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- The Pact of Amsterdam is the founding document for the Urban Agenda for the EU, which was launched in 2016.
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Feb 2, 2017 · The Pact of Amsterdam is the founding document for the Urban Agenda for the EU, which was launched in 2016. You can view this document in multiple languages below.
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4 days ago · The Pact of Amsterdam, an initiative from the Dutch Presidency of the EU outlines the Urban Agenda for the EU and lays out its key principles. At the heart of the Urban Agenda for the EU is be the development of 12 partnerships on 12 identified urban challenges.
The Pact of Amsterdam, launched in 2016, laid the groundwork for the EU's Urban Agenda. It aimed to tackle urban challenges through collaboration among member states, cities, and stakeholders. Emphasizing sustainability and inclusivity, it fostered joint actions to improve governance, infrastructure, and social cohesion.
- The need for an Urban Agenda for the EU
- Establishing the Urban Agenda for the EU
- The Ministers afirm that:
- 5.1 Beter regulation
- 5.2 Beter funding5
- The Ministers agree:
- Governance of the Urban Agenda for the EU
- DG meeting on Urban Maters
- Urban Development Group
- Guidance
- C Description of actions under the Urban Agenda for the EU
- 2 New Partnerships
- 3 Coordinators
- 4 The Role of Partners:
- Step n° 1 - Stocktaking
- Step n° 2 - Preparatory actions (Identifying botlenecks and potentials)
- Step n° 3 - Define the objectives and deliverables
- Step n° 4 - Implementation of the Action Plan
- Step n° 5 - Evaluation of the Partnership
- Practicalities
In order to realise the full potential of the European Union and deliver on its strategic objectives, the Urban Agenda for the EU strives to involve Urban Authorities in achieving Beter Regulation, Beter Funding and Beter Knowledge (knowledge base and exchange): EU legislation is to a large extent implemented in Urban Areas and has direct and indir...
Along the road towards the Urban Agenda for the EU many milestones have been reached, as is reflected in the list of declarations from the Ministers responsible for Urban Maters (see annex). The latest one, the Riga declaration (June 2015), provides political support for the development of the Urban Agenda for the EU, acknowledging its potential co...
The Urban Agenda for the EU aims to realise the full potential and contribution of Urban Areas towards achieving the objectives of the Union and related national priorities in full respect of subsidiarity and proportionality principles and competences. The Urban Agenda for the EU strives to establish a more efective integrated and coordinated appro...
The Urban Agenda for the EU focuses on a more efective and coherent implementation of existing EU policies, legislation and instruments. Drawing on the general principles of beter regulation, EU legislation should be designed so that it achieves the objectives at minimum cost without imposing unnecessary legislative burdens. In this sense the Urban...
The Urban Agenda for the EU will contribute to identifying, supporting, integrating, and improving traditional, innovative and user-friendly sources of funding for Urban Areas at the relevant institutional level, including from European structural and investment funds (ESIF) (in accordance with the legal and institutional structures already in plac...
13 That the Urban Agenda for the EU is a coherent set of actions of key European actors. It is a new form of informal multilevel cooperation where Member States, Regions, representatives of Urban Authorities, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Union’s Advisory Bodies (CoR, EESC), the EIB and other relevant actors work in partners...
In addition to Part III of the Pact about the Operational Framework of the Urban Agenda for the EU, the Working Programme gives a further description of the Governance of the Urban Agenda for the EU:
The activities of the Urban Agenda for the EU will be coordinated by the DG meeting on Urban Maters. When discussing maters related to the Urban Agenda for the EU, the DG meeting will include Member States, the European Commission, the CoR, CEMR, and EUROCITIES as members in order to reflect the multilevel character of the Urban Agenda for the EU. ...
The Urban Development Group (UDG) is an informal advisory body to the DG meeting on Urban Maters. In order to both ascertain the autonomy of the Council Presidency to table its own priorities and ensure the continuity of the Urban Agenda for the EU, the Urban Development Group will have a dual purpose: to discuss urban issues in general at the inte...
The DG meeting will provide non-binding guidance to the actions of the Urban Agenda for the EU upon advice of the Urban Development Group. This informal guidance is formed by consensus.
The Urban Agenda for the EU will be implemented through a coherent set of actions. Under paragraph 15 in the Pact of Amsterdam four categories of actions are mentioned: Themes, Vertical and Horizontal Coordination, Impact Assessments and Knowledge. The diferent concrete actions under these four categories, aimed at improving the urban dimension of ...
Proposals for new Partnerships have to be presented to the UDG. The UDG will then advise the DG meeting about the proposals for new Partnerships. The DG meeting will decide on which theme a Partnership will start and when deemed necessary by the DG meeting the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Urban Maters will decide on this.
A Partnership will choose one or two of its members as coordinator(s), immediately after its establishment. The coordinator(s) will chair the meetings of the Partnership. Coordinators are the key actors to make the Urban Agenda for the EU operational. They are the main point of contact for members of the Partnership and other interested Urban Autho...
The partners in a Partnership have specific roles and responsibilities: Contribute to the implementation of diferent actions of the Action Plan; Participate in the technical work of the Partnership with own resources; Contribute to the Partnership through their own individual expertise but also the wider knowledge of the organisation they represent...
In the first step, the members of the Partnership would identify the existing work carried out on the Priority Theme (strategies, actions and working groups/ networks covering these issues at EU level). As the aim is to avoid duplication but rather ensure coordination and reinforce what is already being done, this step is crucial to decide how to m...
In the second step, the members of the Partnership would identify the botlenecks and the potentials to identify the areas on which the Action Plan should focus. This will require in depth- research and analytical work. These could be at EU, national or local level. It would lead to a list of preparatory actions that are needed to define the final a...
In the third step, the members of the Partnership would agree on a set of actions that address the issues of the Priority Theme (Action Plan). The proposed actions need to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. This should ideally be done in the first 6-12 months of the Partnership. A model Action Plan is available for each Par...
In the fourth step, the members of the Partnership should coordinate the work (aimed at Beter Regulation, Beter Funding and Beter Knowledge) on the implementation of the Action Plan with partners of the partnership and other interested parties i.e. other Member States, Urban Authorities and existing Urban Networks concerned, etc. (once the Action ...
The DG meeting will coordinate the evaluation of the work of the Partnership after three years or earlier if deemed necessary by the DG meeting. Its outcomes should be presented to the DG meeting. The evaluation will provide input for other existing and new Partnerships and should, if appropriate, contain general suggestions for further exploratio...
Meetings & Gatherings Each Partnership will decide how often it convenes. During the stocktaking phase, the Partnership may meet once every two months. In other stages, the Partnership could meet at least every six months to debate progress on the Action Plan. Meetings should preferably be held back to back with other meetings or events (for exampl...
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The Urban Agenda for the EU was launched in May 2016 with the Pact of Amsterdam. It represents a new multi-level working method promoting cooperation between Member States, cities, the European Commission, and other stakeholders in order to stimulate growth, liveability and innovation in the cities of Europe and to identify and successfully ...
Called the Pact of Amsterdam, the strategy aims to improve cooperation and strengthen the "urban dimension" in EU decision making. It was unveiled by European ministers in charge of urban development on Monday in Amsterdam.
May 29, 2016 · Pact of Amsterdam establishing the Urban Agenda for the EU. In order to realise the full potential of the European Union and deliver on its strategic objectives, the Urban Agenda for the EU strives to involve Urban Authorities in achieving Better Regulation, Better Funding and Better Knowledge.
