Objectives of Theme I

The partner areas of London-Haringey and Stockholm focus on the theme "Contents, instruments and structural patterns of neighbourhood management policies". This theme covers the wide range of topics dealt with by different local neighbourhood management policies such as the improvement of the quality of life in deprived neighbourhoods, the achievement of a better mix of populations or the achievement of a stronger social and ethnic inclusion in these areas etc. Of particular importance is also the organisational context of local neighbourhood management policies, the operational structures of existing neighbourhood managements or of specific public facilities and supply networks.



The operational objective is to further explore and improve contents, objectives and instruments of local neighbourhood management policies, but also to practically stimulate organisational/operational changes in or among stakeholder organisms directly involved in delivering neighbourhood management policies.

• Mutual co-operation shall help to improve joint knowledge on different contents, objectives, instruments or organisational / structural models used by POSEIDON partners in the context of their local neighbourhood management policies. Based on the exchange of experience, POSEIDON partners will identify solutions that help to further improve local decision-making and policy delivery processes, but also co-operation among different departments of local administrations as well as between administrations and existing operational field structures.
• Mutual co-operation shall also allow to practically improve the quality and efficiency of local neighbourhood management policies, especially by setting up new neighbourhood management structures or by implementing new organisational or operational models for existing local policies.

In a medium-term perspective, this can help to further raise the awareness on neighbourhood management in general at different levels of political decision-making (local, regional, national, European) and contribute to mainstreaming neighbourhood management policies in the wider context of public policies.

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