Networking Cities and Regions for Sustainability (NetCiReS)

• Research unit: COST
• Project number: C04.0019

Key words (English)

City networks; sustainable development; knowledge sharing; recommendations

Research programs (English)

COST-Action A26 - European city-regions in an age of multilevel governance - reconciling competitiveness and social cohesion?

Short description (English)

The project ' Networking Cities and Regions for Sustainability ' will analyze existing networks related on sustainable urban and regional development. It will examine the opportunities of knowledge transfer to enhance sustainable development in the networking cities and regions. The project will focus on the aspect of multi-level governance and cohesion between European city-regions. It will show the manner and the success of sustainability networks, existing problems and obligations of the networking partners. It will also analyze how city-region networking can promote cohesion in an enlarged Europe of 27+2. The aim is to improve this kind of networking and to analyze how the public can (or could better) participate. Finally, recommendations for cities and regions, particularly from Switzerland, will be given.

Partners and International Organizations (English)

AT, BE, DK, FI, DE, EL, IT, MT, NL, NO, SK, SI, ES, CH, TR, UK

Abstract (English)

The project 'Networking Cities and Regions for Sustainability' analyzes existing networks related to sustainable urban and regional development. It examines the opportunities of knowledge transfer to enhance sustainable development in the networking cities and regions. The project will show how sustainability networks function, their success, existing problems, and the obligations of networking partners. The aim is to improve this kind of networking and analyze how the public can (or could be) better involved. Finally, recommendations for cities and regions, particularly from Switzerland, will be given on how they can better profit from transnational networking for sustainability.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: COST-DB of the State Secretariat for Education and Research Hallwylstrasse 4 CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland Tel. [phone] Swiss Project-Number: C04.0019