Case Studies   The Danish Neighbourhood Regeneration Programme. Kvarterløft in Copenhagen

The three stages of Kvarterløft

A Kvarterløft project in Copenhagen has three different stages. Stage one is the neighbourhood planning stage, where the first public meetings are held and working groups are set up to prepare a neighbourhood plan in co-operation with the municipal departments. The neighbourhood plan is discussed and approved in the political system.

The neighbourhood planning stage is followed by the implementation stage in which the projects are developed, planned in details and implemented in so far as possible.

The final stage of the Kvarterløft project is the anchoring stage in which it is to be clarified whether and how initiated activities and physical projects may be continued in the future.

Local anchoring is important to ensure that implemented projects are maintained and that initiated activities and initiatives are continued. It is important that the municipal departments use the experience gained from the Kvarterløft projects also in other contexts in the municipal work. One of the ways to do so in Copenhagen has been through maintaining a kind of democratic organisation in the neighbourhood matching the local neighbourhood. The aim is to have this organisation assisting in the maintenance of the established networks and partnerships and ensure the continued dialogue between the local neighbourhood and the municipality.

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