RENAISSANCE - ZARAGOZA SPAIN 8TH RENAISSANCE MEETING – 10/1/2009 – 10/2/2009 RENAISSANCE ZARAGOZA WP1.5 : Socio Economic Research. José A. Turégano (GEE) UofZ 1 RENAISSANCE es un proyecto del programa CONCERTO co-financiado por la Comisión Europea dentro del Sexto Programa Marco WP1.5 (Progress) RENAISSANCE - ZARAGOZA SPAIN Socio Economic Research. UdZ has focused its efforts along the 4th year in defining operative actions following CONCERTO+ recommendations: Development of a common methodology with performance indicators for monitoring the progress of local communities. Questionnaires are a critical tool for collecting data and to obtain indicators! But… things happen to be quite complicated: – – – – – Questionnaires are ignored Building Administrators, simply, do not collaborate Many housing remain unoccupied... The crisis does not help to connect with neighbors. They keep distant… Not too much effort and time devoted (bureaucratic problems) RENAISSANCE es un proyecto del programa CONCERTO co-financiado por la Comisión Europea dentro del Sexto Programa Marco WP1.5 RENAISSANCE - ZARAGOZA SPAIN Socio Economic Research Future developments 12 months scenario. We keep trying different strategies: – – – – – Creation of a specific Website to “motivate”/get people involved Monthly magazine of the neighborhood Meetings and questionnaires personally assisted The CUS (Centre of Sustain. Urban/Demonstration building) The monitoring data (included own data from new meters) 18 months scenario: idem, but strengthening mechanisms more efficient. Probably – A mix of the above with the specific help of CUS activities and strong exchange of experience with Lyon RENAISSANCE es un proyecto del programa CONCERTO co-financiado por la Comisión Europea dentro del Sexto Programa Marco 3 RENAISSANCE - ZARAGOZA SPAIN Contact JATurégano jat@unizar.es RENAISSANCE es un proyecto del programa CONCERTO co-financiado por la Comisión Europea dentro del Sexto Programa Marco 4