Inventory Report on the State of the Art of Relevant Public Institutions, Vulnerable/Marginalized Groups and UPA in Pilot Areas FINAL VERSION
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Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion Inventory report on the state of the art of relevant public institutions, vulnerable/marginalized groups and UPA in pilot areas FINAL VERSION Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute Ljubljana, July 2017 1 DELIVERABLE SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION Project acronym: AgriGo4Cities Project title: Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion Contract number: DTP1-533-4.1 Starting date: 1. 1. 2017 Ending date: 30. 6. 2017 Project website address: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved- projects/agrigo4cities Lead partner organisation: Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute Name of representative: Prof. Dr. Oto Luthar Project manager: Dr. Jani Kozina E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: +386 (0)1 200 27 14 DELIVERABLE INFORMATION Title of the deliverable: Inventory report on the state of the art of relevant public institutions, vulnerable/marginalized groups and UPA in pilot areas Number of the deliverable D 3.1.2 WP / activity related to the deliverable: WP3 / Activity 3.1: Identification of good practices of participatory UPA Type (internal or restricted or public): public WP leader: PiNA Activity leader: ZRC SAZU Participating partner(s): all partners Authors: Dr. Jani Kozina, Dr. Jernej Tiran, Dr. Saša Poljak Istenič, Peter Repolusk, Jakob Ercegović, Klemen Krušec E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: +386 (0)1 200 27 14 DELIVERY DEADLINES Date of the delivery to the JS: 21. 8. 2017 1 Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of pilot areas .............................................................. 7 2.1 Demographical development (NUTS 3) .............................................................................................. 8 2.2 Activity status and educational attainment (NUTS 2) ...................................................................... 15 2.3 Unemployment (NUTS 2) .................................................................................................................. 17 2.4 Social exclusion and poverty (NUTS 2) ............................................................................................. 18 2.5 Young people in education and employment (NUTS 2) ................................................................... 22 3 Land cover in pilot areas .......................................................................................................................... 25 4 State of the art of urban agriculture, participatory planning, social inclusion and sustainable urban development in pilot areas ......................................................................................................................... 36 4.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture ................................................................................................. 36 4.1.1 Local strategic and legislative framework regarding urban agriculture .................................... 39 4.1.2 Structure of urban agriculture in pilot areas ............................................................................. 40 4.1.3 Potential new locations for urban agriculture in pilot areas ..................................................... 47 4.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture ........................................................... 50 4.2.1 Community involvement in strategic planning ......................................................................... 51 4.2.2 Community involvement in neighbourhood planning .............................................................. 52 4.2.3 Community involvement in management of urban agricultural land ....................................... 52 4.2.4 Initiation of decision-making processes .................................................................................... 53 4.2.5 Current experience regarding participatory approaches .......................................................... 53 4.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture ....................................................................................... 54 4.3.1 Identification of vulnerable groups ........................................................................................... 55 4.3.2 Mechanisms for social inclusion of vulnerable groups in surveyed municipality ..................... 57 4.3.3 Good practices of social inclusion of vulnerable groups in surveyed municipalities ................ 62 4.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ............................................ 63 4.4.1 Local strategic and legislative framework ................................................................................. 64 4.4.2 Economic aspects ...................................................................................................................... 65 4.4.3 Social aspects ............................................................................................................................. 66 4.4.4 Environmental aspect ................................................................................................................ 68 2 4.4.5 Cultural aspect ........................................................................................................................... 68 5 Partners’ profiles ..................................................................................................................................... 69 5.1 Municipal district Prague 9 (Czech Republic) ................................................................................... 69 5.1.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture .......................................................................................... 69 5.1.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................... 72 5.1.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture ................................................................................ 73 5.1.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ..................................... 75 5.2 Municipality of Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) ............................................................................................ 76 5.2.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture .......................................................................................... 76 5.2.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................... 83 5.2.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture ................................................................................ 84 5.2.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ..................................... 86 5.3 Municipality of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) ....................................................................................... 87 5.3.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture .......................................................................................... 87 5.3.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................... 93 5.3.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture ................................................................................ 93 5.3.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ..................................... 96 5.4 Municipality of Vaslui (Romania) ...................................................................................................... 97 5.4.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture .......................................................................................... 97 5.4.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................. 100 5.4.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture .............................................................................. 100 5.4.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ................................... 103 5.5 Municipality of Velenje (Slovenia) .................................................................................................. 104 5.5.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture ........................................................................................ 104 5.5.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................. 114 5.5.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture .............................................................................. 114 5.5.4 Contribution of urban agriculture to sustainable urban development ................................... 117 5.6 Municipality of Ulcinj (Montenegro) .............................................................................................. 118 5.6.1 Characteristics of urban agriculture ........................................................................................ 119 5.6.2 Participatory planning & management of urban agriculture .................................................. 119 3 5.6.3 Social inclusion through urban agriculture .............................................................................. 119 5.6.4 Contribution