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Data: 01/04/2014
RegioFlash: latest news about EU Regional Policy - 31 March 2014
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• Latest episode of euronews' Real Economy examines "How to grow a city"
Currently over half of the world population lives in cities - over two-thirds of Europeans, and this share is set to rise to 75% in coming years. Cities are the hotbed of innovation and creativity, and they drive economic growth. But they also pose the biggest challenge in terms of climate change and energy efficiency, with pockets of deprivation, poverty and social exclusion. Neither Member States nor the EU can achieve their economic or social policy objectives without engaging with cities.
Commissioner Johannes Hahn has championed the cause of cities throughout his mandate and the recent reform of EU Regional Policy has made the urban dimension more central: it is expected that half of European Regional Development Fund investments for 2014-2020 will be made in cities and urban areas and Member States are obliged to invest 5% at the very least on integrated sustainable urban actions.
This episode of REAL ECONOMY puts Europe's cities under the lens, with their diverse dynamics and challenges analysed by Martin Powell, Global Head of Urban Development for Siemens. The Mayors of Lisbon, Rome and Venice, along with Commissioner Hahn also discuss the need for an EU Urban agenda. Meanwhile the 2014 RegioStars Award finalist and ERDF-funded ecological and sustainable trolley-bus project in Gdynia, Poland is presented as a model for sustainable urban transport. RegioStars winners to be announced tonight.
More info:
• EU Urban Development
• Cities of Tomorrow: investing in Europe
• EU Urban Agenda - Issues Paper
• How Regional Strategies for Growth and Innovation can drive Europe's prosperity in 2014-2020: three European regions demonstrate how it can be done
The regions of Catalonia in Spain, Skåne in South Sweden and l'Aquitaine in France have shown recently what "Smart Specialisation Strategies" really mean in practice. The Regions were invited by the Cabinet of Commissioner Hahn to present their strategies to the Commission, as they are considered as leading lights for other regions on how they can create their smart specialisation strategies.
The Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) is a strategic approach to economic development through targeted support for research and innovation. Before regional funds are invested in research and innovation, regions need to draw up so-called smart specialisation strategies. Each region has to focus on a limited set of priority areas, in which it already has a competitive advantage. These strategies will help regions to build on their particular assets and strengths. It should result in new ways of exploiting knowledge and new ways of doing businesses.
• RIS3CAT - Research and Innovation Strategy for the Smart Specialisation of Catalonia, by Mr Albert Carné, Director General for Economic Promotion and Mr Miquel Barceló, RIS3 counsellor: Presentation.
• La stratégie de spécialisation intelligente de l'Aquitaine: méthodologie, thématiques retenues, gouvernance, by Mr Didier Dareys, Directeur des Grands Programmes pour le Développement Économique et l'Emploi au Conseil régional d'Aquitaine.
• The International Innovation Strategy in Skåne: Our Take on Regional Smart Specialisation, by Ms Filippa Arva Olsson, Managing Director of Skåne Regional Office: Presentation.
• Videos on Smart Specialisation.
For more information please consult the following link.
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