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7 th Progress Report: The regional and urban dimension of Europe 2020

7 th Progress Report: The regional and urban dimension of Europe 2020. Lewis Dijkstra Deputy Head of the Analysis Unit DG for Regional Policy European Commission. Smart Growth Education Innovation Digital Society Smart cities Sustainable Growth Resource efficient regions

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7 th Progress Report: The regional and urban dimension of Europe 2020

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  1. 7th Progress Report:The regional and urban dimension of Europe 2020 Lewis Dijkstra Deputy Head of the Analysis Unit DG for Regional PolicyEuropean Commission

  2. Smart Growth Education Innovation Digital Society Smart cities Sustainable Growth Resource efficient regions Sustainable cities Inclusive growth Employment Poverty and exclusion Inclusive cities 10 Factsheets Tertiary education Early-school leavers R&D as % of GDP Patent inventors per inhabitants Change in GHG emissions outside the Emissions Trading Scheme Consumption of renewable energy Employment rate Unemployment rate At-risk-of-poverty or exclusion GDP per head Main points

  3. Smart Growth In regions and cities

  4. National rates and 2020 targets

  5. Tertiary education

  6. National rates and 2020 targets

  7. Early school leavers

  8. National rates and targets 2020

  9. R&D

  10. Digital society • Use of public e-Services by residents and firms • People ordering products and services online • High growth of online turnover • High speed internet access: Available everywhere? • Next Generation Access likely to start in cities

  11. Patents

  12. Urban productivity

  13. Big gaps in the east

  14. Cities and tertiary educated

  15. Sustainable Growth In regions and cities

  16. Effort sharing decision

  17. Renewable Energy

  18. Urban eco-efficiency

  19. Urban eco-efficiency • In cities residents and workers tend to • travel shorter distances • use the car less • live in houses/flats which are smaller • Work in buildings that share walls with other buildings • District heating is more efficient • However policies to make cities even more efficient should not push jobs and residents to the outskirts of a city

  20. Inclusive growth In regions and cities

  21. National rates and 2020 targets

  22. Employment: Northwest vs. the rest

  23. National targets and 2020 rates

  24. At risk of poverty and exclusion: South and East

  25. Unemployment: impact of the crisis

  26. East West Divide on low work

  27. East West divide on urban poverty

  28. Deprivation in the East

  29. Overall: mixed picture

  30. GDP per head growth

  31. Conclusion • Europe 2020 is an ambitious strategy • Requires a different policy mix in countries (National Reform Programmes) • Requires a different policy mix in regions (Cohesion Policy Programmes) • Urban needs differ substantially between countries and cities. Urban deprivation more concentrated in EU-15 • Urban opportunities in all MS, but investment needed to remove obstacles to development

  32. Thank you for your attention Questions?

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