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REGIONAL POLICY
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uropa.eu
The political framework
The Leipzig Charter
The Green Paper on territorial cohesion
Europe 2020
The Toledo declaration
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The Leipzig Charter
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Implementing the Leipzig Charter
• Principles / Recommendations– Making greater use of integrated urban development
policy approaches– That special attention is paid to deprived neighbourhoods
within the context of the city as a whole
• Among key related issues… need for 4 types of cooperation:– Transversal (across sectoral departments)– Vertical (multilevel)– Horizontal: multi-territorial
(between cities, urban/rural, metropolitan)– Horizontal: multi-actors
(involving citizens and all actors concerned)
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Strategies for action / integrated urban development policy approaches
• Creating and ensuring high quality public spaces
reference to Baukultur needed for the whole city
• Modernizing infrastructure networks
• Improving energy efficiency
• Proactive innovation and education policies
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Strategies for action / focus on deprived neighbourhoods
• Pursuing strategies for upgrading the physical environmentReference to healthy, suitable and affordable housing
• Strengthening the local and social economy and local labour market policy / citizen-friendly services
• Proactive education and training policies for children and young people
• Promotion of efficient and affordable urban transport… to better integrate these neighbourhoods into the city and the region as a whole
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Sub-themes and issues
• A sustainable city should be complex in terms of functions
• A sustainable city should be socially cohesive
• Promote the relevant use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in different fields
• Improve the technical infrastructure (e.g. for water supply, waste-water treatment, waste management)
• Foster the economic use of natural resources
• Exploit the city’s knowledge potential, inter alia,social and intercultural dialogue & social and democratic participation
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The Green Paper on territorial cohesion
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Territorial Cohesion is in the Lisbon Treaty
What is it about?
– ensuring harmonious, sustainable and polycentric development
– enabling citizens and enterprises
• to make the most of the inherent features of different territories
• to benefit from and contribute to European integration + the Single Market
• wherever they happen to live or operate
--> 4 Key areas for fostering Territorial Cohesion
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1. Cooperation between territories
Integrated strategies in cross-border regions and macro-regions: cities are concerned!Possible options– Cooperation in strategic policy documents– Better coordination across borders, within multi-level
governance– EGTC, e.g. for cross border agglomerations – Focus on external dimension
Interregional cooperation:– Linking network activities to mainstream in OPs
("Regions for Economic Change" approach)– Enhancing networking on territorial and urban issues
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2. Territorial programmingNecessity to increase support
• for integrated local development initiatives in diverse contexts (urban, rural, urban-rural …)
• at the appropriate geographical level, preferably functional areas (e.g.: metropolitan)
Possible options
– Mandatory territorial dimension in NSRFs and OPs
– Providing greater flexibility in designing programmes (multi regional)
– Improving the partnership approach - direct involvement of local authorities
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3. Coordination of policies with territorial impact
Need for horizontal coordination at each level; vertical coordination between levels
Possible options:– Greater territorial dimension in the EU2020 Strategy– Improved coordination of funds; describing
coordination procedures in EU Strategic Guidelines and National Strategic Reference Frameworks
– Territorial and urban monitoring within the strategic follow-up
– Integrated methodological framework to analyse territorial impacts (ESPON, Territorial Agenda)
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4. Evidence-based policy making
• Ability to measure diverse assets as well as constraints of territories
• Need to go below NUTS 2
Possible options:– Encouraging use of existing data and analysis: Urban
Audit, Urban Atlas, ESPON– Refined data sets and new territorial indicators, in
close cooperation with national Statistical Offices.
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Europe 2020
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The Europe 2020 Strategy
Three interlocking and mutually reinforcing priority areas:
• Smart growth, developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation;
• Sustainable growth, promoting a low-carbon, resource-efficient and competitive economy;
• Inclusive growth, fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion
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Five EU-level targets
Progress to be measured against EU targets, to be translated into national targets by Member States:
• 75% of the population aged 20-64 should be employed
• 3% of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D
• The "20/20/20" climate/energy targets should be met
• The share of early school leavers should be <10% (currently 15%) and at least 40% of the younger generation should have a tertiary degree (currently 31%; US 40% and Japan 50%)
• 20 million people less at risk of poverty
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A series of flagship initiatives (1)
• Innovation union - re-focussing R&D and innovation policy on major challenges
• Youth on the move - enhancing the quality and international attractiveness of Europe's higher education system by promoting student and young professional mobility.
• A digital agenda for Europe. All Europeans should have access to high speed internet by 2013.
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A series of flagship initiatives (2)
• An agenda for new skills and jobs – creating the conditions for modernising labour markets, with a view to raising employment levels and ensuring the sustainability of our social models
• European platform against poverty - ensuring economic, social and territorial cohesion by helping the poor and socially excluded and enabling them to play an active part in society.
• Resource-efficient Europe - supporting the shift towards a resource efficient and low-carbon economy (2020 targets). An industrial policy for green growth
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The Toledo declaration
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• Smarter, more sustainable and socially inclusive urban development
• Common understanding of the integrated approach
• The strategic potential of integrated urban regeneration
• Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities
• Strengthening the urban dimension of cohesion policy
• Greater coherence between territorial and urban issues
• Better coordination of urban research and exchange
• Sustainable urban development at all levels
• Address climate change and demographic change as major urban challenges.
Foster / Achieve / Use / Implement
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The Ministers welcomed …
• “Considering the most important challenges that European cities will face in the future,
• The Ministers welcomed the European Commission’s initiative for a reflection process on the challenges and models for the cities of tomorrow.
• The Ministers also supported Hungary’s initiative, to open a topic-based discussion on two of the major challenges that Europe’s cities will face in the future: climate change […] and the impact of demographic changes.”