OP-ACT

24/11/2009 19/01/2013

Closed

Options of actions - strategic positioning of small and medium sized cities Demographic change, advanced de-industrialization and the current financial crisis together with the linked danger of job losses pose specific challenges for small and medium size cities.

Summary

LEAD PARTNER : Leoben - Austria

Mediaş - Romania
Nagykálló - Hungary
Dabrowa Gornicza - Poland
Riga - Latvia

Notodden - Norway
Eberswalde - Germany
Altena - Germany
Legazpi - Spain
Ancona - Italy

Timeline

2009

Project launch

2012

Project completed

Introduction

Whenever the economy is in danger and the population figures are predicted negatively, shrinking is a thread. The increasing need of action is accompanied by decreasing financial means. The subject that the network therefore addresses are the most urgent questions arising with this phenomenon.

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