The working group focused on identifying keys for successin the planning, management and implementation of urbanrenewal policies at a supra-local level, identifying how supralocalpolicies can improve local action by offering support(technical, organisational or financial) and removinginstitutional obstacles that could prevent an optimumdevelopment of urban renewal programmes.With this aim, the working group tackled the exchangeof experiences between partners of different nature, functionsand territorial scopes, belonging to different member states.The working group aimed to contribute to cohesion byimproving deprived urban areas through the identification ofthe best way in which regional and other supra-local agenciescan contribute to optimize the collective action in planningand management of urban renewal policies.The group met 4 times including the final conference whichThe CIVITAS working group set out to discuss and exchange was held in May 2007. Achievements: Please refer to the 'Description' field, which also includes the achievements of this project.