Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Munich and Europe Projects Working together to give cities a stronger position 3 European Commission plaudits for IMAGEEN: “An outstanding success” Assistance with EU projects 23 Munich – Exerting an influence on many levels 5 Initiative for female start-up entrepreneurs 24 Strategy Successful lobbying: Munich’s chance to receive support from Bavaria’s ERDF development fund Mobility management: The focus of international traffic experts 25 In demand: Munich’s expertise 7 “Single-Source Mobility” pilot project singled out by EU Commission 26 Joining forces to represent the interests of Europe’s large cities 9 Maintaining mobility and quality of life – despite rising energy prices Munich chosen to host annual EUROCITIES conference in 2014 Easing the burden of private traffic in conurbations 27 A call for more popular participation 10 Culture connects Munich – An international stage at the EUROCITIES Culture Forum 11 European identities 28

More Europe, please! Open day to mark mona lea’s fifth anniversary 30 CEMR manual supports local governments’ European activities 12 International dialogue and exchange broadens horizons 31 Munich calls for “genuine leeway” on energy efficiency 13 Seizing opportunities in the education system 32 Smart Cities: Partnering for intelligent technology deployment in Munich 14 Schooling for All 33 Munich advocates quotas for women 15 Talking about Europe 34 Munich influences new public procurement law Europe Day draws the crowds 35 Munich delegation on a fact-finding mission to Brussels 16 Success of the Europe Direct Information Center affirmed 36 Minor subsidies do not distort European competition The European Parliament: still underestimated 17 Providing information builds trust in Europe 37

Access for all: The hallmark of urban tourism 18 Growing old in Munich? Gladly! 38

Strict criteria for state aid EU integration policy project concluded 39 The EU Blue Card 19 Bolstering civil society in Kiev 40 Giving the EU a bigger say on development policy Cultivating transparent processes 20 Fit for Europe thanks to organized stays abroad and ongoing education 41

Maintaining the voluntary nature of fire services 21 Munich sets the standards 42 Future The battle against a privatized water supply continues 45 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 3

Working together to give cities a stronger position

The EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Munich believes in Europe; and to suc- Prize in 2012. In explaining its choice, cessfully represent local government the Nobel Prize Committee pointed interests, we want to play stronger first and foremost to the EU’s achieve- part than ever in shaping European ments in making Europe a place of policy. That requires a combination of peace and solidarity – a Europe of the networking and shared platforms with- people. The fact that this decision was in which Munich aims to ramp up its taken at the height of the European presence and sharpen its profile. debt crisis nevertheless raised not a few eyebrows. And it is true: Europe That is why we contribute our ex­ doesn’t always make things easy for perience, our knowledge and our us. Decisions made in Brussels often ­demands to Europe’s city networks: seem too far removed from the people Working together strengthens the they affect. Yet the EU has a tremen- cities’ position; and knowledge trans- dous influence on life at the local level. fer benefits everyone. It therefore makes perfect sense for cities to step up their commitment That is why we have a particularly to representing the interests and con- strong commitment to EUROCITIES, cerns of their people in the context the most important European city of Europe. network of all. Within this network, we aim to shoulder greater responsi- A fierce debate about water recently bility and play an active role in solving showed just how important it is to urgent questions affecting our future. do this. For Munich, the EU’s goal of Last year, we applied to host the passing legislation to privatize the ­annual EUROCITIES conference in ­water supply is untenable. In the cor- 2014, and I am very pleased that the responding debate and in the consul­ event will indeed take place in the tative process, Munich argues that the Bavarian capital. The theme of the supply of drinking water must remain conference – “energy-efficient in public hands – that it must not be ­solutions for urban development” – subjected to private-sector profiteer- is of relevance to everyone. ing interests. Local residents clearly agree: More than a million of them And that is why we have joined have signed the citizens’ initiative 150,000 other European cities, mu- “Water is a Human Right”. nicipalities and regions in signing the charter “Innovation in 3D: Decentrali- zation – Development – Democracy”, which advocates the stronger parti­ cipation of players from the local ­political, business and social commu- nities in European politics.

The value of such commitment can be seen clearly at both the European and national levels. In collaboration with 4 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 5

EUROCITIES, we have succeeded in ­service contracts through the EU’s Munich – Exerting an influence on many levels getting the EU to recognize cities as ­Initiative on Smart Cities to the issue partners in dialogue, negotiations and of equal rights. cooperation. For the first time, the ­Bavarian government has also allowed Having the same standards in all Euro- Whenever my team and I explain to Munich to apply for development pro- pean countries yields benefits for the the staff of other local government grams within the framework of the cities and the people of Europe. To ­administrations that we represent European Regional Development Fund make sure optimal use is made of the interests of the City of Munich in (ERDF) as of 2014. This will enable these standards, we want to bring Brussels, and that we work hard to us to submit project proposals “to our European activities even closer to ­ensure that European directives also reduce­ CO² emissions in all areas of the pivotal points in the EU. Why? accommodate the demands of our the economy”. ­Because Europe will only truly be- home city, the response is often one come a “Europe of the people” if the of ­astonishment and disbelief. How Munich’s European activities are care- cities play a competent, active role can just one city among so many hope fully coordinated by the administrative in the EU’s decisions. to exert an influence on the legislative apparatus and the City Council. In processes of the European Union? 2012, the City Council’s Europe Com- Dieter Reiter How do we expect to reach the far-off mission discussed a broad spectrum Head of the Department of Labor and EU Commission? of topics, from the award of public Economic Development at the City of Munich In recent months, the media, politi- cians and administrators alike have complained unisono that decisions at European level are negotiated and made behind closed doors – that the European population is not actively ­included in the process. Yet there are indeed ways in which we can play a part in shaping Europe and influencing the work of European institutions. One very remarkable achievement ideas that should also be transferable ­relates to the rules governing the to other European cities. The aim is to Anyone who wants to contribute their award of public contracts, which the work together to come up with inte- views to the EU Commission’s legis­ EU recently revised. Of the 33 pro- grated, sustainable solutions for a lative process is free to participate in posed amendments that the City of clean, reliable and af­ fordable energy public consultations. Twelve months Munich submitted to the members of supply. ago, a further door was opened too: the EU Parliament, the rapporteurs Now, anyone who wants to change ­included 23 word for word and a fur- Another important aspect of our Euro- something can launch a citizens’ initia- ther five with the intended meaning in pean activities over the past year has tive, while anyone who wishes to ac- the draft officially submitted to the been active participation in city net- tively promote a given cause can apply EU Parliament. The EU MPs argued works. At EUROCITIES in particular, for EU funds for their projects. that municipal loans should not have our staff organized numerous work- to be put out to tender, that the thres­ group meetings, attended hearings Local government agencies also have holds for invitations to tender should and took part in formulating position the opportunity to engage in direct be raised and that submission periods papers. In addition, the Department of ­expert dialogue with the decision should be shortened, for example. Arts and Culture welcomed around ­makers in Brussels, seek to persuade 100 guests from all over Europe to its members of the European Parliament We have also contributed our prefer- Culture Forum. The fact that Munich of the wisdom of their arguments, and ences and our expertise on the sub- was chosen to host the annual confer- The City Council Commission on Europe lobby for the issues that concern them ject of energy efficiency in buildings, ence in 2014 can be seen as reco­ in collaboration with a variety of inter- the laws governing state aid, access gnition of our intensive efforts. est groups, such as the German Asso- for all in Europe and to the Action plan Munich‘s City Council Commission on Europe is an Dieter Reiter, Director of the Department of Labor and ciation of Cities, the Council of Euro- on urban mobility. In collaboration with The results achieved show that even advisory body to the City Council. It concerns itself with Economic Development pean Municipalities and Regions, and others, these activities have been sin- “just” a city can have an impact on EU initiatives that have a bearing on local government, Ulrike Boesser, SPD EUROCITIES. By engaging in such gularly successful. Europe. In 2013, Munich is once again ­applications for EU projects submitted by local govern- Andreas Lotte, SPD ­activities, Munich has already scored a playing its part, actively and construc- ment departments, funding programs and position papers Claudia Tausend, SPD number of notable successes. Thanks Munich has also staked out the initial tively helping to shape the Europe of on EU consultation proceedings. The City of Munich Manuel Pretzl, CSU to the vigorous political commitment course for Smart Cities, an important the future. submits the latter directly to the EU Commission. In its Elisabeth Schmucker, CSU of numerous City Councilors and the EU initiative. On behalf of the City advisory capacity, the City Council Commission meets Lydia Dietrich, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen / rosa liste expert support provided by advisors Council Commission on Europe, inno- Henriette Wägerle three times a year to discuss European policy issues. Gabriele Neff, FDP on European affairs and other experts vative project ideas are being devel- City of Munich in the various departments, we can be oped in collaboration with BMW, Department of Labor and Economic Voting members of Munich’s City Council Commission on The heads of local government departments attend these proud of what we have achieved. ­Siemens and Munich´s public utility Development Europe: meetings as permanent guests. company Stadtwerke München – Director of European Affairs Annual Report on European Activities 2012 7

In demand: Munich’s expertise

To represent its interests in Brussels and Strasbourg, the Whatever the issue at stake, lobbying is an efficient tool City of Munich once again engaged in vigorous and active with which to achieve your objectives in Brussels. In 2012 lobbying work in 2012. The aim is to involve experts from alone, the City of Munich was involved in 35 consulta- the Bavarian capital in the political opinion-building pro- tions and position papers (some in conjunction with the cess at EU level. If we are aware of political developments EUROCITIES network and the German Association of that could affect Munich at an early stage, this gives us ­Cities), contributing its knowledge and participating in a the chance to find reasoned arguments and develop strat- variety of expert committees. egies to enable the experience of local government ­experts to be channeled into the legislative process. The European Affairs Team at the Department of Labor and Economic Development coordinates all European Participating in legislative processes, taking part in ­activities on behalf of the City of Munich. ­consultations, seeking information as early as possible or targeting direct involvement in specific processes …

