17 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2014/2213(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication Smart cities and communities – European Innovation Partnership, July 2012,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission's report Cities of tomorrow, challenges, visions, ways forward, October 2011,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas some cities are seeing a decline in their population and face problems due to the scale of the facilities they provide, and others have a growing population, which increases pressure on existing facilities and exacerbates other problems such as (youth) unemployment, social exclusion, traffic congestion and pollution, land and water consumption, energy supply;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas thesome of the strategic challenges which cities are facing can only be met by taking into account their relation torelated to economic development, climate change, transport and demographic change can only be tackled in partnerships between the cities and their surrounding rural areas;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in the last twenty years, the Town Centre Management has established itself as a valid model of bottom-up governance, able to assume exclusive characteristics which are functional to the relevant territory;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013) reinforces the urban dimension of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) by allocating at least 5 % of its financial support to integrated actions for sustainable urban development, by giving urban authorities more responsibilities in selecting and managing projects by creating tools such as integrated territorial investments (ITIs), community-led local development (CLLD) and ‘innovative actions’, and by establishing an urban development network; whereas, however, in the current programming period, some smart cities are planned, but this is mostly restricted to energy and mobility projects, and there is an absence of a wider holistic approach to the future development; (as highlighted in the study of European Parliament "The role of Cities in Cohesion Policy")
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that EU policies should support and enable towns, cities and larger functional urban areas to attain their full strength and potential as motors of economic growth, employment and, social inclusion and sustainable development; believes, therefore, that towns, cities and larger functional urban areas need to be more closely associated with the entire European policymaking cycle;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Invites the Commission to consider and acknowledge the experience of Town Center Management as a valid and inclusive model of governance based on the correct development of a European Smart City;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to propose ways to introduce an early warning mechanism, giving the subnational government the possibility to observe whether the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality have been taken into account; Recognises that although there is no EU competence on urban development, a broad range of EU initiatives impact directly or indirectly on cities: believes there is a need to better assess this impact as new initiatives are being developed at EU level through a stronger territorial and urban dimension of EU's impact assessments: asks the Commission to work with the Committee of the Regions to strengthen impact assessments;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to systematise and analyse all available data and shared conceptual frameworks (‘urban acquis’) in order to provide a clear definition of integrated sustainable urban development and thus identify the common coherent and transparent EU objectives in this area;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reminds, however, that an EU urban agenda should also focus on the issue of urban regeneration, and namely of actions aimed at revalorising historical centres in European cities, and at avoiding an 'urban sprawl' that most times, in Europe, result in the building of ghettos, in the consequent social, economic and cultural exclusion of a large part of citizens, and in the related environmental problems like increased air pollution; (As well explained in the report of European Environment Agency n. 10/2006, pag. 5 : " Sprawl threatens the very culture of Europe, as it creates environmental, social and economic impacts for both the cities and countryside of Europe. Moreover, it seriously undermines efforts to meet the global challenge of climate change. Urban sprawl is synonymous with unplanned incremental urban development, characterised by a low density mix of land uses on the urban fringe")
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that, although the new cohesion policy has legally binding urban- related aspects, especially regarding involvement of cities in the programming phase, the actual participation of civil society organizations and of city and urban representatives in the shaping of the policy is weak; calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically apply the partnership principle when implementing programmes and projects supported by EU funding, with particular attention being given to the involvement of cities and towns in the management and governance of the programmes;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to develop a new model of multi-level governance, combining formal governmental structures with informal flexible governance structures that correspond to the new realities of the digitalised ‘network’ society, and which is adapted to the scale at which the challenges exist based on a transparent set of tools for working with urban stakeholders based on existing good practices, a model that is based on partnerships and genuine collaboration, moving multilevel cooperation beyond simple stakeholder consultations, a model combining formal governmental structures with informal flexible governance structures, a model which improves the multi-level cooperation, both vertical and horizontal, with governmental and non-governmental actors aton local, regional, national and European level, thus bringing government closer to the citizens and improving the democratic legitimacy of the European project; rRecommends that this modelese tools become the generally applied working methods ofn the future European Urban Agenda in particularly across the Commission;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights, in particular, the following challenges: a) concerning smart growth: favourable conditions for innovation, generation and circulation of knowledge; attracting talents, improvement of educational system, favourable entrepreneurial environment; b) concerning inclusive growth: manage and adapt to demographic changes due to ageing, age imbalances, mobility within counties and cross-border mobility, international migration. Realise provisions for integration, respect for diversity and participation; c) concerning sustainability: focusing on green growth, and in particular creating green infrastructures; ensuring sustainable urban mobility and transport; preserve the territory from soil, water and air consumption and pollution; climate change adaptation (water shortages, floods, heat or cold waves); energy efficient cities; (This amendment recalls the contents already written in the explanatory statement of the Draft Report, in the paragraph 'challenges for tomorrow's cities', making them explicit and integrating these latter in the text of the Report.)
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly believes that these challenges should respond to the following criteria: 1) are in line with the shared conceptual framework; 2) are major urban challenges with significant impact on cities and functional urban areas in Member States; 3) cannot be solved by Member States unilaterally; 4) where an EU approach has a clear added value; urges the Commission to start working on mapping such challenges in close cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, particularly those at local level;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to appoint a special EU urban envoy to monitor and evaluate the practical implementation of such coordination by closely following the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and the territorial agenda of the EU in a horizontal (engaging all relevant policy sectors) and vertical (engaging all levels of government) manner; is of the opinion that the special EU urban envoy shouldalready existing services or bodies within the Commission, with the help of the Commission’'s Inter-service Group on ‘'Urban Development’, ' should perform a systematic impact assessment of policy proposals, ensuring that the urban dimension of future legislation is adequately addressed;