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Open Days , EESC Workshop 09A03, 09 October 2012 Dr . Rolf-Barnim Foth

Developing an Urban Policy for the EU in the 21st Century - A Shared Responsibility of Public and Private Shareholders. Open Days , EESC Workshop 09A03, 09 October 2012 Dr . Rolf-Barnim Foth Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

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Open Days , EESC Workshop 09A03, 09 October 2012 Dr . Rolf-Barnim Foth

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  1. Developing an Urban Policy for the EU in the 21st Century -A SharedResponsibility of Public and Private Shareholders Open Days, EESC Workshop 09A03, 09 October 2012 Dr. Rolf-Barnim Foth Free andHanseatic City of Hamburg Head of Task Force Northern German CooperationHamburg MetropolitanRegion Marketing & Tourism Ministry for Economy, Transport and Innovation Alter Steinweg 1-3 20459 Hamburg phone +49 40 42841-2617/18 rolf-barnim.foth@bwvi.hamburg.de

  2. Agenda • Hamburg Metropolitan Region: Who weare • Why a „New Deal“ in urban-rural relations ? • Howtocombine international competitivenessandcohesion • Examples • Conclusions

  3. Hamburg: Who weare … • Germany’s 2nd largest city with a population of 1.800.000 > 20% international population • pacemaker in a metropolitan region of 5 million inhabitants • European Green Capital 2011 • first European logistic hub • second largest port & aviation technology centre in Europe

  4. Metro-Region: 4 Federal States, 17 counties, 2 major cities, 26.000 km² foreign trade hub for 800 years and turntable between Northern Europe and Asia, Latin America and Africa regional cluster policies in aviation, logistics, life science, maritime industries, new energies, media & IT highly attractive region to live and work between the Baltic and the North Seas Hamburg MetropolitanRegion: Who weare …

  5. European visibilityfrom U.S. or China Most European cities or regions are too small to reach or to maintain global visibility on their own. Metropolitan Region building: Urban + urban/urban + rural = one answer to globalisation International competitiveness and cohesion can be combined !

  6. Functionalareasandregions • As an answertoglobalisation, Hamburg hassetup a comprehensivegrowthstrategy in 2001 – togetherwiththeregion. • Start withMetropolitan Area asalreadyexistingfunctionalregion. • Growingnecessitytoenlargeandtocreatea fartherreachingfunctionalregion. • Suchemergingfunctionalregionscancross international borders. Hamburg commuterarea: 350.000 inbound; 100.000 outbound

  7. Exampleofcrossborderemergingfunctionalregions Hamburg Metropolitan Region isextendingitsurban + urban + rural cooperationtoDenmarkand Southern Sweden (Skane). Topics (e.g.): Tourism, logistics, wind energy, creativeindustries, food, lifescience , universitycooperation Aim: enhancecompetitiveness + global visibility

  8. Participants: Federal States, cities, counties Chambers of Commerce Companies Universities EnlargingHamburg‘sfunctionalregion: CooperationStudy Project. Phase I. 2007-2010, Phase II. 2010- Territorial Partnership NorthernGermany – Metroregion Hamburg Working Groups: • Campus Nord (Northern German universitynetwork) • Preparingthefixed Fehmarn Belt link • Installation of a cluster „Maritime Industry“ • Expansion of Hamburg‘s „Logistics“ cluster • Expansion of thecluster „Life Science“ • Regional food initiative • Joint tourismprojects • Joint North German marketing • Initiatives in publictransport • Strengtheningtheroleof rural regions • Qualifiedworkforce in technicalsectors

  9. Cluster „Maritime Industry“ across 3 Federal States Public private partnership eachdot =1 company(Source: NordLB 2008) www.maritimes-cluster.de 7.944 employees

  10. European Aerospace Cluster Partnership The future of European competitivenessdepends on (e.g. cluster) cooperationamongregions. We all row in the same European boat – thecompetitorsare outside ! • www.eacp-aero.eu

  11. Northern Lightweight Design Network • Launched in August 2012 by Hamburg Metropolitan Regionwithsupportby Federal Ministry of Economy (BMWI) • 10 SME from in andaround Hamburg, 2 R&D-institutionsand Hamburg Aviation Cluster network • Technological focus: Bionicaland hybrid approach in Lightweight design • Lead Markets: Aerospace, RenewableEnergies, Lifescience • Goals: Initiation of researchprojectsandacquisition ofpublicfunding in thefield of lightweight design • www.norlin.info

  12. OrganicandPrinted Electronics North • Launched in 2010 by Hamburg Metropolitan Region withsupportby Federal Ministry of Economy (BMWI) • 10 SME, 5 universities and 2 Fraunhofer Institutes from in andaround Hamburg • Technologicalfocus: Organic and Printed Electronics • Lead Markets: Lifescience, Aerospace, Print Media • Goals: Initiation of researchprojects and acquisition of publicfunding in thefield of lightweight design • www.ope-n.de

  13. Soft locationalfactors: Joint Elbe River tourismproject • 150 km Elbe riverwithouttourismcooperation(5 Federal States, 6 „ERDF Objective 1“ counties) • 3 years of preparation; projectstart in 2011 (300.000 Euro) • Expectedresults (Hamburg): Strengthening of thecity‘s soft locationalfactors (attractiveness for qualifiedworkforce); keepingexpenditure in theregion; gettingtouristscloseto Hamburg (daytrip) • Expectedresults (rural partners): bettermarketing, moretourism, morejobs, betterincome in a beautiful, but lessdevelopedregion • www.erlebnis-elbe.de

  14. Reversedapproach in Hamburg Metropolitan Region – expressing rural demands • Withinoneworkinggroup of the MORO-project for thefirst time the rural regions of Hamburg MR formulatedtheirownposition on howtocooperatewiththemetropolis: „Bad Bevensen Declaration“ • As a follow-upand on thebasis of a scientificlybackedconsultationprocesstwoprojectswereinitiated: • The future of thehealthcare in rural regions + establishment of healthcarenetworksamongcitiesandregions • Renewableenergies in rural areas + networks • www.metropolregion.hamburg.de

  15. Conclusion: Addedvalue for urban and rural partners • Metropolitan partners get a broader basis for securing international competitiveness. Rural partners get “into the driver‘s seat” and receive a strong partner at eye level. • Win-win situations by joining forces and comparative advantages – cohesion newly defined ! • Cooperation brings together actors from different spheres - and opens stake holders‘ minds for cross-administrative-border activities. • Partnership contributes to securing jobs in remoter regions, more value creation remains inside the common region, innovation and technology transfer available anywhere throughout the region, qualified workforce is easier to get to remoter regions.

  16. Europe should take a new view on city-regional cooperation in general and understand it as an opportunity within the EU 2020 Strategy and equally within traditional Cohesion Politics. Europe should help simplifying cooperation in, beyond and among (functional) city-regions (programs, statistics, NUTS). Europe should encourage cooperation within all types of functional regions e.g. by an adjustment of the regional scopeof InterregIVa after 2013 (condition regional funding on EGTC with European added value). The EU-Com and national authorities of spatial planning should run or accompany European „model projects“. WherecouldEurope beof help?

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