Successful lobbying: Munich’s chance to receive ­support from Bavaria’s ERDF

Starting in 2014, Munich will for the In the past, the European Regional fore makes sense to open up this first time be able to apply for funds ­Development Fund (ERDF) was off ­development program for the region,” from Bavaria’s ERDF program. The limits for Munich. Access to ERDF the Minister for the Economy argued. breakthrough was made by the funding could be gained only via Euro- successful European lobbying work pean territorial cooperation projects Intensified lobbying activities in three undertaken by many people and such as MORECO. All that is about to areas since 2011 have contributed to departments at the City of Munich. change, however: At a cabinet meet- this success: letters addressed by ing on December 11, 2012, Bavarian people such as Christian Ude, Mayor Minister for the Economy Martin Zeil of Munich, to Emilia Müller, Minister explained that this form of EU struc- for European Affairs, and Minister of tural development aid will be available Economic Affairs Martin Zeil; talks throughout the whole of Bavaria – in- held with members of the Bavarian cluding Munich – as of 2014. Funding Parliament; and talks with members of is to be concentrated to a different the European Parliament. The City of ­extent on specific regions: 60 percent ­Munich has constantly demanded that will be earmarked for three administra- the Munich region be given an appro- tive districts with acute demographic priate weighting and that the Bavarian and economic problems in eastern capital should be allowed to partici- ­Bavaria, while around 40 percent will pate in the Bavarian Regional Develop- be set aside for all other parts of the ment Fund. Free State. This positive shift is also partly thanks Agglomeration to be included to the collaborative endeavors of the The Bavarian government has decided EUROCITIES members. The first step that, in the future, the Munich plan- came when Munich and the EURO­ ning region will be able to access the CITIES network were able to convince ERDF program within the framework the EU Commission and parliamentary of “Priority axis 3 – Reducing CO² members that cities have to be given emissions in all areas of the economy”. a prominent role if the goals of Europe “In the Munich agglomeration, the 2020 are to be met. To this end, burden imposed by continuing urban EUROCITIES organized a lunchtime sprawl creates very considerable debate in Brussels on “Partnerships ­potential to reduce carbon emissions. and the role of cities” on May 8. In line with our climate policy, it there- Members of the European Parliament and political representatives of large 8 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

European cities were in attendance, to rename and restructure the priority since 2012. The financial framework is with Munich City Councilor Manuel areas and to merge two of these the central planning tool for the appro- Pretzl (CSU) on hand to emphasize the ­areas, education and youth. priation of EU funds as of 2014. It is position of the local government. therefore of supreme importance in Alongside the ERDF program, the shaping the contours of the future EU Overall, the tone of the meeting was EU’s ESF program likewise supports development landscape, as it ultima­ that the decision makers and mayors activities that promote integration and tely determines how much money is of large European cities need to be seek to reinforce social cohesion at a channeled into what areas. ­involved directly in the process of local level. In the past, the local gov- drafting and developing partnership ernment has been able to acquire all In collaboration with EUROCITIES, agreements at national level. For the kinds of ESF funding – for example to Munich will continue to fight for the funding period from 2014 through help integrate young people in the right of cities to be deeply involved in 2020, local governments called for ex- ­labor market and migrants in society. crafting and implementing the struc- plicit formulation of an urban dimen- tural funds. At the Department of sion that recognizes the cities as part- Federal government has used the ­Labor and Economic Development, ners and equals and accordingly European Social Fund to develop inte- the European Affairs Team will use includes them in program planning. gration projects focused on specific 2013 to coordinate a common strate­ urban districts. These projects too gy with the other departments that Waiting for specific funding rules have aimed to improve both the local are affected, the aim being to make The City of Munich has submitted economy and the quality of life in the best possible use of this new a number of position papers in the ­selected urban districts. In the next ­opportunity. context of EU consultations regarding planning period, Munich’s local gov- future ESF and ERDF funding, for ernment and project owners should As soon as the Free State of Bavaria ­example. In particular, Munich’s local be encouraged to acquire more ESF and federal government have outlined government devoted considerable at- funding in order to effectively combat their operational programs under the tention to proposals to involve cities in social polarization, alienation and the aegis of the ERDF and the ESF in the Joining forces to represent the the partnership agreements between formation of ghettos. course of 2013, these programs will member states and the EU Commis- be assessed to enable work on project interests of Europe’s large cities sion, as well as proposals on integrat- Negotiations regarding the EU’s finan- development to begin. ed, sustainable urban development. cial framework for the years 2014 Heated debates also surrounded plans through 2020 have been in full swing Integration, climate change and the consequences for ­Environment, the Department of Urban Planning and Build- local government from the European economic and ing Regulations and the Social Services Department all debt crisis: These were the key issues addressed by took part in this meeting. Working together with municipal EUROCITIES in the course of 2012. Besides its collabo­ housing cooperative GEWOFAG and the “Bauzentrum rative project activities, the city network played a München” construction center, these departments outlined preeminent role in asserting important demands on the Munich’s climate targets and presented examples of pro- part of large cities in Europe. In 2012, Munich hosted jects that will contribute to realizing these targets. Experts several meetings between the EUROCITIES members. from ­Birmingham and Utrecht sketched similar projects in their cities, which also provided Munich’s housing con- Founded in 1986, EUROCITIES currently numbers 135 struction companies with fresh ideas about how to mod- members. The City of Munich has been an active member ernize housing energy systems in cooperation with tenants. for many years. Several of its departments are represented in an array of the organization’s forums and working groups. Dutch cooperative Woningscorporatie Nijestee showed Acting in concert with other European local governments, ways in which tenants can reap direct benefits by becom- Munich defends the interests of major cities in respect of ing co-owners of solar installations. Attention was also institutions such as the European Commission and the EU ­focused on a debate surrounding the EU’s future clean air Parliament. Munich’s membership is coordinated by the policy, which will also affect Munich. Department of Labor and Economic Development.

The working groups and forums meet at regular intervals in different member cities. One important point on the agen- da of each meeting is visiting successful local projects. This practice enables the experts in attendance to pool their knowledge and experience and help develop and improve local government policies.

In March, the “Inclusion through education” working group met in Munich, while the Culture Forum was hosted by the Bavarian capital for the first time in October. In November, the “Housing” working group and the “Air quality, climate change and energy efficiency” working group met togeth- er, also in Munich. The Department of Health and the 10 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

A call for more popular participation

At their annual conference in 2012, representatives of the Initial experiences were pooled and presented in Nantes, 135 EUROCITIES members met together in Nantes to as most European cities are looking to try out new forms ­discuss new forms of urban policy. Representing Munich, and methods of popular participation in the near future. Dieter Reiter, head of the Department of Labor and Eco- nomic Development, was accompanied by City Councilors Germany, a representative democracy, must ask itself Ulrike Bosser, Andreas Lotte, Claudia Tausend (all SPD), which decision making processes are suitable for elements Elisabeth Schmucker (CSU), Lydia Dietrich (Bündnis 90 / Die of direct democracy such as popular participation. What­ Grünen) and Gabriele Neff (FDP). ever the case, however, social integration must be ensured before political participation can be realized in practice. The The current crisis has exacerbated the problem of social delegates in Nantes also engaged in an intensive discus- ­polarization. In response, cities must now rethink and rede- sion of how first-time voters can be encouraged to take an sign their political processes, while retaining their focus on interest in the future of the city in which they live. greater popular participation. Questions such as how life in the city is to be organized, in what type of city people want The Belgian city of Ghent will host the EUROCITIES to live and how cities are to develop in future can only be ­members in 2013. At this year’s annual conference, smart discussed and, ultimately, answered in collaboration with citizens will be the pivotal issue as the question of how the people who live in our cities. ­citizens’ knowledge and experience can be put to intelligent use is addressed.

Munich chosen to host annual Munich – An international stage ­EUROCITIES conference in 2014 at the EUROCITIES Culture Forum

Pursuant to a decision made in the “I am very pleased that I was able to get their energy footprint in shape for One milestone in Munich’s EURO­ The Culture Forum and its working charge by HypoVereinsbank, a cooper- French city of Nantes in 2012, convince the EUROCITIES Executive the future, reduce their power con- CITIES activities was the Culture groups are of tremendous relevance to ation partner to the Culture Forum. Munich will host the 2014 annual Committee, in which cities of the sumption and cultivate carbon-neutral Forum in October. Entitled “City Munich. It is a fact that Munich’s own Here, the cities of Bologna, Warsaw, conference of EUROCITIES, the ­caliber of Copenhagen, Leipzig, Stock- power generation. The key issues History, Cultural Memory and sustainability-oriented concepts and Amiens, Brighton, Liverpool and Os- leading European city network. holm and Vienna are represented, of center around green power genera- Identity”, the forum was dedicated projects – concerning cultural educ­ mangazi joined Munich in presenting Munich’s concept for the conference,” tion, ways to promote sustainable primarily to the city’s memorial ation, international cultural work, inter- projects and strategies focused on a says Dieter Reiter, head of the Depart- ­urban mobility and energy efficiency work. cultural openness and the creative culture of remembrance and cultural ment of Labor and Economic Deve­ in the context of housing. Under the ­industries, for example – are almost work in urban districts. Those in at- lopment. “The annual EUROCITIES guidance of the Department of Labor perfectly matched to the discussions tendance were especially moved and conference is an excellent opportunity and Economic Development, a muni­ and projects being tackled by the impressed by Michaela Melián’s pres- to present Munich to the whole of cipal working group has already been working groups. entation “Memory Loops”. ­Europe as a city that is working hard set up to develop a suitable confer- and with great dedication to continual- ence format – in collaboration with the Supported by the Department of Other Munich-based organizations ly improve its energy efficiency, there- relevant departments and external ­Labor and Economic Development that participated included Pasinger by making a significant contribution partners – by the end of the year. and the Managerial Board, the Depart- Fabrik, Kultur und Spielraum e.V., to compliance with Europe’s climate ment of Arts and Culture organized EineWeltHaus (the “OneWorldHouse”) targets. We are discussing models, Munich ranks as one of the pioneers the Munich forum, which was attend- and KunstWohnWerke, each of which experience and innovation with other in energy-efficient urban development ed by more than 100 guests from all made its premises available for the European cities and EU institutions in and has proposed this as the theme over Europe. A visit to the new main Culture Forum’s working groups and order to proactively shape a sustaina- of the conference. Moreover, local synagogue and a reception in the foyer provided an insight into their work. ble future for local governments.” government has already enlisted the of the Jewish Museum were the first The Museum Villa Stuck likewise involvement of three technology part- items on the agenda, followed by the ­arranged a guided tour through its Around 400 delegates, including nu- ners: BMW (for mobility concepts), event proper at the HVB Forum. This ­historic rooms and presented the exhi- merous mayors and other political rep- Siemens (for eco-aware traffic man- facility was made available free of bition “The Gunter Sachs Collection. resentatives of EU member states and agement) and municipal power utility From Max Ernst to Andy Warhol”. EU institutions, will convene in Munich SWM (for sustainable infrastructure next year to discuss how cities can development). 12 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

More Europe, please!

