Cohesion policy and structural funds
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This working group coordinates our lobbying towards the EU institutions and member states on EU cohesion policy and structural funds, working to ensure a sufficient urban focus in regulatory frameworks and programmes for the period 2014-2020
Background:
The working group aims to ensure that the urban dimension is visible in debates surrounding the future of cohesion policy, budget and structural funds.
The community strategic guidelines and the national strategic reference frameworks provide a good basis for cities to contribute to European competitiveness and cohesion with support from the structural funds.
Objectives:
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lobbying for a strong and coherent focus on the urban dimension in the European cohesion policies and in the framework of the EU structural funds
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contributing to achieving a balance between efforts focusing on deprived areas with specific needs and areas of great potential in the spending of the structural funds
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focusing structural funding on sustainable urban development measures
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coordinating and supporting actions vis-à-vis national governments to promote a significant urban dimension in the management of the structural funds
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promoting the full involvement of cities in preparing the national strategic frameworks and the sub-delegation of urban measures to urban authorities
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promoting balance and flexibility in the structural funds regulations and supporting the introduction of simplified management procedures
chair
Florence
vice chair
Warsaw
members
Almere Amsterdam Angers Loire Metropole Antwerp Barcelona Belfast Berlin Bilbao Birmingham Bologna Bonn Bordeaux Braga Bratislava Brighton & Hove Brno Brussels Capital Region Budapest Bydgoszcz Cardiff Cologne Debrecen Dortmund Dresden Edinburgh Eindhoven Espoo EUROCITIES Brussels Office Florence Gdansk Ghent Gijon Glasgow Gothenburg Grand Paris Sud Grand Reims Groningen Haarlem Hamburg Helsinki Karlsruhe Katowice Kortrijk Kyiv Leeds Leipzig Lisbon Liverpool Lodz London Lublin Lyon Madrid Malmo Manchester Mannheim Metropole Europeenne de Lille Milan Munich Nacka Nantes Newcastle-Gateshead Nice Cote d Azur Nottingham Oslo Oulu Porto Rennes Metropole Reykjavik Riga Rome Rotterdam Solna Stockholm Strasbourg Stuttgart Sunderland Tallinn Tampere Tbilisi Terrassa Metropolitan Area The Hague Timisoara Toulouse Turin Turku Utrecht Vantaa Varna Venice Vilnius Warsaw Wolverhampton Zagreb