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EUROPEAN URBAN I NI TI ATI VE ( EUI ) EXPERT W ORKI NG GROUP

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W ELCOME AND I NTRODUCTI ON TO THE EUROPEAN URBAN I NI TI ATI VE

PIA LAURILA & THOMAS de BÉTHUNE DG Regional and Urban Policy - European Commission

MEMBERS OF THE EUI EXPERT WORKING GROUP

URBACT Managing Authority – Ministry of Territorial Cohesion & Relations with Territories - National Agency (FR) Technical Secretariat - Ministry of Territorial Cohesion & Relations with Territories – National Agency (FR) Urban I nnovative Actions Entrusted Entity - Hauts-de-France Region (FR) Perm anent Secretariat - Hauts-de- France Region (FR) Council of European Municipalities and Regions CEMR EUROCI TI ES EC / Joint Research Centre European Com m ittee of the Regions

• Expert appointed by the EC

W HO ELSE I S I N THE ROOM?

• City
• Region
• Member State
• EU Institution
• Managing Authority
• Civil Society/ NGO
• Other

15:00 – 15:15 Welcome, introduction to the aims of the session and to the EUI Pia Laurila & Thomas de Béthune, EC/DG REGIO 15:15 – 15:30 Current state-of-play: developing the EUI Twan de Bruijn, Expert assisting the EC in the design of the EUI 15:30 – 15:50 Insight into one aspect of how the EUI might work: the experience of working together with URBACT and Urban Innovative Actions Giacomo Costantini, City of Ravenna (IT) Cleo Pouw, City of Rotterdam (NL) Inti Bertocchi, City of Bologna (IT) 15:50 – 17:10 Interactive session: discussion circles on the EUI

• Two discussion rounds

17:10 – 17:30 Q&A with audience and concluding remarks EC/DG REGIO and Twan de Bruijn, EUI Expert

COHESION POLICY AND CITIES IN 2014-2020

I nvestm ents in sustainable urban developm ent

EUR 17 billion of ERDF EUR 1,5 billion of ESF More than 960 integrated urban strategies

Capacity building - URBACT III and

the Urban Development Network

Experim entation - Urban

Innovative Actions

Know ledge/ evidence for policies - Urban Agenda for the EU

and ESPON – European Spatial Planning Observatory Network .

I nvestm ents in sustainable urban developm ent:

• Minimum 6% of ERDF
• Policy Objective Europe closer to

citizens

Minim um requirem ents for integrated territorial/ urban developm ent:

• Integrated urban strategies in place
• Local bodies involved in selection of
• perations

European Urban I nitiative – Post-2 0 2 0

COHESION POLICY AND CITIES IN 2021-2027

EUROPEAN URBAN INITIATIVE: RATIONALE

• Urban challenges will be

more pressing in the future

• Cities need to scale up

cooperation, seek for new solutions, share knowledge, deliver bottom-up evidence- based policy m aking

• Need for im proved

governance

• Support of the Urban Agenda

for the EU

• Need to tackle fragm entation
• f support offered to cities
• More cities to be involved

EUROPEAN URBAN INITIATIVE AT A GLANCE

Objectives: (1) Strengthen integrated and participatory approach to sustainable urban development (2) Provide a stronger link to EU policies, in particular to Cohesion Policy Strands of actions: (a) Capacity building: Improve capacities of cities (b) I nnovative actions: Develop transferable and scalable innovative solutions (c) Know ledge, policy & com m unication: for better policy design & implementation, urban mainstreaming, facilitate access to knowledge Creation of interaction for increasing coherence and coordination between (a) (b) and (c) Beneficiaries: all EU urban areas; upon request, support for inter-governmental cooperation on urban matters (Urban Agenda for the EU) Proposed budget: EUR 0,5 billion

CURRENT STATE-OF-PLAY: DEVELOPI NG THE EUI

TWAN DE BRUIJN (EU QUEST) Expert assisting the European Commission and providing advice on the design of the EUI

THE CURRENT SITUATION

• About EUR 1 7 billion managed directly by cities supporting

integrated strategies for sustainable urban development in Member States funded by European Regional Developm ent Fund/ Cohesion Fund

and complemented by EUR 1.5 billion from European Social Fund

• ‘Mainstream ’ Cohesion Policy investments that occur in urban

areas in Member States and implemented through Operational Programmes = EUR 115 billion

• Complemented by a plethora of program m es and initiatives:
• URBACT, Urban Innovative Actions, Urban Development Network, TAIEX-REGIO

PEER2PEER

• Knowledge initiatives: ESPON - European Territorial Observatory Network, EC/Joint

Research Centre, Horizon 2020, Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe, national ministries, OECD, UN-Habitat, World Bank, etc.

