Economic Development Forum Munich 18 October Business meeting

1. Economic Development Forum Munich18 OctoberBusiness meeting

2. New European institutions

3. Advocacy actions • Outreach to and meetings with new MEPs and new Commissioners • #UrbanChampions - rally support for re-establishment of Urban Intergroup in EP • 12 things for the Commission to do the first 100 days • Carbon neutrality • Sustainable urban mobility • Fight poverty • Host a summit of mayors

4. Update on SDGs • July 2019, Brussels – Meeting of the Task Force, 40 active cities • SGDs report: a) focused on implementation of SDGs amongst our members; b) the aim is to inspire relevant stakeholders and identify concrete areas of action to unlock the transformative potential of the Agenda 2030. c) starting point for mutual learning, activities and further discussion amongst cities and other stakeholders.  • 24-26 October, study visit Mannheim  in context of the Urban Thinkers Campus 3.0 ‘Mannheim 2030 – Creating the Future Together’ • 7 November, EUROCITIES Webinar on the Voluntary Local Review   (11:00- 12.30)  The webinar will showcase best-practices from Bristol and Helsinki, the two first European cities to develop VLRs,

5. A new long term budget for the EU – but when? • Alliance of member states pushing for 1% of GDP contribution to EU budget… • …but EP says it will veto… • …in which case: • Current budget is carried over • Everyone goes back to the drawing board • More information in December

6. Cohesion policy

7. Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) = Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

8. 5 missions areas… …and a team of 15 experts to define each mission.

9. Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, as chair +Anna Lisa Boni, as rapporteur… …together with an assembly of top experts, and many many co-creation processes across Europe!

10. Reach 100 “climate neutral” cities in Europe by 2030

11. EUROCITIES Funding update Anja De Cunto, funding and financing coordinator anja.decunto@eurocities.eu

12. A quick reminder: EUROCITIES projects team services • Fundingforecast, FBs, funding e-mail • Partner searches & LoS • Events, webinars, project corners • Matching ideas and fundingopportunities, contact funders • Involving EUROCITIES as a projectpartner

13. Check out our funding information page Regularly updated funding forecast and weekly information in the funding mails. To subscribe: contact anja.decunto@eurocities.eu

14. Looking for partners? • Partner search template http://www.eurocities.eu/eurocities/publications/EUROCITIES-partner-search-form-WSPO-8XEDXL • Uploaded on the notice board, sent to all EUROCITIES contacts trough the digest

15. UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

16. Urban Innovation Actions Local projects of < 5 mil. € with 80% co-financing Air quality Circular economy Culture and cultural heritage Demographic change Deadline in 12 December 2019

17. Horizon 2020 calls Innovative finance and energy • LC-SC3-EE-9-2018-2019: Innovative financing for energy efficiency investments • LC-SC3-EE-10-2018-2019-2020: Mainstreaming energy efficiency finance • LC-SC3-EE-11-2018-2019-2020: Aggregation - Project Development Assistance • LC-SC3-B4E-13-2020: Aggregation - Project Development Assistance • LC-SC3-B4E-11-2020: Financing for energy efficiency investments - Smart Finance for Smart Buildings

18. Horizon 2020 calls • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-02-2018-2019-2020: Transformative impact of disruptive technologies in public services • TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020: Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism • TRANSFORMATIONS-15-2020: Society and innovations: understanding the contexts, • processes and consequences • TRANSFORMATIONS-18-2020: Technological transformations, skills and globalization - future challenges for shared prosperity • DT-GOVERNANCE-05-2018-2019-2020: New forms of delivering public goods and inclusive public services • GOVERNANCE-21-2020: Developing deliberative and participatory democracies through experimentation • DT-GOVERNANCE-22-2020: Citizen-centric public services in local and regional administrations Deadline 12 March 2020!

