With the JESSICA initiative, the EU introduced a new financing instrument for urban development in the funding period … 2007 - 2013. Instead of the usual grant funding, ERDF resources can be transferred to revolving urban development funds if … specific conditions are met. These urban development funds provide loans, guarantees and equity capital for urban development …

instruments in the field of urban development policies. Compared to the rest of Europe, the development and implementation of … urban development funds (UDFs) has not gained much momentum in Germany. Only in a few federal states and municipalities has … attention been devoted to developing an UDF concept. Comparable and successful case studies for urban development funds in …

With the JESSICA initiative, the EU introduced a new financing instrument for urban development in the funding period … 2007 – 2013. Instead of the usual grant funding, ERDF resources can be transferred to revolving urban development funds if … specific conditions are met. These urban development funds provide loans, guarantees and equity capital for urban development …

instruments in the field of urban development policies. Compared to the rest of Europe, the development and implementation of … urban development funds (UDFs) has not gained much momentum in Germany. Only in a few federal states and municipalities has … attention been devoted to developing an UDF concept. Comparable and successful case studies for urban development funds in …

panel to undertake a feasibility study and elaborate key aspects of an urban development fund. The following paper outlines … nonetheless strongly contribute to urban development policy goals. The paper concludes by outlining open questions and the first …

element of a development strategy. Similarly, its more territory focused version, knowledge-based urban development is an …-based urban development strategy for the successful promotion of smart and sustainable cities, presented in a proposed conceptual …

Urban Development Funds as a financial instrument have been discussed, tested and implemented in the European Union for … Planning (ARL) considers the extent to which Urban Development Funds are a new instrument for supporting sustainable urban … over ten years. They complement the repertoire of classical grants and are intended to support projects relevant to urban …

In the field of urban development, the use of new financing instruments to complement classical financial grants has … been discussed, tested and implemented for more than ten years in Europe and Germany. Urban Development Funds aim to … support projects that are important for urban development policy but that are not otherwise guaranteed secure public or …

level. Based on an analysis of current research findings on the effects of urban development funds on urban development, it … is shown that the introduction of urban development funds will implement elements of entrepreneurial, neoliberal urban …This paper discusses the political and planning-theoretical background of the new EU funding instrument of urban …