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Olomouc Metropolitan Area – Integrated Territorial Investments

Daniel Foltýnek daniel.foltynek@gmail.com

Brussels, 8. 10. 2014

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2014 – 2020: New approach to territorial development

• In Czech Republic, more than 55% of GDP is created in

metropolitan areas. The share of population there is 45%. That is the rationale for the ITI implementation – to enable further dynamic development of these metropolitan areas.

• 7 Metropolitan areas have been selected: Prague, Brno,

Ostrava, Pilsen, Ústí-Chomutov, Hradec-Pardubice and Olomouc-Prostějov-Přerov.

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ITIs Around Czech Republic

Olomouc Metropolitan Area

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• This Area covers 3 core cities

(Olomouc, Přerov, Prostějov) and 230 another municipalities.

• Within the area live more than 437

thousand inhabitants- 190 thousand in the core cities and 247 thousand in surroundings.

The most important features of the ITI

• Main challenge: to solve the authentic

problems and needs of the specific urban area on the one hand and to fulfil the goals of relevant operational programmes on the other hand, simultaneously.

• Context: EU 2020 Strategy and support

for the „Smart, sustainable and inclusive“ growth.

• There is an assumption that the ITI

should deliver actual results.

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Governance of the ITI development

• The responsible body for the ITI

development is City of Olomouc, Deputy Mayor (at the political level) and Head of the EU Funds Department (at the executive level) are in charge.

• The project is lead by formal

„Steering committee“ and supported by two Working Groups.

• At the national level there is a non-

formal working group of the Cities.

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Ladislav Šnevajs

Our „Starting points“

• Because of the tight time schedule an iterative

approach for the Strategy development was used.

• The analytical part was conducted as rather „wide

and shallow", providing an overall picture of the most important features of the area.

• In parallel with the preparation of analysis there

were ongoing negotiations with the managing authorities and these processes were not really

• coordinated. Also there were under preparation

the guidelines at the national level which may affect our work.

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Our methodology (1)

• The Analysis resulted to the SWOT Analysis and then

Priority Topics, approved by the Steering Committee.

• Priority topics were elaborated at the more complex

graphic form of root-cause-analysis and discussed with the relevant Working Groups.

• On the basis of the „Problem Tree“ was developed a

design of the intervention logic. The proposed solution was then presented to the Working Groups and the Steering Committee.

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Our methodology (2)

For the successful development of our Integrated urban strategy is the key factor a close connection and communication between all stakeholders – potential beneficiaries, Working Groups, Steering Committee and Consultants.

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Declining Attractiveness of the Agglomeration Low Economic Performance of the Agglomeration Labour Market Failure Unsufficient Infrastructure

Priority Topics of the ITI

Root-causes Analysis

PA 1. Promoting consistency of supply and demand in the labor market PA 2. Creating conditions for the development of the knowledge economy PA 3. Development of the Infrastructure and living environment

Priority Areas

Overal Intervention Logic

FUNCTIONING A BALANCED LABOR MARKET, WHICH CREATES JOBS FOR COMPETENT AND EFFICIENT EMPLOYEES

A QUALITY AND AVAILABLE HUMAN RESOURCES

Graduates are competent with respect to labor market needs Competence of employees and unemployed match labor market needs

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION

Development of existing businesses and creating of new businesses Adequate business infrastructure (real estates)

SUPPORT OF THE LABOUR MARKET BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Key actors in the labor market cooperate effectively in the long term

Intervention Logic for the PA1

FUNCTIONING A BALANCED LABOR MARKET, WHICH CREATES JOBS FOR COMPETENT AND EFFICIENT EMPLOYEES

A QUALITY AND AVAILABLE HUMAN RESOURCES

Graduates are competent with respect to labor market needs Competence of employees and unemployed match labor market needs

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION

Development of existing businesses and creating of new businesses Adequate business infrastructure (real estates)

SUPPORT OF THE LABOUR MARKET BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Key actors in the labor market cooperate effectively in the long term

Intervention Logic for the PA1 Specific Objectives

Next Steps

• The Specific Objectives has to be

elaborated in greater detail.

• A list of the potential projects is under

preparation.

• The Strategy has to be negotiated with

respective Managing Authorities and accepted for financing.

• The first draft of the ITI governance is

developed and discussed with relevant partners.

• On-going communication…

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Lessons learned

• The shift from municipal „investments as usual“

(e.g. upgrade of the public property and services) to „result-based investments“ is the major challenge.

• Following the methodology paid off – each step

was properly introduced, discussed and approved. At the end of the process there was just a little discussion or misunderstanding.

• The environment of the ESIF is not really innovative

and the ITI as a brand new tool raises mistrust among key stakeholders.

• The Managing authorities are not willing to

delegate the role to the cities.

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Thanks for your attention!

Daniel Foltýnek daniel.foltynek@gmail.com

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