1. Welcome to Objective 2 programme Urban Areas Netherlands
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2. 1. Introduction
The European Commission has decided to contribute actively to the development of the Netherlands by co-financing the Objective 2 programme for "urban areas in difficulty" over the period. The programme covers 11 zones in 9 cities.
The total cost of the programme amounts to around EUR 588 million, of which the European Regional Development Fund will provide EUR million.
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3. 1.2 The map of the eligible area
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4. 1.3 Description of the area
The eligible areas correspond to some inhabitants, characterised by a high population density and a high proportion of ethnic minorities. They were selected on the basis of poverty and long-term unemployment. While per capita income in the Netherlands as a whole is above the EU average, cities score below the national average and this trend is even more pronounced in the eligible areas, with some areas reaching only 71% of the national average. Data on people receiving social security payments confirms that the level of poverty in the eligible areas is considerably above the city average.
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5. 1.3 Description of the area
Alongside this, unemployment levels remain high compared to the national average and are much higher in the four major cities, which vary from % for Amsterdam to 10.6% for Maastricht- Noord. The target groups for Objective 2 projects cover women, those with low levels of education, those from ethnic communities and the long-term unemployed, as these groups have clearly benefited less from the economic growth of recent years.
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6. 1.3 Description of the area
The eligible areas are the following: Amsterdam (Bijlmer & Amstel, Groot-Oost), Rotterdam (Delfshaven, Feijenoord), Den Haag (Centrum- Zuid), Utrecht (Westflank), Enschede (Stedelijk hart), Arnhem (Kern), Nijmegen (Kanaalgebied), Eindhoven (StEw), Maastricht (Noord).
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7. 1.4 Main regional indicators in EU and in the Netherlands in Source: Second report on Economic and Social Cohesion, January 2001
Economy Labour market
GDP/head Empl. rate%,1999 Unempl. rate%
Agri. Indust. Servi
EU ,0 100,0 4,5 29,2 66,0 8,4 9,4 Nederland 97,7 111,0 3,0 21,2 70,6 8,4 3,3
Noord Nederland 94,2 104,9 3,9 24,9 65,9 10,8 5,3
Groningen 119,1 130,8 2,4 23,5 67,8 12,4 6,0
Friesland 79,7 93,3 3,8 26,2 65,2 11,0 4,1
Drenthe 82,4 89,4 5,9 24,8 64,6 8,2 5,9
Oost-Nederland 83,9 96,4 3,6 23,6 67,6 8,9 3,0
Overijssel 86,2 96,9 4,0 28,4 62,4 9,0 3,1
Gelderland 83,9 98,6 3,5 21,6 69,5 8,8 3,0
Flevoland 72,7 80,8 3,1 18,9 73,6 8,7 3,1
West-Nederland 107,0 125,3 2,3 16,3 76,3 8,0 3,1
Utrecht 103,4 142,4 1,1 15,7 78,5 7,3 2,3
Noord-Holland 111,7 131,9 2,3 15,0 77,8 8,1 3,3
Zuid-Holland 104,7 117,7 2,6 16,5 75,7 8,4 3,2
Zeeland 107,0 100,6 4,0 26,5 63,9 6,7 3,5 Zuid-Nederland 92,1 107,1 3,7 27,6 63,4 8,1 3,1 Noord-Brabant 93,5 111,9 3,6 27,5 64,1 8,1 2,8 Limburg (NL) 89,5 97,1 3,8 27,7 62,0 8,0 3,7
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8. 2. Development strategy 2.1 Description of the strategy
The formulated strategy has led to the identification of following three operational priorities that are reflected into the separate sub programmes per area:
Urban economic environment
Stimulating economic activity
Enforcement socio-economic potential
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9. 2. Development strategy
2.2 Expected program impact and specific objectives
The plan includes the following socio-economic indicators:
Number of companies established in target area
Unemployment
People employed
Long term beneficiaries of social security
Liveability
Criminality
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10. 2. Development strategy
The plan has also identified a number of indicators on priority level. Per priority three indicators are distinguished, quantified and labelled (result-output). Examples are:
number of jobs created (target value 6500 jobs),
revitalisation of existing business sites (120 ha),
SMEs receiving a financial contribution (500) and
number of environment projects (27).
