Mediation Town and Congress Hall Regensburg (Mediation Stadt- und Kongresshalle Regensburg)

Best Practice

Topics

• New forms of decision-making
• Governance capacity, Policies and instruments

Short description

The project 'Town and Congress Hall Regensburg' has a long history with plenty of conflicts. The City of Regensburg has intended to build this hall since the 1980ies, the project and the location 'Donaumarkt' have always been discussed controversally by the public. After 15 years of emotional conflicts and several expert reports on the location, the City of Regensburg decided to open a mediation process with residents, stakeholders, experts and administration. Several locations were checked. A consensus was written down, three locations were recommended as a decision-guidance for the city council. Nevertheless a decision about the location could not be made to this day.

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Project executive

initiator and financial backer: Planungs- und Baureferat of the City of Regensburg, Germany; project executive: Citycom München Ms. Brigitte Gans and Ms. Ursula Ammermann

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Source of information

Competition

Participant at the 2005 Future in the Alps competition

Homepage

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Publication

Gans, Brigitte (2002): Umweltmediation. Fallbeispiele aus der deutschen Praxis. In: Häupl, Michael: BürgerInnenbeiteiligung und politische Partizipation. Wien; Ammermann, Ursula; Gans Brigitte (2001): "Der Donaumarkt" - Dilemma für die Bürgerbeteiligung. In: das projekt, Heft 1, Jhg. 4.