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URBACT II State of play and URBACT III Future Orientationsunder discussion with the Member States - February 2014

Overview of URBACT II European Territorial Cooperation programme 2007-

2013 jointly financed by ERDF and Member States – budget 69 M€ )

Main objective

To promote Integrated & Sustainable Urban Development

Specific objectives

• To facilitate exchange & learning among EU cities

• To draw lessons and build knowledge

• To disseminate good practices and lessons learnt

• To support policy-makers and practitioners

THE networking programme for EU cities on urban issues

Overview of URBACT II

•52 networks involving 450 cities across 27 MS + NO and CH

•+ 4000 local stakeholders involved

•+ 260 action plans produced (80% being implemented)

•Capitalisation ok knowledge (e.g. Cities of Tomorrow: Action today)

•Capacity-building on integrated approach & participative action-planning

› - 27 national seminars for local urban policy-makers/ practitioners

› - 2 EU level Summer Universities

› - Pilot Training for Elected representatives

•9 Pilot networks being launched to test tools for U III

URBACT II – First achievements

URBACT III Future OrientationsRegulatory Framework

URBACT III according to the draft Regulations:Article 2 (3) b) ETC regulation« exchange of experience concerning the

identification, transfer and dissemination of good practice on sustainable urban and rural development »

Increasing importance of Urban Policy in the period 2014-2020 with Article 7 of ERDF regulation:

5% national resource on integrated actions for sustainable urban development

Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) Urban Development Network (UDN) Community Local Led Development (CLLD) Innovative Urban Actions

URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

URBACT III Future OrientationsFinancial Framework

53m€ > 74m€ ERDF

Increase of exchange and learning activities

Increase of capacity building activities

Increase of dissemination activities at national level


URBACT III Future OrientationsThematic Concentration (1)

All actions will be programmed under

THEMATIC OBJECTIVE 11Enhancing Institutional Capacity …

(c) disseminating good practice and expertise and capitalising on results of the exchange of experience on sustainable urban development, including urban-

rural linkages"


URBACT III Future OrientationsThematic Concentration (2)


Thematic Coverage selected after consultation with the MS

70% of exchange and learning budget to be dedicated to 5 Thematic Objectives:

strengthening research, technological development and innovation (TO1) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors (TO4) protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency (T06) promoting social inclusion and combating poverty (T09) promoting employment and supporting labour mobility (T08)

The remaining 30% will be available for all other themes based on a bottom up approach

URBACT III Future OrientationsProgramme Objectives


Four Programme Objectives (draft)

To improve the capacity of cities to manage sustainable urban policies in an integrated and

participative way To improve the design of sustainable urban

policies in cities To improve the implementation of sustainable

urban policies in cities To ensure that practitioners and decision

makers at all levels have access to knowledge and share know how on all aspects of sustainable urban policies

URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (1)*

Strengthening Transnational Exchange through a menu of activities including:

Action planning networks – aims to foster the development of integrated strategies (LAP) for sustainable urban development building on participatory approaches

Transfer Networks - allowing EU cities to work together on the transfer of good practice in the field of sustainable urban development

Implementation Networks – will allow cities (in particular those using Article 7) to exchange on the key to successful implementation of sustainable urban strategies

* All activities listed are subject to change as no MS approval yet


URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (2)

Expanding the capacity-building activity on integrated and sustainable urban policies including:

Training and capacity building actions for practitioners, city managers, elected people and other stakeholders

Support for cities wishing to develop new approaches and organisational models


URBACT III Future OrientationsKey Activities (3)

Capitalising and Mainstreaming

Stronger dissemination of results with improved national level dissemination tools

Menu of dissemination events targeting different audiences

Focus on reaching cities not involved in URBACT projects

Types of actions include – events, knowledge management through thematic clustering, focus on social media, policy recommendations and thematic publications


THANK YOU…

Presenter name E. Moulin...

Institution/country. URBACT.

Email contact [email protected]...

Website www.urbact.eu...

An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities

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