Open days 2006 by: Els Beimers-Jürgens City programs in the Netherlands and Fotos: Martin Bockhoff
URBAN II and Objective 2 city programs National Major City programs in the Netherlands URBAN Flag in EU programs 2007 – 2013 Urban policy and the European agenda
Urban programmes Best practices in the NL objective 2 City programmes: one SPD 9 cities, 200 mln euro Local involvement : poverty and long term unemployment Added value in the city Europe strengthens national policy effectivity and efficiency cooperation on programmes en the ministry, - agreements - exchanging experiences - N+2: bonus system The National policy strengthens Europe : the Urban agenda
The URBAN FLAG 2007 – 2013 Cities are equal partners in the regional programs Priority attractive cities and regions focus on urban networks and economic centres In the OP an extra priority is possible for inner city tasks for Major cities within the urban networks and economic centres The 4 largest Dutch cities will have their own sub-program within the West regional program