To summarize and share their work on how the ERDF addresses the environmental urban challenges of cities at peripheral regions the EURE partners are publishing several reports.

  • For a better and sustainable quality of life in European cities - EURE Joint Report

The report provides an overview of the reasons why the EU is, and should continue intervening in urban areas as well as how urban areas actors perceive the EU intervention. The report contains important information on the state of art in the EU in 10 key areas and provides 55 best practices examples to illustrate the analysis and showcase success stories in Europe in different thematic, including 10 good practices of ITI – Integrated Territorial Investments – concerning Sustainable Urban Development. (More)

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  • To improve the participation of small, medium and peripheral cities in the definition of the European Urban Policy - EURE Opinion Report

The report focuses on the position and role of the small, medium and peripheral cities in the priorities of urban policies. The main question to answer is mainly how to improve their presence in the definition of the European Urban Policy and their participation in funds allocated by the future equivalent Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation to urban policies to ensure that its priorities also answer their needs. The report includes 10 recommendations for policy makers. (More)

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