ASSET PROJECT
ACTIONS

Small Towns

Municipalities and local government

Support agencies (Regional, NGOs and Associations)

Government, EU and Council of Europe

Knowledge of the types of support available from agencies in many parts of Europe

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Awareness of the challenges faced by, and initiatives of, other Small Towns

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Tool kits for local vision and action

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Involvement in techniques of capacity building

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Advocacy – policy influence of ASSET

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Opportunity to attend conferences and seminars of ASSET

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Learning through networking (including seminars / conferences)
exchange visits, peer assessment, mentoring support and capacity building

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Benefit of higher profile for town in being a member of this network – individual towns and groups of towns as ‘Exemplars’.

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Regular information by website and newsletter

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Awareness of work packages and outcomes of INTERREG project

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Free exchange of templates of experience of well-tested successful good practice (dissemination by web/open source [attributed] and publications)

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Feedback to local and regional authorities of experience from European level EU

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Evidence base to support policy formulation
(Research)

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Awareness of competitiveness of small towns in European economy

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Influence on regional development programmes

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Formulation of rural small town policy for Europe

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