CTUR THEMATIC NETWORK Ninth Seminar, Final Conference July 7 - 8 2011 Naples (Italy) “Naples: The port in the heart of the city” The report, written by Pauline Geoghegan, CTUR Thematic Expert, refers to the work and contribution of the Naples seminar participants, Gaetano Mollura CTUR Lead Partner, Vittorio Torbianelli, CTUR Lead Expert and the CTUR partners and participants that attended the meeting. Anna Arena, Cristina Fato, Maria Luna Nobile and Gio- vanni Hoffmann, Lead Partner staff contributed to the editing of this report . CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1 2. PREPARATORY MEETING OF PROJECT PARTNERS ................................................................. 1 3. OPENING SESSION ............................................................................................................................... 2 4. THE CITY OF NAPLES 2021: “CITTÀ BASSA” AND PORT AREA - WHAT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WATERFRONT OF NAPLES .................................................................... 3 5. URBACT II – THE EUROPEAN PROGRAMME FOR URBAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 5 6. INTRODUCTION TO THE CTUR NETWORK ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 5 7. TRIBUTE TO RACHEL RODRIGUES MALTA ................................................................................. 9 8. PRESENTATION OF THE CTUR PARTNERS’ OUTPUTS ............................................................ 9 9. NAPLES, THE CTUR HOST PARTNER CITY ............................................................................... 15 10. THE CTUR FINAL REPORT: OUTPUTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 17 11. CTUR RESULTS AND OUTPUTS: A POINT OF VIEW OF AIVP .............................................. 21 12. INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE STUDY, THE MOLO BEVERELLO TRANSFORMATION IN THE WATERFRONT PROJECT ......................................................................................................... 22 13. THE CRUISE AND THE CITY ........................................................................................................... 23 14. INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE STUDY, THE ARCHEOLOGICAL PIAZZA MUNICIPIO UNDERGROUND STATION PROJECT BY ALVARO SIZA ................................................................ 28 15. FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE URBACT LOCAL ACTION PLANS ....................... 29 16. THE CTUR NETWORK EXPERIENCE OVER THREE YEARS: A HAPPY ENDING STORY THAT MUST BE CONTINUED? .............................................................................................................. 29 Appendix 1: agenda of the Naples seminar ................................................................................................................30 Appendix 2: participants at the Naples seminar ........................................................................................................33 Appendix 3: Power Point Presentations made during the meeting in Naples ............................................................35 I URBACT CTUR 9th seminar, Final Conference Naples (Italy) July 7- 8 2011 1. INTRODUCTION The final event of the CTUR network was first economic impact for both, or is it a false illu- of all important to show the results of the work sion that the cruise traffic is a real opportunity done in the framework of the CTUR Thematic of economic growth for the city? Thirdly with Network through the presentation of the draft public and private economic stakeholders for final report and the opening of the travelling an overview of financial instruments could be exhibition on the CTUR / URBACT Local Ac- possible to activate, in addition to the EU tion Plans. The dissemination of the results Structural Funds, as alternative financial pos- was achieved thanks to the cooperation of the sibilities to implement the Local Action Plans? AIVP (the International Association of City Ports), which had invited its own members to Finally this seminar, besides being a show- Naples. case of CTUR/URBACT II outputs, also aimed to be generally an occasion to highlight the The seminar was also an occasion to deepen critical points that the URBACT Secretariat the state of the art of the host city, the Munici- and the European Commission could take into pality and the Port Authority of Naples, re- account both for the next URBACT II call for spectively lead partner and partner of the net- proposal and an eventual URBACT III Pro- work, through the case study presentations, gramme. discussions and visits to the port, the area of the Local Action Plan and to the site of the The first site visits during the conference en- Municipio Station of the Naples underground tailed a ‘Theatrical visit’ of the Naples Local line 1. This important station is a symbol of Action Plan (organized by Cultural Association quality for the project, because it links modern NarteA) “Città Bassa”, the UNESCO Historic architecture with archaeological findings un- Centre Site / waterfront and meeting with the earthed during construction and for the impor- Naples URBACT Local Support Group mem- tance that it will have from the point of view of bers Consortia Antico Borgo Orefici (Gold- infrastructure, as when it is completed it will smith district) and Antiche Botteghe Tessili open up the pedestrian connection between (Textile; and walking through Piazza Mercato the port and the city, to the station and to the district (natural commercial centre and textile airport. cluster) and Borgo Orefici (natural commercial centre and goldsmith cluster), networking with The final seminar was also an opportunity for the local stakeholders in the “ la Bulla incuba- discussion, firstly with experts and key actors tor”. The second visit gave participants an of the cities on the theme of the waterfront overview of the port area: the waterfront trans- transformation and the new “hardware” and formation area and the new project for the im- “software” relationships between city and port; provement of the infrastructures, with a visit to secondly with the cities and cruise companies the port tower / Molo Beverello and a visit on to understand if it is possible to experiment the site of the case study: the Municipio Un- with new forms of governance to improve the derground station. 2. Preparatory meeting of project partners On the afternoon prior to the event the part- once in the port area, and a second time in ners met to update on progress on their out- the city offices, where the exhibition will re- puts and to put the final touches to the prepa- main on display; in Varna the exhibition had ration of the conference. been on display in the maritime park, where it had gathered interest; in Naples the exhibition Local Action Plan exhibitions had been would firstly be on public display in the mari- launched in the partner cities, including Dub- time terminal where the final event was held, lin, where the exhibition had been ‘opened’ on then would be moved elsewhere in the city, to two occasions, each with a different minister, the site of the Forum of Cultures, and possibly to the university which had been involved in 1 URBACT CTUR 9th seminar, Final Conference Naples (Italy) July 7- 8 2011 the project; in Helsinki the exhibition would be on display at Hernesaari on the occasion of the European sailing championships; in Ali- cante the exhibition will be displayed in the new visitor centre; in Valencia the exhibition will be on display in the RIVA urban regenera- tion office. In the remaining partner cities the exhibitions are also on display in a variety of locations. Partners were reminded by the lead partner that all activities must close by July 19 th , with the exception of the accounting of costs in- curred in connection with attendance at the URBACT Summer School in Cracow at the end of August. The lead partner will shortly transfer a tranche of funding to the partners which had sent complete accounts. Two CTUR cities had received a successful sec- ond level control check: Naples and Varna. 1.From the top: Naples Final Conference; CTUR Local Action Plans Exhibition. 3. Opening Session Antonella di Nocera, councillor for Culture and port. Thanks were also extended to the Tourism, City of Naples URBACT Secretariat, namely Jean Loup The participants were welcomed on behalf of Drubigny, Urbact Director, and Raffaele Bar- the new mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris. bato for their presence. Since the elections had only taken place a month previously it is a difficult challenge to Gaetano Mollura, CTUR Lead Partner rule the city. They are trying to give back to This project shows how an area of the city can the city the image of its cultural heritage. become productive, not just an area to be passed through, with the Maritime station, port CTUR is an exemplary project to build on their activities, the waterfront project, the Municipio communication to improve the image of the underground station and the pedestrian route town; it is important to thank Gaetano for his linking Municipio to the Maritime terminal. The work, which will be the basis for improving the Naples Local Action Plan is now being widely bridge between the historical centre and the disseminated. 2. From the left: Antonella di Nocera, councillor for Culture and Tourism, City of Naples; Gaetano Mollura, CTUR Lead Partner, Naples