The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

Despite their importance in the development of the European territory, Metropolitan Areas and Cities are not the primary actors in the design of programmes and strategies to implement Cohesion Policy. The experience with the 2007-2013 programming period, showed that cities and urban areas were involved at the project level as beneficiaries. In the 2014-2020 programming period, Cohesion Policy has enhanced their role through acknowledging the importance of cities and towns in specific investment priorities; nevertheless, the role of cities and their influence on the design of the programmes seems to be limited. This ESPON targeted analysis shall support Metropolitan Areas and Cities in the effort to enhance their role in the decision making process related to the post-2020 programming period, also implementing the Pact of Amsterdam, establishing the Urban Agenda for the EU, and the renewed Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities. ESPON METRO shall analyse and compare the role of Cohesion Policy in the process of planning and implementation of metropolitan policies, addressing experiences and practices as well as their territorial impact in the nine stakeholder territories. The research aims at providing evidence on how Metropolitan Areas can contribute to achieve specific objectives of Cohesion Policy through their policies, giving advice on how Cohesion Policy should take them into account. Finally, ESPON METRO should take into consideration the new context of the COVID-19 pandemic and how the Cohesion Policy has responded and adapted to it. Being at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic, Metropolitan Areas have been called to mitigate as far as possible the impact of the virus on their territories. The need of better coordination among all levels of governance is even more evident that before.

Achievements (EN):

The ESPON METRO project brings new evidence on how EU cohesion policy strengthened metropolitan cooperation, and the benefits that come with a stronger involvement of metropolitan areas in the preparation and implementation of cohesion funds. It tells an important story of how in the past programming period, the EU promoted innovative tools to implement EU funds locally, such as in the case of Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs). In some cases, this directly contributed to the establishment of new institutional and cooperation frameworks at metropolitan level. Yet, there is still much that can be made in order to consolidate the metropolitan perspective.

Website: https://archive.espon.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The main outcomes of this project should be: (1) An overview of the role of the METRO stakeholders in Cohesion Policy. (2) Stakeholders case studies, addressing the relevant existing challenges and providing information at least on: * role of the ESPON METRO stakeholders in national, regional programmes, partnership agreements, * level of participation in OP development, * financial implication and types of instruments used in the implementation of Cohesion Policy and in which policy areas, * interrelation between Cohesion Policy goals and planning and implementation of metropolitan goals in term of territorial impacts of Cohesion Policy, as well as recommendations on * how to better implement Cohesion Policy at metropolitan level; * how Cohesion Policy should integrate a metropolitan dimension; * how to continue addressing metropolitan cooperation within EU funding. (3) Advice for the implementation of post-2020 Cohesion Policy goals in the stakeholders Metropolitan Areas and Cities as well as advice for their integration in the decision making process. (4) Policy Briefs focusing on: * Role of metropolitan areas in the implementation of Cohesion Policy; * Added value of Cohesion Policy in planning and implementation of metropolitan policies; * Role of Cohesion policy in the creation of metropolitan governance structures or cooperation practices. The project should also answer the following key policy questions: 1. What are the most efficient governance models of Cohesion policy funds in metropolitan areas? * What is the metropolitan institutional framework and the interrelations with Cohesion Policy; * What are the metropolitan policies and competences related to Cohesion Policy? * How metropolitan areas approach the implementation of Cohesion Policy (plans, programmes, investments, projects, multilevel governance and place-based approach to ensure the investments meet the needs on the ground, etc.)? How metropolitan areas and related stakeholders are involved in the process of elaboration, management and evaluation of operational programmes? 2. What is the added value of applying Cohesion Policy to metropolitan policies? * relevant indicators to achieve sustainable development at city and metropolitan level; * achieved results measured in terms of territorial impact; * most suitable implementation instruments (ITI, agreements, grants, etc.).

Thematic information

Urban development Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Politecnico di Torino

Address: Viale Mattioli 39, 10125 Turin, Italy

Legal status: public

Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies

Name: Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies

Address: Plaça del Coneixement, edifici MRA, planta 2, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Legal status: public

Charles University

Name: Charles University

Address: Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Demaziere

Name: Demaziere

Address: Appt C102, 21 rue Germaine Tailleferre, 37200 Tours, France

Legal status: private

Institute for Development

Name: Institute for Development

Address: Czyżewskiego 6/1, 81-706 Sopot, Poland

Legal status: private

Université libre de Bruxelles

Name: Université libre de Bruxelles

Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: public

University of Florence

Name: University of Florence

Address: Via della Mattonaia 8, 50121 Florence, Italy

Legal status: public

University of Latvia

Name: University of Latvia

Address: Raiņa bulvāris 19, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

University of Lisbon IGOT

Name: University of Lisbon IGOT

Address: Rua Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276 Lisbon, Portugal

Legal status: public

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Summary

Project name (EN): The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities

Project acronym: METRO

Project start date: 2020-10-06

Project end date: 2022-02-09

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 221 520.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 181 137.79

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 181 137.79.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Synthesis report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Final report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Annex II // The role of Metropolitan areas within the EU cohesion policy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex IV // Barcelona Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex V // Lisbon Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex VI // Brno Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex VII // Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex VIII // Metropolitan City of Florence case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex IX // Lyon Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex X // Brussels Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Annex XI // Riga Metropolitan Area case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/metro

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities

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