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The Urban Dimension in the Cohesion policy for 2007-2013

The Urban Dimension in the Cohesion policy for 2007-2013. The PICTURE Final Conference P ro active management of the I mpact of C ultural T ourism upon U rban R essources and E conomies (FP6) Luxembourg 21 September 2006 Ludivine SALAMBO Urban Actions Unit

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The Urban Dimension in the Cohesion policy for 2007-2013

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  1. The Urban Dimension in the Cohesion policy for 2007-2013 The PICTURE Final Conference Pro active management of the Impact of Cultural Tourism upon Urban Ressources and Economies (FP6) Luxembourg 21 September 2006 Ludivine SALAMBO Urban Actions Unit Directorate General Regional Policy European Commission

  2. Objectives of Regional Policy • Promoting solidarity • Strengthening the economic, social and territorial “cohesion” of the Union • Decreasing economic and social disparities among Member States and among regions and cities • Creating jobs and growth

  3. Source: Urban Auditwww.urbanaudit.org Black line: National average unemployment (%) Pink column: City unemployment

  4. I. Urban Actions and Cultural Tourism in 2000-2006 • Structural Funds: • Objective 1: “promoting the development and structural adjustment of regions whose development is lagging behind” • Objective 2: “supporting the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties” • URBAN II • URBACT • Urban Audit • INTERREG, LEADER+, EQUAL, Actions innovatrices • Cohesion Fund:investments in urban infrastructure • Actions in other Community Programmes (Research, Environment, Transport, Culture etc.)

  5. URBAN II (2000-2006) 70 Programmes, 723 Mio € ERDF, 1.58 Mio € Total Investment • OBJECTIVE? • Regeneration of neighbourhoods in decline • Focus on combatting social exclusion, regeneration of public space and of the urban environment • APPROACH? • Integrated approach • Local partnerships – cities, private sector, civil society

  6. URBACT: 1st phase, 2002-2006 Exchanges and dissemination of knowledge, Capitalisation of URBAN results • Public-private partnerships • Governance • Integrated approach • Transport and environment Including: • Culture • Social inclusion • Physical regeneration of urban areas • Economic activity and employment Almost 200 large, medium and small cities : http://urbact.eu/

  7. Example of a URBACT network on Culture and Tourism • URBACT Culture: Cultural activities & creative industries, a driving force for urban regeneration • Leader: Lille (F) – 16 partners • Objective: Exchanging good practices, experience on how cultural activities can play a part in social integration, physical renewal, economic redevelopment, in regeneration integrated approach

  8. Results from 258 cities: - 123 Large cities - 135 Medium cities - 27 Capital cities - 20% of EU27 population

  9. Urban Auditdomain: Culture & recreation

  10. II. New Cohesion policy for 2007-2013 A New architecture for more growth and jobs EU Budget for Cohesion Policy, 2007-2013 308 billion € Regulations for Cohesion policy adopted on the 11th of July 2006 : General Regulation, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion fund, EGCT Convergence Objective : 81,54% (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund) Competitiveness and Employment Objective : 15,95% (ERDF, ESF) Territorial cooperation: 2,52% (ERDF)

  11. NEW ! • Mainstreaming of the « URBAN acquis » into the Convergence and Competitiveness & Employment Objectives • Recognition of territorial specificities in the Regulations

  12. October 2006 Community strategic guidelines on cohesion(CSG) 1 End of 2006 National strategic reference framework (NSRF) National strategy; partnership principle (article 11, General Regulation) 2 Beginning of 2007 Operational Programmes (OP) At national or regional level; partnership principle 3 Programming and strategic documents

  13. III. Cultural Tourism in the Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013 Eligible actions 1/Convergence Regions - article 4, ERDF Regulation: Research and innovation, Information society, environment, transport, energy Art.4§6 : Promotion of sustainable tourism Art.4§7: Investments in culture, including protection, promotion and preservation of cultural heritage; development of cultural infrastructure; more innovative cultural services

  14. Eligible actions 2/ Competitiveness and Employment Regions – article 5, ERDF Regulation : • Research and innovation, environment, sustainable transport – infrastructure projects are not eligible • Art.5 § 2. f : Protection and enhancement of the natural and culturalheritage in support of socio-economic development and the promotion of natural and cultural assets as potential for the development of sustainable tourism

  15. Eligible actions Article 8, ERDF Regulation: the « URBAN » acquis • Possibility to adopt an integrated and sustainable urban development plan to tackle the high concentration of economic, environmental and social problems affecting urban areas • In addition to the already mentioned themes, selected thematic actions included in an urban development plan may also be co-financed

  16. Cohesion Policy and Cities: the Urban contribution to Growth and Jobs in the Regions Communication adopted by the Commission on the13th of July 2006, COM(2006) 385: 50 concrete recommandations • To inspire the national, regional and local authorities as they develop the urban dimension of both NSRFs and OPs • The communication concerns « towns » and « cities » • The proposals for actions cover a large number of areas and reflect the possibilities for intervention by the Structural Funds

  17. Cohesion Policy and Cities: the Urban contribution to Growth and Jobs in the Regions • Culture : • makes cities more attractive: visitors, qualified workers, enterprises • strengthens the image of the city, local pride and identity • Plays an important role in the social integration • including cultural tourism, is a rapidly growing industry

  18. IV. The Interregional Cooperation on Urban development, 2007-2013URBACT II Programme, 2007-2013 • Including the broad objectives in Lisbon and Goteborg: growth and jobs • The mainstreaming of integrated urban policies • The extended participation to other cities • To develop capacity building of urban policy makers • Capitalisation and dissemination Calendar: Approbation of the programme URBACT II: 1st trimester 2007

  19. V. Urban Development interservice group • Created in December 2005, 3th meeting in June 2006 • Led by DG REGIO • Objectives: • Coordination and synergies between all EU policies concerned with urban development • Relationship with the partners (EP, local authorities…) • DGs participating: REGIO, COMP, EAC, EMPL, ENV, ENTR, INFSO, JLS, RTD, TREN • Work programme: • Elaboration of a Guide on the Urban dimension of the EU policies, 2007-2013 • Regions for Economic change: on-going reflexion • Follow-up of the urban dimension in the programming documents

  20. Other information • Websites: DG REGIO: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm Cities and Cohesion policy: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/consultation/urban/index_en.htm URBACT:http://urbact.eu/ URBAN:http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/themes/urban_en.htm Urban audit:http://www.urbanaudit.org/ Contact details: @: ludivine.salambo@ext.cec.eu.int • : +32/2/ 296 78 48 Thank you for your attention!

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