In the battle to overcome the crisis (SPD), Costas Gianacacos (SPD), Lydia and ward of the threat of centralist Dietrich (Die Grünen), Dr. Michael tendencies, the Council of European Mattar (FDP), Dr. Manuela Olhausen Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) (CSU) and Henriette Wägerle, Director took a stand in 2012 under the of European Affairs at the Department banner: Strength in numbers. Held of Labor and Economic Development. CEMR manual in Cadíz, the organization’s 25th General Assembly ended with an Claudia Tausend on the Policy supports appeal for more democracy and Committee more Europe. Yet local governments At the Delegates’ Assembly for the local­ govern- too have a pivotal role to play. German Association of the CEMR in Bonn last November, the role of ments’ European Delegates from European cities and ­municipalities in EU affairs was only regions converged on the southern one of the items on the agenda. ­activities Spanish city from September 26 – 28 ­Others included resource efficiency to discuss the future development of and the importance of Germany’s the EU. Those in attendance stressed new energy policy for Europe. On this Munich calls for “genuine leeway” Other cities too can benefit from the importance of the municipalities occasion too, the role of the munici- the City of Munich’s experience and regions, which form “the closest palities as a stabilizing factor was on energy efficiency and knowledge of European democratic tie between government ­emphasized once again. Karl-Heinz activities at local government institutions and the people”. Schäfer (Mayor of Pohlheim) was level. Details of the structures, elected as the new president and will strategies, activities and net­ For this reason, they also called for in- take over from Stuttgart´s Mayor Primary energy consumption in the EU countries is to quality, sustainability and ecofriendliness of a product. works that have so far been built novative and sustainable development Dr. Wolfgang Schuster. Munich was be slashed by 20 percent by the year 2020. In a consul­ The costs that interested parties would incur to access the up at municipal level have now of Europe’s cities and regions. At the represented by City Councilors Claudia tation with the EU Commission, the City of Munich information they need, assess it and arrive at a decision are all been condensed into the same time, they highlighted the threat Tausend (SPD), Dr. Inci Sieber (SPD), aired its arguments regarding the funding of energy too high and need to be cut, Munich’s representatives stat- manual “European activities in of a division in Europe – a threat that Lydia Dietrich (Die Grünen), Walter efficiency projects. While broadly welcoming the Com­ ed. The City of Munich also urged that additional, simpler the municipalities – Motives, is being exacerbated by the current Zöller (CSU) and Michael Kuffer (CSU). mission’s efforts to boost financial support, it still had and more flexible support options be made available to step content, value added” published crisis. Their resultant appeal was for a Claudia Tausend was once again elec­ a number of concrete suggestions for improvement. up the pooling of information and experience and to boost by the Council of European meaningful Europe rooted in the val- ted to the Policy Committee, while consulting services, in order to drive the more focused Municipalities and Regions. ues of democracy, unity and solidarity. Lydia Dietrich and Walter Zöller were Munich takes the view that energy efficiency in the hous- ­development of innovation. appointed to deputy seats in the Exec- ing sector must be seen in the context of urban develop- The German Association of the In the closing statement “Europe in utive Bureau. ment and mobility. Exogenous effects too, it believes, must In its position paper, Munich further called for a European CEMR – vigorously supported by 3D”, 700 representatives of more than also be factored in. For example, a passive house out in the knowledge platform for sustainable construction. The the City of Munich – produced the 40 countries voiced their backing for a A strong presence in those city net- country can create more traffic due to the need to com- ­envisaged platform should provide access to all relevant brochure, which for the first time common European policy, affirming works and organizations that are of mute. Conversely, a densely built-up urban area may not ­research outcomes, data, facts and best practices. systematically documents the that “the key to the upswing lies sole- ­relevance to local government affairs meet the same energy standards, but does yield social work of the municipalities at Euro- ly in partnership between all players in is an important aspect of the City of benefits and other positive effects on the environment. After months of negotiations with the European Council, pean level and the value that this the realms of politics, the economy Munich’s European strategy. Munich Munich is also convinced that socioeconomic factors such the members of the European Parliament were able to work adds. The brochure spells out and society”. The statement added has thus been a member of the Ger- as the age of building owners and their financial situation – ­finalize the wording of the Energy Efficiency Directive in the tasks entrusted to local govern- that the EU can only raise its voice man Association of the CEMR since and hence the options open them to financing moderniza- mid-June 2012. The directive combines a wide range of ments’ European Affairs Offices more forcefully in favor of decentrali­ 1972. The Council of European Munici- tion by sourcing loans on the market – must also be given ­actions and measures to reduce the EU countries’ primary and how they go about their work. zation, development and democracy if palities and Regions is a pan-European due consideration. energy consumption by 20 percent by the year 2020. In It also lends visibility to their Euro- its local players participate to a greater organization of local and regional gov- its current form, the proposal is that each member state pean activities as a public service. extent. ernments in Europe. Its membership During the consultation, the European Commission also should condense its own targets into a national plan of To lay a solid foundation for the currently comprises 52 national asso- asked the cities what European initiatives they believe are ­action. These plans should then be submitted every three manual, the CEMR head office Headed by Deputy Mayor Hep ciations of cities, municipalities and necessary to ensure that more EU funds are channeled years, in 2014, 2017 and 2020. The EU Commission will conducted a survey of all the mem- Monatzeder, the Munich delegation to ­regions from 38 European countries. into building modernization in the next EU funding period. ­assess the progress made in June 2014. On September 12 bers of the working group (includ- the CEMR General Assembly included This membership means that the Munich pointed out that too little use has so far been made last year, a plenary session of the EU Parliament voted by ing Munich). Despite all the ex- Claudia Tausend (SPD), Dr. Inci Sieber CEMR represents around 100,000 of EU funding because of the fact that the EU Commis- a large majority to approve the Energy Efficiency Directive. pected differences, the survey also ­local and regional authorities through- sion’s application processes have in the past been com­ The Industry, Research and Energy Committee had already revealed many common factors in out Europe. plicated and inflexible. Hence the demand for “genuine agreed to the proposal on July 12. The directive therefore the municipalities’ European acti­ ­leeway” for the development of innovations in a project came into force on January 1, 2013. vities. Thanks to this clearly struc- context, and for simplified EU application procedures that tured compilation of facts and focus more on the project and the underlying idea. ­organizational models, local gov- ernments that plan to ramp up Improving support for innovation their European activities in the The main reason for a lack of transparency on the market ­future can now benefit from the was seen as the failure to share information and experi- experience of others. ence. Today’s market prices do not adequately reflect the 14 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

Smart Cities: Partnering for intelligent technology deployment in Munich

Cities are working together with EU research funds will become avail- President of the Climate Alliance partners in industry and research able within the framework of the Hori- ­network, Joachim Lorenz, head of to develop integrated solutions that zon 2020 program starting in 2014, the De­partment of Health and the forge links between energy efficien­ when the new funding period begins. ­Environment, attended the first high- cy, the use of renewable energy, The aim is for Munich to participate on level group meeting in Brussels in July information and communication the basis of its project ideas. The City 2012. The EU commissioners for trans­ technologies and sustainable of Munich is upbeat about the chanc- port (Siim Kallas), energy (Günther mobility and transportation. The es of strategically combining integrat- Oettinger) and the digital agenda EU is supporting this approach, ed urban development and specialized (Neelie Kroes) had issued the invitation. which it hopes will help it achieve concepts with the subjects of energy climate targets and create new and information technology. Building Strategic IT realignment elicits markets. For their part, local on this platform, local government international echo authorities are backing solutions aims to selectively advance innovative The EU adopted the term smart cities that are linked to social innovation. projects, broadening the range of for parts of its 2009 Strategic Energy Munich is keen to seize the oppor­ ­options on which it can act thanks Technology (SET) plan, although it is tunity to receive support and is to funding from the EU. also used by other parties around busily developing pilot projects. the globe. Munich, for example, has Munich advocates quotas for women As early as July 10, 2012, the Smart already been part of a Smart Cities The Smart Cities and Communities Cities and Communities Initiative was Service Integration study. This multi- ­Initiative launched in 2011 channels unveiled as an innovation partnership national research project aims to pro- EU support into public-private partner- with a fresh focus: The aim of pro­ duce guidelines and recommendations Munich is encouraging the EU to set binding statutory The paper also pointed to the successful actions Munich ships to develop and apply both intel- moting the development of intelligent for practical smart cities initiatives quotas for the proportion of women in management ­itself has taken in recent years. As a result, women current- ligent technology solutions and busi- urban technologies was linked to the and focused its attention on the MIT-­ and to systematically back their development. Its initial ly occupy 47 percent of the management positions in local ness models that will improve energy leadership of project consortiums KonkreT project (Strategic IT Realign- proposal is for a quota of 30 percent, to be raised to government, a very high proportion. Yet the City of Munich efficiency, sustainability and climate by industrial companies. However, ment for the City of Munich). 40 percent after five years. In 2012, the Equal Opportu­ is also seeking to play an active role beyond the boundaries protection in European cities. Munich and EUROCITIES are lobbying nities Office of the Department of HR and Personnel of its own organization: The Munich Cross Mentoring Pro- to ensure that cities continue to play Other cities that took part in the study Management prepared a position paper on quotas for gram and the Munich Memorandum for Women in Man- Energy efficiency at a premium a central role in Smart Cities projects, include the megacities New York City, women and submitted it to the EU at the end of May. agement both target the corporate community, seeking to A group of local government experts and that the needs of urban residents Mexico City and Shanghai and large raise awareness and appealing for companies to take con- is currently developing suitable con- are also taken into account. cities such as Macau, Philadelphia, In March 2012, the EU Commission had launched a consul- crete, measurable action. The programs also encourage cepts and project ideas, engaging in Quebec and Seattle. The study did not tation about the lack of gender diversity in top management ­dialogue between all relevant stakeholders. close dialogue with technology part- To continue development of the initia- seek to evaluate or assign rankings throughout publicly traded companies in Europe. Munich ners such as municipal utility SWM, tive and help craft the conditions for to the various initiatives, but rather to played a dedicated and energetic role in the proceedings. Initially, EU commissioner and EU Vice President Viviane Siemens and BMW. Although the topic support and funding as of 2014, a cultivate a new understanding of the The issue was raised when an EU progress report de- ­Reding had been unsuccessful in her attempts to push of energy efficiency already ranks high stakeholder platform and a high-level specific challenges and solution strate- scribed the current situation and showed that a balanced through a mandatory quota for women at EU Commission on Munich’s agenda, European fund- group have been set up to advise the gies for service integration, along with gender ratio in top positions contributes to superior corpo- level. On November 14, however, she tweeted: “Done it!” ing is set to give it even higher priority. EU Commission. In his capacity as other actions and activities at local rate performance, more competitive companies and profit- She had finally managed to persuade a majority of the other government level – all with the aim of able business. The report found that having even just one commissioners. Munich shares in her joy at this achieve- making a city and its local authorities woman on the top management board can significantly ment, even though the Bavarian capital’s ideas go far “smart”. ­increase company profits. ­beyond those of the EU commissioner. One key difference is the demand for a quota that is binding for all companies, According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, 88 percent of not just for those that are publicly traded. As they stand, Europeans believe that women with equivalent qualifica- Reding’s proposals envisage filling 40 percent of supervisory tions should be equally represented in companies’ top jobs. board positions (two out of five) with women by 2020. 75 percent of the respondents also advocate legislation to This, in the commissioner’s words, is to be achieved by ensure that a balanced ratio of women and men is achieved means of a “transparent and gender-neutral selection pro- in supervisory boards, provided proper consideration is cedure”. ­given to enablement. Around half of Europeans see fines as the most appropriate way to enforce such rulings. Munich had argued that failure to comply with this quota should be punished. On this score, however, Reding had Calls for sanctions to take a step back. Punitive measures are indeed to be With few exceptions, the new ruling should apply to all ­im­plemented. However, these are to be defined by mem- companies – not only publicly traded ones. In its position ber states within the framework of their own national legis- paper, the City of Munich explicitly called for sanctions lation, not by the EU Commission. Brussels’ proposal still to enforce the proposed legislation. ­requires the approval of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Since some countries – ­including Germany – oppose the move, it is questionable whether the directive will actually be implemented. 16 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 17

