ARCHIMEDES project involves three EU cities (Venice - project leader, Genoa and Bordeaux) and four MEDA cities (Istanbul - project co-leader, Beirut, Oran, El Mina). The project started on 1st January 2007, and will last until 31st December 2008.
It aims to define institutional settings, instruments, and tools based on the best practices of EU cities partners in order to promote public-private partnerships, mobilize civil society, plan urban regeneration, promote sustainable tourism and the valorisation of under-utilized cultural heritage in the MEDA cities partners.
In fact, all MEDA cities involved in the project are meeting the challenge to regenerate some important districts of the city, mainly in the historical centre, and need intervention for historical buildings rehabilitation, economic animation, tourism potential exploitation.
To this end, each MEDA city has chosen a city area where to experiment the development of an urban regeneration pilot project that will include a feasibility study and an implementation and financial plan. The project foresees different actions which are closely related and their development modalities will help to guarantee the success of the expected results:
1. A "virtual discussion" of the Thematic Working Groups
on three priority themes regarding urban planning.
This discussion is part of the project's first phase and will be developed from June to November 2007. In this framework, different working documents will be produced on each theme, with the collaboration and inputs of all partners.
2. The Pilot Projects that each MEDA city will develop for the regeneration of a chosen target area in the city. This work will be done within a Local Working Group composed by the Municipality and the main actors and stakeholders interested in the area.
3. Transnational Meetings: these meetings will allow to review all activities and exchange the experiences.
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