Metropolitan areas within EU Multi-Level Governance Cities of Tomorrow and the future urban dimension European Commission DG for Regional Policy Stephen Duffy - Unit C2 - Urban Development, Territorial Cohesion (Milan, 8 th June 2012)

Overview Cities of Tomorrow Flexible Governance Strengthening the Urban Dimension New Instruments

Cities of Tomorrow challenges, visions ways forward The “Cities of tomorrow” reflection process was initiated upon the request of Commissioner Johannes Hahn What is the model of a European city? What are the challenges? How do we respond in term of governance etc.? 60 renowned European experts have directly contributed

Challenges Economic (recession, loss of manufacturing etc.) Social (Income disparity, spatial segregation etc.) Environmental (climate change, urban sprawl etc.) Demographic (aging, migration etc.)

Population Class (/density) Number of citiesPopulation Rural population Towns and suburbs M > 1 M % 31 % 8 % 5 % 3 % % 33 % 6 % 7 % 4 % 6 % 12 % Total % Source: European Commission (REGIO-GIS)

Key messages 1)There is a European model of cities 2)The European model of sustainable urban development is under threat 3)There are opportunities to turn the threats into positive challenges 4)Integration, innovation and new forms of governance (multi-level) are essential

Fixed and flexible boundaries - government and governance Administrative cities Central states Provinces European Union Neighbourhoods Metropolitan areas Transborder & macro-regions New flexible action space Old fixed action space Adapted from Jacquier, 2010

Governance Need for governance at level of de facto city as well as de jure Good government/governance at metropolitan level essential for cities' competitiveness Regional and metropolitan interests are complementary

Recommendations of Cities of Tomorrow We need adopt an integrated territorial approach within new governance frameworks with new ways of working across sectoral boundaries with a wider set of partners, including citizens focusing on long-term shared objectives  A qualitative shift is needed to exploit the full potential of our cities

Urban Dimension – Concentration on EU priorities – Europe 2020 strategy Keeping the urban dimension in the mainstream, but improving it: ─ Enhancing the integrated approach ─ Stronger and more flexible territorial dimension ─ Reintroduction of an experimental strand

Integrated urban development Proposed regulations explicitly require the promotion of integrated urban strategies Different measures will need to be supported under different thematic objectives and priorities An instrument to combine the necessary resources for such integrated measures – Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI)

ITI – how does it work?  Bundling funding from different priority axes and programmes (ERDF and ESF)  For an integrated territorial/urban development strategy  For a specific target area at the appropriate territorial scale (sections of cities, entire cities, city-regions, metropolitan areas etc.)  Member States should earmark at least 5% of ERDF resources for ITI with management delegated to cities (level of delegation depends on administrative structure and capacity)

Urban Innovative Actions Approx. €370m ( ) to promote innovative and experimental approaches and solutions in the field of sustainable urban development For example: forward-looking and cutting-edge studies, pilot projects and demonstration projects of EU interest (innovative character, transferability) Innovative approaches to governance could be a potential topic Metropolitan areas are able to bid

Further Information Cities of Tomorrow - n.cfm Factsheets Call for Experts :TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE: :TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0

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