Metropolitan areas within EU Multi-Level Governance
Cities of Tomorrow and the future urban dimension - 2014-2020
European CommissionDG for Regional PolicyStephen Duffy - Unit C2 - Urban Development, Territorial Cohesion (Milan, 8th June 2012)
Overview
• Cities of Tomorrow
• Flexible Governance
• Strengthening the Urban Dimension 2014-2020
• New Instruments
Cities of Tomorrowchallenges, 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 cities Population
Rural population
Towns and suburbs
50.000 -100.000
100.000-250.000
250.000-500.000
500.000-1 M
> 1 M
387
224
62
36
23
53 %
31 %
8 %
5 %
3 %
154 125 040
156 398 720
26 690 068
35 708 402
21 213 956
27 041 874
59 292 080
32 %
33 %
6 %
7 %
4 %
6 %
12 %
Total 480 470 140 732 100 % 100 %
Key messages
1) There is a European model of cities2) The European model of sustainable urban development is
under threat3) There are opportunities to turn the threats
into positive challenges4) 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 spaceOld 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 – 2014-2020
• 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 (2014-2020) 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 -http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/citiesoftomorrow/index_en.cfm
• Factsheets - http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/information/brochures/index_en.cfm#1
• Call for Experts - http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:88796-2012:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0
Thank you very much for your attention!