Viable Eastern Suburbs in a Balanced Metropolitan Area

The EU Urban II Community Initiative Programme has ended. These pages will not be updated anymore. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The objective of the EU Urban II Community Initiative Programme is to revive urban areas economically and socially as well as to enhance sustainable development. In Finland, the Government allotted Urban II Programme to the Greater Metropolitan Area, especially for developing its eastern parts. Helsinki-Vantaa Urban II is a sequence to the 1994 - 1999 Programme. All NGO's, businesses and public corporations operating in the target area can apply for funding within the Programme, provided that their intended projects are in compliance with the objectives of the same: aiming at enhancing employment and improving the operational conditions of business enterprises, creating opportunities for resident participation in developing environmental quality and information society as well as evolving new co-operation and service models between the cities, NGO's and business enterprises.

The Programme Objectives

- To strengthen the attractiveness of the area - To offer opportunities for participation - To enhance enterprise networking - To improve employment in the area - To make information technology available to citizens - To improve the immediate surroundings - To support multiculturalism - To support co-operation between schools and homes

12.10.2007

Last update: 12.10.2007 14.07