• The EUI aims to increase the coordination and

coherence of the current urban-related programmes and initiatives of Cohesion Policy – identified strands:

• Support of capacity building
• Support of innovative actions
• Support of knowledge, policy development and communication
• The EUI aims to strengthen the link betw een

these program m es and initiatives of Cohesion Policy and wider EU policy, particularly m ainstream Cohesion Policy

FOCUS AREAS

• Beneficiaries struggle to understand who does what
• Outputs are not fully capitalised upon
• There is unexploited potential in the shared goals
• f Urban I nnovative Actions and URBACT as well

as in actions of Urban Developm ent Netw ork, in actions supported by Cohesion Policy through more than 9 5 0 integrated urban developm ent strategies implemented on ground, in actions of m ainstream Cohesion Policy investments

PROBLEM: LACK OF COORDINATION AND COHERENCE

‘Everybody is doing their bit of the puzzle, but everybody is doing it in their ow n w ay’

EUI Expert W orking Group Mem ber

• Weak link at the ‘exit-point’ of Urban Innovative

Actions and URBACT projects to mainstream Cohesion Policy programmes

• Weak link between the know ledge generated by

the urban-related programmes and initiatives of Cohesion Policy and the Managing Authorities that could use this knowledge under the mainstream Cohesion Policy programmes

PROBLEM: WEAK LINK TO WIDER POLICY

• Designing of ‘EUI support trajectories’ which ensure that

actions of different programmes and initiatives are implemented in an optimal manner and bring along coordination and coherence

• A com m on and explicit program m e fram ew ork for the EUI
• A rolling EUI w ork program m e where responsibilities for

different actions are clearly defined and scheduled

• Opportunities for staff m em bers in the different strands to

work together

• For example, creation of an internal dashboard that displays

data regarding how each strand (capacity building, innovative actions, knowledge & policy) is progressing with its work

INCREASING COORDINATION AND COHERENCE

• Use URBACT’s Transfer Netw ork methodology to

transfer a selection of innovative solutions tested by the Urban Innovative Actions

• EUI approved good practice + ‘m entoring’ city +

fellow cities – such action proposed to be supported under capacity building

• Phase 1: understanding of good practice and tailoring down the

transfer methodology

• Phase 2: begin transferal and produce transfer plans + transfer diaries

DETAILS OF ONE PROPOSED SUPPORT TRAJECTORY

• EUI National Contact Points – setting up of a

netw ork of specialists across the EU where each Member State has a knowledgeable Contact Point which informs cities of the urban-related programmes and initiatives under Cohesion Policy and liaises with the programme managers at the EU level

• Policy entrepreneurship – identification of policy

issues of interest and corresponding solutions and transferring this knowledge on well-functioning policies to policy-makers

STRENGTHENING THE LINK TO WIDER POLICY

• Purpose is to help urban areas access and use

know ledge to improve their policy development

• Policy-makers are overloaded by the quantity of

information - reduce inform ation overload by:

• Identifying policy areas of interest
• Identifying policy solutions in these areas
• Carefully screening these policy solutions
• Directly presenting these screened solutions

SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNICATION

• The EUI will:
• Increase coordination and coherence between the urban-related programmes

and initiatives of Cohesion Policy

• Strengthen the link between these programmes and initiatives and mainstream

Cohesion Policy (and wider EU policy)

• Support knowledge, policy development, and communication
• It could do this by:
• Increasing accountability, predictability, and common understanding –

designing of EUI support trajectories – one example: transferring innovative solutions developed through capacity building networks

• Establishing EUI National Contact Points
• Reducing information overload by carefully screening solutions that work well

and transferring them to policy makers

SUMMARY

I NSI GHT I NTO ONE ASPECT OF HOW THE EUI MI GHT W ORK: THE EXPERI ENCE OF W ORKI NG TOGETHER W I TH URBACT AND URBAN I NNOVATI VE ACTI ONS – GOOD PRACTI CE CASE I

GIACOMO COSTANTINI, Deputy Mayor for Tourism and Smart City, City of Ravenna (IT)

RAVENNA

Ravenna is a middle-sized city by the Adriatic Sea Our assets:

• Culture & Art / UNESCO Heritage
• Sandy beaches and maritime landscape
• Commercial Port and industrial district
• Lifestyle and tourism