19. ERASMUS + 2020 work programme Key action 2: • a) Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth; b) Alliances (European Universities; Knowledge Alliances; Sector Skills Alliances); c) Capacity Building in the field of higher education; d) Capacity Building in the field of youth Key Action 3: Support for policy reform, Youth Dialog projects • Structured Dialogue: Meetings between young people and decision-makers in the field of youth. Sport • a) Small Collaborative Partnerships; b) Collaborative Partnerships; c) Not-for-profit European sport events. • All to be launched between Oct and Jan 2020

20. Europe for Citizens • Recurrent deadlines in March/September of each year, next deadline March 2020 • Networks of Towns • Town Twinning • Civil Society Projects • Smaller projects, • use of lump sum • mainly CSOs and LAs

21. COSME COS-CIRCFASH-2019-3-02: Accelerate and scale up innovation applications for a sustainable and circular fashion industry • Deadline: 17 December 2019 • Facilitate cross-border/transnational cooperation to support the transfer of knowledge and best practice on sustainable/circular fashion. • Organise capacity building and support activities for SMEs, designers and start-ups in the fashion industry willing to become more sustainable and turn their business model into a circular one. • EUR 875,000.00, 75% co-finance

22. COSME • GRO/SME/19/C/01 - SME POLICY (SPR, Start-ups, outreach) • GRO/SME/19/B/05 - Co-financing of public procurement of innovation consortia • GRO/SME/19/B/06 - Creating links for the facilitation of public procurement of innovation

23. Procurement? Boring no more! The big buyers initiative or how to move the market together towards higher social and environmental criteria!

24. By working together big buyers can move the market! • Achieve lower prices by buying in bigger quantities • Joint dialogue with the market for: • Procuring products/services more targeted to their needs • procuring new products with higher environmental and social standards 3) Learn and share on innovation, circular procurement , etc, …

25. 3 working groups • Circular constructions • 1st meeting on 22 October in Vienna • Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure • 1st meeting on 30 October in Rotterdam • Zero emissions constructions sites • Meeting in Brussels May 2019 • Joint market dialogue October 2019 • Joint training end of November in Oslo

26. Peer Powered Cities and Regions — PROSPECT Project contact: Bernadett Degrendele Bernadett.degrendele@eurocities.eu Web: https://h2020prospect.eu

27. Wednesday, 20 Nov 19:00 – 22:30 Informal networking evening Thursday, 21 Nov 09:00 – 09:30 Official opening 09:30 – 12:30 Rolling plenary – political debates 10:00 – 14:00 Vertical speednetworking 14:00 - 16:30 • Private political session on changing trends in European politics • Screwing up and getting better – learning from mistakes Friday, 22 Nov 10:00 – 12:30 EUROCITIES annual general meeting (AGM) www.eurocities2019.eu EUROCITIES 2019 - PRAGUECITIES AT A CROSSROADSTRANSFORMATION & RENEWAL IN CITIES

28. AWARDS SHORTLIST 2019 Cooperation: • Antwerp – The Big Link • Dresden - From industrial to creative powerhouse – energising the city • Munich - Urban update Pasing Innovation: • Bristol – REPLICATE smart homes • Munich – AKIM office – all party conflict management in Munich • Strasbourg – Re-let my vacant housingscheme Participation: • Izmir – The Izmir history design atelier • Rennes – Hotel Pasteur project • Zaragoza – Harinera ZGZ (comunity culture centre)

29. New strategic framework - what happens in Prague? Adoption of a package • Intro: why a new strategic framework for EUROCITIES   • Vision/ mission / goals for EUROCITIES  • Five years strategy • New EU institutions and political priorities: challenges and opportunities • Our goals and strategic objectives • New ways of working and looking at our structures • Work programme • What will we achieve by end 2020? • How will we achieve it?

30. (Forum) meetings as pearls on a string in 2020 • Jan: Cities Forum in Porto • Feb: EDF in Valladolid • March: EEF in Porto and Guimaraes • May: SAF in Zagreb • Corporation Platform • June: EMF in Madrid • June: second meeting of WG and forum chairs • Sept: KSF in Manchester • Oct: ECF in Tampere • Nov: Annual conference in Leipzig …AND additional activities for forums and WGs throughout the year adapted to needs and ambitions