Diapositiva 1

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Spains Operational Programmes URBAN Dimension
Follow-Up
Madrid, 2 April 2008
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PROGRAMMING DOCUMENTS
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• National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF)
• What is the NSRF
• ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund
• Action Axes
• Allocation of Funds
• Operational Programmes
• Sustainable Local and Urban Development Axis
• Territorial Cooperation Objective

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OBJECTIVES, FUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS
OBJECTIVES
FUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS
ERDF
ESF
COHESION FUND
CONVERGENCE
ERDF
REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT
ESF
EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION
ERDF
Training, Employment Grants etc.
Infrastructure Transportation and the
Environment etc.
Infrastructure, Innovation, Investment, etc.
All Member States and regions
All Member States with 90 GNI GNI (UE-25)
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Spain by Objectives
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• The National Strategic Reference Framework and
  the Cities
• - Cities are included in all Operational
  Programmes
• - Specific action lines
• - Typology of actions

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NSRF GOAL

• Sustainable economic growth
• In conjunction with measures aimed at reducing
  poverty, social exclusion and environmental
  problems
• Why the cities?
• Cities and urban areas are particularly important
  
• Cities and urban areas are the basis and driving
  force of development
• Most jobs, companies, universities, etc. are in
  the cities
• - They articulate the territory through
  innovation, attracting capital and creating jobs
  in each region
• Exposed to social exclusion, the degradation of
  the environment, de-industrialization and
  disordered urban growth
• But does this mean that small towns or villages
  do not need help?

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INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES

• Specific projects linked to different priority
  areas
• The environment, water, clean urban
  transportation means
• Proposals for Beneficiaries Autonomous Regions
  General Administration of the State
  participating entities.
• Integrated Projects
• Sustainable Local and Urban Development.
• - Axis 5 Convergence, Ph. Out and Ph. In.
• - Axis 4 Competitiveness and employment.

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FINANCING

• ERDF Fund Local and Urban Development Axes
• Small and medium sized cities (Ministry for
  Public Administrations, MAP)
• Medium and large cities (Ministry for the Economy
  and the Treasury, MEH)
• COHESION Fund
• 324 million Euros
• Large cities with a population of over 200,000.

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CONTENTS

• Contents of Urban Policies within Spanish
  programming
• Definition of city Local
• Administration
• Not all cities share the same characteristics

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Small and medium sized cities (MAP)

• 603 million Euros
• Regions in Convergence Objective, Phasing Out and
  Phasing In
• Integral territorial approach for the cohesion of
  the territory
• Integrated projects on urban/ rural regeneration
• Final Beneficiaries
• Cities with a population of 20,000 50,000
• Provincial Councils (beneficiary population under
  20,000)

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Medium and large cities (MEH)

• Innovating Urban Initiative
• Goal
• Promoting sustainable urban development projects
  integrated in Spanish cities with a population of
  over 50,000 and province capitals
• Based on prior experiences regarding the Local
  Multiregional Operational Programme in Objective
  1 regions, and the URBAN 2000-2006 initiative
• These actions are integrated with all other
  action lines included in the Regional Operational
  Programmes.
• National requires 344.66 million Euros (ERDF)
• 254.50 million Euros in Convergence, Ph.Out,
  Ph.In. regions
• 90.16 million Euros in regional Competitiveness
  and employment regions

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Large cities (MEH)
Local Tranche of the Cohesion Fund

• Local Tranche 324 million Euros
• Large cities (population over 200,000) within the
  Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective

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URBAN 1994-2006 Community Initiative

• This initiative is targeted at the economic,
  social and environmental regeneration of cities
  and neighbourhoods in crisis, in order to promote
  a sustainable urban development.
• 1st PERIOD 1994-1999
• 1st SESSION 94-99
• 2nd SESSION 97-99
• 2nd PERIOD 2000-2006
• 3rd PERIOD 2007-2013 New Urban Initiative

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URBAN Community Initiative

• 1st PROGRAMMING PERIOD 1994-1999
• In this period, URBAN offered grants to
• Europe 116 cities
• Spain 31 cities
• Two operational programmes were carried out in
  Spain
• a) First programme 1994-1999 affected 17 cities
• b) Second programme 1997-1999 affected 12
  municipalities
• Within the REGIS (peripheral areas) Community
  initiative, two URBAN projects were carried out
  by the two province capitals in the Canary Islands

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URBAN Community Initiative

• 1st SESSION 1994-1999 URBAN Cities
• Cities with a population over 100,000

Eligible expenses
263,437M
171,288M (ERDF 152,284 / ESF 19,004)
Community grants
Cádiz, Huelva, Málaga, Sevilla, Langreo,
Salamanca, Valladolid, Toledo, Valencia, Badajoz,
La Coruña, Vigo Cartagena, Badalona, Sabadell,
Baracaldo, Madrid, Las Palmas (REGIS), Sta. Cruz
de Tenerife (REGIS)
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URBAN Community Initiative

• 2nd SESSION 1997-1999 URBAN Cities
• Cities with a population over 100,000

120.164M
Eligible expenses
76,085M (ERDF 65,863 / ESF 10,222)
Community grants
Córdoba, Avilés- Corvera, Santander,
León Albacete, Castellón, Pontevedra,
Telde Murcia, Zaragoza, Sta. Coloma de Gramenet,
Palma de Mallorca
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URBAN Community Initiative

• 2nd PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2000-2006
• a) Goals
• Promoting the preparation and implementation of
  innovating strategies encouraging a sustainable
  economic and social regeneration of populations
  and small and medium sized cities, or of
  neighbourhoods going through difficult periods in
  large cities.
• Improving and exchanging knowledge and
  experiences on regeneration and sustainable urban
  development in the European Union.

