Detail plan for urban centre of residence and business of Kärdla Town NEW BRIDGES Project Workshop, Kaunas 8.-9. J

1. Detail plan for urban centre of residence and business of Kärdla TownNEW BRIDGES Project Workshop, Kaunas 8.-9. June 2010 Reet Kokovkin, Hiiumaa County Government

2. Priority challenges identified -Mobility: Weak transportation links -Servises: Seasonality of jobs - Residential preferences: Decreasing population

4. Kärdla linn Pühalepa vald Kõrgessaare vald Käina vald Emmaste vald About Hiiumaa

5. Hiiumaa is the County with 5 municipalities: 1 town and 4 rural communes. Mostly rural community values of natural conditions, clean environment, good on-island communication (both road and internet quality), support of neigbours, active citisens, very low criminality, realtively good primary and secondary education, and health service. Negative side of living in Hiiumaa are: poor connection to mainland, narrow choice of jobs, low level of cultural services, low level of salaries compared to Capital, higher risks in entrepreneurship (small market, expensive transport to mainland, difficulties in finding specialists) .

6. Kärdla town hall

7. Main issues for the pilot • Marine oriented Town centre: keeping the Town centre functioning all year round, despite seasonal changes in number of customers. • Supporting local entrepreneurs: holding the stable product range and delivery chain. • Strenghtening Public and Private cooperation: Financing the construction of the centre in cooperation with private partners

8. Decision process Preparatory project meeting took place on 08. may 2009 participants 7: Municipality and County officers 1st Local Stakeholder meeting took place on 05. June 2009 participants 10: Municpilaity and County officers, politiciants, entrepreneurs, NGO, experts 2ndLocal Stakeholder meeting took place on 14-15. October 2009, participants 25: Municpilaity and County officers, politiciants, entrepreneurs, NGO, expert. Also, results from the meetings of Kärdla development strategy workgroups are giving the input to the process. International Stakeholder meeting took place on 27. May 2010, participants 39: Politiciants, Municpilaity and County officers from Baltic Sea islands, entrepreneurs, NGOs, experts. Reporting project progress to the international island stakeholders. Local stakeholder meeting on 27. May, participants 4: Kärdla Town and county

9. Detail plan for urban centre of residence and business • Kärdla harbour was destroyed during the WWII and has not reconstructed yet. Over the past decade Kärdla municipality has prepared the planning, environmental assessment and building plans for the marina of the harbour. Now is the time to plan the urban area next to the marina.

10. Kärdla small quay 2010

12. Main aim(s): • Detail plan includes functionally connected areas in the surrounding of Kärdla guest harbour. Urban centre will be the area /chain of marketing facilities where local handicraft and food producers can provide better access to their production for inhabitants and visitors of the island. • This would be the first example of urban and rural cooperation in planning aiming at connecting marina area with functioning service area. In connection to detail plan the potential number of customers both locally and among visitors will be identified. Transportation routes for the products regular delivery will be analysed.

13. Orjaku harbour

14. Sõru harbour

15. Geographical scope • Town of Kärdla • Municipality of Kõrgesaare • Municipalities of Käina, Emmaste, Pühalepa (i.e all municipalities of the island of Hiiumaa)

16. Historical location of Kärdla harbour

17. Target group(s) • Entrepreneurs • Citisens • Visitors • Young people seeking jobs and living

18. Historical storage building “Monopol” planned to be yach club

19. Historical “Wool storage” to be art gallery

20. View towards old storages

21. Detail plan for urban centre of residence and business • The pilot action is in accordance with the Hiiumaa county development plan and the Kärdla Town development plan • Partners: Hiiumaa County Government, NGO Hiiumaa cooperation Network, Kärdla Town Municipality, Kõrgessare municipality, other municipalities of the island

22. Timeframe • August - 1st stakeholders meeting - key points of the detail plan, customer and transportation route analysis • Sept, Oct, Nov- Compilation of the 1st draft of detail plan • November - 2ndstakeholders meeting – discussion of the draft • Dec, Jan, Feb- Compilation of the detail plan and analysis • March -3rd stakeholders meeting • March, April, May- Compilation of the detail plan final version and analysis

23. Potential obstacles and risks • Political risks- If the Town Government would be changed during next elections, new political leaders would not be interested in the development of the harbour area • Legal risksno, the harbour is the municipality owned • Institutional risks- lack on money flow for implementation of the pilot • Technical risks- Entrepreneurs not interested in delivering their goods.

24. For discussion Seeking partners with experience of successful mangement of visitor harbour in their territory Kärdla harbour has been strategigally approved 20 years ago, not yet implemented

25. Thank you for your attention!Feedback and comments are very welcome! Reet Kokovkin, reet.kokovkin@hiiumaa.ee Island of Hiiumaa