Invitation andprogramme from 12 – Sustainable European Cities” “10 years oftheLeipzigCharteron 11 th Federal Congress onNational Urban Development Policy

14 June 2017atSchuppen52inHamburg

Photo: Dirk Rußmann, bsc Media Invitation

11th Federal Congress on National Urban Development Policy The second day of the Congress, 13 June 2017, will be opened by “10 years of the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities” Dr Barbara Hendricks, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. It will examine from 12 - 14 June 2017 at Schuppen 52 in the topic of sustainable European cities from different angles. In her considerations on an Urban Agenda for the EU, Dr Deborah In cooperation with Conference of German Building Ministers, the Schembri, Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Simplification Association of German Cities and the German Association of Towns of Administrative Processes, Malta (current holder of the EU Council and Municipalities, Dr Barbara Hendricks, Federal Minister for the Presidency), will lay out how a common framework can provide Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, new opportunities for European cities. The Danish architect and invites you to attend the 11th Federal Congress on the National Urban urban planner Jan Gehl will then further expand on this with a Development Policy, which will take place at Schuppen 52 in Ham- presentation focussed on actual practice: What can urban planning burg from 12 to 14 June 2017. really accomplish? What does a city need in order to be liveable and viable for the future? What challenges does it have to address? Mart 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of the Leipzig Grisel, Director of the European Urban Knowledge Network, will Charter on Sustainable European Cities. The charter is the key then take stock with the help of a fact check relative to the study 10 document on integrated urban development in Europe. The joint Years of the Leipzig Charter. initiative of the Federation, Länder and municipalities, the National Urban Development Policy, is based on the Leipzig Charter and also A panel discussion will follow with Furio Honsell, Mayor of the City celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. of Udine (Italy, invited), Stefan Schostok, Mayor of the City of Han- nover, capital of Lower Saxony, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Mayor Renowned experts as well as representatives from politics, planning, of the City of Malmö (Sweden) and Maria Vassilakou, Vice-Mayor of business and civil society are invited to take stock at the 11th Federal the City of Vienna, the capital of Austria. Gunther Adler, State Sec- Congress. At the same time, the goal is to further develop the idea retary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conser- of the European city, discuss new approaches and strategies and vation, Building and Nuclear Safety, will then bring the morning to hence jointly make progress with a sustainable and integrated urban a close by presenting the recommendations for action made in the development at national and European level. The congress serves framework of the Smart Cities dialogue platform. as a platform for discussions on the key issue for the future, Smart Cities, on how digitalization can be harnessed to full advantage for On the afternoon of 13 June 2017, six forums on integrative, sustain- a future-oriented urban development and on how urban develop- able urban development will take place. These events will present ment policy can adequately deal with the challenges presented by and discuss national and international projects, specific approaches digital transformation. and examples from practice. , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Con- The urban development assistance of the Federation and the Länder servation, Building and Nuclear Safety, will then highlight addition- is the most effective tool for implementing national urban develop- al aspects of integrative, forward-looking urban development policy. ment policy and a success story due to its use as financial instrument Afterwards, a number of experts will join him for a panel discussion and its conceptual and planning basis. At the congress, successful that will conclude the afternoon programme: Dr , results and outcomes of urban development assistance programmes Senator for Urban Development and Housing of the Free and will be presented, accompanied by illustrative practical examples, in Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Tobias Eschenbacher, Mayor of the City order to discuss them from different angles. of Freising, Axel Gedaschko, President of the Federal Association of German Housing and Property Development Companies (GdW), The first day of the Federal Congress will begin on the morning of Prof Dr Frauke Kraas, University of Cologne, and Prof Dr Rolf 12 June 2017, with the conference Launching the new urban rede- Rosenbrock, Chairman of the German Equality Welfare Association. velopment programme, which will present the current joint urban redevelopment programme and highlight new options for action. Following the panel discussion, the Integration Award 2017 – Living alongside new neighbours will be presented. The award is a joint In the evening, , First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic initiative of the Association of German Cities, AWO Bundesverband, City of Hamburg, and Gunther Adler, State Secretary at the Federal the Federal Association of German Housing and Property Develop- Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and ment Companies (GdW), the Federal Association for Housing and Nuclear Safety, will open the 11th Federal Congress. Representatives Urban Development (vhw) and the German Tenants Association. The of partners of the National Urban Development Policy and of the initiative is being supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environ- parties represented in the German will discuss urban ment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety in the con- development and policies: Dr Kurt Gribl, Deputy President of the text of the Social City programme. The award is the first to highlight Association of German Cities and Mayor of the City of Augsburg, exemplary projects that show how immigrants can be successfully Michael Groß (SPD), (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), integrated within their new living environments. (Die Linke) and (CDU), Roland Schäfer, President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities On the morning of 12 June 2017, you are cordially invited to take and Mayor of the City of Bergkamen and Thomas Webel, Minister part in various specialised events presented by national and inter- for Regional Development and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt and national partners of the National Urban Development Policy: The Chairman of the Conference of German Building Ministers. programme will also include the following additional events: Rural regions: Business locations fostering tradition and innovation, a joint Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minis- event of the GIZ and the BMUB on the importance of national and try for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear international city networks; the third part of the City of Leipzig’s Safety, will provide a summary of the day and present the awards for More for Less workshop series and an URBACT information day. A the competition People and Success Stories – Rural Areas: Productive supporting project exhibition will present projects carried out with- and Innovative. This will conclude the day’s official programme and in the National Urban Development Policy framework, along with lead into a reception. nationwide initiatives for, and real-world examples of, integrative urban development. On 14 June, you will also have the opportunity to take part in various excursions to current relevant projects under- way in Hamburg. Location Registration

