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This briefing provides background information on the financing needs of Ukraine’s reconstruction, options to finance the process and the possible role of the EU budget, as well as the governance architecture and the involvement of the European Parliament.

Adopted during the 2007 German Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities helped establish the concept of integrated urban development at EU level and was influential in the development of EU initiatives such as the Urban Agenda. It has now been updated to link in with this new urban framework and take account of the fresh challenges facing cities, with the New Leipzig Charter adopted at the informal meeting of ministers responsible for urban and territorial ...

Our towns and cities are home to nearly three quarters of the EU's population, and most EU policies concern them, be it directly or indirectly. While the revised 2014-2020 cohesion policy framework introduced a number of new instruments intended to enhance the urban dimension of cohesion funding, a shared vision of urban development has gradually taken shape at inter-governmental level, accompanied by increasing calls to give city authorities and stakeholders a greater say in policymaking. To help ...

Ports have always been an important asset to Europe, serving as gateways to the rest of the world and as connection points to rivers across European territory. For centuries, ports and their cities developed hand in hand, the port generating prosperity for the city. This has changed with the industrial revolution, globalisation and the rapid development of containerisation. Most ports moved out of their cities and their mutual relationship began to suffer. Today, this relationship experiences a new ...

Our towns and cities are home to nearly three quarters of the EU's population and most EU policies concern them, be it directly or indirectly. Within the EU, a shared vision of urban development has gradually taken shape at inter-governmental level. At the same time there have been increasing calls for concrete action and the development of an EU Urban Agenda to give city authorities and stakeholders a greater say in the process. To help guide these discussions, the European Commission launched ...

Das Programm zur Kulturstadt/Kulturhauptstadt Europas wurde 1985 eingeführt und der Titel „Kulturhauptstadt Europas“ (ECoC) wurde seitdem nahezu 60 Städten in 30 Ländern verliehen. Das Programm ist für die Städte zu einer wichtigen Positionierungsplattform geworden und wirkt als Katalysator für die wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Erneuerung. Unmittelbare kulturelle, soziale und wirtschaftliche Wirkungen sind normal, doch hat die Möglichkeit schwer nachweisbare langfristige Auswirkungen in Schlüsselbereichen ...

Most current environmental challenges have their origins in urban areas, but it is also these same urban areas that bring together the commitment and innovation needed to resolve them. In recent years, the EU has sought to explore ways in which urban and environmental policies can be integrated in order to promote and develop sustainable cities.

Diese Studie bezieht sich auf zwei aufeinanderfolgende Programmplanungszeiträume (2000-2013). Sie beschreibt den Werdegang und die Ergebnisse der europäischen Politik zugunsten benachteiligter Stadtviertel und sensibler Stadtgebiete sowie der dafür eingesetzten Instrumente des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung und des Europäischen Sozialfonds. Außerdem enthält die Studie Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung der künftigen Stadtentwicklungspolitik mittels eines integrierten Ansatzes - insbesondere ...