Reindustrialisation Following the Brownfield is Better than Greenfield Principle (ReInd-BBG)

Name of the project:  Reindustrialisation Following the Brownfield is Better than Greenfield Principle

Acronym of the project: ReInd-BBG

Duration: 30 months (01.2024 - 06.2026)

Programme: Interreg Programme Danube region

Lead partner: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (Slovenia)

Partners:                              

  • Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (Slovenia)
  • Municipality of Hrastnik (Slovenia)
  • Department for Development and International Projects of Zenica-Doboj Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Eko-forum Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (Austria)
  • Regional Development Agency Backa Ltd Novi Sad (Serbia)
  •  Vojvodina Development Agency Ltd. Novi Sad (Serbia)
  • City of Sombor (Serbia)
  • Municipality of Vratsa (Bulgaria)
  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Vratsa (Bulgaria)
  • Resita Municipality (Romania)
  • Make Better Association (Romania)
  • City of Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Municipality of Niksic (Montenegro)
  • EPCG – Steelworks – Niksic (Montenegro)

General Objective:

The project aim is to improve the institutional capacities of public authorities and stakeholders in the Danube Region and reduce socio-economic and administrative fragmentation in spatial, economic and environmental transformation processes through territorial demonstrations of Brownfield is Better than Greenfield (BBG) re-industrializations and applying the 4H approach.

Specific Objectives:

  • improve the institutional capacities of public authorities and stakeholders in the Danube Region and
  • reduce socio-economic and administrative fragmentation in spatial, economic and environmental transformation processes through territorial demonstrations of Brownfield is Better than Greenfield (BBG) re-industrialisations and applying the 4H approach.

Main target groups:

  1. Local public authority
  2. Regional public authority
  3. Interest groups including NGOs
  4. Business support organization
  5. General public
  6. National public authority

Main results:

  • Multi-layered governance processes and participatory approaches for realistic and sustainable BBG reindustrialization concepts
  • ReIndBBG network – cooperating across borders
  • Transnatnational roadmap for BBG Reindustrialisation
  • Transferable multi-level governance solutions for brownfield revitalization including improved inter-instituional cooperation and the use of participatory approaches in community involvement

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