationship with Nancy, but also cultural projects within Europe. For instance, the “Europäische Kulturtage” (Festival for European Culture), an outstanding example whose organisers well capture the spirit with their trendsetting mottos, like in 2018: “Awakening, Upheaval: Equal Rights for All”.
Moreover, you will find up-to-date information on our increasingly important partnerships at the Upper Rhine: in the Eurodistrict PAMINA, with the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, in the Upper Rhine Conference and in the Trinational Metropolitan Region Upper Rhine. Additionally, neatly arranged charts and many photos illustrate the European message most impressively.
The relationship between Europe and Karlsruhe is becoming particularly apparent within this current publication. Considering the European elections in May, we have to ask ourselves: Which way do we want our Europe to go? For Karlsruhe, at the heart of the continent, this is a key issue. There are positive signals, for example thanks to the recently concluded Treaty of Aachen, which should also facilitate relations across national borders. On the other hand, there are questionable signs such as Brexit. But then Nottingham has been our twin city for 50 years now. All the more, and despite Brexit, we celebrate together!
Karlsruhe will continue to intensify its active part within and for Europe. At the beginning of 2019 I took over the
German section presidency of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). Coinciding with the German EU Council presidency in 2020, this new task is of central importance to me. And I will gladly repeat Dr Frank Mentrup myself: cities and Europe form an inseparable union. Mayor of Karlsruhe 4 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 5
Content EU Commissioner Corina Crețu on the “Urban Agenda for the EU” pp. 6 – 7 What is the “Urban Agenda”? pp. 8 – 9 What is the Partnership Urban Mobility? pp. 10 – 13 Urban Mobility Actions in Short pp. 14 – 15 pp. 5 – 27 1 Voices from the Partnership pp. 16 – 17 Cooperation with UITP pp. 18 – 19 EU-funded Projects Cooperation on an Equal Footing p. 20 pp. 28 – 37 2 EUROCITIES Mobility Forum p. 21 PAMINA – Action Plan for Mobility pp. 22 – 23 Main Line for Europe pp. 24 – 25 Twin Cities and Project Partnerships “regiomove“ pp. 26 – 27 pp. 38 – 48 3
Culture pp. 49 – 54 4
Networks and Representation of Interests pp. 55 – 63 5
Europe Competence pp. 64 – 67 6 1Urban Appendix Mobility pp. 69 – 73 6 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 7
An “Urban Agenda for the EU” – Working with and for the cities
The Urban Agenda for the EU came to fruition with the Pact EU Council Presidency in October 2018, one on security in Guest contribution by of Amsterdam in May 2016. It introduced an innovative public spaces and one on culture and cultural heritage in working method, whereby Member States, European cities, cities. Corina Cretu, the Commission and organisations join their efforts to Urban mobility is one of the key areas for sustainable urban provide, on an equal footing, solutions to specific urban EU Commissioner for development. It is of high importance for both citizens challenges. They concentrate on three pillars of EU policy- and businesses. The quality of the urban transport system Regional Policy making and implementation: Better Regulation, Better has a direct impact on the quality of people‘s life and the Funding and Better Knowledge. competiveness of economic actors. By 2050, four in five Europeans will live in urban areas1. An A „One stop-shop for cities“ pulls together all EU information Many cities, however, are struggling today to successfully increasingly urban Europe makes the development of cities for cities. Moreover, the platform „URBIS“ was set up address the negative effects arising from current mobility ever more important for the sustainable development of the under the Advisory Hub of the European Investment Bank, patterns, such as congestion, poor air quality, CO2 emissions European Union and the well-being of its citizens. to support cities in designing and delivering investments. or traffic accidents. On the international front, the Urban Agenda for the EU is Cities are important engines of the European economy, the Union‘s contribution to the United Nations New Urban To address these issues, the Partnership Urban Mobility fostering jobs, growth and competitiveness. Cities are Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. also confronted with challenges such as segregation, has brought together five Member States, eight cities, two regions, European institutions, several European city networks, unemployment and poverty. Therefore, they need to be In the first two years of the Urban Agenda for the EU, twelve as well as experts on issues like public transport, cycling and adequately involved in the conception and implementation of Partnerships covering key urban themes (jobs and skills in the walking to jointly develop an Action Plan for better and more European and national policies. Local authorities are often the local economy, urban poverty, climate adaptation or urban sustainable urban mobility. Under the lead of the City of closest contact point for citizens, so the idea of working with mobility) were established, involving over 80 cities. Two Karlsruhe and the Czech Republic, the partnership has made and for cities can only bring the EU closer to its citizens. additional Partnerships were established under the Austrian very good progress since its launch in 2017, and will shortly start implementing its Action Plan, with measures to promote safe cycling and walking, sustainable public transport and 1 United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects (2014) clean buses, new mobility services and innovation. Since the launch of the Urban Agenda, experience has clearly shown the strengths of tackling urban challenges together, in a partnership approach. By the end of 2019, the Commission is planning to carry out an assessment of the Urban Agenda for the EU, to assess its implementation and performance, and explore possible ways for improvement. This assessment More information on the “Urban Agenda will be pivotal for understanding where the opportunities for the EU” can be found at: and challenges of the Urban Agenda lie, in order to further increase its added value for cities. ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/urban-agenda
In its legislative proposal regarding Cohesion policy for the next funding period 2021 – 2027, the Commission has suggested streamlining the instruments on the urban strand Corina Cretu
by setting up a European Urban Initiative. This initiative will EU Commissioner for Regional Policy provide a coherent offer of services for all cities, in capacity- building, innovation and knowledge. It will also further Directorate General for Regional Policy support the implementation of the Urban Agenda. This is a and Urban Development recognition of the pivotal role cities are playing in the EU, and of their possibilities to contribute even more to shaping European Commission EU policies.
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WORKING TOGETHER FOR BETTER CITIES Cities in Europe 14 Action Plans
More than 70 percent of EU citizens already live in cities The aim of the Thematic Partnerships is to develop and urban agglomerations – and the number is rising. Action Plans in the three pillars of EU policy-making and Sustainable, future-oriented urban development policy thus implementation: better regulation, better funding, better plays an important role for Europe. Its success is of the utmost knowledge exchange. The Action Plans are aimed at more 85% importance for the economic, social and territorial cohesion effective implementation of existing EU policies, legislation of the EU and its citizens’ quality of life. At the same time, and instruments. The goal is not the creation of new rules. 70% ~70% ~70% more than 70 percent of European legislation is directly Rather, urban needs are to be given a higher priority in implemented in local communities. Therefore, a large part existing and new regulations. The aim is also to improve the of EU policy has a very concrete effect on the municipalities’ use of existing resources and to facilitate access to EU funding actions. opportunities. In short, EU requirements are to become “more urban-friendly”, more effective and more efficient. Pact of Amsterdam German participation in the “Urban Agenda” The impact of EU legislation at the local level can sometimes EU CITIZENS EU LEGISLATION JOBS EU GDP be contradictory and its implementation can be difficult. In Urban development policy is an important topic in Germany living in cities implemented by cities created in cities generated in cities order to counteract this, it is foreseen to involve cities already – at all levels. This is also acknowledged by the involvement in the development stage of strategies and EU regulations. of German ministries, cities and regions in the Thematic OBJECTIVES This approach makes it necessary to improve and structure Partnerships: Germany is represented here by the Federal cooperation with local authorities. The “Urban Agenda for Environment Ministry (BMU), the Federal Ministry of the the EU” takes this requirement into account. Its concrete Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat, BETTER REGULATION implementation was decided with the Pact of Amsterdam BMI), and the cities of Hamburg, Berlin, Duisburg, Bielefeld, THE COMMISSION WILL PLAY AN in 2016, at an informal meeting of EU ministers responsible Munich and Karlsruhe as well as the Stuttgart region. The BETTER FUNDING ACTIVE ROLE AND CONTINUE for urban affairs. Germany was represented by the Federal following topics are covered: FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION Environment Ministry (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, BETTER KNOWLEDGE Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit, BMU). Urban poverty OF THE URBAN AGENDA Digital transition 14 Thematic Partnerships Air quality Culture and cultural heritage Inclusion of migrants and refugees At the heart of the “Urban Agenda for the EU” is the 12 PRIORITY THEMES KEY PRINCIPLES Urban mobility establishment of strategic Thematic Partnerships in selected Sustainable land use and nature-based solutions PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ALREADY STARTED areas of urban life. The “Urban Agenda” was launched with Public procurement twelve Thematic Partnerships (see infographic), two more were added in late 2018: “Culture and Cultural Heritage” and “Security in Public Spaces”. The diversity and breadth of the themes underlines the complexity of the challenges cities INCLUSION OF AIR QUALITY URBAN POVERTY face. This is also reflected in the composition of the partners: HOUSING Further information on the MIGRANTS & REFUGEES cities and regions, the European Commission, the European Urban Agenda for the EU is available here: Multi-level Integrated Investment Bank and nation states as well as European Partnership Sustainable ec.europa.eu/futurium/en govern- working approach urban specialist organisations are all contributing their know-how. ance method development ec.europa.eu/info/departments/regional-and-urban- policy_en PUBLIC ENERGY TRANSITION SUTAINABLE USE DIGITAL TRANSITION OF LAND AND PROCUREMENT NATURE BASED The Pact of Amsterdam is available here: SOLUTIONS ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/policy/themes/ urban-development/agenda/pact-of-amsterdam.pdf
United Functional Urban-rural Cities of Nations urban linkages all sizes JOBS & SKILLS CIRCULAR CLIMATE URBAN goals areas IN LOCAL ECONOMY ECONOMY ADAPTATION MOBILITY
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Partnership “Urban Mobility” – Working together for the mobility of tomorrow
The Partnership “Urban Mobility” faces a particular challenge. Public transport and accessibility “Leipzig Charter and EU Urban Agenda” of the Federal Climate change, searching The European Commission has for many years approached Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research, to the sixth for fossil fuel alternatives almost all facets of transport planning and mobility with Public transport is a service of general interest – an National Cycling Congress of the Federal Ministry of Transport a view to better regulation (in particular in terms of indispensable part not only of our mobility and culture and Digital Infrastructure, to the short-distance mobility and other finite resources, environmental legislation), also prioritising financial resources but also of ecomobility, of “being mobile without a car”. congress of the Hessian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, and the sharing of knowledge between cities. Concerning the However, its appeal is measured by its accessibility, coverage Transport and Regional Development, and as keynote speaker advancing urbanisation, promotion of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, many European and connectivity. Only good accessibility and networking to the 24th International Conference on Urban Planning and and the crisis in public cities – especially the City of Karlsruhe – prioritise in favour of of urban-friendly and environmentally friendly modes of Regional Development in the Information Society (REAL CORP a sustainable transport network, to a greater extent than the transport can increase the acceptance of ecomobility, so that 2019). EU’s multi-annual financial framework (MFF) has done. The motorised individual traffic will decrease. budgets are examples of Strong political support is needed, particularly in the measures therefore reflect the focal points of the partners at implementation of projects and goals. Only in practice it developments that will the current time and do not claim to cover all transport issues. becomes clear that mobility is not just a technical solution but New mobility services and innovations also a task for society as a whole. shape transport and mobility Governance and planning developments across Europe. Mobility means individual freedom and autonomy but also entails a multitude of disadvantages for citizens and the Multi-level governance means partnership in the design and environment, such as nerve-wrecking traffic jams, lengthy The challenge lies in meeting the growing demand for implementation of different policies. This requires a holistic, parking searches and harmful emissions. One of the solutions individual mobility with a broad and interlinked repertoire of integrated concept of sustainable urban development. here is “Mobility as a Service”, which involves the use of measures and strategies, and at the same time in developing Administrative structures need to be linked to governance mobility offers as a service and the departure from motorised resilient mobility systems that are able to withstand structures at the scale of the upcoming challenges, this private transport. New mobility services such as ride-hailing unexpected disruptions and developments. includes planning and financing processes. Governance apps, car-sharing services and bike-sharing systems are systems are therefore a structuring element for all individual attracting a great deal of interest and will form an essential measures. part of the cities’ ecomobility offers in the future.
