Promoting Sustainable Urban Development in Europe - Achievements and Opportunities

- Urban development issues have been integrated to a large extent in all regional and national programmes supported by Structural and Cohesion Funds.
- Exchange of best practice and networking between urban planners and other local experts is facilitated by the URBACT II programme.
- JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) is a new initiative of the European Commission, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank and the Council of Europe Development Bank. It promotes financial engineering for sustainable investment, economic growth and employment in Europe’s urban areas.
- The Urban Audit provides statistical data and information on living conditions in 357 European cities in the 27 EU Member States and Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Over 330 indicators of urban life in Europe present findings on demography, housing, health, crime, the labour market, economic activity, income disparity, local administration, civic involvement, educational qualifications, cultural infrastructure and tourism.

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