European UrbanKnowledge Network

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Policy makers & Decision makers

EUKN: Interface between urban actors

EUKN website and eLibrary

In the eLibrary

>6,000 Knowledge documents on research, policy and practice

Elaborated dossiers on specific topics Health and Quality of Life Urban Climate Resilience Sustainable Urban Mobility Integration of Ethnic Minorities and Migrants Demographic Change Youth in Cities Food and Cities

Other activities

Policy Labs with member states

Sustainable Housing Quarters (Luxembourg) Integrated Territorial Approach (Czech

Republic) Housing and Care (Netherlands) Cooperation between towns, cities and their

neighbourhoods (Hungary) Integrated urban approach & EU Structural

Funds (Romania) … more in preparation

EUKN Annual Conference

Energy Efficient Cities

Oradea, Romania, on 6 -7 of November 2013

Key note speakers, interactive workshops, on-site visits

Debate & a look into the sustainable future

Research for EU Presidencies

Policy Lab Romania

Central theme: Integrated Approach Key elements:

Difficult complex process with many stakeholders

Policy related: Integration of different policy areas

Cross-sectoral: Cooperation with different levels of government and with different actors (including citizens and private partners). Horizontal & vertical cooperation

Place-based: Cities and their surroundings (regions) are interconnected, therefore the developments have to be implemented in an integrated way

Broader framework

European context:

EU Presidencies:

National programmes

Cohesion Policy, Structural Funds (5% urban), ITI and CLLD, RFSC ???

German EU Presidency: Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities (2007)

French EU Presidencies:Marseille Statement (2008)

Spanish EU Presidency: Toledo Declaration (2010)

Hungarian EU Presidency: Territorial agenda of the European Union 2020 (2011)

Polish EU Presidency: Effective instruments supporting territorial development (2011)

New Deal for Communities (UK), Politique de la Ville (France), Wijkaanpak (The

Netherlands), Reference Framework for European Sustainable Cities (RFSC)

Case Study

Policy Lab Romania

More information to be found on: www.eukn.eu/PolicyLabs