Active mobility and public space Win-win situation for the City of Karlsruhe
Cycling gets people moving and decongests our inner cities. Our commitment comes with the expectation of making City of Karlsruhe I In addition to stress and malnutrition, inadequate physical integrated urban development policy “urban-friendly” and Urban Planning Department activity is one of the most common causes of preventable convincing the European Commission of strengthening the diseases. Where an attractive design of streets and squares urban dimension of EU policy: better coordination of urban Prof Dr-Ing Anke invites physical activity, it can have a significant impact on the affairs within the Commission, the establishment of a one- Karmann-Woessner quality of life and the environment. Design affects the type of stop shop for urban affairs, and regular reporting to the use and mobility as well as the possible variety of activities in European Council. Karlsruhe as a lead project partner has a Head of Urban Planning public space. twofold advantage: It brings in its long-term experience in the Department development of innovative urban, regional and cross-border mobility concepts. At the same time, it communitcates the E-mail: experience gained in the exchanges to forums at a national anke.karmann-woessner@ and international level. This has earned us various invitations stpla.karlsruhe.de for contribution, notably to the second National Meeting 12 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 13
Partnership Urban Mobility – Actions At a glance 1. Strengthening multi-level governance 2. Advancing Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Vision 3. Evaluating best-practice examples in public transport accessibility Urban mobility of the 4. Scaling up of innovative and clean buses future must be geared 5. Developing guidelines for active mobility Priority Topics to people’s needs and infrastructure (cycling, walking) lifestyles: individual and 6. Promoting sustainable and Governance flexible, innovative and active mobility behaviour and planning multimodal, climate- 7. Reducing the variety of access conscious and affordable, regulations for vehicles to cities Active mobility as urban mobility 8. Exploring the introduction of new mobility services and the use of creates quality of life. 99. Creating a European support public space framework for innovation in the field of urban mobility Public transport and accessibility 1
New mobility offers and innovation Coordinators City of Karlsruhe: Partners across Europe Urban Planning 6 Umbrella organisations -year 4 and associations Department, CEMR (Council of 8 Cities External Relations Unit European Municipalities
and Regions) Bari (IT) duration Bielefeld (DE) Czech Republic: EUROCITIES Ministry of Regional Burgas (BG) Orientation3 period Implementation period European Cyclists‘ Gdynia (PL) 2017 2019 Policy Development Federation 2 POLIS Karlsruhe (DE) recommendations Action Plan period UITP Malmö (SE)
2018 Involve communities, Walk 21 Nijmegen (NL) cities and regions 23 Torres Vedras (PT) 2 European Institutions in planning EU’s 2 Regions EU Commission Multiannual Financial (GD Move, GD Regio) Skåne region (SE) Framework European Wallonia region (BE) Improve crossborder Investment Bank (EIB) 5 EU Member States mobility Finland Romania 2 Slovenia Czech Republic Cyprus 14 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 15
Partnership Urban Mobility – Actions in a nutshell Active modes of transport and the use of public space
Detailed information available at: Governance and planning ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/urban-mobility Action No. 5: Action No. 6: Developing guidelines for Promoting sustainable and active mobility infrastructure active mobility behaviour
Active mobility, such as walking and cycling, increases The Action focuses on factors and tasks that Action No. 1: Action No. 2: well-being and improves quality of life. There are are necessary and meaningful for promoting Reinforcing multi-level Reinforcing the uptake of Sustainable currently no common standards or recommendations sustainable and active mobility behaviour in the EU. at European level for designing safe, comfortable and cooperation and governance Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Specifically, best-practice examples of mobility plans attractive infrastructure for active mobility. The Action will in schools and in companies will be collected. In contribute to the development of European guidelines In future, cities will be increasingly involved in the addition, the Action will focus on actors who can The SUMP concept is a key element of EU policy to and encourage Member States to develop their own development and implementation of urban planning and trigger a change in citizens’ mobility behaviour. help cities develop and implement long-term urban guidelines on this basis. EU funding opportunities for transport policies. Only through the close cooperation of development strategies, transport and mobility active mobility are to be made more apparent to cities. Coordinated by: City of Gdynia (Poland) all levels (cities, regions, states, EU) can efficient solutions infrastructure and mobility services. The objective be found. The objective of the Action is to collect and of the Action is to promote the SUMP approach by Coordinated by: European Cyclists’ Federation, make visible successful examples of multi-level governance. revising existing guidelines, strengthening national European Commission (DG Move) Political recommendations are to be developed and frameworks and providing best-practice examples. decision-makers at all levels to be encouraged to improve cooperation in the multi-level political system. Coordinated by: European Commission Action No. 7: Action aims to increase transparency and to address (DG Regio, DG Move) the fragmentation of systems through non-binding Coordinated by: EUROCITIES, Council of European Reducing diversity of Urban guidelines. Relevant information is to be made Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) Access Regulations (UVAR) accessible to the public more easily, more effectively The growing number of environmental zones, congestion and increasingly in digital form. zones and other access regimes in the EU may lead to Coordinated by: European Commission (DG Move) growing confusion among citizens and businesses. The Public transport and accessibility New mobility services and innovation
Action No. 3: Action No. 4: Evaluating best-practice examples Scaling up innovative and clean buses in public transport accessibility Action No. 8: Action No. 9: Alternatively powered buses (e. g. by electricity or Exploring the deployment Creating a European framework for Local public transport is a core element of urban hydrogen) can offer significant benefits to urban infrastructure. The availability and accessibility of public areas by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, of New Mobility Services fostering urban mobility innovation transport systems to people is of central importance. air pollutants and noise. The Action will support the New Mobility Services, such as ride-hailing apps, car- The objective of the Action is to identify and evaluate market entry of clean buses through the Clean Buses sharing services and bike-sharing systems, are becoming It is often an administrative challenge for cities to best-practice examples of improved accessibility to public Deployment Initiative and EU funding, among others. part of the mobility offers of many European cities. The receive European funding for innovative projects. The transport; this includes the accessibility of public transport modalities are too strict and the funding programmes Coordinated by: European Commission (DG Move), UITP Action aims to explore the possibilities of integrating for pedestrians. Cities of comparable size should thus be these services to assist transport authorities in managing are not always tailored to new business models. enabled to compare their strategies and learn from each congestion, air quality challenges and a more sustainable The objective of the Action is to develop a position other. The Action contributes to the implementation of transport service development. paper on existing bottlenecks and possible solutions. the global Sustainable Development Goals by identifying The paper will be presented to the National Contact options for developing public transport (Goal 11.2). Coordinated by: POLIS Points and discussed at specialist conferences in order to raise awareness for the cities’ needs. Coordinated by: UITP, Walk21, City of Karlsruhe Coordinated by: City of Nijmegen (Netherlands) 16 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 17
Voices from the partnership
Karlsruhe, Germany Skåne Region, Sweden
Dr Frank Mentrup Mätta Ivarsson Mayor Chair of the Regional Development Committee “Skåne has ambitious mobility goals set for the “I fully support ‘The Urban Agenda for the EU’ as an future, and our challenges are shared by several initiative to give cities a powerful voice at EU level. European cities. The Partnership has addressed Cities play a decisive role in developing pragmatic Czech Republic important issues and pointed out key measures and future oriented solutions for the challenges which need to be taken into consideration by the ahead – and urban mobility is a key topic that David Koppitz EU.“ Deputy Minister for Regional Development strongly affects the daily life of European citizens. Finland The Partnership gives us the chance to position cities “Through our engagement as one of two Anne Berner as strategic partners for the future of Europe.“ coordinators of this 3-year “project” we have Minister of Transport and Communications gathered lots of new experience and learnt new “The world is changing rapidly. We are at the ways of approaching the EU, national and local beginning of a new, service-based era of transport. policies in terms of multi-level cooperation and Urban areas are leading the way in Mobility as a governance on the varied field of urban mobility Service. We as governments need to enable and that ranks among highest priorities of our cities. facilitate the process of digitalisation by introducing UITP In general the modern urban mobility should be appropriate legislation. The key element is how we focused on sustainable mobility, active modes of Cyprus handle the use of data.“ Mohamed Mezghani transport or new trends in mobility.“ Secretary General
Athena Aristotelous-Cleridou “UITP sees the Urban Agenda as a vital collective Diretor, Department of Town Planning and mechanism that will empower all levels of Housing, Ministry of Interior government to turn urban challenges into great “We will facilitate the dissemination and opportunities. Public transport makes cities what implementation, within the scope of its remit, of they are, connecting communities and creating the the Partnership’s deliverables, aiming to foster conditions for economies to flourish.“ the sustainability of our cities’ mobility and their Wallonia Region, Belgium POLIS prosperity within the European urban network.“ Carlo Di Antonio Karen Vancluysen Minister for Mobility, Secretary General Land Use Planning and Environment “Urban mobility is going through a paradigm “55% of Walloons live in urban regions; in a Europe shift that is both dynamic and exciting, but local wide trend to metropolisation, cities have a key role authorities at the same time need to address severe to play. Urban mobility must be at once more fluent, Bari, Italy societal challenges such as congestion, air pollution, green, secure and multimodal. The Partnership is and safety. Now is the time for city authorities to Gdynia, Poland a way to shape and promote solutions fitted for Antonio Decaro step up and create the kind of mobility ecosystem middle-sized cities, in close link with rural nearby Mayor and regulatory framework that favours healthy, clean and sustainable travel habits. POLIS is honoured Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spychala areas.“ “The Urban Agenda is a key tool for the future Deputy Mayor to be part of the Partnership for Urban Mobility as mobility in European cities. I consider the promotion a stakeholder and action leader for new mobility of sustainable mobility and the reinforcing of the “It’s an honour for Gdynia to participate in the services.“ Urban Agenda community that makes our cities multi-level cooperation as instruments that can make liveable and sustainable. Being one of the leaders our cities more liveable. Rethinking our cities in a in active mobility actions, we do our best to create new way will guarantee us a better future.“ more walkable and cyclable cities, at the same time benefiting from our PUM partners’ experience.“ 18 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 19
IT-TRANS Karlsruhe – Partners with potential A platform for high level political talks Karlsruhe and UITP (Union
There was agreement on the key role of cities in changing Internationale des Transports The IT-TRANS International the mobility behaviour of people and that it was important to provide appropriate services and infrastructures. Publics), the International Conference and Trade Fair for Association of Public Intelligent Public Transport The discussion was kicked off by representatives of the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Dutch Ministry Transport, are expanding Solutions in March 2018 of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The Netherlands had already made urban development a priority topic of their cooperation. As a provided a meeting platform its EU presidency in 2016. Germany plans to build on this the focus here is on easier access for all sections of the commitment in 2020 with a policy paper on sustainable urban world association with population to public transport and on the implementation of for the Urban Mobility development. the Global Sustainability Goals. 1,500 member companies Partnership’s political leaders. Subsequently, the partners agreed on a joint position paper Additional information: reaffirming the political will to support the “Urban Agenda in 96 countries, UITP is the ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/urban-mobility for the EU” and to implement the Mobility Action Plan. The project partners discussed how a more partnership-like only network that brings This was then forwarded by the two coordinators, the City cooperation between national ministries, regional authorities, of Karlsruhe and the Czech Republic, to EU Commissioners municipalities and the EU Commission might look like in together all public transport Reinforcing Karlsruhe as a trade fair location Violeta Bulc (Transport) and Corina Crețu (Regional Policy), future, the objective being to focus urban mobility on the and to selected members of European Parliament. stakeholders: transport concrete needs of people. Approaches to facilitating planning Partnering with the trade fair and congress corporation and financing processes for local and regional authorities During the official tour of the IT-TRANS Fair, the partners authorities and operators, “Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH” (KMK), UITP is a co- were also discussed. The introduction of new mobility services spoke to international and local companies about current IT host of IT-TRANS, the international conference and trade fair and their compatibility with public transport was another trends and innovations in public transport. scientific institutes, the public for intelligent solutions in public transport. topic. transport supply and services IT-TRANS is the industry’s leading event for discussing and industry. UITP is committed to developing digital solutions: account-based ticketing, on- demand travel, multi-modality, and Mobility as a Service advancing sustainable urban (MaaS) are discussed here with participants from around 65 countries. This successful cooperation between KMK and mobility worldwide. UITP started in 2008. Since then, IT-TRANS has been able to steadily expand its significance as a trade fair and innovation platform. Representation of interests and knowledge transfer with and for Additional information: Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe www.it-trans.org/en/
As members of UITP, the public transport companies “Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH” (VBK) and “Albtal- International visibility for Karlsruhe Verkehrs-Gesellschaft” (AVG) benefit from knowledge as a mobility location transfer within the network, from contact with other market participants and from direct access to innovations. VBK brings At the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Montreal in its expertise in numerous specialist committees and makes in 2017, the “TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH” (TRK) an input to the association’s work. In doing so, its focus is on presented itself with its research institutions and productive the global Sustainable Development Goals: for example, UITP companies as one of Europe’s most innovative and strongest was present when a two-system Karlsruhe tram set off on a locations for mobility. UITP training on autonomous driving, special trip to the UN Climate Conference 2017 in Bonn. scheduled for the beginning of April 2019 in Karlsruhe, kicks off the establishment of a regional UITP training centre in Additional information: the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion. In June 2019, TRK and its www.vbk.info (German) regional partners will attend the UITP transport summit in Stockholm as an exhibitor group.
Partnership “Urban Mobility” Additional information: www.technologieregion-karlsruhe.de/en/home.html As one of the most powerful project partners, UITP – together with VBK – leads on the topic of improving public transport:
Meeting of the political leaders of the Partnership Urban Mobility. Photo: KMK/Behrendt & Rausch 20 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 21
Cooperation on an equal footing – EUROCITIES Mobility Forum – Experiences from the thematic partnership Europe-wide networking of urban transport experts
specialists from the European Investment Bank, experts The “Urban Agenda” and from national and regional ministries of transport, European the thematic partnerships umbrella organisations and world associations. The expertise gathered here is enormous. At the same time, different The EUROCITIES Mobility Exchange of expertise on strike a new path to increase interests and expectations may clash: for one partner, the Karlsruhe mobility topics development of new mobility services is in the foreground, Forum brings together city the participation of cities while for others, cycling has priority. In addition, cities The Karlsruhe city and mobility often lack the experience of working closely with the EU and transport planners from in EU policy-making. Cities planners were actively involved in the and acting as powerful “lobbyists” of urban interests. The 140 major European cities. mobility forums in Münster, Lisbon, are to be heard by the “equal footing” in the partnership must first be demanded, Toulouse, Prague and Burgas. The developed and learned – by all partners. The focus is on the exchange topics of cycling, sustainable urban EU institutions, and local transport planning, multi-modality Bringing all this together and developing a common mind-set of information and expertise and new mobility services were at the interests and needs are to in a very short time – this is the special achievement of the forefront of this exchange. Cities were Partnership “Urban Mobility”. on current developments able to compare their own approaches be given more consideration with those of other cities, and in transport and urban at EU level. The “Urban new ideas were taken up. Through Firmly anchoring the new role of cities development policy, best- own contributions, such as speed Agenda” thus stands for a networking sessions and workshops The “Urban Agenda” has developed a great momentum. practice examples and EU beginning in 2017, the contents of the Partnership “Urban new, experimental approach Never before have cities received so much attention. Karlsruhe Mobility” were discussed and received feedback. is the only German city that has taken on the coordination projects. to cooperation in the multi- of a thematic partnership. Together with cities such as London, Vienna, Oslo and Amsterdam, Karlsruhe is proactively level governance system, Mobility is a key issue for the development of the city of the Europe-wide visibility for helping to shape the “Urban Agenda”. It is important now the Karlsruhe mobility profile for partnership on an equal to firmly anchor and develop a new role of cities in the future. Advancing innovative forms of environmentally friendly political dialogue at EU level. The experiment must evolve mobility is crucial for Karlsruhe as a livable and future- Active participation does not only increase our own expertise footing. into a recognised working method. Give cities a stronger oriented city. The challenges for cities in Europe are often very but also makes a concrete contribution to the Europe-wide voice! The City of Karlsruhe will continue to advocate for this similar. In many places, solutions are already being created visibility of Karlsruhe’s mobility profile. After all, Karlsruhe and contribute its experiences from the Partnership “Urban that can serve as models and be taken up by other cities. and the TechnologyRegion are a stronghold for practical An innovative and promising approach like this is not Mobility” at all levels. always easy to implement in the daily project work. The mobility solutions and high-quality research output in the thematic partnerships cooperate both horizontally across mobility sector. The EUROCITIES Mobility Forum is an ideal different policy areas and vertically across different areas of disseminator for this. In March 2019, Karlsruhe will host the responsibility. Different working cultures and approaches as forum: 120 experts from all over Europe will be exchanging well as communication in English are further challenges that views on “Reducing CO2 emissions in traffic” at the City require a high degree of professionalism and intercultural Hall for three days – and for the first time, Karlsruhe-based competence. City of Karlsruhe I companies will also be present. External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit Pooling expertise, individual Regina Hartig, LL.M. interests and expectations
Head of Department for European In concrete terms, the “Urban Mobility” project means that and International Affairs architects, environmental engineers, and city and transport City of Karlsruhe I Urban Planning Department planners of medium to large cities are brought together E-mail: [email protected] with mobility experts from the European Commission and Verena Wagner E-mail: [email protected]
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Action Plan Mobility of the EGTC Eurodistrict PAMINA: Cross-border mobility as a driving force for the region
With its Action Plan Reactivating the railway line Karlsruhe – Mobility PAMINA, the EGTC Rastatt – Haguenau – Saarbrücken
Eurodistrict PAMINA is The central project of the Action Plan is the reactivation of the Karlsruhe – Rastatt – Haguenau – Saarbrücken railway committed to an improved line, which follows the historic Nuremberg – Luxembourg line mobility offer and common and whose tracks and buildings have been preserved. The route crosses the bridge between Beinheim and Wintersdorf, spatial development across which was twice destroyed and rebuilt during the Second World War. Its reactivation is much more than just a symbol of borders. Franco-German friendship.
