
The PlaNet CenSE Project, by Jaroslav Bedrna
The PlaNet CenSE Project (Planners Network for Central and South East Europe) was one of the essential planning activities of the INTERREG IIIB programme, meant to be realized during the years 2000 to 2006. The project is a continuation of the planning cooperation of the CADSES countries, a group of nations involved in the Vision Planet project of the INTERREG IIC CADSES programme in the previous programme period. The main aim of the project is the grasp of the common problems of spatial planning in the CADSES zone (fig. 1) and their comparison to the results and conclusions of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) and European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) programmes. The objective of the project is to confirm the development potential of the settlement structure within the CADSES zone (cities of the MEGA and FUA categories) and the transportation infrastructure potential, focusing on the north-south railway corridors. Twenty-five project partners from 15 countries are involved. the coordinator is Austria’s Öir Wien (Österreichisches Institut für Raumplanung). The Czech Republic is participating through the Ministry for Regional Development, with two Czech expert teams involved in the pilot stages of the Metropolitan Network and North-South-Corridors in September 2005. The project commenced at the end of 2000 in Vienna, clarifying its targets, and terminates in November 2006 with the final conference and the publication of the results.
Spatial Planning at the Regional Level and SEA Procedure in the Czech Republic, Saxony and the Republic of Poland, by Dirk Bölitz, Lars Stratmann, Hendrike Helbron
The implementation of the SEA procedure in Saxony, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Poland is subject to different general conditions. In the neighbouring states diverse state systems and administrative structures, different planning systems and in particular different approaches of the implementation of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC into national legislation exist. The easternmost planning region of Saxony, Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia (Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien) functioned as a case study in the INTERREG III A project “Strategic Environmental Assessment for regional planning – Development of a Transnational Assessment and Practice Concept for Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic”.
Switzerland’s Successful Efforts to Arrange Space, by Irena Šulcová
The extremely broken terrain has a significant impact on the use of space in Switzerland. As such, the Swiss example of economical use of space is highly interesting. Based on the changes in the settlement structure and the use of space, the article brings information on the system of spatial development and physical planning in this Alpine country. Selected examples attempt to compare Switzerland to the Czech Republic.
The Industrial Zone of Nošovice, by Markéta Paskovská
The involvement of foreign investors plays an important part in the development of the Czech economy, helping to solve some basic economic and social problems of various regions. One of the supportive tools to investments is incentives which include subsidies to municipalities for the preparation of industrial zones for developers. One of the most important development territories of the Region of Moravia-Silesia is the currently built industrial zone of Nošovice, listed in the 549 Government Decree, dated 29 May 2002, as one of a few strategic industrial zones of the Czech Republic. In May 2006, the South Korean company of Hyundai undersigned their entry in the Czech Republic, undertaking to construct a car factory in the industrial zone of Nošovice.
Jablonec nad Nisou’s Projects Supported by EU Funds, by Iveta Habadová
The Municipality of Jablonec nad Nisou is widely experienced in the procuration of finance from the EU funds. Thanks to the town’s position at the confines and a very good relationship with the German and Polish partners, a lot of projects in culture, sports, education and tourism could be materialized. Last year was no exception: some of the obtained means came from the pre-entry assistance subsidies (i.e. PHARE ), others arrived from the structural funds, such as the SROP and INTERREG IIIA programmes. The projects mentioned herebelow represent a total of EU subsidies of some € 5.6 million. Some projects within the mentioned programmes could receive state budget subsidies too, of a total of some € 0.6.