The International New Town Institute will be organizing a workshop about the cultural heritage of Dutch New Towns as part of the conference New Challenges for New Towns (Nieuwe Uitdagingen voor Nieuwe Steden). INTI project manager JaapJan Berg will lead the organization of the workshop.
The Dutch New Towns are facing new challenges today. These challenges include the declining quality of living environments, less dynamic economic growth (compared to other cities with similar size) and a growing group of aging inhabitants. In 2009 the New Towns municipalities, the so-called Ortega-municipalities, started the New Towns Implementation Agenda (Uitvoeringsagenda) with a focus on prevention. The main question on the Implementation Agenda is: How do we prevent the need for large-scale and costly implementations in deteriorating districts?
During the conference New Challenges for New Towns we will show the current position of the Dutch New Towns and the challenges that they face. The question is how do we prepare the Dutch New Towns for the future? Who’s responsibility is it and who are the stakeholders? We will also focus on the power of the citizens and the entrepreneurs of the New Towns.
Click here for more information about the content and program of the Conference.
The conference is organized by Platform31 in collaboration with the municipality of Nieuwegein, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Agentschap NL.
The program is free. You can register here.
