urbact presentation - eu parliament regi committee
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Presentation given at European parliament REGI Committee on 23rd September 2013TRANSCRIPT
URBACT European parliament REGI Committee
23rd September 2013
URBACT II
European Programme of Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013 (jointly financed by ERDF and Member States – budget 69 M€ )
Main objective To promote Integrated & Sustainable Urban Development
Operational objectives
To facilitate exchange and learning among EU cities
To draw lessons, build knowledge based on cities' experience
(capitalization) & disseminate good practices and lessons learnt
To support policy-makers and practitioners to improve
policies for sustainable urban development (capacity building)
Main tool: Transnational City Networks (8-12 partners – 33 months)
URBACT = the ETC programme dedicated to
transnational cooperation & capitalisation on urban issues
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Fostering the impact of the programme on urban policies:
the « URBACT method » in transnational exchange
Sharing experience, learning, drawing lessons for « the outside world »
A strict balance between Comp and Conv partners
Action-oriented: Local Action Plans
Involving local stakeholders: URBACT Local Support Groups
Involving Managing Authorities
Ongoing support to networks & community of work (experts, Secretariat)
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Achievements to dateExchange and learning
More than 50 networks involving 400 European cities: Predominance of small & medium size cities
5000 persons involved in Local support groups which have fostered the integrated approach and participative approach.
350 Local Action Plans delivered (calls 1/2) and most of them at least partially implemented two years after completion (call 1)
Capacity building 2 Summer Universities for URBACT Local Support Groups (2011/2013)
Pilot trainings for elected people
National Training Seminars for local stakeholders and urban practitioners on « integrated and sustainable urban policies »
Capitalisation Rooted in exchange and learning networks – Evidence based
City labs on the crisis, migrant integration and on metropolitan governance
4 Annual conferences
Thematic outputs: Cities responses to the crisis 2010, URBACT results 2011, Cities of Tomorrow - Action Today 2013
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… and drafting orientations for URBACT III
Strengthening exchange and learning activities through networking for action planning and implementation of integrated urban projects and strategies
Developing capacity-building on integrated and sustainable urban policies (for urban practitioners, policy-makers and decision-makers)
Reinforcing linkages with Cohesion Policy and its instruments (Operational programmes, ITIs, CLLD, Innovative actions, etc.)
Consolidating capitalisation and dissemination of knowledge and expertise: stronger links with local, regional, national and EU level key players on urban matters
