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Territorial development - 04.07.2014

OECD helps you to find out to what extent your region is a great place to live
Through its interactive map, OECD invites you to find out the rank of your region regarding quality of life, compared to 300 other subnational governments worldwide. This study is based on 8 different topics directly impacting the citizens’ quality of life, like education, access to services and health.
Cohesion policy - 20.06.2014

Check out the new classification of local government set up by the European Commission
The European Commission published a “Harmonised definition of cities and rural areas”, based on precise population density rates. One of the purposes of this classification will be to have a precise overview of the funding distribution in the framework of the 2014-2020 period of cohesion policy, for instance in domains like employment or education.

This “new degree of urbanisation” defines three categories of local government : cities (or urban centres), towns and suburbs and rural areas.
Cohesion policy - 23.05.2014

Check out the European Commission’s guide to implement strategies to develop your territory
How to set up a local action group to implement strategies to develop your territories? How to combine the various EU funds in the framework of these projects?

The Guidance on Community-led local development (CLLD) provides answers to these questions and all the information you will need to organise your local government’s work in partnership with civil society and private sector representatives.
Cohesion policy - 14.05.2014

Discover the impact of EU policies in local life thank to the new comic book edited by the European Commission
Follow the adventures of Clémentine, Alessandra, Carlos and Timo to discover the various the domains covered by the EU regional and urban policy: transportation, urban development, adaptation to climate change or support to small and medium enterprises.

This comic book is available in English, French and Dutch and can be downloaded or ordered via EU Bookshop.
EU Presidency - 07.01.2014
Cohesion policy and youth employment are among the Greek priorities for its presidency of the EU

Since 1 January 2014, Greece assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Among its priorities for the next six months, it includes topics that are of concern to local and regional authorities and in which CEMR has been involved in the last years:
- Growth and employment - especially youth unemployment ;
- The implementation of the new Cohesion Policy (2014-202) with, for instance, a special focus on Community Led Local Development (CLLD) as an essential tool for local rural, urban and peri-urban development.
We welcome this choice of priorities.

The work program of the Greek Presidency is available French, English, German and Greek.
Spatial segregation in cities - 18.10.2013

URBACT releases 'Against divided cities in Europe' report to help cities develop public policies to improve social cohesion

This study presents an overview of how public policies influence segregation in cities. In order to help cities rethink the concept of spatial segregation and to take action, URBACT offers examples and practices used by various European cities that can help to break barriers that separate the population. URBACT is a European exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development.
Urban-rural partnership - 20.06.2013

CEMR survey on integrated territorial development and urban-rural cooperation

The publication takes stock of the practices and models of urban-rural cooperation. It serves as a source of inspiration for better guidance and policy making at the EU level, addressing the issue of cohesion policy instruments in support of territorial urban-rural partnerships.