Munich influences new public Guest article procurement­ law The European Parliament: still underestimated

The EU’s public procurement law is The main objectives of the amend- In 15 months’ time – at the end of May ­financial markets through environmen- discharge its duties, especially during to be modernized. And if the City of ments proposed by Munich were to 2014 – the citizens of the then 28 tal and consumer protection to inter­ such testing times. So there are plenty Munich gets its way, this will also simplify the wording and grant greater member states will once again vote national treaties, the proposals submit- reasons to work hard in 2013 to involve making it simpler. The flexibility to local governments. Acting for “their” European Parliament. It will ted by the European Commission are strengthen the European Parliament members of the EU Parliament who in concert with the Department of naturally be exciting to see which amended and restructured – radically by a strong turnout at next year’s make up the Internal Market and Construction, the local government groups of parties are the winners and so, in some cases – by the European ­elections! Consumer Protection Committee – Managerial Board, the Communal Ser- losers in this election. But it will also Parliament. the body responsible for the moder­ vices Department, the Social Services be exciting to see the trend in electoral nization – have taken account of Department and the City Treasury participation. Will people be more will- Two particular points are worth noting: many of the 33 proposals put for­ ­Office, the European Affairs Team at ing to vote now that, pursuant to the First, it is often the Parliament rather ward by the Bavarian capital. Fully the Department of Labor and Econo­ Lisbon Treaty, the parliamentary elec- than the Council that succeeds in 24 were adopted word for word, mic Development prepared a position tion will also determine the political reaching compromise solutions on the while a further five were included paper in response to the proposals group from which the next Commis- most hotly disputed issues. And sec- with the intended meaning. of the EU Commission and formulated sion President will be chosen? ond, most of the amendments pushed proposed amendments in line with through by the European Parliament Munich delegation In December 2011, The EU Commis- this paper. Or have people grown tired of the have so more injected greater trans- sion aired a proposal to modernize the European project? Do they still believe parency and improved consumer on a fact-finding EU’s public procurement law – a pro- For example, Munich argued that that the parliament is powerless and ­protection in new legislation. In the Jochen Kubosch posal that will probably also affect the there should be no need to invite irrelevant? In reality, quite the contrary budgetary process too, the European Head of the European Parliament mission to Brussels way public contracts are awarded in ­tenders for municipal loans. This point is true: The European Parliament has Parliament wrestles long and hard ­Information Office in Munich Munich. The proposal includes new is important to give cities and local a say in all legislative processes. In with the member states to ensure that rules to make the process of awarding ­authorities faster access to money, as everything from the regulation of the EU has the resources it needs to A Munich delegation comprising Euro- contracts simpler and more flexible, a public tendering process would take pean Affairs Officers, manager of as well as rules governing strategic much longer. Another Munich propos- ­various departments and Dr. Wilfried procurement in which criteria unrelat- al adopted by the Commission was to Blume-Bayerle, head of the Depart- ed to procurement itself would also be raise the thresholds as of which ten- ment of Public Order, visited Munich considered. The aim is to give public- dering processes will become compul- on July 10–11, 2012, in response to an sector customers the chance to use sory. For comparatively small amounts, invitation by the EU Commission. The their purchasing power in a way that the cost and effort involved would traveling party engaged in animated promotes innovation and enables them ­otherwise be inordinate. The members debate with members of the EU Com- to procure ecofriendly and climate- of the European Parliament likewise mission, discussing whether Europe- friendly goods and services. The accepted Munich’s demand for short- wide soil protection rulings make ­modernized law would also help them er tendering deadlines. For the City Minor subsidies do not distort sense, under what circumstances the boost employment and improve both of Munich, it is important to be able to Commission must be notified of state public health and social conditions. act as quickly and flexibly as possible. European competition aid and whether the proposed moder­ Another aim is to give small and medi- Regrettably, however, a vote by the nization of the EU’s public procurement um-sized enterprises (SMEs) better ac­ ­Internal Market Committee in Decem- law will indeed simplify the processes cess to the public procurement market. ber 2012 then rejected the latter two involved. The visitors from Munich also demands. For a city the size of Munich, which awards contracts for state aid, the EU Commission was demonstrating its learned how the EU plans to provide large numbers of services every year, it is extremely impor- ­intention of simplifying the provision of public services better protection to consumers, espe- tant to keep a cap on administrative expenses. Accordingly, and making the rules clearer to add greater legal certainty. cially ­regarding Internet transactions, Munich was very pleased by the EU’s decision to publish ­Munich had asked for the above threshold to be raised and how culture is to be supported in the new de minimis regulation on April 25, 2012 – a regu­ and requested that population figures no longer be used as the new funding period as of 2014. lation that included one key demand voiced by the Bavarian a criterion. It had also criticized plans to introduce reporting capital: The higher threshold of EUR 500,000 per company duties to the Official Journal of the European Union and to Both representatives of the Bavarian over three tax years remains. The new regulation also set up a central register of de minimis state aid. The Bavar- state government and the European ­places municipal guarantees on a more solid footing, ian capital had further complained that the administrative office of the Bavarian local authorities ­although the Commission refused to distance itself from and monitoring expenses inherent in de minimis state aid gave their backing to the Munich the propo­sal to introduce reporting obligations. stood in no proportion to their relevance to the market. The group, affirming how important a European Affairs Team at the Department of Labor and strong network is to successful lobby- On February 10, 2012, Munich had submitted a position Economic Development had prepared the position paper in ing. Further highlights of the visit ­paper on the draft version of the new de minimis regulation collaboration with the Managerial Board and forwarded it ­included a talk by energy commissio­ for services of general interest (SGEI). The paper explicitly to the members of the City Council Commission, the EU ner Günther Oettinger on the transfor­ welcomed the fact that, in overhauling the rules governing Commission and the EUROCITIES network. mation of the energy system at an evening event and a meeting with ­Munich’s MEP Nadja Hirsch (FDP), who, despite a packed schedule, spent nearly an hour and a half answering the group’s questions. Annual Report on European Activities 2012 19

Strict criteria for state aid

The “Munich Talks on Real Estate Law” were initiated From their very inception, the Munich Talks on Real Estate by the Communal Services Department in 2009 and Law have always touched on aspects of European law. In have become established as something of a tradition. 2012, they communicated the message that both European At the round of talks held on November 23, 2012, one treaties and directives and decisions by the EU Commis- fundamental European topic – the law governing state sion and the European Court have long since emerged from aid – was on the agenda. the shadows in which they once existed. The series was launched when, in 2009, a decision by the Düsseldorf High- Undersecretary Dr. Klaus-Hannes Schäch from the Bava­ er Regional Court to sell publicly owned land had plunged rian Ministry for the Economy was enlisted as an external the real estate industry into turbulence and uncertainty. speaker at the event. Presentations were also held by ­Gisela Lang-Hefferle of the Legal Department of the Mana- Once the European Court had brought some kind of calm gerial Board and Veronika Feicht of the Legal and Adminis- back to the market, the 2011 event moved on from the trative Section of the Communal Services Department. ­subject of land allocation and devoted itself to the no less The speakers informed those in attendance about the topical legal issues surrounding facility management. In- “package” of new rules that bears the name of the current creasingly, the private sector, the government and local EU competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, as well as government alike are taking a closer and closer look at their ­appealing for understanding and acceptance of the tools administrative properties and how they are managed. that are very largely responsible for ensuring that free trade can take place between the member states of the Euro- pean Community. This is achieved by linking government subsidies (state aid) that could distort competition to a set of strict criteria.

