Eurocities Metropolitan Areas WG Hamburg’s Regional Philosophy Eurocities Metropolitan Areas WG Dr. Rolf-Barnim Foth -- BWVI Hamburg -- rolf-barnim.foth@bwvi.hamburg.de – 18 October 2017

Regional Structures in Germany - Federal States 16 Federal States (incl. 3 City States: Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen own Governments with ministries own Parliaments with law making powers and own taxes own competences in: education incl. universities culture police + security economy/Business sports housing international relations in these fields In most other topics in joint competence with German Government The Federal State Governments are represented in 2nd Chamber of Federal Parliament (Bundesrat) and participate in federal legislation

Districts and „non-aligned“ cities districts (295 „Landkreise“) below Federal State Level. Competences vary depending on the Federal State: hospitals, emergency rescue services social security, youth care maintenance of roads public transport professional schools management during catastrophes; animal epidemic disease food security licensing of cars spatial planning waste management coordination of cities/smaller communities within the resp. Districts larger cities (as a rule >100.000) remain outside districts (107„kreisfreie Städte“ with > 25 mill. inhabitants) Source: intermap

12 German MR vs. Federal States 2012 2016

Metropolitan Regions = functional regions metro regions serve to organise functional (business) regions and labour markets across administrative boundaries; the German metro regions are all different in terms of organisation and competences, membership and tasks/projects,; they share cooperation on a voluntary basis, at eye-level, on the basis of trust and win-win; all deal with region building, tourism, public transport, climate change, demographic change, nature protection projects, marketing, cluster policy, triple helix cooperation, etc. most work on the basis of „géométrie variable“

Short history of Germany‘s 12 Metropolitan Regions 1995: official acknowledgement of 7 „European Metro Regions“ by Germany‘s Ministers responsible for spatial planning (Capital Region Berlin, Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Hamburg, „Saxon Triangle“, Munich, Rhein-Ruhr, Region Stuttgart) 2001: coaching process with scientific support; foundation of IKM (Network of MR of Germany) 2003: first political demands to Standing Conference of Minister Presidents of Federal States 2005: 4 more metro regions founded (Nuremberg, Rhein-Neckar, Bremen-Oldenburg, Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg) 2017 split of Rhein-Ruhr into two MR: Metropole Ruhr + Rheinland (Düsseldorf/Cologne/Duisburg, Bonn, Aachen)

Hamburg: Who we are … Germany’s 2nd largest city with a growing population of 1.800.000; largest non-capital of EU; motor of a MR of 5,3 mio = 1% of EU population City State with law making powers + own taxes 19 universities, 95.000 students foreign trade hub for 800 years and turntable between Northern Europe and Asia, Latin America and Africa regional cluster policies in civil aviation, logistics, maritime industry, new energies, creative industries, healthcare, life science, media & IT, food

Example Tourism: The Chinese perspective „BejEU“: Hamburg is seen as the southern most city of Scandinavia – rather than the northern most of Germany ! If Hamburg wants tourism from China, it has to cooperate !

What about Hamburg‘s visibility on the World Map ? (Sources: Wikipedia, WolframAlpha; ranks vary in given ranges)

Hamburg‘s neighbourhood growth policy since 2007 Result of cooperation: Accession of … 3 districts, 2 cities and 1 more Federal State on 1 May 2012; 1 district, 1 city and 12 business sector organisations on 1 March 2017

Hamburg Metropolitan Region 36 members: 4 Federal States 17 districts 3 cities (Lübeck, Neumünster, Schwerin) 7 Chambers of Industry and Commerce 3 Chambers of Crafts 1 Trade Union Congress (DGB) 1 Employers‘ Union (UV Nord) 2 permanent advisory councils: towns and companies 28.000 km² 5,3 million inhabitants 200 billion Euro GDP

Hamburg MR - voluntary cooperation at eye level + mutual benefit + géometrie variable Structure Political Level meetings 2x p.a. Executive Level meetings 6x p.a. Working groups (economy, tourism, spatial planning, environment, education, transport, climate and energy, spatial data) Secretariat with 14 staff and 444.000 € p.a. (paid by all members) Project Office (registered association) Project Funds: 2,7 mio € (provided by the 4 Federal States – Hamburg pays 50% and provides premises for free)

Types of projects (examples) Joint marketing of real estate Fast bike lanes; feasibility study Internationalisation in tourism Demographic change Park & ride infrastructure Climate change scenarios for our region Nature protection projects Cultural projects Financing of concepts, feasibility studies (e.g. OECD study) In separate organisational structure and with participation of a limited number of actors: marketing, public transport, clusters Regular political meeting of Hamburg‘s mayor with heads of regions and mayors + meetings on Federal State level

Holistic marketing for Hamburg MR 75,0 % City of Hamburg 15,0 % Hamburg Chamber of Commerce 10,0 % 17 districts of Metropolitan Region + Lübeck + Neumünster + Schwerin („Region sitting in the driver‘s seat“) - since 2007 (Concrete cooperation outside political bodies!)

Cluster policy „Maritime Industry“ From HMR to 5 Federal States: Kick off by HMR in 2007; 3 Federal States in 2011; 5 Federal States in 2017 = 10 years !!! 2011 across 3, 2017 across 5 Federal States Source: NDCH.de www.maritimes-cluster.de

Emerging cross border functional regions HMR is extending its urban + urban + rural cooperation to Greater Copenhagen and Skåne (LoI 2017) Topics (e.g.): Tourism, logistics, wind energy, creative industries, food, life science , university cooperation Aim: enhance competitiveness + global visibility

Femern Belt Tunnel - a region building opportunity ! Source: HTC – Hanseatic Transport Consultancy Hamburg

World-leading facilities for analysis of materials and molecules > region building opportunity ! Investment in Region HH-CPH-Lund: 4 Mrd. Euro ! ESS, Lund Worlds most powerful neutron source MAX IV, Lund Worlds most brilliant x-ray synchrotron FLASH II Worlds most powerful soft x-ray laser PETRA III, Hamburg Worlds most brilliant hard x-ray synchrotron XFEL, Hamburg World most brilliant x-ray free electron laser World’s most powerful x-ray and neutron facilities – New discoveries High impact in areas as light and strong materials, bio-technology, energy technology, microelectronics, ICT, health, geology, archeology.... Tackle societal challenges – Energy, health, communications, environment Stimulate young people’s interest in science and technology Attract talent – brain gain

Thank you for your interest - Questions ? More information on the philosophy of metropolitan-rural cooperation + best practice examples: http://www.eurometrex.org/Docs/Expert_Groups/URMA/Urban-rural-relationships-in -metropolitan-areas-of-influence.pdf