Urbact – unic – Local Action Plans

Action:
Implementation of Museum Factory “Royal Delft”
Area:	Valorising the cities' cultural heritage for tourism (WG4)
Status:	Confirmed
Benchmark:	Limoges Museum, Porzellanikon, others
Schedule:	2010??
Outputs:	Museum Factory, annual nº of visitors, economic return

Action:	Implementation of a Ceramic Route route (pedestrian + bicycles) connecting Museum Factory and Delft City Museum
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Status:	Confirmed?
Benchmark:____Schedule'>Benchmark:	?
Schedule:	?
Outputs:	Budget, estimated nº of users

Action:	Festival and Manual – new annual festival on ceramics, supported by a database with all facts and figures about ceramics in Delft
Area:	Valorising the cities' cultural heritage for tourism (WG4)
Status:	In Study??
Benchmark:	Stoke-on-Trent Biennal, Limoges Manual on ceramics
Schedule:	2011?
Outputs:	Festival, nº of participants, nº of visitors, nº of foreign visitors, economic return, published manual (define target dissemination numbers)

Action:	Cultural and design innovation
Area:	Promoting innovation in the ceramics sector (WG1)
Status:	In Study??
Benchmark:	Limoges design competition, Castellón?
Schedule:	??
Outputs:	Award competition, support programmes?, nº of cooperation projects, economic return

Action:	Developing a public policy plan “ Delft Blue, image and identity, strengthen the local ceramics climate 2010 – 2013” for the new local government, to be elected in March 2010
Area:	Urban Identity (WG5)
Status:	Confirmed
Benchmark:	?
Schedule:	2010
Outputs:	Plan, nº of planned actions, planned budget, economic return

Action:	Delft, as WG5 leader, has taken the responsibility for the common activity of making of a book for strengthen the visibility of UNIC as a European Network in each city.
Area:	Horizontal and networking activities
Status:	Confirmed
Benchmark:	?
Schedule:	2011
Outputs:	Nº of copies, targeted number of readers

Aveiro
Aveiro has clear views regarding which activities to launch for its LAP, and the following objectives have been defined:

Objectives

MAIN OBJECTIVE: To reinforce the local ceramic industry, promoting innovation and safeguarding jobs

OTHER OBJECTIVES: The promotion of ceramic materials in the new Park of Sustainability major public building. The development of industry oriented R&D activities The promotion of a Museum of Ceramics and Glass

These objectives should be implemented through the following activities:

Action:	The development of innovation by means of Public Procurement. Aveiro is developing a new urban area within the city, called the “Park of Sustainability”, which more than just a green area, that it will also be, is intended as a “living lab” for demonstration and validation of sustainability issues. Part of the urban furniture and equipment of the new Park should be in Ceramics, and for that purpose the City will launch a Public Procurement action that will aim the development of innovative solutions from ceramic producers, in particular aiming at local industries Cultural and design innovation.
Area:	Industry Strengthening (WG2)
Status:	Confirmed??
Benchmark:	Netherlands’ strategy for innovative procurement (www.pianoo.nl)
Schedule:	2010???
Outputs:	Nº of projects, Total Procurement budget, economic return to local economy

Action:	Building on the needs of local industry and on the strong research skills in the materials field of University of Aveiro, to promote, possibly as a Public Private Partnership, the launch of a applied research and technology transfer structure aimed at the deployment of services for the local ceramic industry, and in particular SMEs. The structure should be small scale and sustainable.
Area:	Promoting Innovation (WG1)
Status:	In Study??
Benchmark:	Sevilla’s Innovarcilla (www.innovarcilla.es)
Schedule:	2012???
Outputs:	Technological centre created, Nº of staff, nº of projects, budget, volume of cooperation with industry

Action:	The promotion of local training schemes addressed to ceramic sector workers, to temporarily support ceramic companies with overcapacity problems. Under those schemes, similar to those already implemented at national level for the automotive sector, the salary costs of staff under training can be supported by public sources during the duration of the training programmes. The viability of implementing such schemes at local level should be looked upon, and success models elsewhere should be identified
Area:	Industry Strengthening (WG2)
Status:	In Study??
Benchmark:	Portugal Training Plan for the automotive sector
Schedule:	2010???
Outputs:	Nº of trainees, nº of companies supported, total budget, nº of jobs safeguarded

Action:	The possible promotion of a Museum of Ceramics and Glass, which may also encompass the former building of the Railways Station which ownership will be transferred to the City, and its links with the Aveiro Biennal event.
Area:	Valorising the cities' cultural heritage for tourism (WG4)
Status:	In Study??
Benchmark:	Limoges Museum, Faenza Museum, Porzellanikon
Schedule:	2012???
Outputs:	Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Total Budget, No of visitors, Economic return

Other actions ???
Pécs

Pécs intends to focus its Local Action Plan around the following objectives:

Objectives

MAIN OBJECTIVE: To build up on the project of Pécs 2010 CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE for the construction, launching and running of the ZSOLNAY CULTURAL QUARTER

OTHER OBJECTIVES: The continuous development of the Cluster South Danubian Porcelain and Ceramic cluster, initiated by the city with funding by national grants, and that currently included 10 members with Zsolnay Heritage acting as cluster leader. The launch of relevant events at regional level, including an Art Symposium and a Ceramics Biennal Promote the links between industry and academia, represented by the University of Pécs

These objectives will be implemented through a series of actions, described in the fiches below:

Action:	Accommodating the Art Faculty of Pécs University in the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter
Area:	Promoting innovation in the ceramics sector (WG1)