Partners - Adds by Polish institutions

Adds concerning II round of calls:

Faculty of Economics and Management (University of Bialystok, Poland) is interested in cooperation at ESPON calls for proposals on applied research projects. Particularly on the SURE Success for Convergence Regions’ Economies project.

We would like to participate in spheres as follows:
-    Economic & social development of peripheral regions
-    Innovation and Technology Transfer in low-developed regions
-    Technological convergence in low-developed regions
-    Sustainable development of regions.

Our researchers have skills and opportunities in above. They have experience in:
- feasibility studies;
- auditing;
- policy analysis;
- project management;
- data analysis;
- organizing strategy of region development;
 - co-operation with enterprises, institutions and authorities.

We participated in projects as follows:
Interreg IIIA, IIIB, Phare, FP6, NATO, EQUAL, many projects of EU funds

Latest international projects:

• Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging EU (U-Know) – projekt realizowany przez: Halle Institute of Economic Research oraz Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU, University Sussex); 03.2006 – 02.2009; analysis of “Network Alignment” in polish regions (especially in Podlasie);
• VBNInnoReg – Strengthening Via Baltica Nordica Macro-Region through Transnational Cooperation for Regional Innovation Promotion (VBNInnoReg); Baltic Sea Region INTERREG IIIB Neighbourhood Programme (01.2006 – 12.2007); research of innovation and technology transfer in Podlasie; comparison study of regional innovation system in Podlasie and Baltic regions (Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany)
• „REDIS – Restructuring districts into science quarters”, URBACT II, 2008-2011; feasibility studies of Science Park in Bialystok;

Robert Ciborowski, Dean
Faculty of Economics and Management
Warszawska str 63, 15-062 Bialystok, Poland

Tel.: (+48) 85 745 77 11
Fax: (+48) 85 741 46 85
E-mail: r.ciborowski@uwb.edu.pl
http://www.weko.uwb.edu.pl/

Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning
We would like to join a TPG as a Project Partner in one of 3 themes under Priority l (Applied research projects):

• Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities
• Cities and urban agglomerations
• Territorial impact assessment of policies

Research fields of the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning:

• urban design
• development and redevelopment process of urban structures (including large scale urban structures, post-industrial, -military, -railway areas)
• development and reshaping urban public spaces
• spatial planning
• regional planning and development
• management of metropolitan areas
• studies at assessment of spatial policies in urban and regional contexts

Relevant projects of the department:

• Planning and realization of urban revitalization programs in Polish cities
• Urban structure of residential areas - chosen German case studies from 1980-2005
• The influence of revitalization programs on development of chosen urban areas under conditions of support of European Union structural funds
• Third generation railway stations as catalysts of urban revitalization
• Methods and instruments of sustainable urban renewal
• Transformation of degraded spatial structures of polish metropolitan areas
• Sustainable development of metropolitan areas in regional development plans

 Methods concerning strategic planning of sustainable development of local spatial systems
Research capacity:
dr hab. inż. arch. Piotr Lorens
dr hab. inż. Tomasz Parteka
dr hab. inż. arch. Aleksandra Sas-Bojarska
dr inż. arch. Jadwiga Kiernikiewicz-Wieczorkiewicz
dr inż. arch. Jadwiga Pankau
dr inż. arch. Gabriela Rembarz
dr inż. arch. Katarzyna Rozmarynowska
dr inż. arch. Tomasz Rozwadowski
dr inż. arch. Roman Ruczyński
dr inż. arch. Jacek Sołtys
dr inż. arch. Daniel Załuski
dr Małgorzata Dymnicka
dr inż. arch. Feliks Pankau
dr inż. arch. Olga Socha-Knapczyk
dr inż. arch. Justyna Pęczek-Martyniuk
dr inż. arch. Małgorzata Postawka
mgr inż. arch. Janusz Gujski
mgr inż. arch. Dorota Kamrowska-Załuska
mgr inż. arch. Anna Kaczorowska-Fudala
mgr inż. arch. Alicja Kopeć
mgr inż. arch. Sławomir Ledwoń
mgr inż. arch. Madalena Rembeza
mgr inż. arch. Barbara Zgórska

Contact person:
Dorota Kamrowska-Załuska

Gdańsk University of Technology
Faculty of Architecture
ul. Narutowicza 11/12
80-952 Gdańsk POLAND
dzaluska@pg.gda.pl
+48 58 3471606
www.pg.gda.pl

The Institute of Urban Development (IUD) from Cracow, Poland would like to join a TPG as a Project Partner in one of 3 projects under Priority 1 (Applied Research):
• Cities and urban agglomerations
• Development opportunities in different types of rural areas
• Territorial impact assessment of policies

Contact person:
Mr Filip Skawiński (PhD)
zmpu.fs@irm.krakow.pl
phone. (0048) 12 634 23 46 extension 20
http://www.irm.krakow.pl/

The Institute of Urban Development (IUD) located in Cracow is a scientific and research institute. Its legacy contains a rich tradition and achievements in the areas of research and practical application of research results obtained in spatial planning, land management, environment shaping and protection, municipal and housing economies, building and real-estate management.

The Institute's personnel is composed of 79 persons constituting an interdisciplinary team of research and technical staff representing the following areas: urban planning, spatial planning, architecture, geography, law, economy, biology, civil engineering, hydro-engineering, sanitary engineering, mechanics, electrical engineering, land reclamation, chemistry, transportation, computer science, organisation and management, geology and forestry.

Institute’s fields of activity comprise:
• research on the municipal space quality and urban processes effectiveness
• studies of physical development conditions and objectives and local physical plans
• forecasting of the financial effects of physical plans
• environmental impact assessments ( EIA)
• natural conditions of development
• transportation studies for the local planning
• designs and conception for technical infrastructure
• road management in cities
• long-term programmes for municipalities housing-stock management
• housing and building monitoring, real-estate market analysis
• housing development strategies and housing financing
• conceptions of resolving housing problems faced by less affluent people
• analyses of economic effectiveness of public investment projects
• cost calculation of construction and assembly works

Contact:
INSTITUTE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
30-015 Krakow, ul. Cieszynska 2, Poland
phone. (0048) 12 634 23 46 extension 20
http://www.irm.krakow.pl/