OP-ACT

Edited on 18/07/2025

24/11/2009 19/01/2013

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  • Urban planning
  • Participative governance
  • Abandoned Spaces
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

Project launch

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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