OPEN DAYS 2013 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET AUSTRIA

OPEN DAYS 2013 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET AUSTRIA

INDEX I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2013 Carinthia Region 3 East Styria 4 Lower Austria 5 Salzburg 6 Styria 7 Tyrol 8 Vienna 9 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event 2

I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2013 Carinthia (Adriatic Ionian Macroregion) "What kind of cross-border cooperation corresponds to the challenges of a Europe of Regions after 2014?" Klagenfurt November 2013 Synergies and cooperation Debate Organisers: EU-Representation Office of Carinthia Mrs. Martina Rattinger M.A. Speakers: Cross-border cooperation is particularly crucial on the local and regional level and indispensable for growth and the creation of long-term synergies as well as the creation of employment in these regions. This event will be aimed at providing examples and lessons learned in the past from cross-border cooperation and will not only point out its value with regards to an intensified linguistic and cultural understanding but also analyse challenges that will arise after 2014. This local event which will take place in Carinthia s capital, Klagenfurt, shall emphasize the importance of cross-border cooperation and provide the local community with a detailed understanding of the importance and the chances of future cross-border cooperation. Representations with which Carinthia is cooperating. http://vbb.ktn.gv.at 3

East Styria (Challenges of energy data collection) «.. Weiz 14 November 2013 Synergies and cooperation Regional Working Group Meeting Organisers: EU Regional Management East-Styria Speakers: Christian Luttenberger, Energieregion Oststeiermark / RMO Harald Messner, Energieregion Oststeiermark / RMO Representatives of enterprises, companies, institutions and climate- and energy model regions (KEM). The Regional Working Group Meeting will be held under the topic «Synergies and Cooperation s». The focus is on the development of energy activities in general in the region of East Styria and therefore the needs and the potentials have to be analysed, measures have to be developed together and implementations will be planned together. Within the Energieregion Oststeiermark several institutions and companies are working and also the nine so called climate- and energy model regions (KEM) are situated here. These consist of municipalities of different sizes, of companies, of associations, All aim to reach their targets which have been formulated for the region. These targets involve topics of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Furthermore these partners undertake efforts within the same topics to reach the targets. Hence possibilities of cooperation s and collaborations should be worked out and possible synergies should be used. Managers of the «climate- and energy model regions» (KEM) of East Styria, stakeholders within this region, persons from superior institutions, regional managers. www.erom.at 4

Lower Austria (Acting together for greater urban-rural cohesion) «Crossborder Cooperation between cities" Retz 25 October 2013 Workshop Organisers: Weinviertel Management Herbert Nowohradsky, Management Weinviertel Speakers: Hermann Hansy, Regional manager Weinviertel Martin Kavalek, Lower Austria Land Markus Weindl, Management Weinviertel After the fall of the Iron Curtain cross- border cooperation activities at the Austrian Czech border have undergone different stages. After Austria s EU accession cooperation was supported by two different instruments: INTERREG IIA for the Austrian side and PHARE CBC for the Czech side. The EU membership of the Czech Republic induced also an intensive boost for cross-border cooperation activities across the common border of Austria and the Czech Republic. Nowadays an intense and integrated network of various actors has developed, supported by the cross-border program ETC AT-CZ 2007-2013. The upcoming programming period of 2014-2020 requires due to the new precondition of Thematic Concentration set up by the European Commission an even more elaborative process by the responsible authorities to come to a comprehensive and target-oriented outline of the next cross-border program. In order to facilitate and support this decision progress the project Partnership Austria-Czech Republic in the Central European Region PRO 2013+ was initiated by the Regions Vysocina, South Moravia, Lower Austria and Vienna. Representatives from the region s authorities, local government. www.euregio-weinviertel.eu 5