Access for all: The hallmark of urban tourism

One European Commission estimate from the ongoing development of to facilitate barrier-free pedestrian traf- The EU Blue Card indicates that, for 130 million people ­urban tourism that genuinely provides fic, before an excursion to the Allianz in Europe, tourism is fraught with access for all. Arena rounded off the program. many and varied difficulties. In Germany cannot meet its own demand Europe, people with disabilities Throughout Europe, urban tourism in The same theme was also one of the for highly skilled labor without suitably have to overcome all kinds of particular has emerged as an engine subjects addressed by an EU Commis- qualified inward migration. To help the barriers during travel and at their of the travel industry in general in sion consultation on creating a barrier- country stand up to international com- destinations. ­recent years. The working group there­ free Europe for people with disabilities. petition, federal government thus took fore met with a representative of the With its delegation headed by the Euro- the step of introducing the EU Blue In June 2012, 36 experts from 22 European Commission and experts pean Affairs Team and involving the Card on August 1, 2012. The Blue large European cities came together to of tourism marketing to explore how ­So­cial Services Department, the Card makes it significantly easier for attend the sixth meeting of the EURO- ­access for all can be developed into ­Department of Urban Planning, the non-EU citizens with higher education CITIES working group “Barrier-free the hallmark of urban tourism. Depart­ment of HR and Personnel to gain access to the labor market. City for All” in Munich. The purpose of Management and the Disabled Persons the meeting was to discuss require- The Munich Oktoberfest, the “Munich Advisory Council, the City of ­Munich Demand for the new residence permit ments and concepts to promote barri- access for all” concept produced by took part in this consultation. In a posi- is brisk. In the three months from er-free tourism. the Disabled Persons Advisory Com- tion paper prepared in February 2012, ­August to October 2012, the EU Blue mittee, a guide to Munich’s culture Munich voiced its expectation that the Card was already issued on 401 occa- Shared strategies written in simple language and activi- new law would, in particular, give peo- sions in Munich alone. The first one The working group is stepping up its ties to promote tourism from Berlin ple with disabilities easier access to went to an IT specialist from India. efforts to develop shared strategies and Barcelona were just some of the products and services. Local govern- ­Experts from non-EU countries can and networks at the local, regional, themes presented at the meeting. ment also took the view that pub­lic apply for the new residence permit if ­national and European levels. The par- ­Vienna and Munich outlined measures procurement regulations too should they have a graduate degree and ticipants agreed that – in line with be leveraged to advance the cause of a con­tract of employment with an the concept of “Design for all” – all barrier-free products and services. ­annual salary of at least EUR 44,800 tourists, the entire population and the (for 2012). economy as a whole would benefit

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Cultivating trans­ Giving the EU a bigger say Maintaining the voluntary nature parent processes on development policy of fire services

Since the City of Munich is an The EU Commission is committed second deputy mayor also expressed A recent meeting between Munich’s As things stand, Munich’s volunteer ing Time Directive if their maximum ­ardent proponent of transparency to reviewing European development its views in a preliminary consultation members of the Bundestag, the fire service is not covered by the EU weekly working total exceeds in democratic decision making pro- policy. The course was charted on the role of local governments in Bavarian government and the Working Time Directive. Develop- 48 hours across all their employers. cesses, it was only logical for the when the European External Action ­developing countries, ahead of the European Parliament with Christian ment, training and practical exercises Bavarian capital to file for an entry Service was set up and the Directo­ consultation proper. Ude, Mayor of Munich, focused on at this service often come on top of The two social partners are initially in the European Transparency Reg- rate Generals for Development and reducing and avoiding bureaucracy. the volunteers’ regular work in their thrashing out the related issues to- ister in 2012. EuropeAid were merged. The unit stressed the importance of Discussions centered around issues primary occupations, adding up to gether, with a view to subsequently local governments’ coordination func- such as the European Working Time more than 48 weekly working hours presenting a proposal for the Working Registration has the advantage of Munich was quick to seize its opportu- tion for regional development activities Directive, which influences not only in some cases. Time Directive to the EU Commission. affording a more powerful weight- nity and, in the context of the Europe- in developing countries. It also pointed the work of professional fire ser­ And the tenor of the meeting was that ing to the city’s position papers, as Aid program, participated in an EU to effective citizen participation as a vices but also that of their voluntary Having reviewed the EU Working avoiding this narrow definition is all well as simplifying access to the ­application to implement the millen­ key element in ensuring good govern- counterparts. Time Directive, the EU Commission the more important because the nego- European Parliament. To partici- nium development goals at local level ance. Finance, municipal services and now sees a need to take action, above tiations are unlikely to refer explicitly pate in the European opinion build- throughout Europe. The aim was for administrative organization are the all because only Germany and Austria to volunteer fire service activities. ing process and exert an influence the City of Munich’s already very ­areas where the International Affairs have volunteer fire services that re- ­Instead, the EU Commission will prob- on European legislative procedures, ­active partnership with the indigenous unit sees the greatest need for sup- ceive no remuneration whatsoever. ably include the wording “remunera- the City of Munich regularly sub- Asháninka people in the Peruvian rain- port in the context of development Other countries often take the con- tive fire service activities [engaged in] mits position papers, primarily in forest to be ramped up in terms of collaboration with local governments. cept of “volunteer fire service” to on one’s own initiative” in the final the context of what are known as both funding and content. The lead Similarly, it is seen as important for mean a voluntary stand-by service for Working Time Directive. consultation proceedings. partner in this project is the Climate city networks to regularly be involved which remuneration is paid neverthe- Alliance. Munich’s Department of in development projects at the nation- less. The EU Commission sees the This issue was one of several raised The EU has put together a single Health and the Environment itself al- al level too. ­latter constellation as employees with in a letter dated May 25, 2012, and code of conduct and a consistent ready contributes around EUR 145,000, a secondary occupation. ­addressed to former Bavarian Minister- set of rules whose aim is to make of which 75 percent is co-financed by President Dr. Edmund Stoiber in his the decision making process more the EU. Essentially, there is no doubt that the capacity as Chairman of the High Level transparent for European citizens. fire service in general will remain cov- Group on Administrative Burdens at It is hoped that this will avoid the In a planned consultation, the Euro- ered by the EU Working Time Direc- the European Commission. In his writ- impression that any party has in pean Commission also wants to know tive. Unlike, say, disaster response ten reply dated June 18, 2012, any way gained an unwarranted what local governments think about forces, it will not be exempted. From Dr. Stoiber assured the City of Munich advantage. Organizations entered the future EU strategy to support local Munich’s perspective, however, the of the support of the High Level in the EU’s Transparency Register and regional bodies’ activities in non- important thing is to avoid a definition Group, promising to ensure that the agree to be bound by this code EU countries. To this end, the EU that is too narrow. In Germany, as in voluntary service system – especially of conduct. Communication “Local Authorities in other countries, volunteers who are in the case of the volunteer fire ser- Development” is being planned for ­reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses vice – can be maintained in the future. early 2013. In 2012, the International cannot suddenly become “employ- Affairs unit at the office of Munich’s ees” under the terms of the EU Work- 23 Projekte Europa-Jahresbericht 2011 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 23

Assistance with EU projects

The European Union provides local governments in its Munich’s various municipal departments independently member states with substantial resources to fund pro- oversee a whole raft of EU projects. To help them with jects in the fields of business, research, employment, their project work and with the choice of suitable EU education, consumer protection and environmental ­support programs, the European Affairs Team provides ­protection. In doing so, it creates opportunities for local ­advice and assistance on issues such as the application authorities to tread new paths in many areas and to process, identifying the right partners, project costing, share their experience in a cross-border, international ­financial management and project management. context. Munich participates in this knowledge transfer and learning process in a large number of projects. Now, the European Affairs Team at the Department of Labor and Economic Development has developed a set of services to help other municipal units and depart- ments with their EU project activities.

European Commission plaudits for IMAGEEN: “An outstanding success”

Thanks to financial support from and PicturePlix GmbH, two Munich- ­Munich-based market players the the EU, Munich is able to provide based Internet start-ups that have chance to discuss global trends in special support to migrant busi­ ­already won the competition. start-up support and explore whether nesses and people rejoining the they can be applied to Munich’s situa- labor market. Many of these activi­ Munich – Setting an example at the tion to add to and enhance the tools ties operate within the framework World Business Start-Up Forum already available. The aim is for the of the EU project IMAGEEN, which At the World Business Start-Up Forum City of Munich to continue to benefit the European Commission singled in Lyon in October 2012, Munich was from dynamic start-up activity in the out in 2012 as important for the invited to outline the work of the Mu- long term. political future of the EU. nich Business Start-Up Office (MEB) to an audience of international experts. In light of this accolade, the Munich In conjunction with the Chamber of Business Plan Competition was pre- ­Industry and Commerce for Munich sented as a best practice – and was and Upper Bavaria, the Department of very well received by partners to the Labor and Economic Development has EU project. It was also singled out as been running the MEB office for over a lead project to be implemented in a decade. For the Bavarian capital, the other EU cities too in order to ramp up opportunity to present the office’s the promotion of business start-ups. successful work and its various initia- When it expired in 2012, the IMAGEEN tives was something akin to receiving project delivered specific recommen- a knighthood! dations as to how Munich can inten­ sify its offerings in this important area. Many of the more than 24,000 new business launched every year in The Commission praised the efforts ­Munich take advantage of the MEB’s of IMAGEEN to improve growth pros- services. Together with its regional pects for newly launched businesses partners, the office is instrumental in and to align public consulting services cultivating a business-friendly eco- more closely with the needs of start- nomic climate and helping new firms up entrepreneurs. As part of the to become successfully established ­IMAGEEN project, the Department on the market. The Munich Business of Labor and Economic Development Start-Up Competition also presented presented the basic idea behind the its work on promoting technology Munich Business Plan Competition in companies. Every year, under the 2011. It also showcased Altruja GmbH ­aegis of this competition, prizes are awarded for outstanding business ­ideas and support is given to start-up entrepreneurs. Taking part gives 24 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 25

Initiative for female Mobility management: start-up entrepreneurs The focus of international traffic experts

