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Landing International Urban and Regional Cooperation–IURC for EU cities & regions

Sandra Marin Herbert Esteban Pelayo

Central Coordination Service April, 14th 2021

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EU MEMBER STATES

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REGIONS

165

CITIES & TOWNS

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NON EU OUNTRIES

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How does IURC work?

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What can I get from IURC?

How can my city /region get involved?

I am in ! what's the timing?

How does IURC work?

How does it work at governance level?

City-to-city cooperation in the field of sustainable urban development

But fostering multi-level governance exchanges and enhancing synergies

Region-to-region cooperation in the field of innovation

How does it work at cooperation level?

The programme facilitates knowledge-exchange through a combination of online tools and face-to-face support such as:

Participation to thematic & networking events

Capacity building

Study Visits

How does it work at cooperation level?

Selected EU Cities/regions matched with Non-EU cities/regions from the designated Geographical Areas

A group of pairings sharing similar challenges and topics of cooperation within the same Geographical Area.

How does it work at territorial level?

Region-to-region cooperation in LA & China

How does it work at thematic level?

Towards thematic concentration in line with international strategic reference frameworks and priotities of the European Union.

IUC main topics of Cooperation

Thematic Network 1: ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION- GREEN DEAL (a greener Europe)

• Circular Economy, waste management, plastic

• Nature Based Solutions, greening, water management,

• Sustainable urban agriculture, healthy food, urban gardens

• Renovation Wave, decarbonized & energy efficiency in buildings

CITY- TO - CITY

Synergies

• Sustainable urban agriculture, Agrofood Chain, Foods Systems, Technologies 4,0

REGION- TO - REGION

Thematic Network 2: URBAN AND REGIONAL RENEWAL- URBAN POVERTY (A more connected & social Europe)

• Urban Agendas/planning, SUD Strategies, public space, urban model (eg. 15 min. vision)

• Mobility & Transport, street for people, superblocks, metropolitan connections

• Urban Poverty, deprived neighbourhoods, housing, social cohesion

CITY- TO - CITY

Synergies

• Industry 5.0 (Regions) bigger Competitiveness, Productive Diversification

REGION- TO - REGION

Thematic Network 3: INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE & CARBON NEUTRAL ECOSYSTEMS AND STRATEGIC SECTORS ( A smarter Europe)

• Tourism & Culture

• Health, life science, elderly, bio economy

• Education, jobs & skills, Innovation centres, business clusters

CITY- TO - CITY

Synergies

• Tourism & Culture, diversification- slow food & supplies

• Regional Innovation & Smart and Sustainable Specialization Strategies (RIS 4)

• Education, jobs & skills

REGION- TO - REGION

ENERGY TRANSITION & CLIMATE CHANGE

CROSS-CUTTING OVERAL CHALLENGES

POST COVID RECOVERY – SOCIAL JUSTICE & INCLUSION

DIGITAL TRANSTITION & SMART CITY

How does the thematic clustering work?

Thematic Network / cross cutting Chal. Subtheme

-Thematic clusters exchanges at programme level - Global thematic networking-Identification of Sherpa /lighthouse - Selection of succesfull cases Selection of experts (“speakers corner”, articles…)

-Policy Recommendations Factsheets-Publications -Capacity Building

Pairing / Cluster

-Cooperation Action Plan: U-CAP / R-CAP as Roadmap of cooperation -Factsheets: lessons learnt-takeaways; Stakeholders list -Flagship Project – Case Study Factsheet

What can I get from IURC?

Opening doors for you & your stakeholders to international markets & cooperation opportunities

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Cargo railway connection. Opening political access to decision-makers on the Chinese side

MANNNHEIM (DE)-CHONGQING (CN)

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Collaborations between various Finnish and Argentinian companies to develop renewable and efficient energy agreements

OSTROBOTHNIA (FIN) - TIERRA DEL FUEGO (ARG)

R2R

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IUC allowed us to link up with Tierra-del-Fuego and cooperate in the quest for a new innovative energy solutions for the region based on renewable energy sources

Jerker Johnson

Ostrobothnia (FIN)

Albert Einstein

To showcase your experiences in an international multi-governance level & multi-sector framework. Benchmarking & international positioning

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Image: El Pais Semanal

Urban Garden pilot in vulnerable areas in the city of Barranquilla, based on the methodology shared by Rome. Synergies with URBACT

ROME VALETRI (IT) - BARRANQUILLA (CO)

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Rome

Participation to the 2021 Horticultural Expo in Yangzhou, garden projects supported by the Chinese organization

BARCELONA, BOLOGNA, ROME, STUTTGART - YANGZHOU

Bologna

Barcelona

Use of RIS3 approaches, involving businesses, technology centers and universities, aimed at taking advantage of specialization or positioning in value chains

CASTILLA Y LEÓN (ES) - CÓRDOBA (ARG)

R2R

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IUC allowed us to expand and stregthen our international network of innovation and entrepreuniership, generating a global and collaborative ecosystem in which we´re currently working through international workshops, promoting the exchange of our start ups in regional acceleration programs and the search for collaborative projects with universities, companies and start ups from both regions

BEATRIZ CASADO, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department

Castilla y leon region

Albert Einstein

Inspiration from different realities to implement sustainable urban development and innovation actions

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ÜMEA (SE) - KAMAKURA (JP)

Transferring of stakeholders involvement methodology “Kamacon” to “Ümecon” and implementation of Ümea’s network of sustainable restaurants certificate in Kamakura (towards Olympics). Fablab’s exchanges

​ AtiveMob, the Vila Nova Action Plan for Active Bike & Pedestrian Mobility, which structure was inspired by the Fort Collins bike plan and updated to include the pedestrian approach

VILA NOVA DE FAMALICÃO (PT) - FORT COLLINS (USA)

The experience in participating in the IUC City-To-City Cooperation brought enormous personal and professional knowledge to everyone involved in the process, and also introduced new best practices and perspectives to both organizations.