Salzburg (Acting together for greater urban-rural cohesion) «Planning strategies and GIS tools in a transnational context for a sustainable spatial development" Salzburg 24 October 2013 Workshop Organisers: ispace in cooperation with Land Salzburg Thomas Prinz, RSA ispace, Salzburg Speakers: Dagmar Schnürch, RSA ispace, Salzburg Sebastian Cadus, University of Salzburg Helmut Koch, komobile, Salzburg Salzburg s local event is a workshop. The topic will be the support of a cross-municipal as well as crossborder/transnational coordination of spatial planning. This gains more and more importance especially in terms of regional competition. It is also a relevant topic when fostering an efficient and optimal use of location potentials. The varied consequences of location and settlement developments, like traffic emergence, location potentials or energy consumption need to be analysed and evaluated in order to estimate, coordinate and observe future land consumption. Within this workshop a settlement and a household calculator are introduced and exemplary calculations are presented. These tools aim at showing consequences of settlement development processes in spatial planning on the one hand, and residential location decisions of private households concerning mobility and residential costs on the other hand. The workshop aims to inform local politicians, regional and spatial planners, and mobility actors and shows practically how cost estimations work and how they can be implemented. The workshop is addressed to politicians, spatial planners and mobility actors; also experts of the University of Salzburg and other research institutes will be invited. www.moreco-project.eu 6

Styria (Air quality initiative of regions) "Café Europa" Graz 11 October 2013 Live debate with internet streaming Organisers: Steiermärkische Landesregierung, Department for European and External affairs Stefan Börger, Head of unit Europe Speakers: Wolfgang Jilek, Land Steiermark Adolf Groß, Land Vorarlberg The interactive Cafe Europa event presents high-level representatives from politics, economy and culture on regular basis. After the speaker(s) presents an introductory note, a discussion with Q+A sessions follows with audience in the studio and via chat on the internet. The whole event is available to the public. On the occasion of this year s Open Days event, the Cafe Europa wants to showcase the challenges of adapting to the need of reduction of carbon emissions until 2050 and its impact on mobility, living standards, personal consumption or nutritional needs. The discussion should also focus on the role of the regions in this process. Politicians, experts and civil servants as well as interested people in general. http://www.europa.steiermark.at/cms/ziel/18271629/de/ 7

South Tyrol (European regions and cities empowering electromobility) "Open Day of the Land Tyrol" Innsbrück 26 October 2013 Open Day of the Land Tyrol Organisers: Land Tyrol Fritz Staudigl, Department of External Relations, Director, Land Tyrol Speakers: Fritz Staudigl, Department External Relations, Director, Land Tyrol Andreas Greiter, Department of External Relations, Dep. Director The Open Days of the Land Tyrol will offer the opportunity to get an insight in what the public administration of the Tyrol is doing. The Department for External Relations will inform about the EU and how the policy making of the EU affects, influences and enriches the lives of the Tyroleans. Moreover it will be explained what the Tyroleans can do to have a say in the European multi-level Governance process. The representation of the Tyrol's interests in European matters is multi-faceted and includes the Tyrolean European Union policy as well as the Tyrol's participation in the inner-austrian EU decision-making process. Mainly Citizens. http://www.tirol.gv.at/en/europe/ 8

Vienna (Capital cities and regions network (CCRN)) "City Talk: WienWin innovative solutions for a smart city in the framework of the Vienna Science Festival" Vienna 16 September 2013 Workshops and presentations Organisers: ZIT - The Technology Agency of the City of Vienna, Vienna Lukas Lengauer, ZIT - The Technology Agency of the City of Vienna Speakers: Ilse Stockinger, Wiener Stadtwerke, tbc Susanne Strohm, Vienna Business Agency, Brussels Office Vienna s local event will focus on innovative solutions for a smart city. Embedded in the Vienna Science Festival which will focus on Smart City Vienna, the EU project WienWin ( Vienna wins ) will organize a so called city talk bringing together municipal administration and public enterprises on the one hand, and innovative Viennese companies on the other hand. Innovative solutions for a smart city will be presented by companies and there will be a systematic exchange of information. The event will showcase some examples of innovative regional solutions that are tackling key challenges of European cities, sharing best practice and improving local service delivery. This half-day event will bring the Brussels Open Days back to the region, building on the themes debated in our Brussels event. The Vienna Science Festival is the informative and entertaining core of numerous initiatives aiming to convey information about research and innovation to the interested general public. In the focus of this year s Science Festival (14-16 September) is an exhibition of new innovative solutions and scientific projects concerning the topic Smart City. Representatives of the municipal administration, public enterprises, funds and agencies, partners from EU funded projects and programmes, scientific community. http://www.zit.co.at/en/consulting/wienwin.html http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/smartcity/ 9