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URBACT II State of play and URBACT III Future Orientationsunder discussion with the Member States - February 2014
Overview of URBACT II European Territorial Cooperation programme 2007-
2013 jointly financed by ERDF and Member States – budget 69 M€ )
Main objective
To promote Integrated & Sustainable Urban Development
Specific objectives
• To facilitate exchange & learning among EU cities
• To draw lessons and build knowledge
• To disseminate good practices and lessons learnt
• To support policy-makers and practitioners
THE networking programme for EU cities on urban issues
Overview of URBACT II
•52 networks involving 450 cities across 27 MS + NO and CH
•+ 4000 local stakeholders involved
•+ 260 action plans produced (80% being implemented)
•Capitalisation ok knowledge (e.g. Cities of Tomorrow: Action today)
•Capacity-building on integrated approach & participative action-planning
› - 27 national seminars for local urban policy-makers/ practitioners
› - 2 EU level Summer Universities
› - Pilot Training for Elected representatives
•9 Pilot networks being launched to test tools for U III
URBACT II – First achievements
URBACT III Future OrientationsRegulatory Framework
URBACT III according to the draft Regulations:Article 2 (3) b) ETC regulation« exchange of experience concerning the
identification, transfer and dissemination of good practice on sustainable urban and rural development »
Increasing importance of Urban Policy in the period 2014-2020 with Article 7 of ERDF regulation:
5% national resource on integrated actions for sustainable urban development
Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) Urban Development Network (UDN) Community Local Led Development (CLLD) Innovative Urban Actions
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
URBACT III Future OrientationsFinancial Framework
53m€ > 74m€ ERDF
Increase of exchange and learning activities
Increase of capacity building activities
Increase of dissemination activities at national level
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
URBACT III Future OrientationsThematic Concentration (1)
All actions will be programmed under
THEMATIC OBJECTIVE 11Enhancing Institutional Capacity …
(c) disseminating good practice and expertise and capitalising on results of the exchange of experience on sustainable urban development, including urban-
rural linkages"
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
URBACT III Future OrientationsThematic Concentration (2)
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
Thematic Coverage selected after consultation with the MS
70% of exchange and learning budget to be dedicated to 5 Thematic Objectives:
strengthening research, technological development and innovation (TO1) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors (TO4) protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency (T06) promoting social inclusion and combating poverty (T09) promoting employment and supporting labour mobility (T08)
The remaining 30% will be available for all other themes based on a bottom up approach
URBACT III Future OrientationsProgramme Objectives
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
Four Programme Objectives (draft)
To improve the capacity of cities to manage sustainable urban policies in an integrated and
participative way To improve the design of sustainable urban
policies in cities To improve the implementation of sustainable
urban policies in cities To ensure that practitioners and decision
makers at all levels have access to knowledge and share know how on all aspects of sustainable urban policies
URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (1)*
Strengthening Transnational Exchange through a menu of activities including:
Action planning networks – aims to foster the development of integrated strategies (LAP) for sustainable urban development building on participatory approaches
Transfer Networks - allowing EU cities to work together on the transfer of good practice in the field of sustainable urban development
Implementation Networks – will allow cities (in particular those using Article 7) to exchange on the key to successful implementation of sustainable urban strategies
* All activities listed are subject to change as no MS approval yet
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (2)
Expanding the capacity-building activity on integrated and sustainable urban policies including:
Training and capacity building actions for practitioners, city managers, elected people and other stakeholders
Support for cities wishing to develop new approaches and organisational models
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (3)
Capitalising and Mainstreaming
Stronger dissemination of results with improved national level dissemination tools
Menu of dissemination events targeting different audiences
Focus on reaching cities not involved in URBACT projects
Types of actions include – events, knowledge management through thematic clustering, focus on social media, policy recommendations and thematic publications
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014
THANK YOU…
Presenter name E. Moulin...
Institution/country. URBACT.
Email contact [email protected]...
Website www.urbact.eu...
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