A rail link across the Rhine and across Northern Alsace The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) will sustainably advance the economic development of the Eurodistrict PAMINA has been developing and accompanying Eurodistrict PAMINA. It will connect important cities in the cross-border projects in the fields of transport, spatial region and provide a much-needed east-west connection planning, economy, social affairs, youth and culture for north of Strasbourg. The significance of the route is 30 years. The PAMINA region (Southern Palatinate, Middle supraregional, as it links the region in the heart of Europe Upper Rhine and Northern Alsace) is characterised above all to the most important European rail corridors. The European by a heterogeneous distribution of population density and Existing connections Commission has identified this “missing link” as in need for economic power. The majority of its 1.7 million inhabitants major action, offering a particularly high potential. For the live in the Baden region on the German side, where most reactivation, a feasibility study – funded by INTERREG V A of the business operations, especially transregionally and Upper Rhine – will be carried out in 2019/2020. This will not internationally significant companies, are located. Active sections only assess the reactivation of the railway line for its feasibility but also examine how to improve the wider transport network The fact that the cross-border economic area is already in the PAMINA region. Only then can the common vision of a closely networked is shown by the roughly 16,500 cross- multimodal cross-border mobility service be achieved. border commuters who travel to their workplaces – mostly Line to be reactivated from France to Germany – on a daily basis. On the German The City of Karlsruhe is a founding member of the Eurodistrict side, Karlsruhe, Rastatt and Landau are economically strong PAMINA and is represented on the board by Dr Frank cities. Northern Alsace has Haguenau, an emerging but Mentrup, Mayor of Karlsruhe. economically isolated, mid-size centre. However, due to a lack of mobility opportunities between France and Germany, the Eurodistrict PAMINA cannot reach its full potential. The existing cross-border mobility offer does not adequately meet A shared vision for a borderless region The Action Plan Mobility is not just a transport project, it today’s demands on the social, employment and economic is used by the partners as an instrument for joint spatial levels. With the Action Plan Mobility, the EGTC Eurodistrict development. After all, the economic development of the PAMINA has set itself the task of noticeably, sustainably and region also depends on good cross-border transport services. This concerns access to the cross-border labour and training permanently improving conditions for cross-border mobility A guest contribution by: and exchange in the PAMINA region. Territorial cohesion market and to local supplies, as well as cultural exchange. and cooperation is to be advanced across borders, living Projects such as the PAMINA Skills Alliance or the educational conditions are to be improved and the location strengthened. online game “The Globetrotter”, which gives school classes Nelly Sämann Adopted in 2016 by the 15 members of the Eurodistrict an impetus to meet their neighbours both virtually and Mobility, Spatial Planning, PAMINA, the Action Plan Mobility consists of approximately through mutual visits, closely depend on improved mobility. 20 short-, medium- and long-term transnational mobility Energy and Environment
projects. These involve rail, bus and bicycle traffic, a cross- EGTC Eurodistrict PAMINA border mobility platform and solutions for cross-border “Cross-border mobility is both E-mail: timetables and tickets. a prerequisite and the result of [email protected] successful cross-border cooperation.” 24 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 25
European cooperation on traffic corridors
Karlsruhe: Cooperation on the Rhine-Alpine Corridor European traffic hub The proximity to the Rhine means that Karlsruhe is located Karlsruhe lies at the intersection of two European midway on the TEN-T Rhine-Alpine Corridor between the transport corridors: North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The transalpine north- East-West: Main Line for Europe, south axis, often referred to as the “Rotterdam – Genoa” North-South: Rhine-Alpine Corridor. axis, comprises the economically most important waterway and the most important rail freight corridor in Europe. It The Rhine as the most important waterway in Europe, as connects some of the most economically dynamic regions of well as efficient railways and highways are a prerequisite for our continent. growth, prosperity and a positive future development. The City of Karlsruhe has found that other cities and regions along From the EU project CODE 24, an EGTC emerged in 2014, the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) are facing of which the City of Karlsruhe is a founding member. Here, similar opportunities and challenges in terms of transport 24 cities, regions and port authorities from the Netherlands, development. A joint quest for European solutions contributes Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy represent not only to greater sustainability but also to cohesion within common interests in the development of the Rhine-Alpine the European Union. Corridor. At the same time, knowledge is exchanged and new solutions for current problems are developed jointly, also within the framework of EU project work. Current EU-funded “Main Line for Europe” projects are working on Frankfurt Already in 1990, the City of Karlsruhe recognised that a the reduction of noise emissions by rail freight, reactivation of the rail link on which the Orient Express Rhine-Alpine better coordination of freight flows through Corridor used to connect Paris and Constantinople for European Stuttgart “smart terminals”, Rotterdam – high-speed traffic would form a first-class locational the decarbonisation of freight transport and, in particular, Genoa advantage. Together with other cities, it then founded the “Main Line for Europe” initiative, which has been working inland navigation, to improve rail infrastructure along the Paris – Bratislava/ better linking of long-distance traffic and city traffic Budapest axis ever since. The strategic alliance now in the hubs. Karlsruhe represents the interests of 24 cities, regions and chambers of commerce and industry in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. Chairman of the initiative is Karlsruhe’s Main Line Mayor Dr Frank Mentrup. The initiative’s office, which Felix Müller Strasbourg for Europe is based at the City of Karlsruhe, increases awareness Paris – Acting Director Bratislava/ and importance of the “Main Line”, which is part of the “Main Line for Europe” Initiative Budapest TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor, through press and public relations as well as network and lobbying work. The 24 c/o City of Karlsruhe Basel partners are, however, seeking even closer cooperation E-mail: [email protected] and are therefore examining the possible establishment of a European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC).
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regiomove – Seamless mobility for the Karlsruhe Region
The “regiomove” project were connected, so that you could reach your destination Following this vision, the Karlsruhe Transport Authority (KVV) “The “regiomove” project is as quickly and economically as possible? Without needing is currently evolving from a classic transport network into a the first step in creating a new to worry about train schedules, pick-up locations or multiple mobility platform. The regiomove project, which is funded brings together bus, train, customer accounts? with about €4.9 million by the State of Baden-Württemberg mobility experience for the region car and bike sharing in one and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), began and, above all, for the people.” in late 2017. Dr Frank Pagel, KVV, Project Manager “regiomove” app – for an attractive, Networked travel chain from a single source
future-oriented and The “regiomove” project will offer exactly this service. It Cooperation of administration, sustainable range of mobility. connects bus, train, car and bike sharing together in one app, economy and science The further expansion of the regiomove Ports is also set to both multimodally and intermodally. This means that you may continue. New modes of transport create new opportunities for connection, which also calls for the creation of additional use multiple modes of transport within one trip. This way, The project group is made up of a range of regional partners transfer points, where different modes are provided. An You may have been in this situation before: You need to even routs notes covered by public transport – the so-called from both public and private sector. The KVV is the project extensive network of Ports allows for better transport go somewhere, fast, and suddenly there’s a whole host first and last mile – can be integrated into the travel chain. coordinator. Other partners are the Regionalverband Mittlerer accessibility in rural areas, as it unlocks the potential of shared of choices to make: Should you go by car? Your own car? Here’s the best part from the user perspective: the entire Oberrhein (RVMO), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), mobility services. Considering the traffic situation your bicycle might be the travel chain, from travel information, to booking, to billing, is the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, the FZI Research
better option. Or perhaps a bike sharing would be better? covered by a single source. It is no longer necessary to register Center for Information Technology (FZI Forschungszentrum
But don’t you need to get an account for that? Maybe just with each mobility provider individually. A single registration Informatik), raumobil GmbH, the PTV Group, INIT GmbH, take the train. But which line? The multitude of mobility is sufficient to use all modes of transport available under the Stadtmobil CarSharing, the City of Karlsruhe and the Rastatt Communication as a factor of success options available to us currently come with their own set of “regiomove” portal. County. challenges. Wouldn’t it be nice if all available mobility services Regiomove is accompanied by its sister project “regiomove_ komm” under the direction of the RVMO. In this case, More than “just” an app “komm” stands for both “Kommunikation” (communication) as well as “Kommunen” (the municipalities of the region). Raising awareness for the offers and opportunities of regiomove is more than just an app: Connecting diverse “regiomove” will pave the way for its future success. As modes of transport also requires physical nodes, where project coordinator Maren Mayer de Groot emphasises: “The different modes of transport can be pooled and users may mobility transition begins in our minds.” switch between modes. These so-called “Ports” are another key element of the project. The regiomove partners are regiomove is accompanied by its sister project “regiomove_ conducting complex location analyses, taking into account komm”, which is managed by the RVMO. It coordinates the both the mobility demand as well as socio-demographic communications side of the project, with a special focus on conditions. The Ports are meant to improve the accessibility the municipalities of the Karlsruhe Region. Building awareness of mobility services within the KVV service area in the long- for the services and opportunities if regiomove is of crucial term. Over the course of the project, seven pilot ports will importance for future success. As project coordinator Maren be planned and implemented as living laboratories in order Mayer de Groot explains: “The shift to a more sustainably to demonstrate the connective potential of the app and Port mobility behaviour begins in our minds.” system.
Public transport, car and bike sharing as supporting pillars A guest contribution by:
Dr Frank Pagel The regiomove app will be launched in 2020, giving users access to intermodal travel including the public transport Project Manager “regiomove“ system, car sharing and bike sharing. From here, the service is Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund meant to grow: Once the basic legal and technical framework GmbH (KVV) is operational, further mobility services such as taxi or ride pooling services can be included. The objective is to provide E-mail: a real alternative to owning a private vehicle., environmental [email protected] benefits included.
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The City administration implements Projects of the City administration – Facts and figures pp. 29 – 30 EU-funded projects – Facts and figures The European Social Fund (ESF) p. 31 Benefits for the business location pp. 32 – 33 EU funding makes an important contribution to key urban Trinational port cooperation p. 34 issues and brings significant added value to the city Young people from Nottingham p. 35 administration. Between 2016 and 2018, a wide variety of support programmes were used, in cooperation with Projects with Filmboard and ZKM pp. 36 – 37 numerous partners in Karlsruhe, the region and the entire EU.
What does a “popcorn bike” have to do with the EU? In The projects contribute to many topics that are strategically this specific case, it is about an EU-funded project that uses important for the City of Karlsruhe, especially with regard to hands-on activities in Karlsruhe’s neighborhoods to create social cohesion and education. momentum for climate protection. This goes to show that many innovative ideas and projects in the city and region can be EU-funded.