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URBAN Community Initiative

• 2nd PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2000-2006
• b) Eligible Areas
• 10 municipalities benefited from it
• Each urban area was required to have more than
  20,000 inhabitants (no less than 10,000 in
  justified cases)
• c) Financing

182.69M
Eligible expenses
114.30M (ERDF)
Community grants
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URBAN Community Initiative

• 2nd PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2000-2006
• d) Chosen Cities

ANDALUCÍA Jaén, Granada
GALICIA Orense CATALONIA S. Adrià de Besòs
ASTURIAS Gijón CANARY ISLANDS S.
Cristóbal de la Laguna NAVARRA Pamplona
EXTREMADURA Cáceres ARAGÓN Teruel
BASQUE COUNTRY S. Sebastián
- Pasaia
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URBAN Community Initiative

• 2nd PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2000-2006
• e) Typology of urban areas
• Historical centres/ Urban centres Jaén, Granada,
  Cáceres, Ourense,
• Pamplona and Teruel.
• Areas with intensive industrial land use Gijón,
  San Sebastián
• Bahía de Pasaia
• Marginal areas Sant Adrià de Besòs, Toledo and
  San Cristóbal de la Laguna.
• There is a separate Programme for each city,
  having been granted its own Approval Decision
  the Directorate-General for Community Funds acts
  as Managing and Paying Authority for each and
  every one of the 10 Programmes.

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NSRF ERDF Convergence, Phasing Out, Phasing In
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NSRF ERDF Competitiveness and employment
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URBAN Initiative

• Bodies of the General Administration of the State
  involved in Axis 5
• Ministry for Public Administrations, MAP
• Ministry for the Economy and the Treasury, MEH
  (Urban Initiative)
• Ministry for Industry, Tourism and Trade
  (Turespaña, General Secretariat for Tourism and
  D-G for Trade Policy)
• Allocations
• MAP 603 million for Axis 5 (except Ceuta and
  Melilla)
• MEH URBAN 344 million
• - Axis 5 227.63 million
• - Axis 4 80 million Competitiveness

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URBAN Initiative

• LAUNCH SESSIONS
• Preparation of guidelines
• Prior meetings with
• - FEMP (Spanish Federation of Municipalities
  and Provinces)
• - Ministry for Housing
• - Ministry for the Environment
• - Ministry for Public Administrations
• Submission of Guidelines to the European
  Commission
• Document of D-G for Community Funds (Nov. 2007)
  Mayor
• Web pages of the MEH, FEMP and the Ministry for
  Housing
• Deadline for submissions 30 January 2008

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URBAN Initiative

• DOCUMENTATION TO BE CONSIDERED
• Community Regulations 1083/2006 , 1080/2006,
  1028/2006.
• Lisbon Agenda (March 2000) and Göteborg Strategy
  (June 2001)
• Cohesion Policy and Cities The Urban
  Contribution to Growth and Jobs in the Regions.
  COMMISSION (2006) 385 Final
• Spains Regional Operational Programmes 2007-2013
• Agenda of 21 December 1989, Aalborg Charter of
  May 1994, Aalborg Charter 10 June 2004.
• Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities,
  24 May 2007
• Spanish Strategy on Urban and Local
  Sustainability (Ministry for Public Works,
  Ministry for Housing, Ministry for Public
  Administrations and Ministry for the Environment)
  
• Land Act 8/2007 of 28 May

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URBAN Initiative

• REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN AREAS
• Significant long-term unemployment rate
• Poor economic activity rate
• High poverty and exclusion levels
• Restructuring needs resulting from economic and
  social difficulties
• High number of immigrants, ethnic minorities or
  refugees
• Low education levels, high rate of youth leaving
  school
• High criminality rates
• Poor demographic trends
• Environmental degradation
• At least 3 of the 9 requirements above must be
  fulfilled

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URBAN Initiative

• CONTENTS OF PROPOSALS
• Integral approach
• Strategy based on the partnership principle
• Socio-economic analysis of the chosen area
• Strategy and goals
• Observance of Community policies and the
  principles of the Lisbon and Göteborg Strategies
• Description of management and control systems

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URBAN Initiative
ERDF GRANTS BY REGIONS AND NO. OF PROJECTS TO BE
CHOSEN A) CONVERGENCE, PHASING OUT AND PHASING
IN
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URBAN Initiative
ERDF GRANTS BY REGIONS AND NO. OF PROJECTS TO BE
CHOSEN B) REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND
EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL INITIATIVE 344,661,080
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URBAN Initiative
Eligible Cities 138 Projects Submitted 102
(73.9)
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URBAN Initiative
Eligible Cities 138 Projects Submitted 102
(73.9)
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URBAN Initiative

• DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
• Art. 34.1 and Art. 34.2, Section III
  Programming, of Council Regulation (EC) 1083
  laying down general provisions, set forth that,
  on a complementary basis, the ERDF may co-finance
  actions within the ESF scope, the amount of which
  does not exceed 10 of the Axis Community
  financing in an Operational Programme.
• CÓRDOBA 1,209 Million
• LHOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT 1,40 Million

ESF 10

• ERDF 90

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Urban Initiatives Network

• Sector Networks
• Sharing experiences and dissemination of good
  practices
• Presentation and analysis of developed Community
  policies
• Dissemination and analysis of technical problems
• Coordination of actions related to the Cohesion
  Policy

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Thank You