1 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

2 Main points Smart Growth 1.Education 2.Innovation 3.Digital Society 4.Smart cities Sustainable Growth 1.Resource efficient regions 2.Sustainable cities Inclusive growth 1.Employment 2.Poverty and exclusion 3.Inclusive cities 10 Factsheets 1.Tertiary education 2.Early-school leavers 3.R&D as % of GDP 4.Patent inventors per inhabitants 5.Change in GHG emissions outside the Emissions Trading Scheme 6.Consumption of renewable energy 7.Employment rate 8.Unemployment rate 9.At-risk-of-poverty or exclusion 10.GDP per head

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?