Transcript Pilot project European Urban Knowledge Network

European Urban
Knowledge Network
EUKN EGTC
Key Actions for 2014
Mart Grisel
Director EUKN EGTC
[email protected]
www.eukn.eu
EUKN EGTC objectives
…to facilitate and promote territorial, mainly transnational
cooperation aimed at strengthening the economic, social,
territorial and environmental cohesion of cities.
To realise this objective the EUKN EGTC stimulates the
European exchange of relevant and validated urban
knowledge and experiences, thereby supporting sustainable
urban development.
EUKN acts as an interface between
policy, research and practice
History and outlook EUKN
2004
2007
2010
Political support
continuation
EUKN Spanish
EU Presidency
Establishment
under Dutch
EU Presidency
Political support
continuation
EUKN German
EU Presidency
2012
2014
New
possibilities as
an EGTC
Establishment
EUKN EGTC
(9 MS + ES as observer)
Envisaged added value of the EGTC
Sustainability of network
Stronger intergovernmental profile
Cooperation with COM and ETC programmes
Internal organisation (secretariat / institute)
Possibility to attract additional funding (EU or non-EU)
Added value for our partners
Structure EUKN EGTC
Assembly
The National Focal Points are key
element of EUKN, but fall under
responsibility of individual EUKN
member states
FR
HU
RO
CY
LU
(Member States)
Director
NL
BE
CZ
DE
Secretariat
Implementation
body
EUKN EGTC
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Unique EGTC: members are only national authorities
Network of urban policy makers, practitioners and
researchers
Intergovernmental but with strong linkages at EU-wide level
Shift towards a tool for institutionalizing spheres of
intergovernmental cooperation?
Think-tank for targeted exchange on urban policies
Issues
VAT staff employed in Dutch national research institute
Growth strategy 2014
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EUKN Strategy for 2014
2014 EUKN EGTC Goals
Improvement
interactive
knowledge
exchange via
state of the art
website
Enhance the
network, and
consider
alternative
business and
membership
models
(also non-EU
membership)
Stronger strategic
linkages with key
European
programmes and
networks,
including EGTCs
Capitalise on and
fully leverage the
extensive urban
research
resources of
EUKN
EUKN EGTC
2015 and
beyond
Urban Agenda and EU2020 targets
EU2020 objectives
Employment
75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed
R&D
3% of the EU's GDP (public and private combined)
to be invested in R&D/innovation
Climate and Sustainability
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greenhouse gas emissions 20% (or even 30%,
if the conditions are right) lower than 1990
Education
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20% of energy from renewables
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20% increase in energy efficiency
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reducing school drop-out rates below 10%
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at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing
third level education
Combat Poverty and social exclusion
at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of
poverty and social exclusion
Urban Agenda:
1st topic: migration (LT Presidency)
Urban Agenda:
2nd topic: urban poverty
(GR Presidency)
Policy Labs in 2014
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Strategic importance
closer alignment between the
urban policy priorities of member
states and knowledge creation
Demand-driven activities
tangible solutions to current
national urban issues, e.g. Citizen
participation in the new City Policy
Programme in France.
Transnational knowledge
exchange
online dissemination through EUKN
eLibrary
Annual Conference and Publication
End September 2014
“Civic Economy: Beyond the Market and the State”
Objectives of the 2013 conference on Energy
Efficiency
 Stimulate structured dialogue among stakeholders, policy
makers, researchers and practitioners at the EU, national
and local level;
 Facilitate an interactive exchange of strategies,
experiences and hands-on knowledge;
 Identify what works and does not work by means of
practical case studies;
 Develop insight into the state of energy efficiency in
Europe’s cities.
Chances and Opportunities in 2014
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Urban Agenda: MS and COM: smart cities, energy efficiency,
affordable housing, social cohesion in deprived urban areas
Cooperation with ETC programmes:
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URBACT: Knowledge dissemination/capitalisation at national level
INTERREG EUROPE: coordination Policy Learning Platforms
Participation in Horizon2020 projects (need for co-funding)
Participation in JPI Urban Europe Projects
Support to other EGTCs dealing with urban issues (e.g. an EGTC
knowledge exchange platform?)
Support to Joint Action Plans and ITIs.
A strategic evaluation will examine possibilities
to be discussed by the EUKN Assembly in June 2014