6 Amendments of Peter SIMON related to 2014/2213(INI)
Amendment 9 #
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 a unique polycentric structure built around large, medium-sized and small towns and cities and, peri-urban areas and surrounding areas, thus going beyond the traditional administrative borders to encompass various territories linked by their economic, social, environmental and demographic challenges;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cities, towns and the larger functional urban areas, such as metropolitan areas, are the economic pillars and drivers of jobs for the EU given that innovation and new economic activities have their origins in the city, and they are therefore a major asset for the EU in its relations with other parts of the world;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European Urban Agenda should be fully in line with the EU’s overall objectives and strategy, particularly Europe 2020; stresses that administrative borders are becoming less and less pertinent when trying to address development challenges at local level; believes, therefore, that the European Urban Agenda should be inclusive and take intoclear account of the diversity of territorial entities in the EU, especially the rural- urban linkages;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the European Urban Agenda should be based on a new multi- level governance method, involving the local level more closely at all stages of the policy cycle, thus bringing the policies closer to the realities and making them more consistent with and responsive to the constant transformations in functional urban areas; takes the view, in that connection, that the Committee of the Regions, as the body representing regional and local authorities, should play a central role in that process;
Amendment 145 #
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 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 surrounding areas and within functional urban areas – is also becoming increasingly important in order to improve the understanding of these complex functional areas, and therefore urges the Commission to gather and analyse that data, turning it into evidence for policy developments;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges Member States to fully associate cities and functional urban areas with and involve them in a binding manner in strategic policy development and programming (such as national reform programmes, partnership agreements and operational programmes); calls on the Member States to strengthen their exchange of experience on national programmes for urban development, which empowers cities to deliver the Europe 2020 objectives, by setting regular informal Council meetings of ministers in charge of urban development;