GREEK PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU January - June 2014 January - June 2014 Cohesion Policy & Regional Development Territorial Cohesion & Urban Development ESPON WEEK – Vilnius 2-6 December 2013 Mathilde Konstantopoulou Mathilde Konstantopoulou Special Service for Strategy, Planning and Evaluation of Development Programmes GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS NSRF CENTRAL COORDINATION UNIT

The General Priorities of the Greek Presidency 1. Growth - Jobs - Cohesion 2. Further integration of EU-Eurozone 3. Migration – Borders – Mobility 4. Maritime Policies: Blue Growth (horizontal thematic priority will run through the 3 priorities of the Presidency

Cohesion Policy The main objectives of the Greek Presidency targeted policies and initiativesto initiate the dialogue among all EU countries for targeted policies and initiatives on the consequences of the crisis economic developmentto focus the discussion on economic development -on the basis of the EU 2020 Strategy- and the creation of sustainable jobs more efficient development toolto render cohesion policy a more efficient development tool with actions for the effective confrontation of the recessive “swamp”

Territorial Dimension Main theme: “ Blue Growth ” accessibility and attractiveness of the “ blue areas ” how: utilising the “ smart specialization strategy ” Our basis: Territorial Agenda 2020 and Road Map (follow up) “ Europe 2020 ” Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth Previous Presidencies Key Aspects: Territorial diversity and potential Endogenous growth utilizing the place – based approach Functional Areas

Urban Development Main focus: Urban poverty and social exclusion city phenomena  In many European Cities mainly in Metropolitan areas, deprived neighborhoods and deprived historical and economic centers of the cities Our basis: Initiatives of the previous Presidencies: Youth unemployment (Irish Presidency), Migration (Lithuanian Presidency) Documents: “Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities” “Toledo Declaration” Other issues Continuation of the dialogue on the European Urban Agenda (NL, in cooperation with other countries) February 2014Outcome of the Urban Event by European Commission (in cooperation with the Greek Presidency), February 2014 UN-Habitat III, the European contribution RFSC (road map action 6), further implementation

Macro – Regional Strategies The macro-regional strategies, which concern the basic issues of territorial cohesion and are promoted by the European Territorial Cooperation goals, emerge with particular emphasis in the programming period Adriatic-Ionian Macro-RegionBased on the previous experiences (Baltic Sea, Danube region) and with the European Commission encouragement, the Mediterranean countries that participate in the Adriatic-Ionian Macro-Region strongly support the formulation of the specific Strategy

National Territorial Cohesion Contact Points (NTCCP) Meeting & Urban Development Group (UDG) Athens, 27 & 28 February 2014 Directors General Meetings Athens, 3 April Territorial Cohesion and Urban Development - Athens, 3 April 2014 Athens, 4 April Cohesion Policy - Athens, 4 April 2014 Informal Ministerial Meetings Territorial Cohesion und Urban Development Athens, 24 April 2014 “Blue growth/ Urban Poverty” Athens, 24 April 2014 Cohesion Policy Athens, 25 April 2014 “Regional Growth, Jobs and Cohesion in the European Union in the times of crisis” Athens, 25 April 2014 Upcoming Meetings of the Presidency

Other Cohesion Policy & Territorial Cooperation related Events SAWP meeting (Attaché Trip) Athens, May 2014 Evaluation Network Group Athens, 15 & 16 May 2014 Towards an EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) - Stakeholders Conference Athens, 6 & 7 February 2014 (DG Regio & MFA) URBACT meetings (Conference, Pilot Project Workshop, MC) Thessaloniki, June 2014

…getting to our business ESPON Week When ? 2 – 6 June 2014 Where? Nafplion, Argolida

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