The URBACT II Programme General Presentation Vilnius, 20 January 2011.

The URBACT II ProgrammeGeneral PresentationVilnius, 20 January 2011

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URBACT II - Main objectives

a European Programme of Territorial Cooperation aiming to promote Integrated and Sustainable Urban Development in EU cities

(jointly financed by ERDF and the Member States – budget 69 M€ )

with 4 main objectives:

- To facilitate exchange and learning activities among urban policy-makers, decision-makers, practitioners

- To draw lessons and build knowledge based on ground realities (capitalization)

- To disseminate good practices and lessons drawn from the transnational exchanges

- To support city policy-makers and practitioners, as well as Managing Authorities of Operational Programmes, to define action plans for sustainable urban development

URBACT II Challanges

› To foster the impact of the exchange and learning activities on local policies among the partners of the Programme

› To foster the capitalisation and dissemination process to a wider european audience of practionners, policy-makers, decision-makers

URBACT II – 2007/2013› Beneficiaries:

-Cities (without minimum size in tems of population)

-local/ regional/ national authorities-universities/ research centers

› 27 Member States + Norway & Switzerland

Main tools of the URBACT Programme

› Thematic Network: Strong focus on local dimension of partners involved Composition of the partnership: Cities + maximum of 3

others public institutions Partnership: minimum 8 – maximum 12 Balance Competitivness and Convergence cities 50/50 Compulsory production of LAP for all the partners Duration: 36 months (6 Dev. Phase + 30 Impl. Phase) Budget: 710.000€

› Working Groups Composition of partnership: open to other public

institutions different than cities (minimum 3 citis) Partnership: minimum 6 – maximum 8 Duration: 24 months (4 Dev. Phase + 20 Impl. Phase) Budget: 300.000€

Thematic Coverage

Priority 1 - Cities, Engines of Growth and Jobs

› Promoting Entrepreneurship

› Improving Innovation and Knowledge economy

› Employment and Human Capital

Priority 2 - Attractive and Cohesive Cities

› Integrated development of deprived areas and areas at risk

› Social integration

› Environmental issues

› Strategy and Governance

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URBACT Methodology

3 pillars:

a) Producing Local Action Plans (LAP)

b) Setting up & running URBACT Local Support Groups (ULSG)

c) Associating of Managing Authorities (MA) of Operational Programmes to project activities

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Local Action Plans

› Each project partner commits to produce a Local Action Plan (LAP)

within the framework of the project

› LAP should be a concrete output of the exchange and learning

process, aiming at solving a specific problem

› LAP should be the result of a collective process organised at local

level by each partner (ULSG level)

› No pre-defined template as content and format should depend on

the needs/ situation of each partner

› Guidance will be provided (Lead expert/ peer-review/US)

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URBACT Local Support Group

› Each project partner commits to set up and animate an URBACT Local Support Group (ULSG) gathering local stakeholders concerned by the issue addressed

› Project partners shall ensure participation of ULSG to project activities, and more especially to:

- production of input for exchange & learning activities (case studies)

- production of the Local Action Plan

› In each Thematic Network, a minimum budget of 70.000 € shall be dedicated to the functioning of ULSG

Involvment of the Managing Authorities

› Projects are strongly recommended to associate Managing Authorities (MA) of Operational Programmes to their activities

› This should allow:- to link the Local Action Plan to be produced to potential

funding available in the Operational programmes

- to facilitate exchange & learning among MA with regard to the definition and implementation of urban development policies

› A dedicated budget of 40.000€ for the involvment of the Managing Authorities

Fostering Capitalisation & Dissemination

At Programme level

3 Thematic Poles set up so far- Cities engines of growth and jobs- Cities, Social inclusion & Governance- Cities & integrated sustainable development

› Website www.urbact.eu

› Thematic Publications and Studies (URBACT Tribune, Crisis Study, etc.)

› Thematic Events (Annual Conferences, Open Events, City Labs, ULSG Summer University)

› Cooperation with other relevant organisations (INTERREG, ESPON, Interact, OECD)

› National Dissemination Points

URBACT today

› Two Calls for Proposals launched so far.

› 6 Working Groups already closed

› 19 Thematic Networks approved under the I Call (official closure spring 2011)

› 9 Thematic Networks approved under the II Call (official closure January 2013)

› Partners already involved: 280 cities partners (19 out of 27 capital cities) 14 national/ regional authorities 12 universities and research centers

URBACT Figures

Next steps: How to apply?

Next Call for Proposals: To be launched in December 2011/January 2012

Staged procedure

› Development Phase (6 months)

› Implementation Phase (30months)

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Implementation Development

JTS: Joint Technical Secretariat – MA: Managing Authority – EAP: External Assessment Panel – MC: Monitoring Committee

Staged Procedure

› First Submission – Decalration of Interest: Submission of the Declaration of Interest (initial partnership

of 5 cities and first elements of project’s structure) Eligibility Check (by the Secretariat) and Quality Assessment

(by the EAP) Decision of the Monitoring Committe

› Development Phase To finalise the partnership To finalise the thematic network structure and to agree a

detailed work plan, To carry out a baseline study, To set up URBACT Local Support Groups, To prepare and sign all the contractual documents

› Second Submission – Finall Application

› Publication of the Call for Proposals on the website

› URBACT newsletter

› Collaborative and open space to share projects ideas and searching of partners

› Organisation of National Information Days

www.urbact.eu

For more information:

Raffaele BarbatoProject Officer

URBACT Joint Technical Secretariat0033 149174752

[email protected]

[email protected]