Monday, 13 June 2016 | |
09.15 | Official opening panel and key messages of the EPSA 2015 Mercè Conesa, President, Provincial Council of Barcelona Marga Pröhl, Director-General, European Institute of Public Administration, EIPA |
10:00 | Keynote address: Designing cities with a focus on wellbeing and health Marcus Grant, Deputy Director of the WHO Collaboration Centre for Healthy Urban Environments and Professor of the University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) Presentation |
10.45 | Urban environment and health: An inter-disciplinary perspective. Presentation of the EPSA 2015 cross-cutting award winner Introduced and chaired by Alexander Heichlinger, Expert and Manager, EIPA Barcelona Presentation Cati Chamorro, Head of the Department of Public Health, Provincial Council of Barcelona Eloi Juvillà, Section Chief of Facilities and Public Space, Provincial Council of Barcelona Presentation, Questions and Answers |
12.00 | City Panel: Innovation, leadership and participatory governance for health and wellbeing – Three cities, three models Introduced and chaired by Furio Honsell, Mayor of Udine (IT) and Vice-President of the Italian WHO Healthy Cities Network Presentation, Video Sandro Petruzzi, Director of Planning and Management of Infrastructure, Metropolitan City of Turin (IT) Presentation, Video |
15:30 | The European vision for urban environment and health Video message by Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, Brussels |
15:45 | Panel: Learning from European Green Capitals Introduced and chaired by Josep Mompin, Head of the Department of Urban Landscape and Environmental Development, City of Mollet del Vallès (ES), European Green Leaf (EGL) City 2015 Presentation, Video Green Vitoria-Gasteiz: A lively city-nature network ESSENtials - changing the way we act |
Tuesday, 14 June 2016 | |
09:00 | Working in partnership for healthier cities: The cross-cutting model of the Barcelona Provincial Council Laura Martínez, Deputy Councillor of Public Health and Consumer Affairs, Provincial Council of Barcelona Josep Ramon Mut, Deputy Councillor for Urban Development and Housing, Provincial Council of Barcelona |
09:30 | Panel: Designing healthy cities by facilitating active mobility Introduced and chaired by David Donaire, Researcher of the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) Presentation, Video Cycling as sustainable and healthy urban mobility experience Inclusive and healthy mobility: The case of free public transport in Tallinn Promoting walkability in the Barcelona region |
11:30 | Panel: Housing vulnerability Introduced and chaired by Coque Claret, Researcher, Vallès School of Architecture, and of the EU-funded Project RELS (“Rénovation Energétique des LogementS”), Video Energy Poverty in the UK: Liverpool’s experience From theory to practice: The example of St. Cugat del Vallès’ housing and energy policies Local housing policies to reduce energy poverty and homelessness in Ghent |
14:30 | Panel: Buildings and spaces contributing to healthy living Introduced and chaired by Felipe Pich-Aguilera, Architect and President of the Green Building Council (GBC, Spain) Presentation, Video Integration of architecture into the natural and urban space at the designated development area (ZAC) “La Courrouze” in Rennes Creation of “leisure-time space” by multiple use of urban space |
16:00 | Keynote address: Transforming cities into healthier places through urban planning Isabela Velazquez, Urbanist Architect, Gea21, Madrid (ES) Presentation, Video |
16:45 | Concluding remarks and summary of the results of the conference Harrie Scholtens, Seconded National Expert and EPSA Category Leader, EIPA Maastricht (NL) |
17:00 | Official Closure Meritxell Budó, Vice-President for the Area of Citizen Affairs, Provincial Council of Barcelona and Mayor of La Garriga Dionís Guiteras, Vice-President for the Area of Territorial Affairs and Sustainability, Provincial Council of Barcelona and Mayor of Moià Alexander Heichlinger, Expert and Manager, EIPA Barcelona |
This book aims to demonstrate that various creative and smart routes to excellent solutions are possible, by analysing success stories in different areas of local public management from seven European cities in the EPSA scheme – Bilbao (ES), Birmingham (UK), Mannheim (DE), Milan (IT), Tallinn (EE), Tampere (FI), and Trondheim (NO). It concludes by presenting seven steps leading to excellence. The only thing left to find out is: are other cities ready to take on the challenge?
What kind of ideas are behind the remodelling of the state and public sector, and how have these ideas materialized in practice? In this book the authors illustrate what are the driving forces behind the huge amount of public management reforms over the last three decades. Trends and ideas of public management reforms in practice are validated by data from European Public Sector Award cases (2009 and 2011).