Between 2016 and 2018 alone, 47 projects were Bezug zu strategischen Themenfeldern implemented by or in cooperation with the municipality of Connection with strategic topics Karlsruhe. Nine different EU funding programmes were used, Number of EU projects 2016 to 2018 most notably the European Social Fund (ESF). Anzahl EU-Projekte 2016 bis 2018
2 2 3
4 Use of different EU programmes Number of EU-funded projects 2016 to 2018 21 Nutzung verschiedener EU-Programme Anzahl EU-geförderte Projekte 2016 bis 2018 7 ESFESF | Soziales| Social 17* ERDFEFRE | |Regional Regionalentwicklung development 6 KREATIVESCREATIVE EUROPE EUROPA | |Culture Kultur 5 8 Erasmus+Erasmus+ | Education, | Bildung, sportsSport 5 INTERREGINTERREG A |A Upper | Oberrhein Rhine 5 Umwelt,Environment, Klimaschutz climate protection und Stadtgrün and city green HORIZONTHORIZONT 2020 | Research 2020 |… 3 Sport,Sports, Freizeit leisure andund health Gesundheit RegionaleRegional and und supraregional überregionale cooperation Kooperation INTERREGINTERREG BB || TransnationalTransnational 2 MobilitätMobility CEF | Trans-EuropeanCEF | Transeuropäische… Networks 2 WirtschaftEconomy and und work Arbeit AMIF | Integration AMIF | Integration 1 KulturCulture 2EU-funded IUCIUC | |Internationale International Koop.coop. 1 SozialerSocial cohesion Zusammenhalt and education und Bildung * From these, regional ESF funds are forwarded to nine Projects projects in Karlsruhe. 30 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 31
The European Social Fund (ESF) in Karlsruhe – A success story
Almost half of the projects are being implemented with What’s next with European funding? How does the ESF work in Karlsruhe? What difference does it make? partners from cross-border and European areas, especially Who should receive it and for which in the field of culture. These cooperations are an important Innovative pilot projects are made possible – without EU Since 2000, the City of Karlsruhe has been responsible for impetus for the long-term development and expansion of projects? funds, they would not have been implemented. part of Baden-Württemberg’s ESF funds. Under the auspices contacts and networks (see appendix “Overview of EU-funded These issues are currently being discussed by the governments of the City of Karlsruhe, social and economic representatives, Networks are strengthened and new ways of cooperation projects of the municipality 2016 – 2018”). of the EU Member States, the European Commission and the municipal employees, schools and labour market players meet are tested – so that target groups can be better reached European Parliament. Brexit will reduce the financial scope at regularly in the “Working Group ESF and Local Employment and supported. the European level, so that cuts must be expected. Programme”. Each year, €440,000 in ESF funds are distributed directly to innovative local projects, thus perfectly Karlsruhe projects are honoured – the successful project What this means for Karlsruhe, is not yet foreseeable. complementing municipality measures. “Social Garden”, built with ESF funding, received a prize The municipality is committed to ensuring that EU funds in the special competition “Social Nature” in 2018 as part can continue to be used in the city and region in the of the UN Decade: EU projects in cooperation with future. In particular with regard to the European Social Which projects are funded? www.undekade-biologischevielfalt.de/projekte/ European countries Fund (ESF), the City’s Employment Promotion Office EU-Projekte in Kooperation mit aktuelle-projekte-beitraege/detail/projekt-details/show/ Number of projects 2016 to 2018 (Arbeitsförderungsbetriebe, AFB), in collaboration with the europäischen Ländern Wettbewerb/1971/ (German) (min. 3 projects) External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit (Stabsstelle The “regional ESF” deals with long-term unemployment, early Anzahl Projekte 2016 bis 2018 (ab 3 Projekte) Aussenbeziehungen und Strategisches Marketing, SAM), are school leaving and the training capabilities of young people. working hard to maintain this strategically important support. The ESF in Karlsruhe funds, for example: FrankreichFrance 13 Easier funding rules and a more needs-oriented approach are also being discussed. These and other demands are 20 hard-to-reach young people between the ages of BelgiumBelgien 5 being introduced by the municipality through the Städtetag 16 and 25 who have no access to education, training, employment promotion or work – the City’s Employment Großbritanni…UK 5 (Association of Cities and Towns) Baden-Württemberg, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and Promotion Office (Arbeitsförderungsbetriebe, AFB) and the SpanienSpain 5 the EUROCITIES city network (see also articles on p. 63 and youth aid organisation “Verein für Jugendhilfe Karlsruhe” p. 67). motivate them to develop and implement personal plans NetherlandsNiederlande 4 in the project “Geht was?!” (What’s up?), allowing them to participate in the regular job market again. Funding ÖsterreichAustria 4 comes from the ESF and the Jobcenter of the City of Karlsruhe. RumänienRomania 4 More information: SlovenienSlovenia 4 www.afb-karlsruhe.de/de/jugendliche-schueler-azubis/ geht-was.html (German) HungaryUngarn 4 Young refugees and migrants without knowledge of DänemarkDenmark 3 German – in the school-supplementing project for refugees and migrants SCHEFF (SCHulErgänzende Participants in the SCHEFF project. Finland 3 Förderung von Flüchtlingen und Migranten) they receive Photo: Internationaler Bund/International Confederation individual support in German, mathematics and vocational ItalienItaly 3 City of Karlsruhe | orientation. This enables them to obtain a school diploma External Relations and start an apprenticeship. PolandPolen 3 and Strategic Marketing Unit More information:
https://internationaler-bund.org/en/ SchwedenSweden 3 Frederike Gross
Young, mainly single parents with children under three SwitzerlandSchweiz 3 EU Funding Coordinator years – the project BOBiE (Berufliche Orientierung und AFB-Arbeitsförderungsbetriebe gGmbH SlowakeiSlovakia 3 E-mail: Beratung in Elternzeit) offers counselling on how to [email protected] balance work and family life, on childcare, provides job Peter Dressler SonstigeOthers 15 application coaching and develops realistic perspectives for participants. ESF Office of the City of Karlsruhe More information: E-mail: www.cjd-rhein-pfalz-nordbaden.de/angebote/esf- [email protected] gefoerderte-angebote/bobie-berufliche-orientierung-und- beratung-in-elternzeit/ (German) 32 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 33
The EU supports Karlsruhe’s business location and its international networking
Bringing innovations directly CyberLab – An impetus market. The EU-funded project (INTERREG V A Upper Rhine) is During a delegation trip in November 2018, a joint action plan for start-up promotion coordinated by the Eurodistrict PAMINA. As one of the project was defined, and concrete projects were agreed in the area of partners, the Karlsruhe Economic Development Department “non-motorised traffic” and in the implementation of a bike- from universities into advertises the project locally. sharing system. The “IT Accelerator” CyberLab of the State of Baden- companies, offering start- Württemberg offers tailor-made support to start-ups: With More information: More information: the help of EU funds (European Social Fund (ESF) and ERDF) ups optimal development www.eurodistrict-pamina.eu/de/fachkraefteallianz-pamina. www.india-karlsruhe.com/index.php/2-uncategorised/453-city- as well as municipal subsidies, CyberForum offers prospective html (French and German) to-city-pairing-between-nagpur-and-karlsruhe (German) founders all-round support – in the form of advisory vouchers, opportunities and sharing premises and a mentoring programme. This includes access knowledge, also beyond to companies and the CyberForum business angel network. After just three years, more than 400 jobs have already been A partnership for sustainable urban Europe, on topics such created. development between Karlsruhe and as sustainable urban Nagpur in India City of Karlsruhe | More information: Economic Development Department development. www.cyberlab-karlsruhe.de/en/ Karlsruhe continues to strengthen its cooperation with India: Michael Kaiser in May 2018, a partnership agreement was signed with the City of Nagpur. This City-to-City Pairing project is supported Head of Economic Development Department Supported by EU funds, the Karlsruhe Economic Development Smart Production Park – Making by the EU to advance international exchange of experience Department, together with partners, implements various groundbreaking ideas for Industry 4.0 on sustainable urban development. Specifically, it deals with E-mail: [email protected] concrete measures and projects. The objective is to create solutions in the areas of mobility and intelligent technologies. synergies for a sustainable, future-oriented business products and services successful and science location as well as for strong international cooperation. Karlsruhe has the best prerequisites for Industry 4.0 key technologies both on the corporate side and in the higher education sector – and thus also for high-tech start-ups in Technology transfer from Karlsruhe – intelligent and networked production. This is exactly where Turning innovation from universities into the overall concept Smart Production Park, developed by the Karlsruhe Economic Development Department, comes concrete application into play. In the planned Smart Production Lab, start-ups at the interface between production and digitisation are Since 2015, the Karlsruhe Economic Development Department to be specifically promoted. This first stage of expansion and Chamber of Trades have been working closely together will be financed with ERDF, while the City of Karlsruhe will to help small- and medium-sized enterprises innovate. cover the other half of the investment costs. The concept is Specifically, this means: technology transfer managers bring implemented by the funding recipient CyberForum. companies together with universities and research institutions to initiate projects and cooperations. This allows current More information: scientific knowledge and technologies to flow into the presse.karlsruhe.de/db/stadtzeitung/jahr2018/woche31/ development of new products, processes and services. The wirtschaft_fordermittel_fur_smart_production_lab.html objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of companies in (German) the long term. This cooperation, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), is unique in Baden- Württemberg and has been extended until 2021. Towards a cross-border job market –
More information: PAMINA Skills Alliance www.technologietransfer-aus-karlsruhe.de (German) As part of a mentoring programme, German executives are supporting jobseekers from Northern Alsace. At the end of the process, ideally, there will be a job for the mentee, and the mentor will improve his image in the employment and job
In the IT accelerator CyberLab of the State of Baden-Württemberg, start-ups from the IT and high-tech sector receive tailor-made funding. Photo: Christian Ernst 34 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 35
Trinational port cooperation on the Young people from Karlsruhe and Upper Rhine – Unique in the EU Nottingham being creative together
Weil am Rhein and Colmar/Neuf-Brisach were all involved. How can a cooperation Particular attention was given to the requirements of users How can the EU’s value such as terminal operators, inland navigation companies and on the Rhine – one of the shipping companies. be conveyed to teenagers busiest waterways – be and young adults? For Cooperation will become even closer, since a follow-up improved? How can inland project in the cross-border INTERREG Upper Rhine programme five years, young students is already in preparation. navigation be strengthened from Nottingham were EU Programme: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as a reliable alternative in Project management: RheinPorts Basel-Mulhouse-Weil able to gain unforgettable am Rhein the transport system? Municipal sponsor: KVVH GmbH, GB Rheinhäfen experiences in their German Duration: July 2014 – June 2018 twin city. The ports on the Upper Rhine in France, Germany and Total project volume: €1,985,000 Switzerland are proud of their long-standing cooperation. EU funding amount | Rhine ports: €144,000 The fact that inland navigation benefits greatly from this has Internet: www.upper-rhine-ports.eu/de (French and German) Yasmeen: “My confidence has improved by working with meanwhile become known throughout Europe. The nine new people and trying out new things.” (Internship with participating ports are currently building up a digital port stone sculptor) infrastructure and have thus taken on a pioneering role in Europe. Imogen: “It (the stay in Karlsruhe) has shown me that I Rhine ports of Karlsruhe am capable of dealing with learning and working abroad.”
In June 2018, the EU-funded project “Upper Rhine Traffic (Internship in a tailoring company) Management Platform” was successfully completed after Jens-Jochen Roth Students from Karlsruhe and Nottingham outside the portal of the Carl Hofer three years. Its aim was the development and introduction Project management Rhine ports of Karlsruhe Joe: “I have gained more knowledge and learned more School. Photo: Ernst Wolfsperger of an electronic traffic management system to handle skills than I would ever have imagined!” (Internship in an container traffic efficiently. The ports of Karlsruhe, Mannheim, E-mail: [email protected] architect’s office) Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kehl, Strasbourg, Basel-Mulhouse- Thus commented enthusiastic participants of the scholarship EU Programme: LEONARDO DA VINCI / ERASMUS+ programme “Creative Enterprise Scholarship” from Karlsruhe’s Project management: Central College Nottingham twin city of Nottingham. Between 2013 and 2017, around (now: Nottingham College) fifteen students annually from Nottingham’s Central College Municipal sponsor: Cultural Office of the City of Karlsruhe visited Karlsruhe’s Carl Hofer School. (and Carl Hofer School) Duration: 2013 – 2017 After a college-internal competition and a subsequent Internet: nottinghamlocalnews.com/local-students-working-in- German course, the youth group and their teachers set off. germanys-creative-industries/ They left to discover Karlsruhe for two weeks, to make new contacts, to try themselves out. In short: to live and work. Joint workshops with classes from the Carl Hofer School were followed by short internships in the creative field. As proof of their work experience, the students received a EuroPass City of Karlsruhe | Mobility Certificate. Cultural Department/Cultural Office Angelika Schmidt The Cultural Office of the City of Karlsruhe played a key role in shaping this exchange over the years and, above all, International Cultural Work/ enabled contact with local creative companies. Due to the Cultural Contacts with Twin Cities uncertainties over the Brexit negotiations, the project has been suspended for the time being – a big loss for the young E-mail: [email protected] people of coming years.