Europe needs more entrepreneurs. ratory phase before a new business Mobility management Munich-style The mobility advice available to people BAMBINI successfully completed Aware of this, the EU Commission is launched, fleshing out the business elicited rave reviews from all over who have just moved to Munich also Launched in June 200, BAMBINI was has set itself the goal of supporting idea, assisting with the formulation of Europe at an international knowl­ attracted considerable interest among another project funded by the Intelli- entrepreneurial initiatives more a professional business plan and sup- edge sharing event. Traffic experts participants from Bulgaria, the UK, gent Energy Europe (IEE) program and intensively on every level. Munich’s porting the act of actually going self- from government administration Holland, Finland, Greece, Portugal and was brought to a successful conclu- part in this campaign takes the employed. Participants receive profes- agencies, non-government organi­ Lithuania. Munich’s practice of supply- sion in 2012. BAMBINI focused on de- form of the GUIDE project, which sional start-up advice, coaching and zations (NGOs) and European ing “new residents’ folders” sets an veloping child mobility. Games and fun provides focused advice and training and development offerings networks met together in February example throughout Europe – and has enabled small children to practice road support for women. GUIDE was that are all specifically tailored to the 2012 met in February 2012 for a now found its first set of international safety, get to know the vicinity of their presented at the EUROCITIES needs of female start-up entrepre- three-day staff exchange within the emulators. nursery and learn a little about eco­ Economic Development Forum neurs. GUIDE was launched in Feb­ framework of the EU SEGMENT friendly mobility. In 52 training sessions Seminar in Riga in October 2012. ruary 2011 and runs until December project (SEGmented Marketing for At the same time, the Department of and seminars, the BAMBINI concept 2013. It is supported by money from Energy efficient Transport). Public Order is also collaborating with was communicated to 436 Munich To enable better use to be made of the European Social Fund. Munich’s adult education center to nursery teachers who then implement- existing potential for growth and SEGMENT is a three-year research ­develop an advisory concept for new ed the project at their nurseries. In ­employment, the EU Commission has Do you have a lucrative business idea and implementation project under the residents arriving in Munich from ­addition, 480 parents were informed opened a consultation in which any and are considering going self-em- aegis of the European support pro- ­other countries. Teaching materials on about the project at 30 parents’ eve- citizens and organizations in the EU ployed, but are not sure how to go gram Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE). the subject of sustainable mobility are nings. 457 children at 42 nurseries can contribute their ideas, sugges- about it? Then feel free to contact Munich’s Department of Public Order currently being produced and will soon ­became “certified movement artists” tions for improvement and comments GUIDE: www.guide-muenchen.de got the event underway by outlining be used in integration courses too. or were awarded their “Scooter Pass”. on promoting and using the potential its ideas and projects in mobility and afforded by female start-up entrepre- Alternatively, contact the Department traffic education for children and The Corporate Mobility Management Munich’s presence was complement- neurs. Munich was involved in draw- of Labor and Economic Development: young people. Working and playing program run by the Department of ed by that of cities from Belgium, the ing up a EUROCITIES position paper [email protected] their way through the Movement ­Labor and Economic Development Netherlands, the UK, Austria, Poland, to take part in the online consultation. ­Artist, Scooter Pass, Walking Bus, and the City of Munich’s bicycle mar- Romania and other European coun- Mobirace and bicycle projects, children keting strategy were likewise well tries. BAMBINI was coordinated by GUIDE seeks to motivate women in ­familiarize themselves with the dif­ ­received. A presentation of the theory Graz-based Austrian Mobility Research and around Munich to become self- ferent means of transport and ways behind the projects and activities was (AMOR). The Department of Public employed. It also helps them prepare of getting around in keeping with backed up by on-site visits. ­Order was responsible for the project for successful free-lance or entrepre- their age. in Munich. neurial activity. The services provided concentrate primarily on the prepa­ Annual Report on European Activities 2012 27

Easing the burden of private traffic in conurbations

The Department of Health and the the integration of pedestrian traffic, ­Environment and Munich public trans- ­bicycle traffic and local public trans- portation utility MVV are collaborating port. The aim is to find a suitable way as partners in the PUMAS project un- to combine the inner-city-only cycle der the aegis of the European Union’s routing provided by the Department of Alpine Space Program. The project Health and the Environment with the was launched in July 2012 and will run timetable and traffic schedule operat- for three years. The acronym PUMAS ed by MVV. The combination is then stands for Planning sustainable region- to spread out into the surrounding al-Urban Mobility in the Alpine Space. ­region to enable citizens who are inter- Additional project partners include ested in the project to plan journeys Venice (the project leader), Vienna, using a combination of bicycles, public ­Turin and Lyon together with UIRS transport and short walks (taking bicy- Nova Gorica, the Urban Planning Insti- cles with them on subway and com- tute of the Republic of Slovenia and the muter trains or making use of bicycle Hagen Distance Learning University. hire offerings, as appropriate).

PUMAS aims to achieve a sustainable, Pedelecs trending ecofriendly improvement in mobility Due provision is also to be made both in urban agglomerations and the for the special needs of people with ­surrounding catchment areas. Local restricted mobility and for the current solutions developed in the partner trend toward the use of pedelecs. ­cities are discussed and assessed by In addition, mobile devices are to be the project partners and adapted for ­networked to facilitate planning and implementation throughout the Alpine navigation. space.

“Single-Source Mobility” pilot project As part of the project, Munich’s ­Department of Health and the Environ- singled out by EU Commission ment and MVV are seeking to improve

As part of its “Do The Right Mix” campaign for sustain­ “Single-Source Mobility” is the first project in Germany to ­ able inner-city mobility, the EU Commission presented bring together different sustainable transportation offer- awards for 21 projects and initiatives at the close of ings. The idea is to give local residents a taste for seamless 2012. The only German winner was Munich’s “Single- urban mobility that dispenses with private cars completely. Source Mobility” project. Funding of up to EUR 7,000 People who participate in the program can hire cars, Maintaining mobility and quality of life – is available as a result. ­bicycles and trailers and buy public transport tickets con- veniently at any STATTAUTO station. ­despite rising energy prices

The project was initiated by the Department of Public ­Order, WOGENO (a Munich-based cooperative for self- The EU’s MORECO project (Mobility and Residential Costs) ation in the outlying municipalities of Haar, Fürstenfeldbruck managed, socially equitable and ecofriendly housing) and is investigating how the mobility, access to goods and ser- and Kirchdorf / Amper was calculated on the basis of current Munich public transport utility MVG. It is supported by three vices and high quality of life that people demand can still be conditions and given the assumption of a sharp increase in partners: STATTAUTO, Fidelio and the Pedelec Center. If guaranteed despite rising energy prices. Whenever private energy prices. This was done using a residential and mobility the project proves itself over time, the plan is to boost the individuals, the construction industry, public authorities and cost calculation tool supplied by the MVV transportation util- number of users and extend its offerings to other cities too. local governments make decisions about locations in future, ity. Different household constellations and travel destinations ­sustainable urban development should be both facilitated were simulated for each of the three municipalities, and the While hire systems are currently available in a variety and encouraged. Existing infrastructure should be used, cost of public and private transport was calculated in each of municipalities throughout Germany, the Munich pilot ecofriendly mobility promoted, urban sprawl contained and case. Deliverables from the study included the proposal and ­project is the first in Germany to offer several means of the value of property protected. costing of alternatives such as the formation of car pools, transport from a single source. linking different journeys together and using shopping and 2012 brought new findings with regard to Munich. A study service facilities that are closer to home. conducted by the Department of Urban Structure and Trans- port Planning at the Technische Universität München (TUM) examined residential and mobility costs for private house- holds in the Munich region. By way of example, the situ­ 28 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 29

Culture connects

The Department of Arts and Culture and its various ­GEDOK’s ­annual exhibition – staged as a group exhibition – ­audience’s favorites were the performances of Wim Vande­ Taking local residents, public spaces and local customs as institutes once again engaged in intensive cooperation at the Villa Waldberta in Feldafing. A total of 18 artists – keybus in the Muffathalle and Anne Teresa De Keersmaker its source of inspiration, the project wants to create art in with numerous European and non-European partners seven from Bulgaria and eleven from Bavaria – put on an at the Residenztheater. And during the panel discussion the midst of everyday life. in the course of 2012. The result? A wealth of attractive impressive showing of their works. Some presentations “On Sowing and Reaping” on the last day of the festival, cultural events, both in Munich and at the partner´s created a tandem art form in which the Bulgarian and Flanders was once again the center of attention. A raft of To this end, the 16 artists and groups of artists involved locations. ­Bavarian elements related to each other. The exhibition was experts took time out to talk about how Belgian dance has ­began to explore and understand social, ecological and given the fitting ­title “rendezvous”, and was indeed a suc- developed over the past 20 years, highlighting the exempla- ­political realities in the participating cities in workshops Three examples of these cultural activities give a revealing cessful artistic meeting and encounter. ry cultural situation and outlining cultural policy conditions held at each of the venues. Munich’s one-week City Lab is insight into the cultural networking that is currently taking in the region’s dance landscape. scheduled for early 2013 and will tackle issues such as place in Europe: DANCE 2012 “Munich’s National Socialist past – Traces of the trail of the The 13th international DANCE festival ran from October 25 www.dance2012.de ‘capital’ of the movement”, “The 1972 Olympic Games – Bulgarian artists as guests in the Villa Waldberta through November 4. More than 40 events spread across ­Reinventing the city’s image on the ­ruins of the war” and From April through June 2012, the Villa Waldberta – the the eleven days of the festival gave the public broad expo- MUNICH – Global City – Local City “Migrant workers in Munich, then and now”. On comple- City of Munich’s residency for international artists – was sure to the international contemporary dance scene. Since As part of the EU’s GLOBAL CITY – LOCAL CITY project, tion of the workshop, one selected participant will, as an filled with Bulgarian female artists who had received schol- one of the focal themes in 2012 was the “Dance Land- Munich is one of the nine European cities (alongside Utrecht, artist in residence in Munich, develop an art project that will arships. The artists came in response to an invitation by the scape of Flanders”, a number of dance troupes from Riga, Maribor, Londonderry, Lisbon, Helsinki, London and be presented at the SPIELART ­festival in November 2013. GEDOK München, an association for female artists, which ­Belgium were represented at the festival. Among the Tallinn) to which 16 artists and groups of artists have start- has long maintained an intensive program of artistic ex- ed out on an expedition. The project is being coordinated www.theatrefit.org change with Bulgaria. Solo exhibitions in Munich (at the by the SPIELART theater festival and will run from 2012 Pasinger Fabrik, in Gasteig and in the GEDOK gallery, for through 2015. It aims to conduct an artistic experiment on example) were thus complemented for the first time by the edge of social upheavals affecting these cities.