Schuppen 52 Please mail to Australiastraße 52 [email protected] 20457 Hamburg or www.nationale-stadtentwicklungspolitik.de

Attendance of the congress is free of charge. Only a limited number of participants can be accepted. Registration deadline is June 5th, 2017. Program is subject to change.

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Public transportation / Shuttle-bus service to the event location The journey to Schuppen 52 takes about 30 minutes: from Hamburg’s main train station (Hauptbahnhof), take the S3 or S31 tram towards “Stade” as far as “Hamburg-Veddel”. At “Hamburg-Veddel” proceed to the exit marked “Nord (Hafen)”, then on to “Durchgang Freihafen” and to the bus stop “Veddel West”. There, take bus 256 to Australiastraße / Hafenmuseum, or use the shuttle-bus service.

Shuttle-boat service You can board the shuttle boat at the “Landungsbrücken” To reach the Landungsbrücken from Hamburg main train station, proceed as follows: Take underground line U3 towards “Barmbek”, or the S3 tram towards “Pinneberg”, or the S1 tram towards “Blankenese/Wedel”. In each case, get off at the stop “Landungsbrücken”. The boats leave from bridge 10. Schuppen 52

Arrival by car / parking Technical support Enter “Australiastraße 52” as your destination in your navigation Programme support for the National Urban Development Policy device. When you have reached the “Freihafen” area, follow the signs c/o PROPROJEKT | Büro Kaufmann for Schuppen 50 – 52. Please note that only a small number of parking Friedrichstraße 60 spaces are available at the event location. 10117 Berlin Phone +49 30 / 920 390-35 Fax +49 30 / 920 390-80 [email protected] ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung gGmbH Brüderweg 22 – 24 44135 Dortmund Phone +49 231 / 9051-141 /-142 Fax +49 231 / 9051-195 [email protected]