Port directors on the occasion of the closing event on the MS Karlsruhe in June 2018. Photo: SUT/Nutsch 36 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 37
New ways of bringing art “Film am Oberrhein” – Space for and culture to people: creative cross-border initiatives! the pilot project “smARTplaces”
The “Musician Expert of Modern Music” (MEMM) project With the INTERREG project in particular will work closely with the Independent Days “Film am Oberrhein”, twenty | International Filmfest Karlsruhe. In this context, a cross- How can cultural institutions border bachelor’s degree programme with a focus on film partners from the film and composition is to be created. The project is being developed become smart places for with Filmboard Karlsruhe and other European audiovisual media industry and international partners. experiencing art? How in the Upper Rhine region The main partners of the initiative are the Eurométropole to promote audience Strasbourg, the Media and Film Society of Baden- are intensifying their cross- Württemberg, the Région Grand Est, the Swiss Association development? for Film and Media Art Balimage and the FilmCommissions border cooperation. Nordbaden and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. For Karlsruhe,
Filmboard is the responsible partner. The increasingly digitally networked world offers great opportunities for cultural institutions: they can better tailor Since the beginning of 2018, the project has been working EU programme: INTERREG V Upper Rhine their offers to the needs and desires of their audience. At the on building a new network in the film and audiovisual Project management: Région Grand Est same time, they can appeal to new groups of visitors. media industry in the Upper Rhine region (France, Germany, Municipal sponsor: Cultural Office of the City of Karlsruhe Innovative digital offers from the EU project smARTplaces. Photo: ZKM/Felix Switzerland). It aims to make the industry more dynamic, to The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), together with nine other Grünschloss increase its recognition, to stimulate new cooperations and to (via Filmboard Karlsruhe e. V.) cultural institutions from all over Europe, is developing new pool resources. An action plan includes numerous measures Duration 2018 – 2020 strategies for art and cultural education in this large-scale EU for industry professionals, students and teachers, such as Internet: www.interreg-oberrhein.eu/actualites/13-april-2018- project until 2020. Its main objective is the development of EU programme: Creative Europe workshops, Educ’Tours and expert meetings, also with a focus offizieller-auftakt-des-projekts-film-am-oberrhein/ new visitor groups through innovative digital offers. Project management: Dortmunder U on sustainable film production or “green shooting”. (French and German) Municipal sponsor: ZKM | Center for Art and Media The participating cultural institutions convey media literacy, Partner organisations: 10 cultural institutions from eight and network on several levels. They become smARTplaces: countries, European Center for Creative Economies (ECCE), cultural spaces with functions that connect the public by EUROCITIES creating a new digital cultural space, which grows into Duration: June 2016 – May 2020 an innovative European network of cultural sites, that is: Total project volume: €2,000,000 dialogical, networked, interactive, educational, integrated, EU funding amount | ZKM: €169,665 accessible, user-based and involving. Internet: zkm.de/en/project/smartplaces
ZKM’s focus is the digitisation of services and the seamless expansion of visitor experiences into the digital space. The audience can digitally connect to the real world with an agile toolbox of social web tools, platforms, and location-based ZKM | Center for Art and Media Filmboard Karlsruhe e.V. services. Augmented reality, adaptive storytelling approaches and gamification elements are also used. Dominika Szope Dr Oliver Langewitz
Marketing Department Managing Director
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Overcoming borders – Overview of partnerships p. 39 Connecting people Nancy p. 40
Nottingham p. 41 Town twinning is changing. Many people are now travelling It is of crucial importance that the international commitment abroad more often for work or leisure, and are making use of of the City of Karlsruhe is also tangible in the everyday life the wide range of online platforms for international dialogue. of its citizens. They are invited to participate and join in. Halle p. 42 The associations for promoting town twinning are privileged The City of Karlsruhe therefore focuses on strong networks partners in the planning and implementation of town Krasnodar p. 42 in order to find new ways of cooperation. The trilateral town twinning activities. This civic commitment is an important twinning agreement between Karlsruhe, Krasnodar and Nancy contribution to peace and stability in Europe and the world. was also concluded in this context. Together with its partners, Timișoara p. 43 the City of Karlsruhe promotes friendly exchanges between citizens, but also develops ideas for concrete cooperation. Rijeka, Sakarya, Van p. 43 Civic commitment pp. 44 – 45
Karlsruhe partnerships in pictures pp. 46 – 48 Nancy Timisoara Twin city since 1955 Twin city since 1992
Nottingham Rijeka Twin city since 1969 Project partnership since 2011
Halle Sakarya Twin city since 1987 Project partnership since 2016
Krasnodar Van Twin city since 1992 Project partnership since 2016
Hauptamt is responsible for: City of Karlsruhe | Hauptamt National/International Representation Martin Wiederkehr and Twinning Relations Head of Hauptamt More information on Karlsruhe’s twin cities: Twin Cities and E-mail: [email protected] 3 www.karlsruhe.de/int/i1/kulturinternational/partnerstaedte.en Project Partnerships 40 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 41
Nancy – Twin city in the Nottingham – new region Grand Est Twin city for 50 years in 2019
The short trip to Karlsruhe’s longest-standing twin city has “Europe is at a crossroads today. In For many, 2019 is the year of Brexit. For Karlsruhe and “Nottingham and Karlsruhe have been enabled numerous encounters between citizens. Exchanges in order to become aware again of the true Nottingham, it is the year of their “golden wedding” twin cities since 1969, with 2019 our 50th the spheres of culture, youth, schools and sports have created anniversary! The cities had already been partners before connections. meaning of Europe, which one tends to Britain became a member of the EU. In 2016, both cities Anniversary. We have worked together forget in peacetime and to remember reaffirmed their close cooperation in a “Memorandum of to promote international co-operation, For example, actors of the Badisches Staatstheater performed after events of war, you have to leave Understanding”. Thus, in 2018, Nottingham, together with understanding and goodwill, and at the “Neue Stücke” (New Plays) festival in Nancy, and young Design-Nation UK, was the international partner of the 10th musicians from the conservatories of Karlsruhe and Nancy the status quo behind and chart new EUNIQUE exhibition in Karlsruhe. Contacts in areas such as appreciation of respective national cultures. showed their skills in joint performances of the musical “Porgy paths. Karlsruhe and Nancy are constantly theatre, schools, youth orchestras, churches, sports, creative In these uncertain times of Brexit, it is more & Bess” in both cities. Thanks to the French territorial reform, working together to achieve this. Whether industries or law, as well as the exchange of municipality staff important than ever to nurture and grow Nancy has also moved closer in political and administrative it is peace work or ecological change, this for 25 years reflect the close relationship and will continue to our European links, our commitment to terms: the new region “Grand Est” extends from Lorraine sustain the partnership in the future. to the Rhine. Outstanding in political terms were the joint positive and constructive town twinning work with Karlsruhe on a whole plethora municipal council meetings in 2017 in Nancy and in 2018 in fully relies on the power of participation of projects remains strong, and we look Karlsruhe. The two committees developed objectives for closer and regularly highlights the strength and forward to continued joint ventures.” cooperation – in line with the European idea. Further meetings are intended to advance cooperation, just like the Franco- determination of European citizens united Ian Curryer, Chief Executive of the Nottingham City Council German talks, organised by the Métropole du Grand Nancy, in a common quest for a better future.” that Karlsruhe’s mayor Dr Frank Mentrup attended with a Laurent Hénart, Mayor of Nancy delegation in 2018.
Meeting of the municipal councils of Karlsruhe and Nancy in July 2018 in Karlsruhe. Photo: Roland Fränkle, City of Karlsruhe Leader of the Council and Deputy Chief Executive from Nottingham (on the left) on construction site tour under Karlsruhe’s market square in 2016. Photo: Liane Wilhelm, City of Karlsruhe 42 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 43
Halle (Saale) – United Germany Timisoara – in a united Europe European Capital of Culture 2021
Today’s trainees of the municipalities of Karlsruhe and Lively exchanges between schools and universities, costume Halle (Saale) can no longer imagine a wall in the middle of and folk dance groups, orchestras, ballet companies and Germany. And yet there are still many walls in their heads – theater ensembles shape the relationship between Karlsruhe for example, prejudices about “Wessis” and “Ossis” (West and its Romanian twin city Timișoara. During its most recent Germans and East Germans). Karlsruhe and Halle are working trip, Karlsruhe’s youth orchestra performed several times to an to counter these together, with each other instead of side enthusiastic audience in Timișoara. In addition, experts from by side. In 2017, Karlsruhe celebrated three partnership both cities regularly exchange ideas on different topics. anniversaries together with Halle, Krasnodar and Timișoara. At the trainee exchange of the two cities as well as at the In 2021, Timișoara will be European Capital of Culture. annual flight camp for young people of the aviation club During a visit in 2018, Mayor Dr Albert Käuflein emphasised “Flugsportverein Karlsruhe 1910 e. V.”, young people get to Karlsruhe’s support for the major cultural event: “Timișoara know each other and their twin city. Through citizen trips of is an up-and-coming, colourful and cosmopolitan city in the friendshipclub, its presentations on the Christmas market Trainee exchange of the municipalities of Karlsruhe and Halle in 2017 in Karlsruhe. which people of different nationalities have been living in Halle or numerous other activities, the twinning is filled Photo: Liane Wilhelm, City of Karlsruhe together peacefully for centuries. Karlsruhe has supported the with life. application of Timișoara as European Capital of Culture and is now looking forward to the event.” Krasnodar – Alliance for better
The Karlsruhe youth orchestra on concert tour in Timisoara in May 2018. mutual understanding Photo: Jugendorchester Stadt Karlsruhe e. V. Project partner cities – Concrete cooperation in defined areas
Rijeka – European Capital of Culture 2020 Sakarya – Project partner city in western Turkey Since 2011, Karlsruhe and the Croatian City of Rijeka have been linked by a project partnership. Both cities aim In March 2016, a delegation from the Turkish City of Sakarya to support each other through the joint development of came to the Karlsruhe Town Hall to sign the joint project solutions, the implementation of projects on local core partnership. A year later, experts from the drinking water issues and the transfer of knowledge. Mayor Martin Lenz supply and sanitation system in Sakarya met their Karlsruhe traveled to Rijeka in 2018 to discuss housing needs of socially colleagues for an expert exchange. Sakarya students have disadvantaged people with Deputy Mayor Marko Filipovic. Presentation of the certificates of honour for an outstanding contribution to the local and regional cooperation between Germany and Russia by the two foreign ministers been participating in the exchange project since 2017, and in Heiko Maas (right) and Sergey Lavrov (left) to the two Mayors Dr Frank Mentrup and Evgeny Pervyshov. Photo: Deutsch-Russisches Forum e. V. Both sides emphasised a desire to work together more closely 2018 two students from Karlsruhe completed a three-week in the future. internship at the municipality of Sakarya for the first time. In 2017, the Russian City of Krasnodar and Karlsruhe Russian relations”, 500 representatives from business, politics celebrated the 25th anniversary of their partnership. and civil society met in Krasnodar, including, of course, a With its programme “Rijeka, Port of Diversity”, Rijeka has Institutional cooperation and close personal relationships delegation from Karlsruhe. At the end of the German-Russian successfully applied for the title of “European Capital of Van – Project partner city in eastern Turkey between people connect both cities. In the recent past, the Year of Local and Regional Partnerships, the Foreign Ministers Culture 2020”. Karlsruhe supported this application from the city’s youth orchestra “Jugendorchester Stadt Karlsruhe e. of Germany and Russia awarded Karlsruhe and Krasnodar beginning and plans to participate with cultural contributions. The project partnership with the City of Van, which is V.” visited Krasnodar; apart from language barriers, the with an honorary certificate for their outstanding contribution located in the south-east of Turkey on Lake Van, has been youngsters quickly found common ground through joint to the cooperation between the two countries. in existence since 2016, when its mayoral tandem and rehearsals and performances with the local orchestra “Neue delegation visited Karlsruhe. The current political situation Welle” (new wave). To create even more opportunities for cooperation and in Turkey severely limits the possibilities for cooperation. better mutual understanding, Karlsruhe, Krasnodar and Nevertheless, meetings took place on a civic level. At the 2017 town twinning conference “Building contacts – Nancy formed a trilateral alliance. Mayors Dr Frank Mentrup, launching projects – strengthening trust: stimulating German- Evgeny Pervyshov and Laurent Hénart signed a corresponding agreement. 44 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 45
Citizens’ commitment to exchange and friendship
Youth Conference – The Same Spirit 1918–1968–2018!
With “YouConf2018 – Lebensgefühle 1918 – 1968 – 2018”, Karlsruhe’s Municipal Youth Committee implemented a project on a trilateral level for the first time. Over a period of several months, 30 young people and their minders from Karlsruhe, Krasnodar and Nancy discussed their attitudes towards life (Lebensgefühle) and the human and fundamental rights that enable them to lead a self-determined life. The young people exchanged views on a joint online platform as well as in a real-life meeting in Karlsruhe and Baerenthal in the Grand Est region. At the end stood the question of current challenges to freedom and democracy and what it is worth standing up for. Participants of YouConf 2018 in Karlsruhe. Photo: Stadtjugendausschuss Karlsruhe
Change of perspective for students: Come Together – Music knows no Regarding their own culture and other boundaries cultures The youth orchestra “Jugendorchester Stadt Karlsruhe Every summer, students from Karlsruhe’s twin cities complete e. V.” was founded in 1883. It offers children affordable four-week internships in municipal departments and at instrumental lessons and represents the City of Karlsruhe the artist association “Verband der Gemeinschaften der with regular appearances in Karlsruhe and its twin cities. Künstlerinnen und Kunstförderer GEDOK e. V.”. The project With their music, the young musicians not only inspire gives young people insights into other working and living audiences near and far but also return back home from environments in order to gain valuable professional and the concert tours with positive impressions and the experience of warm hospitality. The youth orchestra Mayors’ handshake following the signing of the trilateral partnership in Karlsruhe in October 2017 personal experiences. Through shared accommodation (from left: Evgeny Pervyshov, Laurent Hénart and Dr Frank Mentrup). Photo: Roland Fränkle, City of Karlsruhe and free time, students get to know not only the City of regularly invites orchestras from its twin cities to Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe but also the culture and origins of the other and often the young people from different cities stay participants. Frequently, friendships are formed, which also friends through social networks and other personal deepen relations between Karlsruhe and its twin cities. meetings. After all, music knows no boundaries. Trilateral partnership between Contact persons at the municipality: Karlsruhe, Krasnodar and Nancy Christine Bregler Krasnodar and Nancy signed a bilateral twinning agreement in October 2017 – with Karlsruhe as a binding link. As a E-mail: [email protected]
result, the three cities entered into a tripartite partnership. Agnes Meinhardt Together, the three mayors Dr Frank Mentrup, Evgeny Pervyshov and Laurent Hénart advocate for trinational E-mail: [email protected] understanding and sustainable peace and stability. In addition to the expansion of already existing projects on a trilateral Tandem Heads of Department responsible for level, new cooperations will be initiated. Especially in the National/International Representation and Twinning field of education and youth, Karlsruhe, Krasnodar and Nancy aim to work closely together in the future, with their Relations E-mail: [email protected] main objective being the networking of the civil societies.
