DART- Project Angelika Stuke State Chancellery of the Land Brandenburg

Project Partners and Map 2

Methodology - Activities Exchange of experience in three main topics Economy, Education, Health and Social Services Methodology: 1. Workshops with good practice examples to the main topics with study visits in Solvenia, Lower Silesian, Lower Austria and Galicia 2. One conference each to the main topics with selected best practices Economy: April 2011 in Dresden, DE Education: June 2011 in Prague, CZ Health: May 2012 in Kainuu, FI 3. Pilot action: Development of new indicators and standards for public services to measure regional development Intensive communication of the topic (euregia, Open Days, Demography Forum, regional events, newsletter) 3

Methodology – two major components Exchange of Experiences – learning from each other 89 presented regional good practices 26 selected as best practices innovative products and services Criteria for the assessment, e.g.: transferibility benefits and added value factors of success declining or ageing region Indicators and Standards local investigated region set of basic indicators labour market, education, health Examined indicators, e.g.: proportion of young to aged people out-migration rate of the youth Possible standards, e.g.: accessibility of child care, schools, medical care, LLL etc. 4

Projectpartners /local areas Kainuu/FI Bevölkerung 1993: 96.268 Bevölkerung 2009: 82.634 Schrumpfung um 14,2%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-15 Jahre 1993/2009 um 35,1% Görlitz/ Saxony/DE Bevölkerung 1990: 367.115 Bevölkerung 2009: 281.076 Schrumpfung um 24,4%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-15 Jahre 1990/2009 um 59,9% Uckermark /Brandenburg/DE Bevölkerung 1993: 163.719 Bevölkerung 2009: 131.115 Schrumpfung um 19,9%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-15 Jahre 1993/2009 um 62,8% North-Karelia/FI Bevölkerung 1993: 178.076 Bevölkerung 2009: 165.962 Schrumpfung um 8,0%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-15 Jahre 1993/2008 um 23,4% Roscommon/West Region I./IE Bevölkerung 1991: 51.897 Bevölkerung 2006: 58.768 Wachstum um 13,2%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-14 Jahre 1996/2006 um 11,2% Klodzki/Lower Silesia/PL Bevölkerung 1995: 182.667 Bevölkerung 2009: 163.648 Schrumpfung um 10,6%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-14 Jahre 1995/2009 um 45,7% Parkstad/Limburg/NL Bevölkerung 1993: 244.387 Bevölkerung 2009: 240.634 Schrumpfung um 1,5%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 0-19 Jahre 1993/2008 um 14,1% Kutna Hora/Central Bohemia/CZ Bevölkerung 1993: 74.774 Bevölkerung 2009: 74.939 Wachstum um 0,2%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-14 Jahre 1993/2009 um 33,4% Qurense/Galicia/ES Bevölkerung 1998: 344.170 Bevölkerung 2009: 335.642 Schrumpfung um 2,5%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-14 Jahre 1998/2009 um 28,8% Waldviertel/Lower Austria/AT Bevölkerung 1991: 148.633 Bevölkerung 2009: 141.670 Schrumpfung um 6,7%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-15 Jahre 1991/2008 um 15,8% Rovigo/Venetia/IT Bevölkerung 1991: 248.004 Bevölkerung 2009: 247.164 Schrumpfung um 0,3%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 6-14 Jahre 1991/2009 um 52,4% Alba/Centru/RO Bevölkerung 1993: 412.038 Bevölkerung 2009: 373.134 Schrumpfung um 9,4%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-14 Jahre 1993/2009 um 40,0% Gorenjska/Kranj/SI Bevölkerung 1993: 194.472 Bevölkerung 2009: 202.903 Wachstum um 4,3%; Schrumpfung der Altersgruppe 5-14 Jahre 1993/2009 um 30,9%

Declining of the Population (in per cent) 6

What results can be expected? The answer for a declining population can no longer be shrinking infrastructure and decreasing services. Declining and ageing regions need qualitative solutions and innovative answers for citizens, authorities and business world. Aim of DART: to achieve an adjustment of policies related to demographic change through the implementation of: good practices from previous partner projects, new products and services to maintain quality of life, especially in new business fields for SMEs and a set of standards and indicators to benchmark regions in demographic change. 7

Thank you for your attention! Contact: State Chancellery of Brandenburg Angelika Stuke angelika.stuke@stk.brandenburg.de +49 331 866 1384 www.dart-project.eu