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Sustainable Urban Regeneration Initiative: Revitalizing Cities in Crisis

Learn about URBAN Mission, a method for economic and social regeneration in distressed urban areas. Targeting 3.2 million people with innovative solutions for integrated urban development. Explore the EU Initiative's objectives, principles, program procedures, priority measures, and allocation of funds. Get insights into urban policy frameworks, pilot projects, and community empowerment.

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Sustainable Urban Regeneration Initiative: Revitalizing Cities in Crisis

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  1. URBAN - Mission • “economic and social regeneration of cities and neighbourhoods in crisis” • « réhabilitation économique et sociale des villes et des quartiers en crise »

  2. Method • integrated approach • rehabilitation of obsolete infrastructure • upgrade quality of the environment • economic and labour market actions • combat social exclusion

  3. URBAN (1994-99) • 118 programmes co-funded at present • 85 launched in June 1994 (33 in 1996) • 900 million EURO from EU • plus 900 million from national sources • 3.2 million people targetted • average 560 EURO per capita • Commission envisaged integrating urban actions into Objective 1 and 2 mainstream programmes...

  4. Objectives of the URBANCommunity Initiative • 1. Innovative strategies for sustainable regeneration of small and medium-sized towns and cities or distressed urban neighbourhoods in larger cities • 2. Enhance and exchange knowledge/experience regarding sustainable urban development

  5. Key characteristics of the new URBAN Community Initiative • about 50 urban zones • inside or outside Objectives 1 and 2 • geographical coherence • smaller towns now included… • ...but targeted areas must be over 10,000 population • innovative solutions to problems • sustainable urban development • exchange of experience

  6. Principles: rules for URBAN bids • critical mass • local partnership • link strategy to wider region • access to jobs • equal opportunities • EU environmental policy • complementarity

  7. Selecting the eligible zones -the criteria • unemployment levels • levels of poverty • social phenomenon • environmental problems

  8. Programme procedures • Member States have 6 months as from the adoption of the final guidelines (future) • content as per mainstream SPD • management as per OP • ERDF can be 75% of total cost in Objective 1; 50% elsewhere • Minimum 500 EURO per head

  9. Priority measures • mixed use of land, including brownfield sites • integrating the socially excluded and ethnic minorities - access to basic services • involvement of local communities • sustainable jobs and employment pacts • entrepreneurial development • multi-modal public transport • waste minimisation and treatment

  10. Allocation of 700 million EURO - the larger Member States... • Germany 140 million • UK 117 million • Italy 108 million • Spain 106 million • France 96 million

  11. Allocation of 700 million EURO - the other Member States... • Netherlands 28 million • Greece 24 million • Belgium 20 million • Portugal 18 million • Austria 8 million • Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Sweden • 5 million each • Luxembourg 0 • Networks 15 million

  12. Allocation of 700 million EURO - criteria used • 15 million to networks • ------------------------------------------------------------------- • population of urban areas 50% • unemployment in urban areas 25% • long-term unemployment in urban areas 25%

  13. Allocation of 700 million EURO - number of areas • Germany 10 • UK 9 • Italy, Spain 8 • France 7 • Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, • Portugal 2 • Denmark, Ireland, Austria, Finland, Sweden 1

  14. Urban Policy • 1997 - Commission Communication “Towards an Urban Agenda in the European Union” • 28.10.1998 - Commission Communication “Urban Sustainable Development in the EU: a Framework for Action” (COM(98) 605 final)

  15. Urban policy -A Framework for Action • 4 policy aims: • Strengthening economic prosperity and employment in towns and cities • Promoting equality, social inclusion and regeneration in urban areas • Protecting and improving the urban environment: towards local and global sustainability • Contributing to good urban governance and local empowerment

  16. Urban Pilot Projects • 1989 to 1999 • Article 10 innovative and pilot actions • 164 million EURO • 59 projects • economic, social, environmental urban regeneration projects • participation; integration

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