- 04.05.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - New TiF-Partner - “I will keep it up”
- 28.04.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Energy saving exhibition in Uddebo
- 27.04.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Discussing Scenarios of Vidzeme in Light of European Future
- 13.04.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - The first Trans in Form workshop in Belarus discussed what is the best way to promote Grodno city
- 12.04.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Count Theodor fon Medem interested in revival of Eleja Manor in Jelgava (Latvia)
- 09.03.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Pilot project planning in Tranemo
- 04.03.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Suwalki development moves forward
- 25.02.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Vidzeme Planning Region is looking for LOGO! (voting)
- 23.02.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Storry telling is to explain and entertain in Tranemo!
- 23.02.2011 Trans in Form (TiF) - Reconstruction of Maria Konopnicka square in Suwalki
- 10.05.2011 Trans in Form Mid-term Conference CHASING THE CHANGE
- 06.04.2011 Conference in Belarus: 'Grodno - City Museum!'
- 29.03.2011 How to combine regional scenarios and new narratives/storytelling?
- 17.03.2011 Attractive Transformation and Urban Design
- 01.03.2011 Development of investment plans resulting from the scenario planning
- 18.10.2010 Østfold Planning Forum
Lead Partner:
Notodden kommunePostbox 193
3672 Notodden
NO
Bjørn Frode Moen
E-mail: bjorn-frode.moen@notodden.kommune.no
Phone: +4735015150
Fax: +4735015010
Project Manager:
Notodden MunicipalityPostbox 193
3672 Notodden
NO
Bjørn Frode Moen
E-mail: bjorn-frode.moen@notodden.kommune.no
Phone: +47 97053420
Fax: +47 35015010
Information Manager:
Baltic Innovation GroupPulko g. 12
62133 Alytus
LT
Alf S. Johansen
E-mail: alf@nku.no
Phone: +370 315 50049
Fax: +47 913 37 013
Summary description of the project:
The partners in Trans in Form are local and regional authorities in Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany and Poland. In addition a Norwegian Research Institute.
These countries have historically and today again close relations. We see that migration and political and economic change in Europe is reconnecting the populations more and more. One of the investigations by the project was to find out how migration and attractiveness are connected and how change is influenced by it. One common problem for smaller places in Europe is the lack of access to leading networks and the lack of investments and national attention. As depopulation for smaller places and rural regions is a result of the ongoing European development there is a need for better development strategies. How can success stories be told and how can best practices help to raise awareness among decision makers and professionals in an international environment?
The Trans in Form project has introduced attractive and competitive concepts for development of rural regions and smaller towns. Due to the fact that smaller towns and medium sized cities are usually not paying so much attention to urban design and also disconnected from leading networks of architect and designers there was a need for a project which could connect places outside the metropolitan areas and provide international expertise.
How can smaller places learn from each other and from the metropolitan areas? Is it possible to facelift "ugly towns" through transformation and better ideas? Is it possible to make dull places more vibrant through a more condensed and conscious development?
The project managed to provide international expertise to the regions and local towns by organizing a range of transnational workshops which resulted in the creation of dozens of future scenarios and hundred of urban design ideas and drawings. The content of the different proposals were diverse, however some common principles are running though the proposals, such as; the compact towns with multifunctional space exploitation, the transformation of waist areas and industrial premises into new housing, shops and service premises, the five minutes walk, the importance and potential of social meeting places, modern lightscape and attractive pedestrian areas etc.
Achievements of the project so far:
The project has benchmarked the attractiveness of the partners through an "attractiveness barometer". This research was carried out and gave some very interesting findings. The ongoing political and demographic change in Europe influenced the partners regions even throughout the project. The research showed that the changes are so severe in some countries that local and regional growth strategies have minimal impact. It looks like the national strategies and macro economics are more important than local and regional decisions in some countries. This means that the attractiveness for settlement is linked to the heavy and fundamental structures, like jobs, house construction and communication, which are difficult and expensive to affect locally. The correlation between migration and the number of restaurants, pubs and cafes indicates that there is also a link between attractiveness and a “softer” kind of attribute.
The project has explored how storytelling can be developed through the creation of new narratives which are based on the change of identity and ongoing transformation of social and economic structures. This approach to regional marketing and branding is different from the traditional storytelling where established narratives are reproduced over and over again even though they are not relevant anymore and don't work. The TiF project introduced a more ambient storytelling which is more based on a contemprary approach, transforming the way people experience places by creating multi-mediated marketing campaigns using experiential methodology, shifting from consumer as the target to consumer as collaborator.
