The goal of the project was to strengthen metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe in the partner metropolitan areas. The project aimed to identify the best tools, procedures and examples of good practices for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe and apply them in metropolitan areas<\/strong> towards strengthening integrated metropolitan strategic and spatial development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project included partners from cities, metropolitan areas and research institutions. These were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project also involved associated partners, namely: <\/p>\n\n\n\n By participating in the project, the City of Brno expected to find examples and tools to further strengthen the voluntary metropolitan cooperation in the BMA with the aim of its institutionalization, which will facilitate the subsequent integrated metropolitan strategic and territorial development<\/strong>. Such development is beneficial not only for the cities and municipalities in the BMA but also for the citizens themselves. The city and BMA gained much experience and knowledge in managing a project of this significance. The opportunity to be the lead partner of the Interreg project was given to the City of Brno for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The method of work consisted of intensive cooperation between the partner cities, research experts and representatives of international networks. The cooperation was based on international meetings aimed at sharing good practices. The first transnational partner meeting took place in Brno. More about this meeting here<\/strong><\/a>. The second transnational meeting was held in Warsaw. Outcomes of this meeting are available here<\/strong><\/a>. Stuttgart was the venue for the third meeting of the partners and information on this meeting can be found here<\/strong><\/a>. The fourth meeting in Ostrava and its outcomes can be found here<\/strong><\/a>. The fifth meeting took place in Berlin and the most important results are summarised in this article<\/a><\/strong>. Last transnational meeting took place in Turin <\/a><\/strong>and project was concluded by the transnational conference in Brno<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n The project also included the production of position papers towards the European level, reflecting the position of metropolitan areas and cities and their challenges (in the context of strategic European documents). At the same time, a general transferable methodology for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance was developed and shared with other cities in Central Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n The individual outputs and results of the project are continuously updated throughout the project. These outputs and results include the already mentioned documents such as the Strategy and Action Plans, pilot actions and proposed new solutions or Common Metropolitan Vision summarising the needs of metropolitan areas. In addition, sub-outputs or deliverables such as the analysis of existing best practices and tools for enhancing metropolitan cooperation or catalogue of newly developed solutions are also shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The project had a budget of \u20ac1.647 million over three years, 80% of which was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and 5 % through state subsidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An introduction to the project with an overview of all partners can be found in this storyma<\/strong><\/a>p<\/a><\/strong>. The project has its own official website, which is maintained within the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE website. You can visit it here<\/strong><\/a>. The project also has its own profile on the social network LinkedIn, which you can follow here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n \n
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