The Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI), supported by Open Society Institute (OSI) and Global Development Network (GDN) conducted a research on water sector management in three countries (Armenia, Hungary, Romania). On February 1, 2013 MRI,
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OECD conference on rural development, Bologna
Iván Tosics participated in the OECD 9th Rural Development Policy Conference “Rural-Urban partnerships: an integrated approach to economic development”, 23-25 October, 2013 Bologna, Italy. In one of the sessions he gave a presentation entitled “Integrated development in metropolitan areas”. His blog-post about the topic and the conference can be read here.
Sustainable Regeneration in suburbs – promoting social integration in deprived neighbourhoods through ERDF housing interventions (2011-2013)
Complex urban development programme in Most (Czech Republic) financed from ERDF. Photo: MRI.
Project duration: November 2011- September 2013
Client: Directorate General of Regional and Urban policy
The aim of the study was to improve the understanding of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) used in housing projects, and how ERDF has fostered integrated approaches addressing housing, energy and socio-economic needs of deprived urban areas and communities. The study drew together information from all stages of policy and project development concerning the programming period of 2007-2013 to help assisting the use of ERDF in the 2014-20 programming period and the new Operational Programmes. MRI participated in the elaboration of the final report and led three case studies out of the ten (Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland).
The detailed analysis on the use of ERDF for housing purposes showed that ERDF was primarily used for the renovation of private multi-unit buildings in East-Central Europe while it contributed more to the refurbishment of the public housing stock in the old member states. The definition of “deprived neighbourhood” was differently interpreted in the different member states and while the subsidy schemes focused on the lowest status estates in some member states (like in Hungary) they supported the renovation of middle class housing complexes (e.g. in Poland) and concentrated less on social and more on energy problems of the housing stock.
METREX conference, Oslo
UITP: Grow with Public Transport
Study on the use of ERDF for housing (2011-2013)
The Work and Role of Urban Planners in Local Development – Some Critical Remarks
URBACT blog
by Iván Tosics, URBACT Expert
Recently, I attended the joint congress of two large associations of planners,
Budapest: A Stakeholder’s Dilemma about Flood Protection Planning (URBACT blog)
by Iván Tosics, URBACT expert
Interview with Dr. Iván Tosics, Sociologist, Urban Researcher, the Thematic Pole Manager of the RE-Block project (ReBLOCK)
There have been many surveys and researchesFeasibility study of Székesfehérvár intermodal centre
CATCH_MR (Interreg): Cooperative approaches to transport challenges in Metropolitan Regions (2010-2012)
INTERREG IVC. Lead partner: Berlin-Brandenburg
CATH_MR explored sustainable transport solutions in seven European Metropolitan Regions: Oslo/Akershus in Norway; Gothenburg in Sweden; Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany; Vienna-Lower Austria; Budapest-Central Hungarian Region in Hungary; Ljubljana Urban Region in Slovenia; and Rome-Lazio Region in Italy. MRI staff was involved as experts on the Budapest research tranche.
