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The Urban Audit

This document provides practical information for the Urban Audit Meeting, including reimbursement details, agenda items, and an overview of the Urban Audit.

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The Urban Audit

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  1. The Urban Audit Urban Audit Meeting 5 May 2004 Lewis Dijkstra, PhD lewis.dijkstra@cec.eu.int

  2. Practicalities • Reimbursement of travel expenses (train, auto, flight… not hotel): blue folder please insert tickets and bank form • Coffee at 11:00 • Lunch served at 13:00 here in this room • Finish before 17:00

  3. Agenda for the Meeting • Overview of the Urban Audit • Outstanding issues previous round • Collection of the Historic Data • Lunch • Spatial units • Dissemination Policy • Perception Surveys • Any other business

  4. Overview of the Urban Audit Needs and usage by DG REGIO

  5. Needs & Usage • Cohesion Report • Report on Territorial Cohesion • Upcoming Conferences • Analysis of the results

  6. Third Cohesion Report • The Urban Audit has helped to illustrate the importance of urban issues and strengthen its position within European Cohesion policy • The Urban Audit was quoted in the Main Report referring to disparities within and between cities on issues such as poverty, crime, unemployment and pollution.

  7. Cohesion Report on urban regeneration (quotes) • Building on the strength of the URBAN Community Initiative the Commission intends to reinforce the place of urban issues by fully integrating actions in this field into the programmes. • …more cities to be involved… • …today more than 10% of the total EU contribution to Objective 1 and 2 is devoted directly or indirectly to financing urban-related measures. • Critical to the success of urban actions is the involvement of the city authorities both in the design of the programmes and in the management. • …a sub-delegation of responsibilities…

  8. Urban spending in the Mainstream

  9. Interim Report on Territorial Cohesion • To be published before the Conference on Territorial Cohesion in Galway 25 May 2004 on our website Inforegio • Contains 5 pages analysis of the Urban Audit results of the cities within the EU15. It covers (1) disparities within cities, (2) between large and medium-sized cities and (3) between cities in the core (pentagon) and outside the core.

  10. Intra-urban disparities

  11. Position of Cities

  12. Position of Cities

  13. Position of Cities

  14. Europe Empowers Cities • 27-28 May, Heerlen-Maastricht • Goal: exchange experience of urban policy within European programmes • Public: City administrators involved in European Programmes • Commission will present a few elements of the Urban Audit as a teaser to elicit interest.

  15. City Summit • Mid-October, Leiden (the Netherlands) • Goal: Official publication of the Urban Audit, discuss Urbact and the urban content of future European Cohesion Policy • Public: Mayors from Cities participating in the Urban Audit or Obj. 1, 2 or URBAN Co-organised by the Netherlands and DG REGIO • Official opening of UA Website and Paper Volume and Presentation of first analysis of results for EU27

  16. Unemployment in 2001

  17. Large & Medium-sized Cities

  18. Informal Ministerial Conference on Urban Affairs • 29-30 November 2004, Rotterdam • Goal: Building on the conclusions of the City Summit, discuss the urban content of future cohesion policy • Public: Ministers responsible for Urban Affairs, new commissioner responsible for Regional Policy

  19. Analysis of Urban Audit • Goals: • Position of cities within national context • Typology of cities • Lessons learnt • Strengths and weaknesses of the UA

  20. Outstanding Issues of Previous Round 2001 Missing Data

  21. Specific Issues • BE & IT 2001 data missing, delivery this year? • Other countries who have not sent certain A/B variables for 2001 • Nationality data for Subcity District • Validation

  22. Collection of Historic Data 1991 and 1996

  23. Collection of Historic Data • 85 selected variables for the years 1991 & 1996 • Financed through 25 grant agreements • Goal is to finish the work programme by the end of the year

  24. Procedure • MS sends grant request to Eurostat • Commission sends two grant agreements to MS • MS signs and dates both agreements, initials each page and returns both copies to the Commission • Commission signs and dates both copies and returns one to the MS

  25. Questions • Availability of variables • Feasibility of the timing • Coordination with second Phare project • When can the grant request with required annexes be submitted?

  26. Spatial Levels & Digital Boundaries

  27. THREE GEOGRAPHICAL LEVELS The Urban Audit Larger Urban Zone– city and surrounding areas City Sub-City District

  28. Digital Boundaries • Goal: a complete set of all the boundaries • Status: City and LUZ boundaries are complete • Neighbourhood boundaries are incomplete. Compiling and harmonising these boundaries is underway and should be finished by the end of the year

  29. Particular Problems • Does anybody foresee any particular problem with providing the necessary boundaries at the subcity level? • Can these boundaries be provided in a digital format?

  30. Dissemination of the Urban Audit NewCronos, Website, Paper publication

  31. Website Preview

  32. Paper Dissemination Products • Book on 189 cities in EU 15 in 2004 • Book on 69 cities in AC 12 in 2005 • Leaflet is ready • Report on the Analysis in 2005

  33. Paper Volume: Amsterdam

  34. Paper Volume: Marseille

  35. Perception Survey 31 cities in EU15 and 18 outside EU15

  36. What & When? • Telephone survey with 23 questions • EOS-Gallup conducted the survey (from the Eurobarometer fame) • 300 respondents per city • 31 Cities in EU 15 January 2004 • Cost: € 308 000 • 18 cities in CC12 in Autumn 2004 • Cost: Approx. € 180 000

  37. Satisfied-Dissatisfied Public transport in the city Schools Health care offered by hospitals Health care offered by doctors Green spaces Sports facilities Cinemas Cultural facilities Public Internet access Internet access at home Agree-Disagree It is easy to find a good job Foreigners are well integrated Good housing at a reasonable price Administrative services of CITY, help you efficiently Air pollution Noise Clean city Resources are spent in a responsible way You are satisfied to live in CITY In the next five years, it will be more pleasant to live in CITY 23 Questions

  38. Always, SometimesRarely or never You have difficulty paying your bills at the end of the month You feel safe in the neighborhood you live in You feel safe in [city name] Demographics Gender Age Profession Country of Birth of respondent and his/her parents 23 Questions

  39. Bruxelles/ Brussel Antwerpen Liège København Berlin München Leipzig Dortmund Athina Irakleio Amsterdam Rotterdam Wien Lisboa Braga Helsinki Stockholm London Glasgow Manchester Where? 31 Cities in the EU 15 Madrid Barcelona Malaga Paris Marseille Rennes Dublin Roma Napoli Torino Luxembourg

  40. Expand the Sample in the EU15 • Dutch cities expressed an interest in conducting this survey in the remaining UA cities • Newcastle expressed a similar interest • German cities? • Any other cities?

  41. Sofia Burgas Lefkosia Praha Ostrava Tallinn Budapest Miskolc Vilnius Riga Valletta Warszawa Gdańsk Opole Bucuresti Cluj-Napoca Ljubljana Bratislava 18 Cities in CC12 (end of 2004)

  42. Perception Survey: Employment

  43. Housing

  44. Safety

  45. Integration

  46. Opinion of foreigners and their presence

  47. Transport

  48. Air Pollution

  49. Public Transport & Air Pollution

  50. Any Other Business? • Questions? • Comments? • Requests? • Thanks for participating!

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