RAVENNA AND OUR CHALLENGE

NOW ABANDONED, NEGLECTED, STATIC AREA

• Environmental, social, economic issues
• Heritage and landscape assets
• Connection area between the ancient Art City

and Sea Side

TO ATTRACTIVE AND INNOVATIVE URBAN ECOSYSTEM

• Contemporary art and creativity
• Social innovation for inclusion
• Economic re-start in brownfield area

CITY DOCKS AND DARSENA DISTRICT, FORMER CITY PORT AND LIVELY CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT

LOCAL STRATEGY FOR THE CI TY DOCKS

PARTICIPATORY PATH The Darsena I wish 2010-15 DETAILED URBAN PLAN DARSENA (2016)

INTEGRATED PROJECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURES AND BUSINESS «IL MARE IN PIAZZA» NATIONAL PLAN FOR SUBURBS REHABILITATION (SUBMISSION 2016 – IMPLEMENTATION 2018-21)

URBACT I I I – I MPLEMENTATI ON NETW ORK CREATI VE SPI RI TS 2016-19

URBACT I I I – CREATI VE SPI RI TS NETW ORK THE ADDED VALUE

• Know how
• Ideas
• Methodology

From/with

• Programme/project/local

experts

• Partner cities
• ULG & Local Stakeholders
• Stakeholders’

involvement

• Integrated action

plan

• Financial

innovation

• Monitoring and

evaluation DELIVERY OF DARSENA REGENERATION ACTION PLAN DESIGNED WITH CREATIVE STAKEHOLDERS DARE PROJECT IDEA AND CO-DESIGN APPLYING THE URBACT RESULTS FRAMEWORK APPROACH Submission under UIA 4° call

STAKEHOLDERS I NVOLVEMENT

2 ULG members are DARE delivery partners: CNA Ravenna (Business Association) CIFLA (local Research and Innovation Istitution) ULG is a Stekholder of DARE project

• Involvement of «unusual» stakeholders into the

regeneration process: cultural and creative industries and non profit organisations

• ULG as ongoing structured methodology

I NTEGRATED ACTI ON PLANNI NG

DARE PROJECT METHODOLOGY

• CO-DESIGN WITH
• 4 Deputy mayors
• ALL Municipality departments
• 12 partners
• Many stakeholders
• USING THE URBACT RESULTS

FRAMEWORK APPROACH URBACT ACTION PLAN Urban regeneration concept and action plan:

• Olistic approach
• Citizens’ centred
• Innovative ideas from

stakeholders (Darsena Archive, Street Art…)

• Connection with digital tools

DARE PROJECT IDEA Urban regeneration thanks to digital transition Submission under UIA 4° call

I MPROVED APPROACH TO FUNDI NG

• New tools activated

(e.g. crowdfunding based on ULG ideas / training and engagement)

• Plan and contacts with investment

funds

• New perspective on funding

complementarity ECN European crowdfunding newtwork is a partner of DARE

I MPROVED APPROACH TO FUNDI NG

New perspective

• n funding

complementarity Pilot actions Policy Action plan Citizens’ and stakeholders Engagement Olistic project development and funding strategy

@DARE Ravenna

I NSI GHT I NTO ONE ASPECT OF HOW THE EUI MI GHT W ORK: THE EXPERI ENCE OF W ORKI NG TOGETHER W I TH URBACT AND URBAN I NNOVATI VE ACTI ONS – GOOD PRACTI CE CASE I I

CLEO POUW, City of Rotterdaman (NL)

EXPERIENCE

• URBACT I (2004-2006) SecurCity – Safety policies in cities
• URBACT II (2007-2011)
• My Generation – Participation by young people in city policies
• My Generation at Work - Employability and employment of young people
• URBACT III (2013-2015) Resilient Cities - Improving city resilience
• Urban Innovative Actions (2016-2019) - BRIDGE project -

aligning young people’s educational choices with future labour market needs

CAPACITY BUILDING IN URBACT

• Coordination of 4 networks of 10-12 EU cities
• Local Groups and Local Action Plans
• Process guidance (including tools) -> step by step assisting cities

in developing an integrative and participatory approach (and make a difference!)

• Starting from problem structuring and current situation
• Strong guidance for partners on the diversity of the local

partnership -> involving all relevant stakeholders

• Strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders to develop efficient

policies.

