Activities of Enrico GASBARRA related to 2014/2213(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban dimension of EU policies (A8-0218/2015 - Kerstin Westphal) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ‘functional urban areas’ in the EU are not limited only to big cities but also include the so-called urban metropolitan areas and a unique polycentric structure built around large, medium-sized and small towns and cities and peri-urban areas, thus going beyond the traditional administrative borders to encompass various territories linked by their economic, social, environmental and demographic challenges;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that, although the new cohesion policy has legally binding urban- related aspects, especially regarding involvement of cities in the programming phase, the actual participation of city and urban representatives in the shaping of the policy is weak; calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically apply the partnership principle when implementing programmes and projects supported by EU funding, with particular attention being given to the involvement of cities and towns in the management and governance of the programmes; trusts also that governments and national and local representatives will commit to notifying the EU institutions of their needs and specific territorial priorities and thus contribute to the integrated and participatory development of future EU policies on urban areas and of the ‘Cities of Tomorrow’;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the regulatory framework to create synergies between, on the one hand, EU subsidised programmes (such as LIFE, Horizon 2020, Intelligent Energy Europe, Urbact, etc.) and cohesion policy, and, on the other hand, national public financial instruments, – e.g. in the case of potential joint representation in ESF and ERDF plans, thereby harnessing the cross-cutting benefits of the ITI Programme – and to blend these, to the greatest possible extent, with private financial instruments in order to obtain the greatest leverage effect of invested public money;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that in order to formulate better informed and tailored policies there is a need to develop uniform shared basic data; encourages Eurostat and the Commission to provide and compile more detailed data, collected where policies are implemented – in many cases at local level; underlines that the collection of flow data – measuring the relationships between cities and their surrou nding areas – is also becoming increasingly important in order to improve the understanding of complex functional areas, and therefore urges the Commission to gather and analyse that data, turning it into evidence for policy developments; calls on the Commission also, in the context of a proposal on the shared management and analysis of data, to assess the idea of creating a ‘European urban digital platform’ to which the main national and local representatives have open access so they can share, notify, compare and plan future actions;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that in order for the European Urban Agenda to be an effective tool it should be a shared and regularly updated conceptual framework with a thematic focus on a limited number of challenges in the larger context of the Europe 2020 goals of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth, with particular attention being given to social inclusion, demographic change and environmental sustainability, burgeoning employment emergencies, the fallout from the economic crisis, the worrying rise in poverty, limited or lack of access to basic necessities and urban safety crises;