Definition and Context. Definition Integrated Urban Development Strategy Please name the policy instrument addressed. For Structural Funds programmes, please provide the exact name of the Operational or Cooperation Programme concerned. The Integrated Urban Development Strategy of Alba Iulia is a planning tool for sustainable urban development the municipality The development of the strategy is mandatory during the current programming period PI is a key document whose purpose is to provide a coherent development vision for the municipality, a portfolio of priority proposals, ideally supported by the community and fundable by the EU This strategy outlines an inclusive, open and intelligent city. A territory where strategic urban management facilitates growth, improving living standards and competitiveness PI outlines an inclusive, open and intelligent city, and has the aim to develop and improve living standards, competitiveness, sustainable development, coherent and resilient use of resources, and energy efficiency, in accordance with the EU's territorial and urban policies Through the PI, Alba Iulia wants to develop the green city concept by increasing air and water quality, recycling and efficient waste management, green areas, using renewable energy sources and easy access to products and services which will develop a green lifestyle (organic products, clean transport) The aim is to improve its approach in developing targeted, policies regarding urban areas environmental challenges and increasing resource-efficiency through projects that will improve and stimulate green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance. The main aim of these objectives is developing a sustainable circular economy Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure concerned) and the reason(s) why it should be improved. No Is this an operational/cooperation programme financed by Structural Funds? (Only select YES if this policy instrument is one of the Investment for growth and jobs or European territorial cooperation programmes approved by the EC) Yes Is the body responsible for this policy instrument included in the partnership? 3-PP Alba Iulia Municipality Name of this responsible body How do you envisage the improvement of this policy instrument (e.g. through new projects supported, through improved governance, through structural change)? 1,494 / 1,500 characters The knowledge accumulated during the project will provide innovat...
Definition and Context. Definition Integrated territorial investments Please name the policy instrument addressed. For Structural Funds programmes, please provide the exact name of the Operational or Cooperation Programme concerned. he main improvement expected to reach with the support of XXXX is to make easier to run territorial strategies and promote more local (place-based) form of policy-making for urban issues, especially when talking about urban environmental performance as it is directly linked to cities and citizens. The policy instrument emerges from the EU cohesion policy that promotes the establishment of policies and strategies to assure an integrated (and more efficient) territorial investment taking into account unique characteristics of the area. In this particular case, this policy instrument is used to solve problems that occur in the cities and urban functional areas having as one its strategic axes (PO4) “Technical infrastructure and the environment” mainly dedicated to water management. As ITI is an instrument promoting integrated use of funds and has potential to achieve better results with the same amounts of public investments, the PI had other strategic axis that tackles (directly of indirectly the environmental management performance and, above all, to the urban areas sustainable development. Due to the lack of focus and quite complicated management, this tool is not reaching the expected results. In this context, it is necessary to learn about the way of implementation in different countries to improve this IP. Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure concerned) and the reason(s) why it should be improved. No Is this an operational/cooperation programme financed by Structural Funds? (Only select YES if this policy instrument is one of the Investment for growth and jobs or European territorial cooperation programmes approved by the EC) No Is the body responsible for this policy instrument included in the partnership? Please name the responsible body and provide a support letter from this body How do you envisage the improvement of this policy instrument (e.g. through new projects supported, through improved governance, through structural change)? 1,333 / 1,500 characters The use of the ITI tool in the Pilsen metropolitan area in the field of the urban environmental management should be improved by a more sophisticated preparation of the strategy paper for period 21+, especially in c...
Definition and Context. Definition Operational Programme Competitiveness and Sustainable Development Please name the policy instrument addressed. For Structural Funds programmes, please provide the exact name of the Operational or Cooperation Programme concerned. Regarding the Operational Programme: Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (included in the Structural Funds of the Republic of Cyprus 2014-2020), the project will address (aiming to improve it under) the priority axis 4A - Protection of Environment and Resource Efficient Management. In particular, focusing in the related priority investment 6i - investments in the waste sector to meet requirements of the EU acquis in the field of environment (specific objective: 6i.2 - Increasing the recycling rate and prevention of waste production). The above mentioned policy instrument is based on the need to cover deviations from the acquis communautaire, according to the National Strategy of Cyprus through: - The reduction of biodegradable materials disposed in landfills (max to 35% by weight, Directive 1999/31 / EC). - Increasing the proportion of recyclable materials to 50% (Directive 2008/98 / EC). Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure concerned) and the reason(s) why it should be improved. Yes Is this an operational/cooperation programme financed by Structural Funds? (Only select YES if this policy instrument is one of the Investment for growth and jobs or European territorial cooperation programmes approved by the EC) No Is the body responsible for this policy instrument included in the partnership? Please name the responsible body and provide a support letter from this body How do you envisage the improvement of this policy instrument (e.g. through new projects supported, through improved governance, through structural change)? 909 / 1,500 characters Currently, the Department of Environment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (the responsible body for policy making of waste management on national level) is in the process of defining new methods of waste collection and recycling to be applied on local level through the Municipalities of Cyprus (the latter are the executive entities of the policy). For example, the “Pay As You Throw” system is currently is being analysed in order to define the best method to be applied by each Municipality. This initiative is being put forward as a part of the policy instrument descri...