CHALLENGES VISION Pathways EXPERIMENT Integrated Action Plan Lessons from Experiment

(results monitoring and assessing)

IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIMENTING

• In URBACT small scale at neighbourhood level
• In UIA at the level of South Rotterdam
• Trying out in practice new ways of doing, organizing and thinking
• Multi-actor action: city government is only one of the actors
• Serve as a stepping stone for learning and show commitment to

the vision

• Visible & Tangible > local, accessible, discussed, celebrated, owned

by community

• Learn from the experiment
• Make a difference, big or small!

INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

• From traditional ppt based meetings to interactive

workshop design

• Skilled moderators
• Creating a safe space for joint learning and inspiration
• Experts guiding the process
• Finding the ‘elements that work’ from local good practices
• Partner cities learning and experiencing new interactive

tools to use in their local process

• Building a community

URBACT -> UIA

• Chance to acquire in-depth knowledge
• Allows the exploration of a broad set of possible interventions
• It erodes the old ways of thinking, providing a careful and

structured way of learning

• Professionalism and confidence gained through URBACT helped us

dare to think, conceive and propose an innovative action

• Helped in building a strong and reliable local partnership
• Co-desiging the UIA proposal with the stakeholders
• Importance of external expertise for learning, capturing

knowledge and reflection

IMPORTANCE OF URBACT - UIA

• Offering the opportunity to experiment
• Creation of a safe innovation space for cities implementing an

integrated and participative approach

• Reducing the feelings of ‘risk’ of civil servants by working within

the URBACT / UIA framework

• Impact and scaling across the city from these experiments – for

UIA BRIDGE influencing the Work Learning Agreements in Rotterdam

• URBACT and UIA secretariat believe in the power of cities and act

accordingly!

EU PARTNERSHIP ON JOBS AND SKILLS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY

• Rotterdam involved in the Partnership on Jobs and Skills
• Support the crucial transition phase towards the future economy.
• Important for cities to be involved in all elements currently

happening at the EU level that can benefit this transition.

• Input for the next skills discussions, regulations, financing and

knowledge exchange

• Via the Partnership we advocate for an integral approach of the

Human Capital agenda within the European Funds

I NSI GHT I NTO ONE ASPECT OF HOW THE EUI MI GHT W ORK: THE EXPERI ENCE OF W ORKI NG TOGETHER W I TH URBACT AND URBAN I NNOVATI VE ACTI ONS – GOOD PRACTI CE CASE I I I

INTI BERTOCCHI, City of Bologna (IT)

Inti.bertocchi@comune.bologna.it

URBACT PROJECTS

Focus : integration of Roma populations Main goal : to overcome negative attitudes, improve consultation and engagement with the Roma community Focus : creation of a Thematic Network across Europe to connect cultural and creative industries Main goal : to stimulate the effects of "spill over"

SALUS SPACE PROJECT (UIA)

Focus : integration of migrants and refugees Main goal : to overcome the traditional reception model by creating and innovative corespace, open to citizens, where the welcoming of refugees will match with a wider vision of multicultural welfare and social cohesion www.saluspace.eu

LESSONS LEARNT FROM URBACT

Key issues:

• Local Support Group

multilevel governance

• Bottom-up approach

participative model (target

involvement)

Needs Analysis Local Action Plan I m plem entation

• f actions/ local policies

Follow up and new projects

The process:

UIA PROJECT

Integrated services:

• Dwellings
• Hostel
• Multicultural restaurant
• Theatre
• Craftsmanship laboratories
• Gardens
• Research center – coworking

space

Local stakeholders (LSG) NGOs Public I nstitutions (LGC) University and research centers (Think Tank) Citizens (editorial staff and evaluation group) Beneficiaries (refugees, households, students, ...)

Tow ards the « Participatory Foundation »

I NTERACTI VE SESSI ON: DI SCUSSI ON CI RCLES ON THE EUI

DI SCUSSI ON ROUND 1 :

• What kind of support do urban areas need from

your organisation’s point of view? (25 min discussion)

• Harvesting (15 min)

DI SCUSSI ON ROUND 2

• How to reduce the existing gaps and

fragmentation between the different urban support tools/ programmes under Cohesion Policy as well as between these tools/ programmes and mainstream Cohesion Policy investments? (25 min discussion)

• Harvesting (15 min)

Keucheniusstraat

NEXT STEPS I N 2 0 2 0

EC, Expert and Expert Working Group continue preparatory activities of the EUI

• Design of actions that improve coordination and coherence between the urban

tools of Cohesion Policy

• Dialogue with Member States and other Urban Actors on how to support the

Urban Agenda for the EU in the frame of the EUI

Mid-2 0 2 0 : report by the Expert on the EUI design Final preparations…

Thank You and Have a Safe Trip back Hom e!