Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), Umeå (Sweden) and La Rochelle (France) are the first RFSC peer cities network. Browse the presentation to learn more about their plans for the future! A presentation given by Albert Edman and Daniel Levisson (City of Umeå, Sweden) and Adam Duchac (City of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic), RFSC Conference 2013

1. Hradec Králové and Umeå
Experience with the RFSC

2. Hradec Králové and Umeå
– RFSC Involvement
Strategic reasons, why join RFSC?
• Gain and share experience with strategic planning
• Integrated and simplified approach to monitoring sustainable
urban development
• Multi-level governance
Practical reasons, why work with the RFSC
• Establish cooperation with relevant peer cities with
• Proven track record and results
• Similar urban challenges
• Continue success with other EU projects (M-Spice, URBACT)

3. Hradec Králové – Ambassador City
Peer Cities Network
• La Rochelle (France), Umea (Sweden), Hradec Králové
(Czech Rep.)
• focus on the Monitoring tool of the RFSC
Main Goal
• to share experience of using the RFSC tool
• emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of strategies,
projects
• to gain knowledge useful for the further expansion of the
RFSC in the Czech Republic

4. Hradec Králové – Testing Phase

5. Strategic objectives
• Stimulate job growth with maintained
sustainability
• Promote culture as investment and
inspiration for a sustainable society,
growth & global development
• Develop the knowledge city, with good
education and life-long learning
• Women & men shall have equal power to
form society as well as their lives
• Sweden’s best public health by 2020.
Spatial strategies for 200 000
inhabitants
• Five kilometer city— the dense city
• More city— vitalizing urban areas
• Investment in public spaces & parks
• Developed public transport and
conversion of traffic
• High density in mixed developments
• Everybody takes part. A sustainable
city can only be built together with its
inhabitants.