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COMUNIS
Inter-municipal cooperation for Strategic Steering of SME-oriented Location Development in the Alpine Space
- AS priority area: Competitiveness and Attractiveness
- Duration: 01/07/2009 - 30/06/2012
Project Partners
- Lead partner: University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Valais, Institute Economics and Tourisme (CH) Contact person: Nicolas Deletroz, Tel.: +41 27 606 90 03, nicolas.deletroz[at]hevs.ch
- Regional development Vorarlberg (AT) Contact person: Peter Steurer, Tel.: +43 (0)5579 7171-43, peter.steurer[at]telesis.eu
- Canton of Valais Economic Development Office (CH) Contact person: Brigitte Pitteloud, Tel.: +41 27 60 672 30, brigitte.pitteloud[at]admin.vs.ch
- Swiss Association for Services to Regions and Communes (CH) Contact person: François Parvex, Tel.: +41 78 654 48 62, parvex[at]serec.ch
- Bosch & Partner GmbH (DE) Contact person: Konstanze Schönthaler, Tel.: +49 (0)8923555852, k.schoenthaler[at]boschpartner.de
- City of Sonthofen (DE) Contact person: Fritz Weidlich, Tel.: +49 (0)8321 615 279, fritz.weidlich[at]sonthofen.de
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lyon (ERDF Lead Partner) (FR) Contact person: Claire Delsuc, Tel.: + 33 (0)4 72 40 56 92, delsuc[at]lyon.cci.fr, Tel.: + 33 (0)4 72 40 56 92
- European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen, Institute for Regional Development and Location Management (IT) Contact person: Thomas Philipp Streifeneder and Miriam Laura Weiß. Tel.: +39 0471 055 315, thomas.streifeneder[at]eurac.edu; miriam.weiss[at]eurac.edu.
- Local Development Agency Langhe Monferrato Roero - European project department (IT) Contact person: Sonia Abluton, Tel.: +39 0141 532516, sonia[at]lamoro.it
- Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea (IT) Contact person: Paolo Angelini, Tel.: +39 06 57228154, angelini.paolo[at]minambiente.it
- BSC, Business Support Centre L.t.d., Kranj (SL) Contact person: Helena Cvenkel, Tel.: +386 4 281 72 39, helena.cvenkel[at]bsc-kranj.si
Project summary
“Communities in the Alps often face similar problems with regards to commercial development: They have hardly any land available for commercial site development due to natural restrictions and the few remaining areas are highly competed for by diverse utilization demands. So far, the municipalities developed commercial areas individually and in a rather uncoordinated way. The Commercial Location Development concept perused by COMUNIS offers municipalities the chance to steer their commercial development in a forward-looking way by cooperating with other municipalities. The aim is to retain businesses in the region or to generate the conditions to release new investments, to create or attract new businesses.” (Source:www.alpine-space.eu/projects/projects/detail/COMUNIS/show/)
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Results
Results of a project can be differentiated in outputs, outcomes and impacts of an intervention. Source:OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management.
Outputs
| Output | Category | Language(s) | Target group | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidelines on Inter-municipal Commercial Location Development | Guidelines | EN | Policy makers, civil servants / administration / planner / scientists / specific institutions | “The guidelines provide a description of the concept and approach of Commercial Location Development (CLD). Moreover options for action, tools and instruments as well as implementation examples are presented to stakeholders and other actor on municipal and regional levels.”(source: Guidelines on Inter-municipal Commercial Location Development) |
| Project Synthesis | policy oriented summary | EN;FR;DE;IT;SI | Policy maker; civil servants / administration; Planner; Scientists; Specific institutions | The booklet summarizes the project background, results and outlook |
| Final publication | Report | EN | Policy maker / civil servants / administration/ planner/scientists/specific institutions | Project final publication contains a brief introduction, summary of project results, the pilot areas, guidelines for inter-municipal commercial location development (CLD). Appraisal of information exchange in the pilot regions: facts-evaluation-lessons learned, additional project documentation. |
| Final Evaluation | Tool | EN | Policy maker; civil servants / administration; planner; specific institutions; | This note far from being an exercise of accountability, is rather a tool in support of the capitalization of the results achieved, to build models and outline general and specific lessons, useful in terms of sustainability and hopefully, further applicability of the experience in similar contexts.(Source: Final Evaluation ) |
| Analysis Tool Description | Tool | EN | Policy makers, civil servants / administration / planner / scientists / specific institutions | This analysis presents the BalancedScoreCard (BSC), a method for a comprehensive overview of the performance and effectiveness of an organization or structure.(Source: Analysis Tool Description) |
| Map Comunis Pilot Areas | Map | EN | Policy maker; civil servants / administration; Planner; Scientists; Specific institutions; Civil society / citizen | Study area map |
| Articles etc. about methodological approaches | Methodology | EN | Policy makers, civil servants / administration / planner / scientists / specific institutions | This page contains all the relevant documents concerning the methodology and definitions used in the project. |
Outcomes and Impacts
Unlike project outputs, outcomes and results cannot be described in a standardized way. Therefore, they are listed as free text:
Achievements that could be further implemented
Results transferability to similar regions in terms of socio-economic framework conditions. Examples of other potential case study regions or particularly suitable regions for implementing project findings.
Remaining gaps
Broader information and analysis on inter-municipal legislation in case study regions/countries. Deeper insight on legislative/legal prerequisites.
Emerging contradictions
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