Definition and Context. Definition Plurirregional Operational Program for Sustainable Growth 2014-2020 Please name the policy instrument addressed. For Structural Funds programmes, please provide the exact name of the Operational or Cooperation Programme concerned. This policy instrument (PI) develops the ERDF Article 7 through its thematic axis 12 -Sustainable Urban Development- tackling the challenges faced by urban authorities to reach the real sustainable urban development, namely by improving the urban environmental conditions. Within this axis urban areas can address one (or more) of the 5 challenges defined by that article where is included the environmental challenge that should be treated as a transversal factor of local urban policies aligning its sectorial dimension with the territorial one. It includes the thematic objective 6 (to preserve & protect the environment & promote the resource-efficiency) as cities are strong consumers of natural resources, big generators of residues & of air & acoustic pollution (specifically the investment priority (IP)6c that addresses the improvement of the urban environment). Yet, the actions/projects supported by this IP are more focused in the recovery of degraded urban areas & of decontamination & recovery of public soils than in assuring a proper environmental management & the inclusion of the circular economy principles in that management. The support of the ERDF Article 7 doesn’t reach equally to the territory around. Small populations aren’t supported, without considering their influence on their territory & that dispersed areas are precisely those where an improvement of urban environmental management will have greater incidence & where resources-efficiency search is not a priority. Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure concerned) and the reason(s) why it should be improved. Yes Is this an operational/cooperation programme financed by Structural Funds? (Only select YES if this policy instrument is one of the Investment for growth and jobs or European territorial cooperation programmes approved by the EC) No Is the body responsible for this policy instrument included in the partnership? Please name the responsible body and provide a support letter from this body How do you envisage the improvement of this policy instrument (e.g. through new projects supported, through improved governance, through structural change)? 1,499 / 1,500 characters The efficienc...
Definition and Context. Definition Regional Urban Policy for Lubelskie Voivodeship Please name the policy instrument addressed. For Structural Funds programmes, please provide the exact name of the Operational or Cooperation Programme concerned. The policy of Lubelskie Voivodeship towards cities in the region focuses on: - preparing the cities (and the region) for a new financial perspective CP 2020+, - elaborating a new model of cooperation at all levels of administration (synergy), - creating a platform for cooperation and building partnerships of cities and their surroundings, - including rural municipalities located in functional urban areas in development process planning. Main elements of Regional Urban Policy for Lubelskie Voivodeship: - support areas – towards all cities - actions – towards specific cities Support areas define 3 levels of urban development resulting from basic functions of city (common for all cities): - developing external functions; - strengthening economic base; - improving the quality of living. The quality of living strongly depends of the improvement of the environmental conditions in urban areas. Regional Urban Policy for Lubelskie takes up a challenge of creating an urban area attractive and friendly for inhabitants focusing on implementation of the idea of “a green city” prepared for the effects of climate change and environmental pollution. Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure concerned) and the reason(s) why it should be improved. No Is this an operational/cooperation programme financed by Structural Funds? (Only select YES if this policy instrument is one of the Investment for growth and jobs or European territorial cooperation programmes approved by the EC) Yes Is the body responsible for this policy instrument included in the partnership? 4-PP Lubelskie Voivodeship Name of this responsible body How do you envisage the improvement of this policy instrument (e.g. through new projects supported, through improved governance, through structural change)? 1,156 / 1,500 characters Proposed self-defined performance indicator (in relation to the policy instrument addressed) Expected policy instrument impacts are of Type 2: Change in the management of the policy instrument. Lubelskie Voivodeship is responsible for elaboration, implementation and monitoring of Regional Urban Policy for Lubelskie Voivodeship. Lessons learnt during the project will be integrated into the revision...
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