Schuppen 52 with view on Elbphilharmonie Programme

Monday, 12 June 2017, Schuppen 52 Tuesday, 13 June 2017, Schuppen 52

Framework Programme Moderation: Angela Elis 10:00 a.m. – SRL Leipzig-Charta Interpretation available 12:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Admission and registration 10:00 a.m. – More 4 less 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Welcome address 11:00 a.m.– Conference on urban redevelopment Dr Barbara Hendricks, Federal Minister for the Environ- 4:30 p.m. ment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety 1:00 p.m. – Built environment heritage – development based on 10:20 a.m. The Urban Agenda for the EU – a step towards realising 5:00 p.m. building stock the full potential of the EU? 1:30 p.m. – Smart Cities – Lever for sustainable urban development Dr Deborah Schembri, Parliamentary Secretary for 5:00 p.m. Planning and Simplification of Administrative 2:00 p.m. – Rural regions: Business locations fostering tradition Processes, for the European Council Presidency, Malta 5:00 p.m. and innovation 10:35 a.m. The liveable European city 2:00 p.m. – Connected through experience – The importance of city 5:00 p.m. networks and peer-to-peer learning for integrated urban Jan Gehl, Architect and Urban Planner development (Interpretation available) 11:00 a.m. Fact check: Study on 10 years of the Leipzig Charter 3:00 p.m. – European experiences with integrated urban 5:00 p.m. development concepts Mart Grisel, European Urban Knowledge Network, The Netherlands Programme 11:15 a.m. Mayors’ discussion: 10 years of the Leipzig Charter Moderation: Angela Elis Moderation: Michael Brocker Interpretation available Furio Honsell, Mayor of the City of Udine, Italy (invited) 6:00 p.m. Welcome address from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Stefan Schostok, Mayor of the City of Hannover, capital of Lower Saxony Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Mayor of the City of Malmö, Sweden 6:15 p.m. Opening address Maria Vassilakou, Vice-Mayor of the City of Vienna, Gunther Adler, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry Austria for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety 12:15 p.m. Recommendations for action of the Smart Cities Dialogue Platform 6:30 p.m. Discussion on urban development & policy Gunther Adler, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Moderation: Michael Brocker the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Discussion: Dr Kurt Gribl, Deputy President of the Association of 12:30 p.m. International perspectives German Cities and Mayor of the City of Augsburg Discussion with Gunther Adler, State Secretary at the Michael Groß, Member of the German Bundestag, SPD Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Christian Haase, Member of the German Bundestag, CDU Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Oliver Krischer, Member of the German Bundestag, 1:00 p.m. Lunch break Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen Caren Lay, MdB, Die Linke 2:15 p.m. Parallel forums Roland Schäfer, President of the German Association of Forum I: Integrated action, participation – Towns and Municipalities and Mayor of the City of the Leipzig Charter and the National Urban Bergkamen Development Policy after 10 years Thomas Webel, Minister of Regional Development and Moderation: Prof Dr Franz Pesch, ppas Transport of Saxony-Anhalt and Chairman of the Conference of German Building Ministers Lead-in presentation: Dr Oliver Weigel, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building 7:30 p.m. Presentation of awards for competition People and Nuclear Safety

and Success Stories Commentary: Prof Dr Stefan Rettich, University of Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Kassel

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature With further examples from practice. Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Interpretation available 8:00 p.m. Reception at Schuppen 52 Forum II: Transformation of cities and municipalities 4:45 p.m. New challenges for cities – proven instruments and in the digital age – Smart Cities new approaches

Moderation: Dr Antje Grobe, DIALOGBASIS Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary at the

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Lead-in presentation: Dr Peter Jakubowski, Federal Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) Panel discussion

Commentary: Hilmar von Lojewski, Association of Moderation: Anja Heyde, journalist and moderator

German Cities Tobias Eschenbacher, Mayor of the City of Freising With further examples from practice. Axel Gedaschko, Federal Association of German Housing Interpretation available and Property Development Companies (GdW)

Prof Dr Frauke Kraas, University of Cologne Forum III: Preventing social division, strengthening social cohesion Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Moderation: Frauke Burgdorff, BurgdorffStadt Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Lead-in presentation: Ralf Zimmer-Hegmann, ILS Prof Dr Rolf Rosenbrock, German Equality Welfare Commentary: Dr Petra Potz, location³ Association

With further examples from practice. Dr Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Senator for Urban Development and Housing of Hamburg Interpretation available 6:00 p.m. Conclusion Forum IV: Clean air cities – climate action, environmental justice and health 7:00 p.m. Presentation of 2017 Social City integration award – Moderation: Christa Böhme, Difu the 2017 competition theme is Living alongside new neighbours Lead-in presentation: Gertrude Penn-Bressel, Federal (Federal Association of German Housing and Property Development Environment Agency Companies (GdW), Federal Association for Housing and Urban Devel opment (vhw), AWO Bundesverband, Association of German Cities and Commentary: Prof Dr Heike Köckler, Bochum University German Tenants Association) of Applied Sciences Moderation: Mitri Sirin With further examples from practice.

Forum V: Reinventing cities? Developing existing stock Moderation: Reiner Nagel, Baukultur Foundation

Lead-in presentation: Prof Dr Arnold Bartetzky, University of Leipzig

Commentary: Karl Jasper, Ministry for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport of North Rhine–Westphalia

With further examples from practice.

Forum VI: Infrastructure and public services, between growth and decline Moderation: Norbert Portz, German Association of Towns and Municipalities Vallbracht Andreas Photo: www.mediaserver.hamburg.de/ The Alster in Hamburg Lead-in presentation: Dr Markus Eltges, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Wednesday, 14 June 2017 Spatial Development (BBSR)

Framework Programme Commentary: Prof Dr Rainer Danielzyk, Academy for Spatial Research and Planning Starting at 9:00 a.m. Excursions With further examples from practice. Side events 4:15 p.m. Coffee break 10:00 a.m. – Quartiersakademie North Rhine–Westphalia. 4:00 p.m. At home in your neigh-bourhood.