Community concert of the Karlsruhe youth orchestra and the Neue Welle orchestra in the Organ Hall of the Town Hall in Krasnodar. Photo: C. Kerl 46 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 47
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1 Participants of the 2018 student exchange during the 8 Visit at School No. 36 in Krasnodar – a trilateral school construction site tour. partnership develops Photo: Igor Vibović Photo: Christine Bregler, City of Karlsruhe
2 Mayor Dr Nicolea Robu welcomes Mayor Dr Albert 9 Deputy Mayor Martin Lenz with Deputy Mayor Käuflein at the City festival of Timișoara in August 2018 Marko Filipovic in May 2018 in Rijeka Photo: City of Timișoara Photo: City of Rijeka
3 Reception at the Town Hall on Marktplatz for the 10 Visit by students of the Carl Hofer School to signing of the project partnership between Karlsruhe Nottingham and Sakarya in March 2016 in Karlsruhe Photo: Carl Hofer School Photo: ONUK
11 Visit of a delegation from Krasnodar headed by the 4 Mayor Dr Frank Mentrup is presented with a gift by Deputy Chairwoman of the Duma, Vera Galushko in Mayor Bekir Kaya and Co-Mayor Hatiçe Çoban October 2018 Photo: Roland Fränkle, City of Karlsruhe Photo: Roland Fränkle, City of Karlsruhe
5 Karlsruhe’s twin cities and project partnerships 12 Mayor Dr Frank Mentrup with carnival performers from Photo: Press and Information Office, City of Karlsruhe Halle in Karlsruhe for the Fastnacht parade on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the town twinning in 2017 Photo: Liane Wilhelm, City of Karlsruhe 6 Anniversary tram for the triple anniversary with Halle, Krasnodar and Timișoara Photo: Monika Müller-Gmelin, City of Karlsruhe 13 ProKaTim – Students from Timișoara at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in February 2018 Photo: Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and Meeting of the municipal councils in Nancy 2017 – 7 Technology Mayor Dr Frank Mentrup and Mayor Laurent Hénart Photo: City of Nancy
14 City Council Chairman Tilman Pfannkuch and City Councillor Karl-Heinz Jooss at the baking ceremony on the 225th Anniversary of the City of Krasnodar in September 2018 Photo: Katrin Wolfrum, City of Karlsruhe 4Culture 50 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 51
Civic impetus for trinational projects
Guest groups from Krasnodar and Nancy at Christopher Street Day 2018 in Karlsruhe. Photo: Amnesty International Karlsruhe
A third project week is expected to take place in Timișoara During the four-day visit, many contacts and an eclectic in the spring of 2021, as a contribution to the “European network emerged that is already bearing fruit: During his visit Project week “Youth in Europe” in October 2018, theatre workshop. Photo: GEDOK Capital of Culture Timișoara”. to Krasnodar in October 2018, Dr Frank Mentrup, Mayor of Karlsruhe, met the REVERS group; his colleague from Nancy, The project offers the possibility of forming a common Mayor Laurent Hénart, invited the Karlsruhe and Russian Multinational projects and partnerships teach tolerance identity and is intended to counteract nationalist tendencies groups to Nancy for May 2019. in European societies. and cross-border understanding, show the importance of communication and exchange, and create a common Trinational CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY European identity. At the beginning of 2018, Amnesty International Karlsruhe developed the idea of using the newly sealed trinational City of Karlsruhe | Cultural Office Young people discover trans- Romanian, French and German teenagers each spend a week partnership between Karlsruhe, Nancy and Krasnodar as a European culture of remembrance together in Germany, France and Romania to get to know platform for civic exchange. Together with the Christopher Claus Temps different aspects of European history from the perspective of Street Day (CSD) Karlsruhe and with the support of the City Head of Cultural Office The artist association “Verband der Gemeinschaften der Eastern and Western European contemporary witnesses. of Karlsruhe, LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Künstlerinnen und Kunstförderer GEDOK e. V.”, in cooperation Intersex) clubs from Krasnodar and Nancy were invited to the E-mail: 10 young people each from Karlsruhe, Nancy and Timișoara with the Franco-German association “FemmesPAMINAFrauen”, CSD in Karlsruhe in early June. [email protected] developed the project idea “Youth in Europe: yesterday – get to know each other, exchange ideas, collaborate creatively today – tomorrow” based on the transnational contemporary on the memories, reflect on the current situation and develop This was an opportunity and a challenge, especially for the Angelika Schmidt witnesses’ book “Frauen PORTRAITS de Femmes” and a visions for a future Europe. The first project week took place not openly active Russian LGBTI group REVERS. On the eve International Cultural Work/Cultural Contacts similar project by the Nikolaus Lenau Lyceum Timișoara. in October 2018 in Niederbronn-les-Bains in France. At the of the CSD, a very well-attended lecture took place at the with Twin Cities end of October 2019, different pupils from the same schools Center for Art and Media (ZKM), where activists from Russia E-mail: Experiences with contemporary witnesses in schools and and cities will come together in Karlsruhe for the second and France reported on their work and their experiences. The [email protected] readings from the book show that personal experiences make project week. two groups from Krasnodar and Nancy also gave an opening history tangible for students, in a very different and much speech before the CSD parade. more profound way than history taught in a theoretical and abstract way ever could. 52 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 53
Invitation to Europe – The Karlsruhe European Cultural Days
The Karlsruhe European Cultural Days (Europäische Kulturtage, EKT) use art and culture to highlight a current socio-political topic that draws attention to Europe, its history, its present and its perspectives.
The EKT have been sponsored by the City of Karlsruhe and the State of Baden-Württemberg since 1983 and are organised by the Cultural Office and the Badisches Staatstheater. They first dealt with epochs, countries, regions and cities in Europe, with social issues and phenomena, and in 2012 with the theme “Music builds Europe”, as a tribute to composer Wolfgang Rihm. As of 2014, the cultural festival has been focused more clearly on socio-political issues. EKT:2014 drew attention to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War. In 2016, the EKT was dedicated to the topic of “Migration – Happiness I Suffering I Pulse of Europe. Photo: Beate Müller-Haug Strangeness” in light of the wave of refugees in Europe. Ambassadors give the EKT a voice The EKT benefit from the expertise, resources and charisma of human dignity and freedom of the person, to freedom of The subject of the 24th EKT:2018 were the complex changes their partners, who also bring along their own target groups. expression and of the press, to equal treatment, freedom and cracks in Europe in past and present. The festival explored As a result, a very broad audience can be addressed. At the of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom of choice. With a passionate opening speech, Prof. Dr Susanne Baer, in how far equal rights for all are realised today, especially in same time, Karlsruhe showcases the wide range of its cultural Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, made herself the the area of gender equality. potential through the involvement of so many partners. In the course of the project, young teams from facilities of the equally welcoming and admonishing voice of EKT:2018 and City Youth Committee engaged with a human right chosen its theme “Awakening, Upheaval: Equal Rights for All”. The by themselves. They used music and film, conversation and President of the Federal Court of Justice, Bettina Limperg, interviews, acrobatics, rap and other forms of expression TV journalist Markus Brock, street artist Baske ToBeTrue and Inspiring people through participation and also engaged in conversation with judges of Germany’s former world boxing champion Regina Halmich, together The central vision of the EKT is a festival of participation. Federal Constitutional Court. with many other well-known personalities, all contributed to In the overall programme, formats are therefore demanded the programme book and other publications as well as to the “A peculiarity of these European and promoted that invite people to participate actively festival website as ambassadors for EKT:2018. and thus enable the highest degree of sustainability in Young visions on “Open Borders” Cultural Days: Karlsruhe does the sense of a cultural resonance in the urban society. not pedestal the great consensus EWith its exhibition “Open Borders” in the Orgelfabrik in on the law and the rule of law, Strong cultural partners Participatory formats at EKT:2018 included, among Karlsruhe-Durlach, the District Association of Visual Artists but puts it up for discussion.” shape the festival programme others, the theatre education project “Wir brechen Karlsruhe (Bezirksverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und auf!” by the Staatstheater, an event on the civic Künstler Karlsruhe, BBK) highlighted a particular European Prof. Dr Susanne Baer, Judge of the First Senate Karlsruhe’s cultural institutions and artists are invited movement “Pulse of Europe” or “La Parade du Oui et issue within the framework of EKT:2018. The question, of the Federal Constitutional Court by the EKT to contribute to the festival with their own du Non” by the Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand. “How does a young generation of artists look at political theme-related programmes and to shape its content events and the civic desire for change in their country, “Take your rights! Nimm dir dein Recht!”: With this in terms of cultural diversity in Europe. In 2018, 37 which began with the 1968 uprising?” was the subject demand young people promoted a project within the partners were involved, among them the Center for Art of a call for contributions by 60 young artists in Halle, framework of EKT:2018. In a trailer, filmed on the “Platz and Media (ZKM), the Baden State Museum, the City Krasnodar, Nancy, Nottingham, Timișoara and Karlsruhe. der Grundrechte” (Square of Fundamental Rights), Museum and the Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand. cities and countries, which underwent completely different they confidently formulated their fundamental right to political and historical developments during this period. 54 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 55
Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) pp. 56 – 57 EUROCITIES pp. 58 – 59 European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ECCAR) p. 60 European Theater Convention (ETC) p. 61 Cross-border cooperation on the Upper Rhine p. 62 EU supports the digitisation of the municipality p. 63
Performance at the opening of the “Open Borders” exhibition at the Orgelfabrik, a former organ factory in Karlsruhe-Durlach. Photo: Michael M. Roth, MicialMedia
17 works from all cities were selected by the expert jury. With the exhibition, the BBK provided a platform for dialogue and discussion in search of commonalities and differences in the experiences of the past 50 years in the participating European cities and countries, which underwent completely different political and historical developments during this period.
Approaching the anniversary edition City of Karlsruhe | Cultural Office
In 2020, the European Cultural Days will take place for the Dr Susanne Asche 25th time. The anniversary comes up against a Europe that Head of Cultural Office, is increasingly shaped by national self-interest. All democratic Festival Director European Cultural Days forces are called upon to oppose increasing nationalism, E-mail: populism and right-wing radicalism. In this sense, the theme [email protected] of the EKT 2020 is “Invitation to Europe” (working title). Claudia Lahn The organisers are convinced that, with the involvement of Project management EKT cultural creators and with the means of art and culture in the year 2020, it will be possible to show the spiritual, cultural E-mail: Networks and and political wealth of Europe in Karlsruhe and to engage [email protected] 5 with the vision and organisation of a united Europe in cultural diversity. Representation of Interests 56 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 57
Three questions to Dr Frank Mentrup, Mayor of Karlsruhe
municipalities have developed many successful approaches benefits of Europe again. Here, my job as CEMR President will young decision-makers in politics and civil society need new ... and President of the and solutions here. I want to make these visible at the be to refute European-critical arguments and to give Europe a instruments of participation and influence. At the CEMR, European level. Specifically, I would like to advance the positive image. As a firm believer in the European idea myself, we are currently starting this process with young elected German section of the “Urban Agenda for the EU”: here, the City of Karlsruhe not I bring a lot of passion to this task!” representatives. In addition, I will advocate that, once a year, Council of European only participated in the project “Urban Mobility” but also every pupil in school will have the opportunity to visit the took over its coordination as the only German city, together European institutions and talk to Members of the European Municipalities and Regions with the Czech Republic. The results from the 14 thematic Which concrete topics are Parliament.” (CEMR) since November 2018 partnerships should be actively integrated into EU policy and you advocating at local level? not disappear in a drawer. Further information about CEMR But it’s not just about representing urban interests at EU level. “In concrete terms, I want to work for young people and As CEMR President, you represent In times of increasing scepticism about Europe, populism their vision of Europe to be heard. Engaging with young (German section): www.rgre.de (German) the interests of around 800 German and polarisation, I would like to bring the European project people on Europe and communicating their expectations and municipalities at EU-level. What is it that closer to urban society. People need to become aware of the ideas to the European level – that’s important to me! Also, attracted you to this task?
“My new task coincides with a decisive time for Europe: With the European elections in May 2019, there will be a new European Parliament with a likely clearly changed – Europe- sceptical – balance of power. And in the autumn of 2019, there will be a reshuffle in the EU Commission. At the same time, the post-2020 Cohesion policy debate continues and the “Urban Agenda for the EU” initiative enters its fourth year. It is important now that local authorities in Germany and Europe position themselves as serious partners for EU decision-makers. We have already achieved a great deal here: municipalities – including Karlsruhe – have increasingly spoken up, made local demands visible and made specific demands on EU policy. As the CEMR President, I want to continue this process.”
What goals do you pursue in the three years of your presidency?
“My goal is to strengthen the voice of German municipalities in the umbrella organisation CEMR. This is important because only in close cooperation with the local level will it be possible to find practical solutions to future challenges such as immigration and integration, the fight against terrorism, climate change or the call for a more social Europe. German
CEMR delegation at the CEMR Policy Committee meeting. Photo: Barbara Baltsch 58 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 59
EUROCITIES – Karlsruhe representation of interests at EU level
Office presented the forthcoming In 2018, among other things, the working group discussed EUROCITIES, the network of Karlsruhe European Cultural Days 2018 – how public services could be exempted from the liberalisation “Awakening, Upheaval: Equal Rights for commitments of the current free-trade agreements. To major European cities, brings All” – to the plenary. this end, an updated EUROCITIES statement on free-trade together local experts and agreements is planned, which will be drafted with the The exchange in the Culture Forum assistance of experts from the City of Karlsruhe. politicians from over 140 shows that the advancement of culture and education in European cities faces similar challenges everywhere and seeks municipalities. The exchange EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum City of Karlsruhe I similar solutions. Recent discussions of information and expertise focused on questions such as the External Relations The City of Karlsruhe – represented by the Office in Charge opening up of cultural institutions as and Strategic Marketing Unit of Social and Youth Affairs – attended the EUROCITIES Social on urban issues is at the “Third Places” of analogue encounters in Forum in Athens in October 2016. Against the background Regina Hartig the digitised world, as well as urban and heart of its networking. of refugee movements to Europe, around 150 participants district development through cultural EUROCITIES coordinator Karlsruhe discussed the challenges of accommodating and integrating Positions and demands are projects. The opportunities as well as the refugees and exchanged best-practice examples. In October E-mail: [email protected] responsibility of culture for social cohesion are very clear here. 2018, the municipality was part of the podium for the future worked out together and Karlsruhe with its Cultural Concept 2025 and the emphasis on of the European Social Fund (ESF) at the Social Forum in the right to culture finds itself in a mutually fruitful exchange Stuttgart. brought into the political with the other European member cities of the Culture Forum discourse at the highest of EUROCITIES. level: at the European Working group “Urban Agenda” Commission and the and Cooperation Platform European Parliament. Represented by the External Relations and Strategic Marketing Objective: to strengthen Unit, the City of Karlsruhe regularly participates in the working group “Urban Agenda”. Members discuss the progress of the urban interests in the 14 thematic partnerships and make recommendations, which development and then feed into the network’s lobbying of the EU Presidencies and EU decision-makers. Karlsruhe contributes its experience implementation of from the coordination of the Partnership “Urban Mobility” here. The preparations for the German EU Council Presidency EU policies. in 2020 are currently being debated: Germany intends to use the “Leipzig Charter 2.0” to set a focus on sustainable urban
development in Europe. EUROCITIES Culture Forum – Lively Europe-wide exchange on issues of cultural policies and practices Working group “Municipal Services and Procurement” The City of Karlsruhe’s Cultural Office is actively involved in the Culture Forum, which organises thematically focused Municipal services (“services of general interest”) and conferences twice a year. With the K3 office, Karlsruhe is also institutions form a mainstay of civic life. They ensure a represented in the “Creative Industries” project. generally accessible basic supply at affordable prices and in In October 2016 in Oulu, Finland, as part of the “Access to good quality. The EUROCITIES working group on Services Culture” working group of the Culture Forum, the Cultural of General Interest advocates that local authorities continue Office presented the digital project “Memorial Book for the to be able to determine how such public services should be Jews of Karlsruhe” managed by the City archive. The project provided. The City of Karlsruhe is regularly represented here met with great interest there. In April 2018, the Cultural by its Central Legal Advisory Service and the municipal works Stadtwerke Karlsruhe GmbH.
