Regional Development Concept Lower Austria Centre (Regionalwirtschaftliches Konzept Niederösterreich-Mitte)

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Topics

• New forms of decision-making
• Regional value added, Mobility, Policies and instruments

Short description

* Project updated on 25 April 2007 according to information from the project contact persons * Endogenous regional development is very important in Lower Austria. The regional economic plan of central Lower Austria is based on the develpoment objectives of Lower Austria. It consists of guidelines for regional development and several key projects for the region. About 250 people were involved directly and indirectly. The participation process (Bürgerforum, internet-site and workshops) with administrative staff, experts, residents and stakeholders was very innovative. The instrument 'innovation compass' was adopted the first time to valuate a region, as well as a 'systemische Aufstellung' for a part-region.

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Project executive

Regionaler Entwicklungsverband Niederösterreich-Mitte (Regional Development Association Lower Austria Centre)

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Source of information

Competition

Participant at the 2005 Future in the Alps competition

Homepage

http://www.noe-mitte.at

Publication

Reinhard Weitzer, Norbert Ströbinger: Regionalwirtschaftliches Konzept NÖ-Mitte: Entwicklungsstrategie für eine junge Region, in Raum & Ordnung Nr. 2/2002, Magazin für Raumplanung, Raumforschung und Umweltschutz, Land Niederösterreich (Hrsg)//Reinhard Weitzer: Der gemeinsame Weg beginnt - die ersten Schritte zur Umsetzung des RWK NÖ-Mitte", in Raum & Ordnung Nr. 1/2003 Land Niederösterreich (Hrsg.) // Reinhard Weitzer: Regionalmanagement in Niederösterreich - die Bedeutung der Maßnahmen der EU-Strukturpolitik für die Regionalentwicklung am Beispiel der Hauptregion NÖ-Mitte, in: FORUM Raumplanung, Wien, 2003

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