Expert workshop "Revitalisation of contaminated sites in Poland – State of the art"

The workshop on “Brownfield remediation in Poland – state of the art” was carried out on 28.03.2012 in the seat of Marshal Office in Zielona Góra. Nearly 70 people representing public administration of national, regional and local levels, non-governmental organisations and various expertises such as architects, experts in spatial planning, scientists participated in the workshop.

The event was opened by Member of the Board of Marshall Office Stanisław Tomczyszyn. Welcome notes were delivered by Major of Szprotawa Józef Rubacha. Introduction was presented by Timbre project’s coordinator - Stephan Bartke and coordinator of works carried out in Poland - Janusz Krupanek. Afterwards, selected Polish examples of brownfield remediation activities were presented. Following these presentations Timbre consortium partners: Liza Pizzol, Stanislav Martinat, Filip Alexandrescu and Sebastian Schädler introduced their plans and tasks to be carried out within Timbre project. It was stressed that project’s results could be useful for local society in planning of further development of Szprotawa town and beyond.

Perspectives and barriers for taking actions directed on brownfield revitalization in Poland were discussed with ranking of success factors and barriers of revitalization processes. Stakeholders pointed out that legal aspects and ownership issues are very important. They perceive weak interest of central administrations in solving problems of brownfield revitalisation as important obstacle. It was underlined that the local communities have the major role to play in revitalization in Poland with limited competences of county and Voivodship administration.

In the afternoon two working sessions were held. The topic of the first one was brownfield rehabilitation framework, its utility and applicability in practice. The second, parallel session was about key aspects of integrated approach supporting decision making in the field of brownfield regeneration, especially in the case of activities taken up in former military base in Szprotawa. Discussion and summary closed the workshop.

Reports on the workshop in Polish media / fora

13th March 2012 on http://lubuskie.pl:
Warsztaty w Lubuskiem - rewitalizacja terenów zdegradowanych
[Workshops in Lubuskie - revitalization of degraded areas]

18th March 2012 on http://lubuskie.pl:
Szansa dla terenów zdegradowanych - warsztaty
[Chance for brownfield land - Workshop]

28th March 2012 in Gazeta Śląska on http://www.swiebodzin24.pl:
Szansa dla terenów zdegradowanych – warsztaty
[Chance for brownfield land - Workshop]

29th March 2012 in Gazeta Śląska on http://uni.cal24.pl:
Szansa dla terenów zdegradowanych – warsztaty
[Chance for brownfield land - Workshop]

Information on the announcement and background:

Polish and international experts will meet on March 28^th 2012 in Lubuskie Marshal's Office in Zielona Góra for a symposium on state of the art of revitalisation of contaminated sites in Poland.

To this event, a group of specialists and interested stakeholders is invited to discuss about brownfield regeneration in Poland. The symposium will be part of the TIMBRE project, funded by the European Union. Find more about the event and on how to register here (English) or here (Polish).

Expected participants

Timbre invites all persons and institutions interested in the re-development of brownfields and former industrial sites to this event to share with us their knowledge, experiences and needs. Especially, we invite representatives from the public authorities, consultants and companies in charge of supervising or conducting regeneration activities, i.e. planners, site developers, private consultants, specific authorities.

Project managers, municipalities, site developers, investors, insurers, agencies in the broader region of Lubuskie Voivodeship interested in assessing the economic and environmental effectiveness and sustainability of a megasite regeneration in as much as further interested stakeholders, such as NGOs, citizens’ groups and interested non-experts are cordially invited to join in this event to exchange knowledge and to ensure that the timbre project
benefits from the highest quality of information available at the regional and national level.

Agenda

• 09:00 Registration
• 09:30 Welcome notes
• 10:00 Introduction - The TIMBRE Project – Overview and objectives
• 10:15 Introductory round of participants
• 10:30 Coffee Break
• 10:45 Presentation of Polish Cases
  

Introduction to best practices and challenges of brownfield regeneration cases in Poland in different contexts. Presentations will include specific issues of sites and foreseen regeneration and revitalization approaches, including technological and especially socioeconomic and planning aspects.

• 12:15 Lunch break
• 13:00 Framework for Brownfield Regeneration

TIMBRE partners present and discuss the state-of-the-art in brownfield regeneration in Europe.

• 14:45 Coffee Break
• 15:00 Workshop Sessions

In two break-out sessions, researchers’ and practitioners’ questions will be discussed.

• 16:00 Open discussion and summary - Concluding plenary discussion,
• 16:45 Outlook - Discussion of next steps.
• 17:00 Closing

Find more about the agneda and on how to registe here (English) or here (Polish).

Venue

The Marshal Office of the Lubuskie Region
ul. Podgórna 7
65-057 Zielona Góra
Poland

Information Brochure

A package contains information on the TIMBRE project funded by the European Union: The seven work packages included in the project are each described on a separate page. Each work package is, in turn, managed by a team of TIMBRE specialists, whose contact data can be found at the bottom of each page: Click here to download the Information brochure for this event.

Announcement: Workshop in Szprotawa on March 29th, 2012

Please note: On the day following the timbre event in Zielona Gòra, we do cordially invite you to participate in the timbre event to be held in the Town Hall of Szprotawa: “Supporting a future for the contaminated former Soviet air base (JAR) in Szprotawa : Information on activities of the research project TIMBRE and discussion of stakeholder and researchers’ needs.”