URBAN Community URBAN Mission Initiative 2000 2006 economic
URBAN Community URBAN - Mission Initiative 2000 -2006 “economic and social regeneration of cities and neighbourhoods in crisis” « réhabilitation économique et sociale des villes et des quartiers en crise »
URBAN Community Initiative Method • integrated approach 2000 -2006 • rehabilitation of obsolete infrastructure • upgrade quality of the environment • economic and labour market actions • combat social exclusion
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 URBAN (1994 -99) • 118 programmes co-funded at present • 85 launched in June 1994 (33 in 1996) • 900 million EURO from EU • plus 900 million from national sources • 3. 2 million people targetted • average 560 EURO per capita • Commission envisaged integrating urban actions into Objective 1 and 2 mainstream programmes. . .
URBAN Community Objectives of the URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 1. Innovative strategies for sustainable regeneration of small and medium-sized towns and cities or distressed urban neighbourhoods in larger cities 2. Enhance and exchange knowledge/experience regarding sustainable urban development
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Key characteristics of the new URBAN Community Initiative • about 50 urban zones • inside or outside Objectives 1 and 2 • geographical coherence • smaller towns now included… • . . . but targeted areas must be over 10, 000 population • innovative solutions to problems • sustainable urban development • exchange of experience
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Principles: rules for URBAN bids • critical mass • local partnership • link strategy to wider region • access to jobs • equal opportunities • EU environmental policy • complementarity
URBAN Community Selecting the eligible zones the criteria Initiative 2000 -2006 • unemployment levels • levels of poverty • social phenomenon • environmental problems
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Programme procedures • Member States have 6 months as from the adoption of the final guidelines (future) • content as per mainstream SPD • management as per OP • ERDF can be 75% of total cost in Objective 1; 50% elsewhere • Minimum 500 EURO per head
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Priority measures • mixed use of land, including brownfield sites • integrating the socially excluded and ethnic minorities - access to basic services • involvement of local communities • sustainable jobs and employment pacts • entrepreneurial development • multi-modal public transport • waste minimisation and treatment
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Allocation of 700 million EURO the larger Member States. . . • Germany 140 million • UK 117 million • Italy 108 million • Spain 106 million • France 96 million
URBAN Community Allocation of 700 million EURO the other Member States. . . Initiative 2000 -2006 • Netherlands 28 million • Greece 24 million • Belgium 20 million • Portugal 18 million • Austria 8 million • Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Sweden 5 million each • Luxembourg 0 • Networks 15 million
URBAN Community Allocation of 700 million EURO criteria used Initiative 2000 -2006 • 15 million to networks --------------------------------- • population of urban areas 50% • unemployment in urban areas 25% • long-term unemployment in urban areas 25%
URBAN Community Allocation of 700 million EURO number of areas Initiative 2000 -2006 • Germany 10 • UK 9 • Italy, Spain 8 • France 7 • Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal 2 • Denmark, Ireland, Austria, Finland, Sweden 1
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Urban Policy 1997 - Commission Communication “Towards an Urban Agenda in the European Union” 28. 10. 1998 - Commission Communication “Urban Sustainable Development in the EU: a Framework for Action” (COM(98) 605 final)
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Urban policy A Framework for Action 4 policy aims: • Strengthening economic prosperity and employment in towns and cities • Promoting equality, social inclusion and regeneration in urban areas • Protecting and improving the urban environment: towards local and global sustainability • Contributing to good urban governance and local empowerment
URBAN Community Initiative 2000 -2006 Urban Pilot Projects • 1989 to 1999 • Article 10 innovative and pilot actions • 164 million EURO • 59 projects • economic, social, environmental urban regeneration projects • participation; integration
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