Mid-Term Review process: back from Brussels!

The aims of this meeting was:

• To adapt the process management:
- Links between local and network levels
- Management of ULSG and production of LAP

• To prepare mid-term-review report
- A tool to be used as a process reflection
- An assessment of Work Packages - Concretely WP1, 2, 3, 4
- A way to collect agreement between partners for the next step
- A reprogramming exercise…

Each local action plan (LAP) should be a result of a collaborative, holistic and maybe also an innovative process – but is not a straight trip from A to B, more like a roller coaster loosing our hats from time to time…
Normally we start with a plan. Now: we form a group first and come up with a plan after. It’s another way of thinking and arranging things. It’s ok to say that ‘we don’t know yet what we’re doing’. It’s a work-in-progress.
We need to investigate into complex systems that we have, and the struggles of cities to cope with complex situation. This puts pressure on us to challenge the current methods.
In relation with the stakeholder approach, it is difficult to reach these stakeholders. We don’t include these people so often at home.  It’s a minimum demand to include new actors and don’t focus on the normal stakeholders.
All cities may have different stages where they focus on. We can complement each other on this. We should not all do the same. LAP Is about adding on to each other. 
LAP can also propose ideas for projects in the future.
And we need to combine top-down with bottom-up approaches. Where both meet is the area we operate in.

Download mid_term-review_Brussels2014.pdf (353.08 KB)

Our lead expert, Ulf Hägglund interviewed by Jean-Jacques Derrien, the lead partner from Nantes, explains the importance of this meeting for the life of the project : http://youtu.be/O7y_AEWJkBU

Two partners, Pat Kussé from Antwerp and Truus Van Noort from The Hague give their first impressions after the meeting : http://youtu.be/eKdjcFXQdWk