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EUROPEAN UNION Rudolf SCHICKER Vienna as a Catalyst for Cooperation - How can Cities and Regions be better connected? 9th October 2018, Brussels.

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1 EUROPEAN UNION Rudolf SCHICKER Vienna as a Catalyst for Cooperation - How can Cities and Regions be better connected? 9th October 2018, Brussels

2 Countries Participation
EUROPEAN UNION Countries Participation 2011 decision by the European Council 14 countries 9 EU-members 5 non members >110 Mio. inhabitants EU STRATEGY FOR THE DANUBE REGION (EUSDR)

3 Actionplan European Commission, European Council, European Parliament
EUROPEAN UNION Actionplan European Commission, European Council, European Parliament EESC & CoR

4 EUROPEAN UNION

5 Europe is the Continent of Cities
EUROPEAN UNION Europe is the Continent of Cities >80 % of EU‘s population live in agglomerations, Municipalities are the level of administration having the closest contact to people National and European Politics should consider this fact

6 EUROPEAN UNION Lisbon Treaty (EUV) Reflects the importance of regional and local governance Art. 4 (2) Identity, regional & local self-governance Art. 5 (3) Subsidiarity regional & local Art. 11 (2) obligation of consultations Art. 26 and 119 Services of general interest (national, regional, local) Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality Art. 8 CoR compentences

7 Unfold urban and regional potentials
EUROPEAN UNION Unfold urban and regional potentials Identify strenghtens and weeknesses Encourage and support the innovative potential Improve the skills and never forget social/ethnic inclusion Bottom-up approach Activate grass-roots projects Encourage cooperation and sharing experiences

8 COOPERATION Between communities, regions and countries
EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION Between communities, regions and countries Across borders – bilateral or transnational Encouraging cooperation WHY? Learning from each other, sharing experiences Exploiting synergies Creating new services and/or projects Developing a common view

9 Activities of PAC 10 Vienna
EUROPEAN UNION Activities of PAC 10 Vienna Local Actors platform Civil Society Forum, Participation Days… Urban Platform Danube Region Committee of Danube Cities and Regions, ARGE Donauländer Capacity Development Platform Danube Innovative Financial Platform

10 Cooperations of the City of Vienna
EUROPEAN UNION Cooperations of the City of Vienna European Cooperations Thematic Cooperation Agreements Regional Cooperations European Agendas

11 European Cooperations of Cities
EUROPEAN UNION European Cooperations of Cities Committee of Regions - CoR Council of European Municipalities and Regions - CEMR EuroCities Major Cities of Europe Airport Regions Conference Rainbow Cities European Cities against Racism FemCities ……..

12 Thematic Cooperation Agreements
EUROPEAN UNION Thematic Cooperation Agreements Partnership Agreements with Cities Urban Development Urban Technologies Services of General Interest Public Transport Health-Care Desaster-Management …………. Bratislava Brno Budapest Prague Ljubljana Krakow ……..

13 Regional Cooperations
EUROPEAN UNION Regional Cooperations ARGE Donauländer Centrope Planungsgemeinschaft Ost Verkehrsverbund Ostregion VOR

14 EUROPEAN UNION

15 Partnership on Housing
EUROPEAN UNION Partnership on Housing City of Vienna is co-chairing PArtner

16 Housing in the Danube Region Conference in Vienna 27th November 2018
EUROPEAN UNION EUSDR – PA 10 Seminar Housing in the Danube Region Conference in Vienna 27th November 2018 International Conference in Vienna, 4th/5th December 2018

17 It is on the side of Cities and regions to make use of it.
EUROPEAN UNION The Lisbon Treaty enables cities and regions to take an active part in Europe. It is on the side of Cities and regions to make use of it. The City of Vienna does it and is ready to encourage and support other cities and regions to make themselves to strong advocates of their citicens.

18 Thank you for your attention!
EUROPEAN UNION Thank you for your attention! EUSDR - Danube Strategy Point Rudolf Schicker Coordinator Kirchberggasse 33-35/9 A Wien      Tel: +43 (1) With the financial support of the European Union


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