17 Amendments of Jan OLBRYCHT related to 2014/2213(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 10 July 2012, "Smart cities and communities - European innovation partnership", COM (2012) 4701,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission's report "Cities of tomorrow. Challenges, visions, ways forward", October 2011,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ‘functional urban areas’ in the EU are not limited only to big cities but also include a unique polycentric structure built around large, medium-sized and small towns and cities and peri-urban areas, thus going beyond the traditional administrative borders to encompass various territories linked by their economic, social, environmental and demographic challenges;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas some of the challenges which cities are facing can only be met by taking into account their relation toin partnership with their the surrounding rural areas;
Amendment 47 #
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 through the delegation of management tasks to urban authorities, in particular giving them more responsibilities for tasks related at least to the selection of operations; by creating tools such as integrated territorial investments (ITIs), and community-led local development (CLLD) and ‘innovative actions’, by allocating a specific budget for ‘innovative actions’ in order to test new solutions in relation to sustainable urban development, and by establishing an urban development network;
Amendment 56 #
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; believes, therefore, that towns, cities and larger functional urban areas need to be more closely associated with the entire European policymaking cycle;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the establishment of a European Urban AgendaWelcomes the initiative of the European Commission to work towards a European Urban Agenda; supports its establishment in order to anchor the urban dimension more efficiently in European and national policymaking and policy implementation, and thus improve the conditions for sustainable, economic and socially inclusive development of functional urban areas in Europe;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the European Urban Agenda should constitute a strategy addressing towns, cities and functional urban areas in the European Union, that in long term would develop into an urban policy at EU level;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to apply a more place-based integrated territorial approach when conceptualising new policy initiatives aimed at urban areas, in order to ensure consistency and to empower towns, cities and larger functional urban areas to deliver the Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to systematically introduce a territorial impact assessment on the urban dimension of all relevant EU policy initiatives and to make sure that all relevant sectorial EU policies adequately address the challenges that towns, cities and larger functional urban areas are facing; calls on the Commission to concentrate these territorial impact assessments on the following elements: balanced territorial development, territorial integration and territorial governance;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that EU structurregional policiesy and their financial instruments are better equipped as a rule to support complex integrated territorial strategies for functional areas through shared strategic planning and rules; encourages Member States to make full use of the available new instruments such as ITIs and CLLD, as well as of the new flexible operational programmes (OPs), in order to successfully support the implementation of integrated urban development plans;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to develop a new model of multi-level governance based on partnership and learning from existing good practices, 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, a model which improves multi-level cooperation, both vertical and horizontal, with governmental and non-governmental actors at local, regional, national and European level, thus bringing government closer to the citizens and improving the democratic legitimacy of the European project; recommends that this model become the working method of the future European Urban Agenda;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that in order for the European Urban Agenda to be an effective tool it should be a shared and regularly updated conceptual framework with a thematic focus on a limited number of challenges in the larger context of the Europe 2020 goals of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, with particular attention being given to social inclusion, demographic change and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to appointdesignate a special EU urban envoy to monitor and evaluate the practical implementation ofbe responsible for 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 should, with the help of the Commission’s Inter-service Group on ‘Urban Development’, perform a systematic impact assessment of policy proposals, ensuring that the urban dimension of future legislation is adequately addressed;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to test the implementation of the European Urban Agenda in three selected thematic fields reflecting the challenges of urban areas ("urban pilot project"), in particular by ensuring the cross-sectorial coordination of different EU policies and removing existing overlaps, applying the multi-level governance model and conducting territorial impact assessments; asks the Commission to report to the European Parliament on the progress and results in this respect on a regular basis;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Encourages the Commission to develop while using the existing structures and e.g. as part of the "urban pilot project", single points of information in Member States on the urban dimension of EU policies (Urban One-Stop-Shops) with the aim to provide comprehensive information in particular on different EU initiatives, guidelines and financial possibilities in relation to urban development;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Is of the opinion that well developed and established national urban policies are a prerequisite for an European Urban Agenda;