In "The Roadmap to Rural Highlight", the concept of ambient media relates to form and content, but it could also be ambient media technology.
The project managed to elaborate plans for investments in Suwalki and Jelgava and influenced signficantly the investments in Notodden and Tranemo. The INTERREG IVB priority 4 limitations to do transnational investments, did not make it possible to have support for hard investments. Suwalki City Municipality still managed to find funding by other means, and show that INTERREG planning projects can be used as a tool for investments.
Project Duration: | Sep 2009 - Sep 2012 |
Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 1.625.000,00 |
ERDF co-financing: | 914.150,00 |
ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
Norwegian national contribution: | 255.000,00 |
List of partners
Municipality of Notodden | ||||||||
3672 Notodden | NORWAY Postbox 193 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Bjørn Frode Moen Phone: +4735015150 E-mail: bmoen@notodden.kommune.no Web: www.notodden.kommune.no |
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Telemark County Council | ||||||||
1702 Sarpsborg | NORWAY Postbox 220 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Bjørn Reisz Phone: +47 35 584 451 E-mail: bjorn.reisz@t-fk.no Web: www.telemark.f-kommune.no |
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Telemark Research Institute, Bø | ||||||||
3833 Bø i Bø | NORWAY Postbox 4 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Knut Vareide Phone: +4735061500 E-mail: vareide@tmforsk.no Web: www.tmforskbo.no |
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Østfold County Council | ||||||||
1702 Sarpsborg | NORWAY Postboks 220 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Kjersti Helene Garberg Phone: +4769117000 E-mail: kjegar@ostfold-f.kommune.no Web: www.odtfold.f-kommune.no |
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Indre Østfold Regional Council | ||||||||
1803 Askim | NORWAY Postboks 1004 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Alf S. Johansen Phone: +4769817508 E-mail: alf@bedriftsenteret.no Web: www.smaalensveven.no/ |
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Regional Planning Authority Havelland-Flaeming | ||||||||
D-14513 Teltow | GERMANY Oderstraße 65 Region: Brandenburg - Südwest |
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Contact person: Torsten Naubert Phone: + 49 (0)3328 3354-12 E-mail: torsten.naubert@havelland-flaeming.de Web: www.havelland-flaeming.de |
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Municipality of Tranemo | ||||||||
51480
Tranemo kommun | SWEDEN Storgatan 26 Region: Västsverige |
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Contact person: Karin Stenman Phone: +46325576026 E-mail: karin.stenman@tranemo.se Web: www.tranemo.se |
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VidzemePlanning Region | ||||||||
LV-4101 Cesis | LATVIA Bērzaines iela 5 Region: Latvija |
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Contact person: Laila Gercane Phone: +37164127846 E-mail: laila.gercane@vidzeme.lv Web: www.vidzeme.lv |
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Jelgava Local Municipality | ||||||||
LV-3001 Jelgava | LATVIA Pasta iela 37 Region: Latvija |
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Contact person: Vita Kinderevica Phone: +37163022751 E-mail: vita.kinderevica@jrp.lv Web: www.jelgavasnovads.lv |
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Alytus County Governor's Administration | ||||||||
LT-62113 Alytus | LITHUANIA Tvirtoves st. 1/Naujoji st. 2 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Vilija Vervečkienė Phone: +370 315 56985 E-mail: apskritis@alytus.aps.lt Web: http://www.alytus.aps.lt |
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Municipality of Suwalki | ||||||||
16400 Suwalki | POLAND 1 Mickiewicza street Region: Podlaskie |
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Contact person: Ewelina A. Suchocka Phone: +48875628136 E-mail: esuchocka@um.suwalki.pl Web: www.um.suwalki.pl |
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Joniskis district municipality administration | ||||||||
LT-84124 Joniškis | LITHUANIA Livonijos st. 4 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Vilija Aleksienė Phone: +370 426 52091 E-mail: vilija.aleksiene@joniskis.lt Web: http://www.joniskis.lt |
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City of Trebbin | ||||||||
14959 Trebbin | GERMANY Markt 1-3 Region: Brandenburg - Südwest |
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Contact person: Thomas Berger Phone: +49 033731/230911 E-mail: thomas.berger@stadt-trebbin.de Web: http://www.stadt-trebbin.de/ |
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