European identities

The Münchner Kammerspiele play an active part in European and international art discourse. The municipal run theater had started to tackle European themes in 2011 and continued to do so in 2012. The staging of the Russian play Vassa Shelesnova (see picture at right) in 2012 can definitely be classed as a European production. Masterminded by Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, the German- Belgian-Turkish-Dutch cast created a very detailed and authentic set in which to embody the disaster-prone life of a Russian family. For its part, the Ger- man-Finnish-Estonian-Hungarian pro- duction “The Imaginary Siberian Circus of Rodion Raskolnikov” (see picture at left), directed by Kristian Smeds, is both a very special and a universal show. It works without language and can be staged anywhere in the world. 30 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 31

Open day to mark mona lea’s International dialogue and fifth anniversary exchange broadens horizons

Since 2008, the mona lea program about job applications, were also The educational work conducted Austria was chosen as the venue for a ENGINEERING+ at the Munich adult education cen­ ­presented. An exhibition showcased by the City of Munich benefits good reason: For most of the young- International dialogue and exchange ter has been giving female migrants the early musical and language edu­ tremendously from dialogue with sters who took part, German is only was also the focus of the Engineer- a broad spectrum of opportunities cation development program provided European partners. In 2012, projects their second language, not their moth- ing+ project, whose aim is to increase to earn language and vocational by the childcare facility attached to engaged in by the Department of er tongue, so this choice of venue the number of career entrants in math- qualifications. The fifth anniversary the project. Education and Sport focused consciously kept the language barrier ematical, information technology, sci- of the project, which is backed by primarily on career choices and low. Also, working away from the cus- entific and technology occupations by subsidies from the European Social More than 300 women have complet- vocational development and tomary home and social context made facilitating access to sandwich cours- Fund (ESF), was celebrated with an ed the program since 2008, acquiring training. it easier for the youngsters to concen- es, advanced vocational training open day in October 2012. knowledge and skills that have made trate on the content of what they were and / or courses of study. To this end, it easier for many of them to find work In most cases, gaining initial career doing. The foreign internships were the project seeks to intensify the pool- The open day was staged on the and education. The example of one ­experience elsewhere in Europe is a a resounding success: On returning to ing of experience with European and premises of the adult education center Columbian nursery teacher is a case in great way to improve one’s chances of Munich, most of the participants local partners and to develop joint in Schwanthalerstrasse. Visitors point: Two mona lea internships al- securing an attractive job. For young found an apprenticeship. strategies and plans of action. gained an insight into the project work lowed her to put into practice the the- migrants or German nationals of for- completed in recent years and into the oretical childcare knowledge she had eign descent, however, that is often The current project runs until 2013, At seven meetings with the partner lines of work – office communication, learned, see what it was like working easier said than done. For youngsters but is to be extended until 2015. Sub- cities Basingstoke and Tameside (both healthcare / nursing care, retail / sales in this context in Germany and estab- at Munich’s local government-run sidies totaling EUR 18,820 have been UK), Antwerp (Belgium), Louny (Czech and childcare – that are currently open lish important contacts in the world of ­vocational school for career prepara- made available. Republic), Rijeka (Croatia) and Regens- to participants. In a series of lectures, work. Since the Columbian’s foreign tion, the dream of an internship abroad burg (Germany), the local education female migrants talked about “Being qualifications were also officially rec- nevertheless came true in 2012. and training system, local education on a journey and being here” and ognized, she was able to start work as ­Under the auspices of the Leonardo providers and best-practice examples ­“Living in a foreign land with a sense a nursery teacher as soon as she com- da Vinci “Mobility” project, the De- were presented and analyzed. The of humor”. Aspects of course content, pleted the mona lea project. partment of Education and Sport – participants worked together to iden- such as telephone training, marketing backing a project to overcome obsta- tify obstacles to the specified subjects using on-screen presentation and tips In 2012, the mona lea project was cles to education among disadvantaged and career lines. The aim is to help ramped up. As a result, more than young people from migrant families – remedy the mismatch between supply 100 female migrants have had new made foreign internships available in and demand by means of partnership ­career prospects opened up to them the Austrian province of Carinthia. and collaboration between education since April. providers, agencies and the business In collaboration with the BFI Career community. Another aspect involves Development Institute in Wolfsberg examining the role of local (education) and Diakonie (the social welfare organ- authorities and the support they ization of the Protestant churches) in ­provide to the partnership between Feldkirchen, ten pupils were given the education and business. The project chance of a practical introduction to focuses on cooperation with educa- careers in metal technology, childcare tion providers in order to integrate and geriatric care. In the metal tech- business skills and general employabil- nology internships, the youngsters ity in technical vocational training gained a basic grasp of turning and courses and engineering / scientific milling, as well as attending a welding study courses so that apprentices and course. In the childcare and geriatric students alike will ultimately be better care internships, the youngsters im- prepared for their chosen occupation. proved their social skills and gathered experience of dealing responsibly with The project runs from 2011 needy people. through 2013. Total subsidies: EUR 18,000

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Youth in Action – School exchange with Turkey

In 2012, a group of young people took (SPD) visited the youngsters during people in Germany. That is valuable part in the “Youth in Action” school their project work in Munich and wel- for our coexistence and to help Turkish exchange supported by the EU’s Edu- comed the Turkish visitors. In Turkey, migrants become integrated in Germa- cation Program – and went off to track the schoolchildren interviewed expa­ ny’s youth scene.” down Turkish influences in Munich triate Germans, visited the Goethe and German influences in Istanbul. ­Institute and explored sights that have The project was completed in 2012. links to Germany. Total subsidies: EUR 7,153 In both cities, the schoolchildren were accommodated by guest families and “The experience of seeing the Turkish thus experienced family life in either and German youngsters coming to- host country at first hand. In search of gether was particularly intensive,” said Turkish influences in Munich, the one 16 year-old girl, summing up her youngsters explored historic events, feelings about the exchange. “In some discovered the benefits – and possible areas there were big differences, but conflicts – of living together side by we also had things in common. It was side and engaging in intercultural dia- also especially important that we logue from day to day. City Councilors didn’t just earn a lot about Turkish peo- Dr. Inci Sieber (SPD) and Yasar Fincan ple in Turkey, but also about Turkish

Seizing opportunities in the education system Schooling for All

“ViSA – Variety in Schools and Apprenticeships” is a center, the vocational training centers operated by Bayer- Preventing exclusion and discrimination on the labor Last July, Munich’s Social Services project supported by the EU that is now taking con­ ische Wirtschaft gGmbH, the Euro Training Center and the ­market and in society Department set up a new EU project: crete shape in Munich too. Offers of training and advice Evangelical Migration Center in the Greek House – each Developing networks and cooperation with migrant Schooling for All. The three-part col- are giving young people a better chance of successfully presented aspects of the project. ­organizations laborative project to provide individual mastering the transition from school to apprenticeship language training and development to to working life. Ideas for sustainable transitional systems The lead partner to the project is the Munich adult educa- children youngsters and to foster inter- The aim is for the many different channels of cooperation tion center, while all four partners are overseeing different cultural openness in schools is sup- The joint XENOS project – “ViSA – Variety in Schools and and networking to spawn fresh ideas that will drive concep- aspects of the overall project. The adult education center’s ported by the European Integration Apprenticeships” – targets disadvantaged youngsters and tual development and have a lasting impact on transitional focus is on the “Seizing opportunities” subproject, which Fund (EIF). Phase one of the project young adults in Munich, both those from a migrant back- systems. Slated to run for two and a half years, the project targets youngsters who have dropped out of school, have involves language assistance courses ground and those who are not. A launch event for the is financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), the German no certificate of secondary education and do not feel ready for Munich schoolchildren from non- ­project was held in the coach house at the Seidlvilla on Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the City of or able to start an apprenticeship. A practical tuition course EU countries or from migrant family ­October 29, 2012. In an introductory speech on “Exclusion ­Munich and the four partners’ own resources. helps them to catch up on the basics and do internships backgrounds. in the education and apprenticeship system: Strategies for to try out various lines of occupation. inclusion and integration”, Dr. Hubertus Schröer of the Insti- ViSA is focused on the following objectives: Phase two seeks to establish “German tute for Intercultural Quality Development in Munich set the Providing education and qualifications to disadvantaged Skills and qualities such as teamwork, self-confidence and as a second language” in teacher tone for the project. Dr. Schröer stressed the importance youngsters and young adults – both those from a migrant perseverance are reinforced in a variety of projects. Media training and add-on courses. The last of intercultural education and the value of “diversity skills” background and those who are not skills too are an integral part of the curriculum, while one- phase of the project aims to tackle the for the German education and apprenticeship system. The Strengthening intercultural skills to give individuals better on-one consulting takes account of the personal situation issue of intercultural school develop- four partners to the project – Munich’s adult education chances on the labor market of each individual participant. The program is also suitable ment, creating a stronger structural Promoting awareness of intercultural and social diversity for youngsters who need remedial assistance with German basis for this topic. Schooling for All issues among the players in the labor and education as their second language. will run until mid-2015. It is being ­markets ­realized in collaboration with partners www.vielfalt-muenchen.de and receives subsidies totaling EUR 491,463. 25 percent of this sum is contributed by the City of Munich. 34 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

