The City Summit & The Urban Audit Lewis Dijkstra The Urban Unit Directorate-General for Regional Policy,

The City Summit

What, where, why Conference co-organised by the European Commission and the Dutch Government Noordwijk, the Netherlands 18- 19/11 To discuss the role of cities in the future structural funds To highlight the Urban Audit

600 registered participants Commissioners Barrot and Balazs Dutch vice prime minister Thom de Graaf responsible for Urban Affairs Mayors Urban policy experts URBAN II programme managers

Three declarations Capital City declaration City Summit declaration Italian city declaration

The Urban Dimension Urban Actions (URBAN II and Urban actions in the mainstream) Urbact, the European Network for exchange of experience between cities Urban Audit: a reliable and regularly updated source of comparable urban indicators

The Urban Audit

123 Large cities 135 Medium-sized cities

The Urban Audit Approximates a functional urban region (commuter shed) Larger Urban Zone – city and surrounding areas Approximates a functional urban region (commuter shed) City Has a political leader such as a Mayor or Council Leader Neighbourhood Min 5 000 inhabitants Average 20 000 Max 40 000

Three levels for Paris and London

Paris & London Population Inner London 2.8 m 2.1 m La Ville de Paris Greater London 6.2 m 7.2 m Paris et petite couronne LUZ London 12 m 11 m Ile de France

How much information did we receive? Some sent more than others: NL sent 90% while IT only sent 40% of the data At the neighbourhood level, four EU15 MS could only provide between 0-8 variables out 33 requested (so far) In the Environment and Information Society domains many cities lacked data

Neighbourhood Disparities

Unemployment in Berlin

Education in Budapest

Housing in Warsaw

Poverty in Amsterdam

Suburbanisation in Helsinki

Crime concentrations

Singles prefer Cities

Young & Old Cities

The educated prefer (large) cities

Cities and the Lisbon Target

Cities and the Lisbon Target

Unemployed often concentrated in cities

Not in Suburbs in EU15

But in many suburbs outside EU15

Most foreigners live in large cities and capitals UK data not available

Owners or Renters?

Summer Smog still a problem

On a lighter note…

Top Tourist Cities

The Perception Survey Perception data is an important complement to the "objective" data collected by the Urban Audit (safety ≠ small number of recorded crimes) How citizens feel is important to politicians Show the differences in citizen opinions in different cities

31 Cities in the EU 15 Madrid Barcelona Malaga Paris Marseille Rennes Bruxelles/ Brussel Antwerpen Liège København Berlin München Leipzig Dortmund Athina Irakleio Madrid Barcelona Malaga Paris Marseille Rennes Dublin Roma Napoli Torino Luxembourg Amsterdam Rotterdam Wien Lisboa Braga Helsinki Stockholm London Glasgow Manchester

18 Cities in outside EU15 (beginning of 2005) Sofia Burgas Lefkosia Praha Ostrava Tallinn Budapest Miskolc Vilnius Riga Valletta Warszawa Gdańsk Opole Bucuresti Cluj-Napoca Ljubljana Bratislava

Perceptions of Safety

Employment Opportunities

Housing Costs

Public Transport

Air Pollution

Good News

Conclusions/Questions Role of cities is important, draft regulations are a step forwards Can the Commission guarantee that cities will be able to participate in the next round of Cohesion Policy? Should housing be included among the eligible actions? More flexible funding? 10% limit for ESF type action should be increased.

Conclusions/Questions GDP per capita is a flawed indicator due to commuting flows. This leads to large cities and capitals losing Objective 1 status. Other indicators should be taken into consideration when deciding in Objective 2 funding

Main Conclusions Urban Audit was supported by many of the speakers Mayors considered the Urban Audit very useful Contributes to the exchange of experience and cooperation Commission is planning a new round in 2006

Upcoming events Eurocities Annual General Meeting in Vienna 11-12 November Informal Ministerial Meeting in Rotterdam 29-30 November Spatial Planning and Urban Policy