Best Practice Evidence
This section contains best practice evidence and links to other sources
of best practice evidence for the Compete cities.
Barcelona
Porta22 is an innovative service of Barcelona Activa - the Local Development Agency of Barcelona
- designed to offer information, training, and personalised assessment about new occupations,
emerging economic sectors, new cultures of work, and new employment opportunities that are
generated from within the Knowledge Society.
Click on the
Porta22 link for more details, or visit the
Porta22 web-site..
Helsinki
The Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise Culminatum's main function is to implement the National Centre
of Expertise Programme in the Helsinki region in association with the host organisations for the
selected expertise sectors.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
The Innovative City® Program aims to produce urban innovations by combining the existing know-how
and research resources of the City of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology in order
to increase the international attractiveness and competitiveness of the capital region.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area 'Cities in Transition' research programme aims at developing a healthy,
stimulating, socially balanced, democratic and competitive metropolitan area.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area's First Innovation Strategy shows the way forward for collaboration
(regionally, nationally and internationally) that will more efficiently harness the huge innovation
potential of the metropolitan area.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
The Arabianranta area construction project in the Arabianranta district is one of the major
new development sites in the City of Helsinki. Subprojects include 'Art and Design City Helsinki
in Arabianranta', which has been one of the key visions in the regeneration and development of the
area since early 1990’s.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
The Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre - a successful refurbishment of an architecturally valuable
complex.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
Rotterdam
'The Attractive City' is a comparative study of Birmingham, Lisbon, and Rotterdam, examining the
ways in which these cities have sought to make themselves 'attractive cities', something which
is seen as important in order to secure their competitive positions.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
Hidden talents in the job market - a scheme to assist women and immigrants towards increased
participation in the workforce.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
Manifesto of the four largest cities in the Netherlands - The four largest cities in the Netherlands
are working together to bring about an international-orientated and economically strong Randstad,
while also combatting social and cultural problems in the cities.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
Munich
'City and Enterprise: Corporate Community Involvement in European and US Cities' - a publication that
examines 'corporate community involvement' based on the view that corporate community involvement by
companies today is no longer only a matter of ethics, but also a matter of self-interest.
The selected case study cities include The Hague, Amsterdam, Chicago, Leeds, London, Munich, New York,
Seattle and St Louis.
For more details click on the following
EUKN link