Andreia Mafra

Vila Nova De Famalicão

Albert Einstein

To be part of a global network accessing direct experiences and lessons learned do's & don'ts

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​Economic development approaches from affordable housing to supporting innovation. The use of municipal procurement to support broader social goals. Taking lessons from Montreal, Manchester further integrated thoughts on the social economy into its economic development work, and in particular their new local industrial strategy.

MANCHESTER (UK) - MONTREAL (CA)

We were given a platform to share our economic development approaches. We really connected on questions of using municipal procurement to support broader social goals.

ELISABETH MITCHELL

CITY OF MANCHESTER

Albert Einstein

Develop of a water plaza concept and desing to be implemented in the “Katargam Zone” of Surat. Technical exchanges and visits to advance in the project. (desing, tendering, funding, implementation

ROTTERDAM (NL) - SURAT (IN)

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The focus is not only water management and the availability of drinking water, it’s also about urban planning and how the city is managed

Corjan Gebraad, Strategy Advisor

CITY OF ROTTERDAM

Albert Einstein

​Exchange of experiences let to ADR NE developing ists own urban mobility plan, budget system, etc.

ADR NORD EAST (RO) - ABURRÁ (CO)

R2R

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The cooperation with our friends from Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Authority unveiled both the opportunities to become excellent, as well as the lessons we weren’t taught yet”

Gabriela Macoveiu, Director of Communication, Innovation and External Cooperation

North-east Regional Development Agency in Romania

Albert Einstein

How can my city/region get involved?

Apply !!

Who is eligible to apply ?

For City-to- City Cooperation: Cities, Metropolitan Areas or Functional Areas in EU member states with more than 100.000 inhabitants.

For Region-to- Region Cooperation: regional governments or authorities from EU member states can apply

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I am a former IUC participant, can I apply?

Yes! if selected, you may follow cooperation with your initial pair under thematic networks or in exceptional cases paired to finish starting actions. But you have the possibility to extend cooperation to new Geographical Areas, *exception if affected by Covid restrictions during IUC

Applying or not, selected or not, you are already a member of the IURC Global Network

What happens if I am selected?

Start up Virtual meeting with counterpart/s to meet each other, define topics of cooperation, stakeholders, & sign a protocol or letter of intent

In person Study visit to non EU city/region – Study visit to EU city/region – (expected 2022 depending on pandemic-related travel restrictions)- definition of date for vitit to EU

Elaboration of a Urban or Regional Cooperation Action Plan (UCAP-RCAP) as a roadmap of cooperation including concrete actions/pilots. Supported by virtual exchanges

Participation to the IURC Annual Meeting in Brussels, training, thematic and networking events

Spaces to showcase your experiences under a Global Networking approach

Additional possibilities for selected cities & regions?

- Support of short term mature actions included in the U-CAP / R-CAP through competitive funds (specific conditions in each GA)

Granada-Series of Webinars on Blockchain

Rome-Sapienza University-summer school

Internship Spanish Universities to Buenos Aires

- Become a "Sherpa" or lighthouse city or region in a concrete subtheme of a Thematic Netowork

What happens if I am not selected?

New in the programme? If having a score of at least a 60% in the application form, and existing non EU cities & regions sharing your challenges, you are included in the IURC virtual community

Participation to virtual activities such as training, thematic and networking online events

Spaces to showcase your experiences under a Global Networking approach

How do you evaluate the applications and how many will be selected?

APPLICATION FORM + MATCHING POSSIBILITIES

How many cities and regions are you selecting?

Up to 64 cities & 20 regions depending on the evaluation process to cooperate with the following estimation of non EU cities & regions: ​

IURC LATIN AMERICA: ARGENTINA – BRAZIL - COLOMBIA – MEXICO – PERU – CHILE - 12 CITIES & 10 REGIONS ​IURC NORTH AMERICA: USA – CANADA - 8 CITIES

AMERICAS

CHINA

CHINA UP TO 10 CITIES* & 10 REGIONS

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JAPAN 10* CITIES ​INDIA 10* CITIES ​INDONESIA –MALAYSIA – REPUBLIC OF KOREA – THAILAND – VIETNAM 10 CITIES ​AUSTRALIA – NEW ZELAND 4 CITIES​

ASIA & AUSTRALASIA

* Around a 50% will be former IUC cities from Japan, India & China

I am in !! What is the timing ?

APPLICATION PROCESS EXPECTEDTIMING

July Sept.

Sept. Oct.

June July

April 14th

May 31st

Finalizing matching & communication of selected cities & regions

Launch of the IURC open call for applications for EU cities & regions

Deadline to submit Application Forms (AF)

Start Cooperation, 1st virtual meetings

Evaluation: Application Forms​ Evaluation: Matching possibilities

Meet the CCS team!

JAIME del Castillo NKE region-to-region

OXANA Soimu NKE Communication & region-to-region

ESTEBAN Pelayo NKE region-to-region

IVANA Almora NKE Communication & region-to-region

ARIANNA Americo NKE Communication & city-to city

ANTHONY Colclough NKE Communication &city-to-city

SANDRA Marin Team Leader- KE

ANA Contreras CCS Project Manager & NKE city-to-city

MAGDA Rozanska NKE city-to-city

CCS TEAM

THANK YOU !!

CENTRAL COORDINATION SERVICE

coordination-unit@iurc.eu