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Regional development and environmental Consultation Service

Since it was founded, ARSU has been active in the fields of regional and structural development. This is what the German acronym ARSU stands for – nomen est omen. Regional development is a planning tool which, clearly, impacts on a regional level. However, by targeting regional competitiveness and employment through the regional funding programs (EFRE, ESF, ELER and EFF), European structural development policy puts a strong emphasis on the local and regional level. Consequently, this dominates and directs policy-making at the communal and regional levels. The resulting increase in competitiveness between regions has lead to a rise in demand for consultation services such as regional management – nowadays an indispensable tool in regional development. This is where ARSU steps in, to provide communes and local government groupings in particular with coherent and interdisciplinary assistance and support across regions.

The standards required for public relations work and local citizens’ participation in planning and implementation processes have risen steadily - and more so as a result of the limitations on personal contact under the current pandemic. ARSU has always taken environmental education seriously: Now, more than ever, our expertise in explaining and presenting highly-complex scientific findings and planning procedures to a wider public has shown its worth.

Good public participation structures increase the levels of acceptance for and viability of complicated measures and processes. We attach great importance to this and it characterizes the ARSU approach.

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Funding consultation and acquistion support

Many great ideas fail due to a lack of funding and, at the same time, it is often the smaller projects that have a real impact in a region.

 
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Process consultation and support

Regional development projects generally require cooperation between a great variety of local and regional participants and cover a wide range of subject matters.

 
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Environmental education and themed routes

Appreciation and awareness of one’s own surroundings is an essential prerequisite for building a sustainable environment and society.

 
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Communication and participation

Good communication practice is essential to the success of any process of participation. However, not every process that makes claim to good standards of communication and participation can, under closer scrutiny, be said to be fit for purpose.

 
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Regional development concepts

Regional development concepts are one of the standard instruments used in regional planning and regional economic development. Despite their purely unofficial character, they have come to be highly-valued in Germany and across the EU.

 
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Regional development and research

The day to day practice of planning often reveals common areas of interest between research being carried out by universities in our region and the issues faced by planners working on regional development projects for local authorities and regional governmental groupings.

 
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