Prignitz-Oberhavel Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (POE)

The Regional Planning Community Prignitz-Oberhavel is a legal association of the districts of Oberhavel, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, and Prignitz, founded in October 1993. As an independent corporation under public law, it is responsible for regional planning in these areas.

• Regional Plans: The planning community creates, updates, modifies, and supplements regional plans to ensure comprehensive and sustainable development of the region.
• Planning Foundations: It develops and maintains the necessary planning foundations and conducts procedures to implement the regional plans.
• Thematic Texts and Statements: The preparation of thematic texts on regional planning decisions and the development of conceptual planning foundations are central tasks.
• Communication and Networking: The planning community works closely with municipal authorities, responsible agencies, and other institutions to ensure effective and coordinated planning[4].

The main mission of the Regional Planning Community Prignitz-Oberhavel is to promote sustainable and future-oriented development of the region. This includes pursuing global climate goals, increasing energy efficiency, and expanding renewable energies. The values of the organization are based on collaboration, sustainability, and the socio-ecological transformation of the region.

• Energy Concept 2021: The region has developed a comprehensive energy concept that sets goals for 2050, including increasing the share of renewable energies, enhancing energy efficiency, and reducing energy consumption[1].
• Climate Protection Plan 2050: The planning community is working on implementing the Federal Climate Protection Act and the updated strategies of climate and energy policy in Brandenburg.
• LEADER Regional Management: Through the local action group (LAG) "Storchenland Prignitz," projects are promoted that support sustainable structural change and socio-ecological transformation in the region[3].
• Building Culture and Village Development: Initiatives such as the project "Designing City and Country Together" and "Border-Land at the Elbe Current" promote building culture and the further development of village structures in the region[3].

The region Prignitz-Oberhavel, which covers an area of about 6,500 km² and has nearly 388,000 inhabitants, is part of the capital region Berlin-Brandenburg and the metropolitan regions Berlin-Hamburg. The region is predominantly rural and faces the challenges of structural change after 1990, which it actively accompanies and promotes[1][2].

Through the geoportal of the planning community, the contents of the regional planning maps can be viewed online, and various topics as well as spatial cuts and scales can be freely selected, making planning and decision-making more flexible and user-friendly[5].

The Regional Planning Community Prignitz-Oberhavel is thus a central actor in regional development, committed to a sustainable, energy-efficient, and socio-ecologically responsible future for the region.

• 1 - https://energieportal-brandenburg.de/cms/fileadmin/medien/dokumente/frek_endbericht.pdf
• 2 - https://www.prignitz-oberhavel.de/regionalplaene/regionales-leitbild/die-wirtschaftsregion.html
• 3 - https://www.landkreis-prignitz.de/globalcontent/documents/wirtschaft/landwirtschaft/RES-LAG-Storchenland-Prignitz-2023-2027.pdf
• 4 - https://www.oberhavel.de/media/custom/2244_86771_1.PDF?1668776767
• 5 - https://www.prignitz-oberhavel.de/information.html