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Title: Final conference


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  • Final conference.
  • 16th-17th September 2004
  • The Hague

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  • The Role of Cities in delivering Sustainable
    Development for Europe
  • Mark Bacon
  • DG Environment
  • European Commission

3
Importance of Cities
  • Majority of population lives in cities health
    consequences can be large (air quality)
  • Urban sprawl generates traffic, pollution and
    destroys habitats
  • Cities account for significant use of resources
    and generation of waste and pollution
  • Need an integrated approach at city level to deal
    with complex interactions
  • Making cities more sustainable is fundamental to
    achieving sustainable development

4
Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment
  • Integrated EU strategy to make towns and cities
    better and healthier places to live, and to
    reduce the impact of towns and cities on the
    wider environment
  • Requirement of 6th Environment Action Programme
  • Due in summer 2005

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Commission Action for Cities
  • Policy papers started in 1990
  • International advisory group (EU Expert group on
    the Urban Environment)
  • European Sustainable Cities Towns Campaign
  • Conferences on European Sustainable Cities
    (Aalborg 10)
  • Dedicated urban research, demonstration
    programmes and development of tools
  • Urban focus in policies structural funds, state
    aids, transport, water quality, air quality, noise

6
Thematic Strategy - Process
  • Extensive consultations since 2001 including
    expert working groups with cities
  • Initial ideas set out in February 2004
  • Continued discussion and development of key ideas
  • Expert working groups link with PRESUD project

7
PRESUD Link with Thematic Strategy
  • Thematic Strategy discussions so far
  • Effective governance and management at local
    level is crucial and must be improved (vertical
    and horizontal, better integration, longer term)
  • EU can undertake action to achieve this a
    supporting framework for cities
  • Possible Directive on environmental management
    plans and systems for cities?

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Questions for PRESUD
  • Could PRESUD be used as a model for the
    management system in any future Directive? Is it
    effective?
  • How does it compare and contrast with other
    management systems?
  • Could it become an obligation rather than a
    voluntary initiative?
  • What messages for the Thematic Strategy come from
    cities in the project?
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