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

Main points 10 Factsheets Smart Growth Sustainable 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

Smart Growth In regions and cities

Tertiary education

Early school leavers

R&D

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

Patents

Urban productivity

Big gaps in the east

Cities and tertiary educated

Sustainable Growth In regions and cities

Effort sharing decision

Renewable Energy

Urban eco-efficiency

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

Inclusive growth In regions and cities

Employment: Northwest vs. the rest

At risk of poverty and exclusion: South and East

Unemployment: impact of the crisis

East West Divide on low work

East West divide on urban poverty

Deprivation in the East

Overall: mixed picture

GDP per head growth

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

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