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11. 3. Priorities and measures
Priority 1: Urban economic environment
Measure 1.1: Improvement physical environment:
Upgrade of existing and creation of new business locations and business accommodation centres.
Development of tourist-locations Measure 1.2: Improvement sustainable economic quality and attainability
Rearrangement of public space in the close surrounding of business areas; development green areas and optimisation outer space.
Physical and digital disclosure of business locations.
Improvement tourist infrastructure in view of conserving the cultural-historical heritage.
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12. 3. Priorities and measures
Priority 2: Stimulation of economic activity
Measure 2.1: Enforcement competitive position of industry and stimulating entrepreneurship:
Improving condition as well as direct support of companies in the form of follow-up and advice;
Action to improve the competitive position of present companies, including ‘starters’
Actions in order to attract existing companies from outside the eligible area.
Improvement business climate (regulations, safety, facilities, etc.)
Improving internal co-operation within business society and co-operation with knowledge institutes, exploring possibilities offered by ICT
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13. 3. Priorities and measures
Measure 2.2: Urban radiation and information and knowledge networks
Exchange of knowledge and good practices with other cities, for instance by setting up networks.
Studies and research towards the application of new technologies.
Actions in favour of the (external) promotion and marketing of the eligible areas, including the organisation of events
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14. 3. Priorities and measures
Measure 2.3: Improvement operation labour market:
Fight against unemployment;
Research and pilot actions of labour market policy
Facilitating co-operation between industry and professional education
Improvement of non-regular schooling infrastructure
Creation of conditions to stimulate the demand, including equal opportunity actions
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15. 3. Priorities and measures
Priority 3: Enforcement social economic potential
Measure 3.1: Local involvement, environment and security :
Actions aimed at securing business locations and general measures of prevention and enforced control.
Projects to improve the environmental quality fight against pollution.
Managing and controlling the outer space, green areas, etc.
Local management of waste disposal, for instance by setting up recycling processes.
Enforcement of social networks
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16. 3. Priorities and measures
Measure 3.2: Social-economic activation:
Creation of multi-functional facilities in order to fulfil a social need.
Providing facilities for public space and access to the information society
Activities to promote equal opportunities and infrastructure which contributes to facilitate the combination of career and family live.
Actions aimed at increasing tolerance and activation of interactions between different inhabitant-groups
Strengthening communication and co-operation between authorities, inhabitants and social organisations
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17. 3. Priorities and measures
Priority 4: Technical Assistance
4.1 TA – managing costs
Managing and monitoring expenses
4.2 TA – other expenditure
Promotion, publicity and research
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18. 4. Management and contact information
The Ministry of Internal Affairs will act as the Managing Authority for the programme.
A Monitoring Committee will be chaired by the Dutch Minister for Urban Policy and will include representatives from the respective city councils, a representative of the section within the Ministry of Internal Affairs for integration and minorities, and representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, SME-Netherlands and the EU.
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19. 4. Management and contact information
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties Grote Steden- en Integratiebeleid Schedeldoekshaven Postbus NL-2500 EA Den Haag Tel.: Fax.: : Web: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties "Urban areas Netherlands" Obj. 2 Programme
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20. 4. Management and contact information
European Commission:
Mr. Willebrord. Sluyters
DG Regio D3 (Benelux, Austria)
CSM1, 6/97
B-1049 Brussels
Tel.:
Fax:
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21. 5. Financial and technical information
Title : Objective 2 Programme "Urban Areas Netherlands" Intervention type : Single Programming Document CCI No. : 2000NL162DO002 No. of decision : C(2001) Final approval date : 23-MAR-01
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22. 6. Financial breakdown
Breakdown of Finances by priority area (in millions of Euros)
Priority area Total EU Public aid cost cont. EC+oth.)
1 Urban economic environment
2 Stimulating economic activity
3 Enforcement of social economic potential
4 Technical Assistance
Total
Financial Breakdown by Funds (in millions of Euros)
EU Contribution ERDF
Total : % %
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