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EU urban policy context and EU Forward Looking ActivitiesEU Forward Looking Activities

Domenico ROSSETTIEuropean CommissionEuropean Commission

Directorate-General for Research and [email protected]

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Twenty years of history and recent initiativesand recent initiatives

“URBAN” Community Initiative – ERDF (DG XVI – REGIO)“City of Tomorrow” Key Action in FP5 (DG XII – RTD)Urban sustainability in FP6 (DG RTD)CONCERTO and CIVITAS for energy, efficiency, renewables and clean transport (DG TREN)Projects on Cities in the programmes “Environment” and “Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities” in FP7Covenant of Mayors (DG TREN)European Innovation Partnership “Smart Cities”

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Joint Programming Initiative – Urban Europe

European policy context on Cities

“Subsidiarity” and concrete actions

Several Commission DGs interest

European Parliament (MEP constituencies)

Committee of the Regions

Regional and urban representation in Brussels

Pan European city associations

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Pan-European city associations

The urban challenge60% of the world population will live in cities by 203060% of the world population will live in cities by 2030

URBAN

RURAL63%

URBAN37% RURAL

53% URBAN47%

RURAL40%

URBAN63% 47% URBAN60%

1970 2000 2030

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Source: UN-Habitat

MegacitiesUrban population has exploded in several cities since 1950Urban population has exploded in several cities since 1950

1950 2005(millions) (millions)

Seoul 1 23Sao Paolo 2,5 21

Delhi 1.5 20Jakarta 1,5 16

Rio de Janeiro 3 12T h 1 12Teheran 1 12Istanbul 1 11

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Source: Source: Davies / Le Quément

EU Forward Looking Activitieshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/http://ec.europa.eu/research/social sciences/

ForesightForesight

Forecast

Impact Assessment

Horizon scanningg

Technology Assessment

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Assessment

Drivers for research on urban issues

Rapid growth and concentration: Urban population, water needs, energy, traffic, waste,… New emerging evolutions: Mega-regions, urban corridors, city-regions,…Opportunities: Employment and entrepreneurship, access to facilities like school and health, cultural di itdiversity,…Negative images: Pollution, congestion, exclusion, lslums,...

Environment & health and climate change impacts: E i i f b t

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Emerging issues for urban management

Better City, Better life2010 Shanghai World Expo2010 Shanghai World Expo

Cities explaining EuropeCities explaining EuropeRome for the Treaties

Barcelona for the Mediterranean

Copenhagen for EnvironmentCopenhagen for Environment

Maastricht, Schengen, Francfort,…

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Some EU Research projects

SOCIAL POLIS - Social platform on cities and social cohesionCHANCE2SUSTAIN - Urban Chances: City growth and the y gsustainability challenge; Comparing fast growing cities in growing economiesSUSTAINCITY P ti f t i bl iti i ESUSTAINCITY - Prospective of sustainable cities in EuropePLACES - Platform of Local Authorities and Cities Engaged in ScienceScienceGEITONES – Generating interethnic tolerance and neighbourhoods integration in European urban spacesSPREAD - Social Platform on Sustainable LifestylesURBACHINA - Sustainable Urbanisation in China: Historical and

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Comparative Perspectives, Mega-trends towards 2050