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Urban Planning & Territories Division

The Urban Planning & Territories Division supports its partners through a number of think tanks and do tanks linked to the challenges of local planning. It is by strengthening dialogue and exchanges between public decision-makers and private operators that we can meet the needs of our cities and their residents. 

 

TOPICS COVERED

Revitalising and regenerating town centres
Territorial development 
Urban regeneration
Town policy
Town and country planning
Housing
Home ownership
Energy renovation
Infrastructure construction and maintenance

THE DIVISION’S CLUBS

CLUB CŒUR DE VILLE

Launched in 2020 alongside François Lamy, the former Minister for Urban Affairs, the Club Cœur de Ville aims to create the conditions necessary for the revitalisation of medium-sized towns through a forum for discussion between elected representatives, businesses and institutions on day-to-day issues (housing, retail, etc.).  This Club represents a unique opportunity for all the players involved (elected representatives, financial partners, craftsmen and shopkeepers, etc.) to discuss and work together.


Some fifteen towns are members of the Club : Montargis, La-Roche-sur-Yon, Dole, Sablé- sur-Sarthe etc. 


Various private stakeholders have also joined the initiative : Demathieu & Bard, Groupe REALITES, GB2A, Arkéa Banque Entreprises & Institutionnels 

 

CLUB OF MAYORS FOR URBAN RENEWAL

Since 2011, the Club des Maires de la Rénovation Urbaine et des Présidents d'EPCI (Club of Mayors for Urban Renewal and Chairmen of Public Establishments for Intercommunal Co-operation) has aimed to create dialogue between elected representatives who have signed an ANRU agreement, in order to reflect on the future of the urban renewal policy and its sustainability. The Club is fully committed to promoting exchanges and best practices. It is also a forum for questioning national elected representatives and public authorities in general, with a view to deepening urban renewal policies in France and ensuring that the massive investment in urban renewal policies by the State, its partners and local authorities continues. Club members are exclusively elected representatives.

40 cities and EPCIs are members of the Club, including the cities of Rennes, Metz, Dreux, Montpellier, Toulouse, Châteauroux, etc. 

 

HOME OWNERSHIP CLUB

Since 2009, the Club has provided a forum for discussion and dialogue between operators in the housing and construction sector and public decision-makers. Our network of partners represents the entire value chain, from developers to builders, planners, banks, landlords and federations, working together to promote a proactive home ownership policy in France.

 

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CLUB 

(PPP)

The Club des Partenariats Public-Privé (Public-Private Partnerships Club) was set up in November 2005 in response to a real need for better information and communication to make the Partnership Contract established by the Order of 17 June 2004, now replaced by the Partnership Contract, more accessible and easier to understand.


The Club is a genuine link between government communications, the expectations of local decision-makers and the needs of businesses. Its aim is also to encourage and develop exchanges between these stakeholders by stepping up the sharing of experience through educational communications, particularly with public authority managers. The Club is committed to promoting modern investment that brings the private sector into public projects.


The Club has always maintained close links with all the ministries involved in this public procurement tool.

EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT CARRIED OUT BY THE URBAN PLANNING & TERRITORIES DIVISION

The Club of Mayors for Urban Renewal organises field visits to its partners' areas to observe and understand the implementation of structuring projects. This is an opportunity for the club's elected representatives to share good ideas and feedback. It's also an opportunity for a mayor to present his or her project to elected representatives, as well as to invited members of parliament working on urban regeneration issues. 
For the past year, the Club des PPP and the Cercle Energie & Territoires have been running an educational initiative on the deferred payment global energy performance contract. Through a tour of France's regions, the Club, the Cercle and their partners (energy suppliers, financiers, project managers and builders) are meeting local public decision-makers to inform them about this new public procurement tool designed to speed up the energy renovation of public buildings.