JOINING FORCES Metropolitan governance & competitiveness of European cities Lille CityLab – Workshop 2 : Economic development & labour markets across boundaries

JOINING FORCES JOINING FORCES : Objectives 1 main focus: Which cooperation mechanisms are/can be developed at the city-region level Analysis of current situations through 7 main dimensions Spatial and strategic planning Mobility and transports Environmental issues Knowledge economy Public/private arrangements Social inclusion, participation and empowerment Attractiveness and competitiveness

JOINING FORCES JOINING FORCES : partner cities 8 partners : Bourgas - Bulgaria Brno - Czech Republic Brussels Capital Region Belgium Eindhoven - SRE - The Netherlands Florence - Italy Krakow - IRM - Poland Lille Metropole (Lead partner) - France Seville - Spain Thematic Expert: Tamas Horvath - Hungary

JOINING FORCES Monocentric FUA with main LA smaller than the morphological area Krakow, Eindhoven Monocentric FUA with main LA +/- corresponding to the MA Sevilla, Brno Monocentric FUA with main LA larger than the MA Burgas Different local realities (1) Depending on the FUA configuration

JOINING FORCES Polycentric FUA with main LA smaller than the MA Florence, Brussels, Lille Different local realities (1) Depending on the FUA configuration

JOINING FORCES Competences & tasks of LAs existance and power of the regional authorities existance, statute and role of chambers of commerce service provision / local development regulation powers: planning, others, Resources : financial autonomy or not Importance of local taxes / national tranfers Existance, form and role of a local business tax Government systems: decentralisation/autonomy of LAs monolevel vs multilevel systems Existing Governance mechanisms: cooperations between LAs private sector involvement voluntary sector organisations Different local realities (2) Depending on the national/legal context

JOINING FORCES Pooling the local authorities forces to reach a certain critical mass: –investing capacity –ability to negociate with the private sector –comprehensive approach to the economic system –sufficient importance and diversity to play at global level to avoid sterile competition between them : –risk of duplication –careful use of land –relevant use of public money to provide relevant services –important enough in size and quality –diversiy –right geographical level which does not necessarily mean creating new local governments but developing new governance/co-operation mechanisms First conclusions (1)

JOINING FORCES Involving all relevant actors starting with the private (profitable) sector – at every territorial level – public private partnership if required – unformal agreement with the private sector when relevant not only local but also regional authorities voluntary sector organisations Some crucial economic issues Innovation – knowledge economy Territorial marketing Tourism? First conclusions (2)

JOINING FORCES Flexible instruments required, to be used by joined actors Additional Resources Relevant Tax system, with incentives for developing the economy in the urban area EU Funding provided at the right level, as any economic development strategy cannot be effective at a too small level Openess to ressource allocation and re-allocation New public processes (procurement, media, open events) First conclusions (3)

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