Metropolitan areas
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This working group focuses on the city in relation to its surroundings and the governance of functional urban areas
The work of the group feeds into EU debates around delivering the urban agenda and European structural and investement funds 2014 – 2020.
Objectives:
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influencing European and national frameworks for improving city-region cooperation
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serving as a platform for exchange between city experts that are involved in strategic policy planning on issues that include and go beyond core city administrative areas
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serving as a strategic group to advise our work on issues around metropolitan governance and integrated local planning
The working group will complement the work being done by our working group cohesion policy and urban agenda.
The working group will base its work around:
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work of our member cities on metropolitan issues
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findings of the OECD on metropolitan cooperation
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findings from the URBACT Joining Forces project
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findings from the URBACT NODUS project
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findings from the URBACT neT-TOPIC project
and research:
List of publications of the working group:
- Metropolitan areas in action: Concluding report, 2013
- Beyond boundaries: Functional urban areas matter, 2011
- Cities cooperating beyond their boundaries: Evidence through experience in European cities, 2011
chair
Brussels Capital Region
Project manager
vice chair
Lille
Territorial cooperation officer
members
Aarhus Amsterdam Barcelona Belfast Berlin Bilbao Bologna Bonn Bordeaux BrabantStad Bratislava Brighton & Hove Brno Brussels Capital Region Budapest Cardiff Copenhagen Espoo EUROCITIES Brussels Office Florence Gdansk Ghent Glasgow Gothenburg Grand Nancy Grand Reims Grenoble Alpes Metropole Groningen Haarlem Hamburg Helsinki Karlsruhe Konya Leeds Linkoping Lisbon Lodz Lyon Madrid Malmo Manchester Metropole Europeenne de Lille Milan Munich Nacka Nantes Netwerkstad Twente Newcastle-Gateshead Oslo Poznan Prague Rennes Metropole Reykjavik Riga Rotterdam Solna Stockholm Stuttgart Sunderland Tampere Terrassa Metropolitan Area The Hague Timisoara Toulouse Turin Turku Utrecht Varna Vienna Vilnius Warsaw Wolverhampton Zurich