EUROCITIES Culture Forum, Oulu 2016. Photo: EUROCITIES 60 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 61
ECCAR – European municipalities Presenting – jointly fight racism, discrimination The EUROPEAN THEATRE CONVENTION and xenophobia Badisches Staatstheater has been a member of the EUROPEAN THEATRE CONVENTION (ETC) since 2011. The International Coalition of Karlsruhe’s activities are internationally recognised Cities Against Racism (ICCAR) After the General Conference 2015 in Karlsruhe, UNESCO was launched in 2004 as a and the UNU (United Nations University) repeatedly invited the UNESCO initiative to create a City to discussions and lectures on the importance of cultural policy in cities for the success of immigration to Europe. In global network of cities that 2016, the head of the Cultural Office spoke on “Welcoming cities for refugees: promoting inclusion and protecting rights” work together effectively to at the UNESCO in Paris, on “Cities of welcome, cities of transit” at the UNU in Barcelona and on “The human face combat racism, discrimination of migration: historical perspectives, testimony and policy and xenophobia. In order considerations” at the UNESCO/UNU Conference in 2017. In July 2017, ECCAR received for the first time a report from to meet the geopolitical Karlsruhe, which focused on the key actions of municipal services and institutions against racism and discrimination. peculiarities of the respective regions, regional coalitions Objective: to jointly have been set up with their strengthen the European idea own action programmes, The exchange in the ECCAR city network also supports including the European Karlsruhe’s activities in using culture and education to contribute to a successful dialogue and encounter with “the Coalition of Cities Against other”. Members can learn from each other in the fight against discrimination and respect for human dignity. Through Racism (ECCAR). their activities, they strengthen the European idea and the foundations of the EU Charter at the local level. Stage Your City, attendee in the Staatstheater. Photo: Tom Kohler The network’s activities are based on a ten-point action plan “ECCAR is an important The links established through the ETC enable the theatre, “…Being guided through the city In addition to Karlsruhe, ECCAR now includes 145 cities, network in our joint together with other theatres, to carry out EU-funded by an app was a very surprising cooperation projects. municipalities and local authorities from 23 European active fight against all and interesting experience …” countries and from Israel. Its work is based on a ten-point In April 2017, for example, the “ETC International Theatre action plan that identifies concrete action areas and strategies forms of racism.” Conference” took place in Karlsruhe in cooperation with the One of many enthusiastic public reactions. for member cities. Dr Susanne Asche, Director of the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM), on the subject of Cultural Office of the City of Karlsruhe The Cultural Office presents the positions and activities of the “Digital Developments in Theatre”. This was the beginning of the European project European Theatre Lab, followed by the City of Karlsruhe to the twice-yearly meetings of the Steering A guest contribution by: Committee and the annual General Assembly as well as the digital theatre project Stage Your City in 2018, with the ZKM annual exchange of representatives of the German ECCAR and the Théâtre de la Manufacture in Nancy. member cities. Special highlights are set by the general Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe In addition, Badisches Staatstheater maintains intensive conferences that take place every three to four years. City of Karlsruhe I cooperations in the field of opera and acting with other Cultural Department/Cultural Office Jan Linders European theatres, including in Karlsruhe’s twin cities, such as
Dr Susanne Asche, Claus Temps the Romanian National Theatre and the German State Theatre Head Dramaturg, International and
Timișoara. Intercultural Representative E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
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Germany – France – Switzerland: Digitisation of the administration – Cross-border cooperation Support by the European Union on the Upper Rhine The implementation of the Onlinezugangsgesetz (German Digital Europe 2021 – 2027 Online Access Act), the local pilot processes within the framework of Service-BW and the competition “Cities, In addition to updating previous funding opportunities, the Germany, France and Municipalities, Counties 4.0 – Future Communities” show EU Commission has proposed the establishment of a “Digital that there is a lot going on in Baden-Württemberg on the Europe” programme for the next funding period. This is Switzerland have a long way towards the “digital local authority”. This article provides dedicated to the “Deployment, best use of digital capacity an overview on the EU funding available in this area. and interoperability”, which also applies – according to the tradition of cross-border annex to the proposed regulation – to the modernisation
of administrations and to solutions for “smart cities”. The networking. In Karlsruhe, Horizon draft programme also includes the joint purchase of high- on the northern Upper performance computing and data processing capacities, In order to achieve the highest possible EU added value, access to open platforms and a common data space for Rhine and in close proximity it is necessary that partners from different member states artificial intelligence, cybersecurity support and advanced participate in the EU research and innovation programme digital skills trainings. to Alsace, municipal “Horizon 2020”. For example, the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region and fifty other organisations implement together development does not end a Horizon 2020 project on the linkage of e-government EU Urban Agenda at the city limits but always architectures and registers to realise the “once-only principle” of data collection. In the funding period 2021–2027 an Member States have identified in the EU Urban Agenda focuses on cooperation with increase in funding is planned for the successor programme “digital transition” as an important local challenge. Thus, a “Horizon Europe”. partnership has been set up on this theme, bringing together neighbouring countries as representatives of eight cities, six member states, Directorates- well. General of the EU Commission and local authorities ERDF associations on an equal footing. The partnership has drafted an action plan with proposals for better knowledge sharing, It remains to be seen to what extent the part of the European One focus of cooperation and networking is the improvement better funding and better regulation and will accompany its Regional Development Fund (ERDF) managed by the State of of cross-border mobility. It is an important prerequisite for the implementation. Baden-Württemberg can be used for digitisation projects of successful development of the common labour market and local authorities. In the current funding period, the relevant the basis for social participation, education, intergenerational It closely follows the Aachen Treaty based on the Elysee Treaty EU regulation would allow ERDF support to “strengthen ICT justice and the coexistence of people. between France and Germany. One demand of Karlsruhe for Services of the European Office applications for e-government”. However, this is not foreseen the Treaty: an essential role for the border regions. By enabling in the Operational Programme of the State of Baden- The City of Karlsruhe represents its interests in cross-border a common development the border will become negligible in The European Office of Local Authorities of Baden- Württemberg. committees such as the Trinational Metropolitan Region Upper everyday life. Württemberg uses inter alia the newsletter “Brüssel Aktuell” Rhine (Trinationale Metropolregion Oberrhein, TMO), the to report on developments at EU level relevant to local Under some INTERREG cooperation programmes cross-border Upper Rhine Council (Oberrheinrat, ORR), the Upper Rhine In addition, Karlsruhe is involved in numerous initiatives, such authorities – including in the area of digitisation. It is also or transnational digitisation projects may be eligible for ERDF Conference (Oberrheinkonferenz, ORK), the City Network as the PAMINA Business Club, the PAMINA Youth Network committed to ensuring that the expertise and interests of support. Knowledge transfer – among others, in the field of Upper Rhine (Städtenetz Oberrhein) and the EGTC (European and the PAMINA Rhine Park. cities, municipalities and counties are taken into account in digitisation – is also supported by the ERDF-based programme Grouping of Territorial Cooperation) Eurodistrict PAMINA. It is EU legislation. Further information on the current funding URBACT. “Good practice” examples are identified and partly involved in cross-border projects in many ways and cooperates opportunities for local authorities can be found in the EU copied in other cities via transfer networks. Furthermore, with French and Swiss organisations on a political as well as Funding Guide of the European Office. ERDF funding as part of “Urban Innovative Actions” (UIA) for technical level. City of Karlsruhe | the testing of innovative solutions is an option. Partners from other member states are not necessary here. As of 2021, a An example of this is the further development of the TMO External Relations “European Urban Initiative” will presumably succeed UIA and until 2030 and, closely linked to this, the forthcoming EU and Strategic Marketing Unit A guest contribution from: programme INTERREG VI on the Upper Rhine, which will other instruments. further strengthen the Upper Rhine in its role as one of Cross-border and regional cooperation Caroline Bogenschütz the “motors” for Europe. In addition, the City of Karlsruhe Head of the European Office of Local is contributing to the State of Baden-Württemberg’s new Nicole Walther CEF Authorities of Baden-Württemberg France Concept currently in the works. At the heart of this E-mail: [email protected] Projects that contribute to the completion of the Digital are the topics of transport and mobility, economy, town E-mail: Andrea Zechnall Single Market can also be supported by the “Connecting twinning and language skills as well as communication and [email protected] information. The idea behind the France Concept is to provide Europe” facility. The sub-programme “Wifi4EU” promotes the E-mail: [email protected] www.europabuero-bw.de new impetus in cross-border cooperation to be supported and establishment of wireless access points in public spaces. implemented at all levels. 64 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 65
Fit for Europe Fit for Europe p. 65
Europe up close – Trainees in Strasbourg p. 66 designed to meet the concrete requirements of internationally European project work, active staff – from moderating sessions held in English, Citizens’ Dialogue on Cohesion policy p. 67 practicing specialist lectures and speeches, to presenting participation in EU funding their own field of work, to small talk and intercultural programmes, exchange of communication. Staff of all levels from seven municipal offices expertise, and knowledge and companies participated in the training. transfer with other cities City of Karlsruhe I in Europe as well as External Relations representation of Karlsruhe’s and Strategic Marketing Unit interests in the EU will Regina Hartig, LL.M. continue to gain importance Head of Department for Europe and International Affairs
in the future. E-mail: [email protected]
This requires employees to be trained in the required key skills. The promotion of so-called Europe competence is therefore a declared goal of the Karlsruhe municipality – Intercultural competence at all levels. and communication
Appreciation of (cultural) diversity is a question of approach Executives advise on Europe and part of the guidelines for leadership and cooperation of the City of Karlsruhe. Several times a year, trainings give As part of a strategic leadership conference on Europe in municipal staff the opportunity to enhance their skills through 2017, senior officials from the municipality and municipal intercultural competence and communication. companies discussed the growing importance of European guidelines for local action. In small groups, special emphasis Backgrounds on the topic of interculturality create an was put on areas where Europe is important, which key understanding for the cultural dimension of communication competencies are required and what the concrete added and behaviour. This intercultural sensitisation creates the basis value is. An impetus for the discussion was given by Henriette for improved communication, which benefits the work in the Wägerle, head of the European Department of the City of interdisciplinary fields of responsibility of the municipality. Munich, who presented the multifaceted European work of Munich.
Business English for European City of Karlsruhe I network and project work Personnel and Organisation Office Ilse Baier Successful international networking, professional exchange and project work require advanced foreign language skills, Personnel development, training first and foremost. In a pilot project of the External Relations E-mail: [email protected] and Strategic Marketing Unit with the adult education centre “Volkshochschule Karlsruhe”, a three-day English course was Europe Competence6 66 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 67
Europe up close EU Citizens’ Dialogue shows local impact of European funding Junior staff from the City of Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Administrative Region visit the European Parliament in Strasbourg “What exactly does the EU do for us locally?” A good 100 interested people discussed this question in the Tollhaus cultural centre in September 2018
“I think it’s great that EU funds are spent on the environment, research and development, and I’m excited to see what products and innovations are created.”
