1. URBACT II State of play and
URBACT III Future Orientations
under discussion with the Member States - February 2014

2. 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

3. Overview of URBACT II

4. URBACT II – First achievements
• 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
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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

5. URBACT III Future Orientations
Regulatory Framework
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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 »
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Increasing importance of Urban Policy in the
period 2014-2020 with Article 7 of ERDF
regulation:
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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

6. URBACT III Future Orientations
Financial Framework
53m€ > 74m€ ERDF
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Increase of exchange and learning activities
Increase of capacity building activities
Increase of dissemination activities at national
level
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

7. URBACT III Future Orientations
Thematic Concentration (1)
All actions will be programmed under
THEMATIC OBJECTIVE 11
Enhancing Institutional Capacity …
(c) disseminating good practice and expertise and
capitalising on results of the exchange of experience
on sustainable urban development, including urbanrural linkages"
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

8. URBACT III Future Orientations
Thematic Concentration (2)
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Thematic Coverage selected after consultation
with the MS
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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)
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The remaining 30% will be available for all other
themes based on a bottom up approach
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

9. URBACT III Future Orientations
Programme Objectives
Four Programme Objectives (draft)
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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 Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

10. URBACT III Future Orientations
Key Activities (1)*
Strengthening Transnational Exchange
through a menu of activities including:
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Action planning networks – aims to foster the
development of integrated strategies (LAP) for
sustainable urban development building on
participatory approaches
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Transfer Networks - allowing EU cities to work
together on the transfer of good practice in the field of
sustainable urban development
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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 Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

11. URBACT III Future Orientations
Key Activities (2)
Expanding the capacity-building activity
on integrated and sustainable urban
policies including:
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Training and capacity building actions for
practitioners, city managers, elected people and
other stakeholders
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Support for cities wishing to develop new
approaches and organisational models
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

12. URBACT III Future Orientations
Key Activities (3)
Capitalising and Mainstreaming
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Stronger dissemination of results with improved
national level dissemination tools
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Menu of dissemination events targeting different
audiences
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Focus on reaching cities not involved in URBACT
projects
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Types of actions include – events, knowledge
management through thematic clustering, focus on
social media, policy recommendations and thematic
publications
URBACT III Brussels Consultation 19th February 2014

13. URBAN FOOD STRATEGY MIX
Sustainable Food Workshop for European Cities
THANK YOU…
Presenter name E. Moulin...
Institution/country. URBACT.
Email contact
e.moulin@urbact.eu...
Website www.urbact.eu...
An URBACT II Thematic Network - Sustainable Food in Urban Communities