October/November 2003

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Private sector in urban regeneration

Thematic Group Coordination: Raymond Young, Hanka Wolter

Members of the thematic working group ‘Private sector in urban regeneration': Vilija Motiekiene (Vilnius), Kurt Reinken (Hamburg), Gerry Folan (Dublin), Hugh McCann (Dublin), Thomas Helfen (Berlin), Jakob Klint (Copenhagen), Gerdt Larsen (Copenhagen), Raymond Young (Glasgow), Hanka Wolter (Lisbon)

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Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. Findings

2.1. Definitional difficulties

2.1.1. What is the private sector?
2.1.2. The commercial sector
2.1.3. The role of not-for –profit or “ third sector”
2.1.4. Residents and consumer

2.2. Motivation

2.2.1. Motivation of public sector
2.2.2. Motivation of the private sector

2.3. Types of businesses and leverage of private sector involvement
2.4. Types of involvement

2.4.1. Public/private partnerships
2.4.2. Network structures
2.4.3. Private lending
2.4.4. Direct investment
2.4.5. Participation in decision making structures
2.4.6. Intermediaries
2.4.7. Corporate Responsibility

2.5. Task sharing with and functions of private sector in urban regeneration

2.5.1. Providing employment
2.5.2. Sustaining business, economic development
2.5.3. Physical regeneration
2.5.4. Service delivering, neighbourhood culture etc.

2.6. Measuring private involvement

3. Conclusions

Appendix 1 - Questionnaire
Appendix 2 – Preliminary analysis
Appendix 3 – The UK Social Economy Sector
Appendix 4 – EXAMPLES
Appendix 5 – Key messages
Appendix 6 – Working group members