With similar statements, participants expressed their gratitude for the opportunity for information and exchange. Miguel Avila from the Directorate-General for Regional Policy and Junior staff of the municipality and the administrative region in the European Parliament, 2018. Photo: Europe Direct Information Center Karlsruhe Urban Development of the European Commission spoke SWR radio host Stephanie Haiber with experts. Photo: CEMR/Ludwig Hetfeld on the development of “Cohesion policy”: from solidarity EU policy increasingly determines the work of public Already in 2017, the junior staff met to experience the with poorer regions to a competition policy for the whole of administration. Requirements from Brussels and Strasbourg European legislative procedure in a playful way: Using The participants were able to get first-hand information at Europe. must be reviewed and implemented by the staff of local “Legislativity!”, a strategy game developed by the Europa five theme tables. One-on-one talks were also continued in authorities. Understanding the context and backgrounds, Zentrum Baden-Württemberg, the emergence of EU directives The regionally managed funds were presented one after the exhibition on the projects. getting an insight into the variety of topics in the EU and and regulations in the field of consumer protection, such as another. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in The event was part of a series of dialogues initiated and co- its decision-making processes, benefits their daily work. the Toys Directive, the Roaming Regulation or the Chocolate particular supported the “innovation cycle”, said Georg Ris, financed by the European Commission, and coordinated by Therefore, the municipality and the Karlsruhe Administrative Directive, could be re-enacted in the “jungle” of the EU head of the ERDF Managing Authority at the Ministry of Rural the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. A total Region work together to increase the Europe competence of institutions. Affairs and Consumer Protection. The regional development of 60 dialogues took place in eight European countries. their junior staff. competition RegioWIN attracted attention throughout Europe. The series of events continues in 2019. In the future, the The European Social Fund (ESF) in turn promotes social In October 2018, Administrative Region Vice-President Landratsamt Karlsruhe district office with its junior staff will innovation. “Through regional funding, we are sure to focus Gabriela Mühlstädt-Grimm and Mayor Dr Albert Käuflein also join the European training. exactly on the needs existing locally,” said Gerald Engasser, Additional information: invited junior staff to a day of training in Strasbourg. There, beteiligung.karlsruhe.de/content/bbv/details/60/ (German) head of the ESF Managing Authority at the State Ministry of Nadja Hirsch, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), “Legislativity!” is also suitable for schools and other https://www.ccre.org/activites/view/41 Social Affairs and Inclusion. The added value of EU support gave informative insights into the work of the European educational institutions (europa-zentrum.de, German). for the border region was illustrated by Thomas Köhler, Parliament. She explained how difficult it often was for MEPs Institutions in the administrative district of Karlsruhe can Programme Manager of the INTERREG programme Upper Film auf Youtube: from the 28 Member States to find a common position on borrow the game for free at the Europe Direct Information www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZ7jfnimzo (German) Rhine, also with a view to calls for small projects from the content issues and to negotiate citizen-friendly solutions. Center (europedirect-karlsruhe.de, German). www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFrLKH0ZtM (German) Eurodistricts. During the subsequent visit to the plenary hall, the group experienced first-hand how the emotional topics of migration Funding beneficiaries in Karlsruhe introduced their EU and Brexit were discussed by parlamentarians. The trainees projects. According to David Hermanns, Director of the were impressed by the fact that they were able to experience Cyberforum, ERDF and ESF funds are used “very intelligently the diversity of languages in Europe in real life. City of Karlsruhe I City of Karlsruhe I and accurately” to start businesses. It also includes the External Relations Personnel and Organisational Office right funding for climate protection, mobility and regional networking: Jochen Ehlgötz, Managing Director of and Strategic Marketing Unit “Wow! So that’s the Manuel Fetzner TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH, spoke of a regional Frederike Gross European Parliament!” development “that would not have been possible without E-mail: [email protected] European money.” According to Peter Dressler, Managing EU Funding Coordinator Jochen Hotzwik Director of the city’s ESF working group, Karlsruhe can The training organised by the Europe Direct Information be proud of its numerous pilot approaches. Highlight of E-mail: [email protected] Center Karlsruhe in cooperation with Europa-Union E-mail: [email protected] the evening: a film on the ESF in Karlsruhe by a group of Deutschland e. V. and financed by EU funds received a big students. “Like” at the end of the day. 68 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 69
External Relations Overview of EU-funded projects and Strategic Marketing Unit by the municipality | 2016 to 2018
Zaehringerstraße 65 European and International Affairs Partici- 76133 Karlsruhe Duration, EU Department Project title Project promoter pating Internet Phone: 0721 133-1871 programme funding (€)1 countries2 Fax: 0721 133-1879 Jasmin Bertsch E-mail: [email protected] Officer for European and International Affairs Economy and labour Internet: www.karlsruhe.de/b4/international.de (German) E-mail: [email protected]
UPSIDE | Strengthening Economic 07/2013–06/2016 80,000 DK, EE, www.upside-project.eu
Gaby Dien regional research and Development FP7 (predecessor NL, SI, SE Director Project Officer “Urban Mobility” innovation potential in Department of H2020) E-mail: [email protected] the field of participatory (project partner) Dr Eberhard Fischer innovation through cluster Director Frederike Gross development in the IT sector E-mail: [email protected] EU Funding Coordinator E-mail: [email protected] Technology transfer manager Economic Office for 0.5 full- www.karlsruhe.de/b2/
between scientific institutions Development Economic time unit wifoe/aktuelles/ Secretariat Regina Hartig, LL.M. and companies (including Department Development transfermanager.de Head of Department energy, mobility, ICT, 2015–2021 www.efre-bw.de/ Heike Ratschke European and International Affairs Department environment) ERDF projektdatenbank Secretary E-mail: [email protected] (German) E-mail: [email protected] CyberLab IT Accelerator | CyberForum from 2016 832,000 https://www.cyberlab- “Mainline for Europe” Initiative Supports the foundation of e. V. with city ERDF, ESF karlsruhe.de/en/ innovative start-ups with a funding www.efre-bw.de/ Regional and Cross-border consulting coupon projektdatenbank Markus Lorenz Cooperation Department (German) Managing Director “Mainline for Europe” Initiative Nicole Walther E-mail: [email protected] URBAN INNO | Using the Economic 2016–2019 not AT, HR www.interreg-central.eu/ E-mail: [email protected] innovation potential of urban Development INTERREG B specified (Rijeka), Content.Node/ ecosystems Department HU, IT, PL, URBAN-INNO.html Andrea Zechnall Strategic Marketing Department SI, SK E-mail: [email protected] EXI founding voucher | CyberForum e.V. 2015 – 2017 651,253 www.cyberforum.de/en/ Dr Eberhard Fischer Pre-founding consulting ESF offers/startups/karlsruhe- E-mail: [email protected] exi-founding-voucher/
Karlsruhe EXI founding CyberForum e.V. 2018 – 2020 798,275 www.cyberforum.de/en/ Administration, Special Tasks voucher 2.0 | Compact ESF offers/startups/karlsruhe- consulting and further support exi-founding-voucher/ Hartmut Otto for founders of all sectors Head of Administration E-mail: [email protected] Smart Production Lab | CyberForum e.V. from 2018 972,000 presse.karlsruhe.de/db/ Targeted promotion of mit städtischer ERDF stadtzeitung/jahr2018/ startups at the interface of Finanzierung woche31/wirtschaft_ production and digitisation fordermittel_fur_smart_ production_lab.html (German) City-to-City Pairing | Economic 2018–2020 Cost of IN www.india-karlsruhe. Exchange of experience with Development International travel and com/index.php/2- Nagpur (India) in the areas Department Urban Cooperation accommo- uncategorised/453-city- of mobility and intelligent (IUC) dation to-city-pairing-zwischen- technologies nagpur-und-karlsruhe (German) 70 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 71
Partici- Partici- Duration, EU Duration, EU Project title Project promoter pating Internet Project title Project promoter pating Internet programme funding (€)1 programme funding (€)1 countries2 countries2
3 Regional and supraregional cooperation BOBiE | Career orientation and CJD Karlsruhe 2015 – 2018 163,410 www.cjd-rhein-pfalz- counseling during parental ESF (2016–18) nordbaden.de/angebote/ PAMINA Skills Alliance | External 01/2017 – 12/2019 not FR www.eurodistrict-pamina. leave esf-gefoerderte-angebote/ Improving the (re-) integration Relations INTERREG A specified eu/de/ bobie-berufliche- of jobseekers into the cross- and Strategic fachkraefteallianz-pamina/ orientierung-und- border job market Marketing Unit, fachkrafteallianz-pamina- beratung-in-elternzeit/ Economic berufsfelder-mit-bedarf- (German) Development und-grenzuberschreitende- FIdA | Promoting integration CJD Karlsruhe3 2016 – 2018 177,262 www.cjd-rhein-pfalz- Department arbeitskrafte_-d.html#. in the German job market for ESF nordbaden.de/angebote/ (project partner) WQszvNLouUk (French, people from Romania and esf-gefoerderte-angebote/ German) Bulgaria fida-foerderung-der- Success without borders | External 2017 – 2019 not FR www.erfolgohnegrenzen. integration-auf-dem- Facilitated access to the job Relations and INTERREG A specified eu (French, German) deutschen-arbeitsmarkt/ market in cross-border areas Strategic (German) through targeted qualification Marketing Unit, Café Initial | A learning Initial e.V. 3 2012 – 2018 262,328 initial-karlsruhe.de/ measures for young people TechnologieRe- restaurant for the long-term ESF (2016-18) projekte/cafe-initial-das- gion Karlsruhe unemployed lernrestaurant (German) (project partner) Competence workshop for Initial e.V. 3 2016 – 2017 217,772 initial-karlsruhe.de/kurse/ YOUMIG | Dealing with youth Office for 2017 – 2019 not AT, BG, www.interreg-danube.eu/ young adults with mental ESF kompetenzwerkstatt migration in the Danube Integration INTERREG B specified HU, RO, approved-projects/youmig health problems and/or (German) region (project partner) RS, SI, SK addiction problems ATELIER | Coaching and Initial e.V. 3 2018 75,211 initial-karlsruhe.de/ Social cohesion and education development of job prospects projekte/ for young adults atelier (German) Strengthening Public Order 2016 – 2017 Consulting www.imap-institut.de/de/ immigration authorities Office (project AMIF quota blog/ausländerbehörden- F.I.B. – Refugees, Integration, Verein für 2016 – 2017 67,744 /www.vfj-ka.de/ partner) (20–25 werden-besser (German) Employment | Placement of Jugendhilfe ESF days) young refugees in education e.V. 3 or vocational training BiMAQ | Educational Employment 05/2015 – 04/2018 107,384 www.afb-karlsruhe.de/ counseling for migrants on Promotion ESF de/jugendliche-schueler- What’s up?! | Support for hard Employment 2018 81,535 www.afb-karlsruhe.de/de/ training and qualification Office (project azubis/bimaq.html to reach young people Promotion ESF jugendliche-schueler- management) (German) Office, Verein azubis/ für Jugendhilfe geht-was.html (German) Durante – assisted Employment 01/2015 – 12/2017 46,406 www.afb-karlsruhe.de/de/ e. V. employment | Support for the Promotion ESF arbeitssuchende/durante. disadvantaged who are no Office (project html SCHEFF | School- Internationaler 2017 – 2018 78,000 www.internationaler-bund. 3 longer entitled to help management) supplementing support for Bund with ESF (2017) de/angebot/10036 young refugees and migrants municipal 83,300 (German) SuBer – addiction and Employment 01/2016 – 12/2017 not funding (2018) occupation | Reintegration Promotion ESF specified (Office for assistance for the long-term Office (project Integration) unemployed with addiction management) Perspektive Now!Plus | ibz 3 2018 41,668 ibz-karlsruhe.de/ibz- problems Sponsorships for young ESF projekte/perspektive-now- ESF Office | Fulfillment of ESF Employment 2014 – 2020 18,000 www.afb-karlsruhe.de/de/ refugees for placement in plus/ goals through coordination Promotion ESF p. a. esf-projektberatung.html education and consulting Office (project (German) management) Securing skilled workers: Municipal 2017 – 2020 146,879 www.qubic.de/projekte/ further education and Hospital ESF gleichstellung-im- Women are creative | Employment 05/2015 – 04/2016 53,000 promotion of equality (project partner) krankenhaus (German) Bringing long-term Promotion ESF unemployed women out of Office (project Work experience Xátiva – Heinrich Hertz 2016 5,267 ES their isolation through creative management) Sun, electricity and more School Erasmus + activities School of Life | AWO Karlsruhe3 2016 – 2017 157,273 www.awo-karlsruhe.de/ Trans-European partnership in Carl Engler 2016 – 2017 12,266 FI Support for truants to obtain ESF (German) laboratory education School Erasmus + a school diploma 72 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities External Relations and Strategic Marketing Unit | 73
Partici- Partici- Duration, EU Duration, EU Project title Project promoter pating Internet Project title Project promoter pating Internet programme funding (€)1 programme funding (€)1 countries2 countries2 Central Creative Enterprise Carl Hofer 2013 – 2017 not GB (Not- nottinghamlocalnews.com/ European Emergency Fire Department 2017 12,500 iheero.eu/ Project – Visual Arts & Digital School Erasmus + specified tingham) local-students-working- Number 112 – Harmonised CEF Media in-germanys-creative- eCall European Deployment industries/ (i_HeERO) | Procurement of an additional module Exchange of trainees Walter Eucken 2015 – 2017 not FR, ES, PL School Erasmus + specified Environment, climate protection and city green Culture KEFF | Centre for Energy Karlsruhe Energy 03/2016 – 03/2020 234,800 keff-bw.de/de/ Efficiency Middle Upper Rhine and Climate ERDF kompetenzstelle/mittlerer- Film on the Upper Rhine | Cultural Office 2018 – 2021 not CH, FR www.interreg-oberrhein. Protection oberrhein Cross-border cooperation of (via Filmboard specified eu/actualites/13- Agency 20 partners in the film and Karlsruhe e. V.) april-2018- audiovisual sector offizieller-auftakt-des- Green Energy Districts | New Karlsruhe Energy 05/2018 – 04/2021 220,738 www.karlsruher- projekts-film-am-oberrhein impulses for climate protection and Climate ERDF energiequartiere. (French, German) with hands-on offers Protection de/ Trauma & Revival | ZKM 2015 – 2018 not BE, FI, IT, www.bozar.be/en/ Agency energiequartiere/gruene- Presentation and reflection (project partner) Creative Europe specified LV, PL activities/115272-trauma- energiequartiere (German) of cultural interdependence revival between Eastern and Western Mobility Europe during the Cold War www.facebook.com/ until today traumarevival regiomove | Regional inter-/ KVV 2016 – 2019 3,415,000 www.regiomove.de multimodal mobility network, ERDF efre-bw.de/ smARTplaces | New practices ZKM 2016 – 2020 not BE, ES, FI, smartplaces.eu networking of classic mobility projektdatenbank for audience development in (project partner) Creative Europe specified FR, GB,NL offers (German) contemporary music in Europe RheinPorts Information System Rhine ports 07/2015 – 06/2018 144,000 CH, FR www.upper-rhine-ports. Interfaces | Neue Musik is ZKM 2016 – 2019 not AT, BE, www.interfacesnetwork.eu (RPIS) | Traffic management (project CEF eu/de/component/ presented to a broad audience (project partner) Creative Europe specified CY, FR, system for the Upper Rhine, partners) content/article/9-pagede- in an interdisciplinary project GB, GR, accelerating the processes in contenu-simple/180- RO container shipping, taking into das-vorhaben-oberrhein- account energy efficiency and verkehrsmanagement- GIFT | Research on hybrid ZKM 2017 – 2019 not DK, UK gifting.digital logistics plattform. forms of virtual museum (project partner) Horizon 2020 specified (NCC), html (French, German) experiences NL, RS, SE Information and traffic control Civil Engineering 02/2018 – 12/2019 not FR VERTIGO | Developing ZKM 2016 – 2020 not CH, FR, vertigo.starts.eu system for the Rhine ferries Department INTERREG Upper specified innovative approaches to (project partner) Horizon 2020 specified ES, PT (associated Rhine artists’ participation in ICT project partner) research activities SuMo-Rhine | Support for the KVV (assoziierter 2018 – 2021 not FR sumo-rhine.com/en/ EASTN DC | European Art- ZKM 2017 – 2021 not BE, DK, www.eastn.eu development and extension Projektpartner) INTERREG Upper specified Science-Technology Network (project partner) Creative Europe specified GR FR, of transnational sustainable Rhine for Digital Creativity GB, IT, PT, transport systems SE, SI
European Theatre Lab – Stage Staatstheater, 10/2016 – 09/2018 19,360 BE, FR www.staatstheater. Your City | Virtual think tank ZKM Creative Europe (Nancy), karlsruhe.de/programm/ explores the theatre of the (project GEO, HR, info/2590 (German) future with new technology partners) NO, RO 1 For project promoter according to project application 2 AT: Austria, BE: Belgium, BG: Bulgaria, CH: Switzerland, CY: Cyprus, DK: Denmark, EE: Estonia, ES: Spain, FI: Finland, FR: France, UK: United Kingdom, GEO: Georgia, GR: Greece, HR: Croatia, HU: Hungary, IE: Ireland, IN: India, LV: Latvia, NL: Sports, leisure and health Netherlands, NO: Norway, PL: Poland, PT: Portugal, RO: Romania, RS: Serbia, SE: Sweden, SI: Slovenia, SK: Slovakia 3 From funding of the regional ESF via “Working Group ESF and Local Employment Programme” Karlsruhe EWOS ABILITY LINK*KIT | School and 05/2015 – 07/2016 12,870 AT, BG, be-inclusive.eu Sustained increase in physical Sports Office Erasmus + FR, HU, IE activity of people with (project partner) disabilities 74 | Karlsruhe Report on European Activities
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