Talking about Europe

At a time when there seems to be To play a part in shaping European report did not reflect administrative no end to the current crisis, talking ­policy in Munich’s best interests, structures, but instead adopted a mag- about Europe is not easy. A nega­ ­European activities are important. The azine-style format to provide a reader- tive perception of the EU prevails Bavarian capital is keen to raise aware- friendly overview in a modern layout. in most cases. For precisely this ness of this fact. And to do so, it The response to the 2011 report was reason, we have published a wealth needs well-informed citizens, dedicat- so overwhelmingly positive that the of information to fuel valuable ed politicians and a local government new structure and layout have largely discussion. apparatus that keeps a close eye on been retained in this year’s report. what is happening in Brussels. What happened in Munich in relation The European Affairs Team at the to Europe in 2012? Residents who are Our English website was thoroughly ­Department of Labor and Economic keen to find out are kept informed by overhauled in 2012. Non-German- Development is your point of contact the City of Munich’s press activities speakers can now gain a clear insight for all matters relating to the EU. The or by its website (www.muenchen. into Munich’s European activities at team compiles information about the de / europe). The EU has a direct www.muenchen.de / europe. EU, coordinates the Bavarian capital’s ­impact on virtually all aspects of life lobbying activities, helps other muni­ in Munich: whenever local govern- Similarly, the completed redesigned cipal departments to acquire and ment wants to award public contracts, Annual Report on European Activities ­implement EU projects and runs the needs support for projects or plans to 2011, produced in 2012, provides an- Europe Direct Information Center for erect or modernize energy-efficient swers to a host of related questions, Munich and Upper Bavaria in conjunc- buildings, for example. The list could such as: How are Munich’s European tion with the Gasteig Munich Muni­ go on indefinitely; and we have al- activities organized? How does “Euro- cipal Library. On issues and questions ready published numerous examples pean lobbying” work? Which issues relating to Europe, the European Af- on the Internet. were the focus of attention in 2011? fairs Team often assumes a coordina- Which EU-backed projects were run- tion function, working closely together Europe Day draws the crowds Discussion events at the Tollwood ning in Munich? And in what pan-Euro- with people from all the other depart- ­festival, lectures and exhibitions at the pean networks did Munich play an ments. It also publishes a regular Europe Direct Information Center for ­active part? For the first time, the 2011 newsletter to keep everyone abreast Munich and Upper Bavaria, attractive of the most important information Pupils of the local government-run tributed to the success of the event. Then, at 5:00 p.m., it was party time, offerings at the Munich adult edu­ from the EU and the municipal depart- Käthe Kollwitz Gymnasium (college) Together with its cooperation part- with bands such as Tuna Trio, Tuó and cation center and the city’s universi- ments. were given a unique opportunity to ners – representatives of the EU Com- Munich’s own ska band Bluekilla turn- ties … Whatever the issue, our dabble in “big-time” European mission and the European Parliament ing up the heat. If they had not already ­European web pages constantly politics last year: In the Meeting in Munich and of Europa-Union- been doing so, by now at the latest ­ensure a clear, up-to-date overview. Room at City Hall, the youngster München e.V. – the City of Munich the spectators joined in the dancing engaged in an intensive consulta­ made the day into a true celebration or transformed the square into a cozy tion on the EU Chocolate Directive. while also providing a wealth of infor- sun lounge. Children and young people were mation and opportunities for debate. not the only ones with plenty to The day ended, as it had begun, with talk about, however. Staged on the The information booths in the Prunk- a discussion of the questions “Why Marienplatz, in the Prunkhof court­ hof courtyard were kept very busy. Europe? What connects young and old yard and in City Hall itself, the 2012 Out on the Marienplatz, the center of to Europe?” in the Large Meeting Europe Day centered around one attention was the European Parliament Room in City Hall. What has been the obvious theme: talking to each booth in the shape of the EU star. experience of the generation that saw other. To set the ball rolling, the Here, Munich’s EU MPs Nadja Hirsch the founding of the EU? What expec­ Department of Labor and Economic (FDP) and Bernd Posselt (CSU) fielded tations do young people have? And Development had organized a questions and engaged in not a few what is the common denominator that full-day program with exciting heated discussions. could, in future, keep both young and activities for young and old alike. old plugged into Europe? Questions Sun lounge on the Marienplatz such as these were at the heart of this A cloudless blue sky and glorious hot Children were given a playful introduc- intergenerational debate – in keeping temperatures were, of course, not tion to Europe with games such as with the chosen theme for 2012, the the main reasons for the exceptionally ­baguette throwing and cheese rolling. “European Year for Active Aging and bright and breezy mood on the On the stage, guests from Lithuania, Solidarity between Generations”. ­Marienplatz on May 11, 2012. But the Hungary and Spain performed traditio­ summery atmosphere certainly con- nal dances from the home countries. Annual Report on European Activities 2012 37

high points in the European project. preventing an exodus of financial Strauss of the Baden-Württemberg From a scientific perspective, he transactions to tax-free regions both Association of Sinti and Roma high- sketched a number of alternative inside and outside the European lighted the situation of these two ­scenarios for the political future of ­Union. Ferber and Wolowicz agreed groups in Europe. Europe, identifying one problem in that the tax on financial transactions the current perception of Europe as could be an effective way to contain Europe Direct Information Center a“crisis-ridden­ continent”. speculative transactions. Moreover, Munich & Upper Bavaria the EU could use the tax receipts to Münchner Stadtbibliothek Will there be an EU tax? pay off some of its debts and finance Am Gasteig, Ebene 1.1 At an event about plans to introduce growth and employment. At the same Rosenheimer Strasse 5 a financial transaction tax in Germany time, both experts were skeptical of 81667 München and ten other euro-zone countries, whether the tax could be introduced Germany member of the European Parliament before 2020 – although eleven Euro- Phone +49 (0)89 480 98 33 79 Markus Ferber, who is responsible for pean countries have now given their [email protected] economic and foreign exchange policy consent. www.muenchen.de / europe-direct issues in the European Parliament, joined with Munich’s treasurer Regarding Croatia’s planned accession Dr. Ernst Wolowicz to discuss the in July 2013, Professor Ulf Brunnbauer question: Will there be an EU tax? of the Institute for Eastern and South- The proposed levy on banking and east European Studies (IOS) outlined stock trading transactions is expected the current situation in the Balkans, to yield revenues of between EUR 30 while Barbara Lochbihler (member billion and EUR 35 billion, as well as of the European Parliament) and Daniel

Success of the Europe Direct Information Center affirmed

Munich’s first port of call for matters The office at the Munich Municipal tung newspaper, talked about Europe pertaining to Europe is to remain ­Library in Gasteig has been open since past, present and future in a presenta- accessible to local residents. The 2009. Operated as a collaborative ven- tion entitled “The Future of Europe Europe Direct Information Center ture by the European Affairs Team at and the Euro”. The utility of an eco- (EDI) for Munich and Upper Bavaria the Department of Labor and Economic nomic community is necessary, Pro- has successfully fought off compe­ Development and the Municipal Library, fessor Prantl said, but a community tition from 72 other cities and will the EDI is part of an EU-wide network that gives protection to its citizens is Guest article now receive European Commission of around 500 offices. It encourages at least equally important. “The EU subsidies totaling as much as debate about Europe, supplies all kinds must be a community of the citizens, Providing information builds trust in Europe EUR 25,000 per year through 2017. of information material and answers not of the banks,” he insisted. City questions relating to Europe. The fact Councilor Ulrike Boesser and head that EU support has now been renewed of the Department of Labor and “I want to conduct a real debate about the direction in Providing both information and opportunity for discussion is comes as confirmation of the success- ­Economic Development Dieter Reiter which the European Union should develop in the coming therefore the best way to build and cement trust in the EU. ful work of the EDI. Growth in 2012 had opened the event, which was years.” These were the words of EU Commission President In running a Europe Direct Information Center, Munich is centered primarily around the number ­attended by nearly 300 people. At the José Manuel Barroso at the dawn of the European Year of supporting Europe in this task – while also providing local of visitors and the range of EU work- subsequent reception, the invited par- Citizens 2013. The EU’s institutions have long been seeking residents with a special kind of service. shops available to schoolchildren. ticipants from Munich’s European ac- to engage in dialogue with the people. One piece of the School rallies devoted to the subject tivities scene continued the discussion mosaic is the 55 Europe Direct Information Centers (EDIs) of Europe are another integral part of about ongoing developments in the EU. across the length and breadth of Germany – one of which the program. is run by the City of Munich and supported with funds from Professor Werner Weidenfeld from the EU budget. A community of the citizens the Chair of Political Systems and In the course of the year, the EDI European Integration at the LMU uni- An array of events provide information about current devel- picked up on developments in the euro versity in Munich tackled the subject opments in the EU and stimulate discussion about Euro- crisis and residents’ resultant fears of “Europe in Crisis – A Test for pean issues. And at a time when people are deeply con- and anxieties in a series of related in- Europe”. Professor Weidenfeld took cerned about Europe, this is more important than ever. formation events attended by promi- his audience on a journey through Opinion polls show that people who feel they are better nent speakers. For example, Professor ­Europe’s turbulent history, but not ­informed about Europe tend to take a more positive view Dr. Henning Arp Heribert Prantl, a member of the chief without reminding them of successful of Europe. Head of the Representation editing team at the Süddeutsche Zei- of the European Commission in Munich graphic and film seminars on subjects such as varied as healthcare, nursing care, education, voluntary activities, housing, poverty, inclusion, migration, safety, sport and exercise. Around 16 percent of the events concerned themselves with the encounter ­between the generations.

Most events were well to very well ­attended. Demand was particularly strong for offerings relating to housing situation for elderly people. For exam- ple, an event entitled “Growing older – and continuing to live at home” was effectively stormed by more than 500 senior citizens eager to get a place in the Large Hall at the Old City Hall in March 2012. Twenty organizations that support independent living at home for the elderly presented their work. In a series of presentations and practical examples, the Housing Adap- tation unit of the Association for Urban Growing old in Munich – gladly District Work showed simple ways to EU integration make everyday life easier for people with physical ailments and disabilities. policy project concluded

Demographic change is a source not promote active aging and intergene­ “50 plus meets 15 minus” day only of challenges and problems to rational solidarity. Some of the many One example of intergenerational be overcome, but also of opportuni­ aims were: ­dialogue was provided by the one-day The City of Munich played an energetic part in the Confirmation of the value of Munich’s own work ties. With the European Parliament To help older people adopt an active campaign “50 plus meets 15 minus”. “Mixities” project (“Making integration work in The findings were naturally of great help to Barcelona, Gent having declared 2012 to be the role in society Designed to encourage solidarity ­Europe’s cities”) initiated by the Social Forum of the and Stockholm in particular. Yet the other cities too reaped “European Year for Active Aging and To promote volunteer activities and ­between generations, this event was EUROCITIES network. Integration policy and how cities huge benefits. And many of the insights and much of the Solidarity between Generations”, active participation in the life of held in August at the Mini-München can learn from each other in this area was the core experience gained can be mapped onto Munich too. In the the City of Munich seized the oppor­ ­society play center. An open discussion sought focus of this project. Mixities was supported by the course of the assessment process, the parties involved tunity to focus public attention on To sustainably improve the way primarily to overcome prejudices and European Integration Fund and was completed in 2012. ­developed tools that will enable them to rate the progress of the positive aspects of growing old. ­different generations live together facilitate more contact between gen- other cities throughout Europe in the field of integration. The erations. Then, after a small intergen- With the participation of the Social Services Department project has thus laid a firm foundation on which to improve This decision was made against the A total of around 80 organizations took erational house had been inaugurated, and in association with twelve other European cities, a migrant integration across the continent. “Mixities was a lot background of demographic develop- part in the program, staging 205 dif­ it was mainly senior citizens who took ­series of modules were assessed on the subject of anti-­ of work,” says Alexandra Mentjes from the Social Services ment in Europe and its impact on soci- ferent events and campaigns. There the reins. In a raft of courses, they discrimination policy, diversity in public service and orienta- Department. “But it also gave us a lot of new ideas and the ety, public services and public finance. were information events and discus- shared their knowledge and skills with tion / language courses for new migrants in Gent, Barcelona chance to see what other cities are doing. The project came In 2012, Europe for the first time had sions, lectures, trade events, courses, the younger visitors. Young and old and Stockholm. In addition, the cities that took part outlined as powerful confirmation of our own work – which in turn more pensioners than people in gainful alike had tremendous fun knitting, their own examples of successful projects and activities is tremendously motivating.” employment. The 2012 initiative was dancing, cooking, taking part in a pres- and discussed new ways forward in integration policy. thus intended as an incentive to create entation on nature conservation and better working conditions for the grow- attending a course about tolerance in Munich’s contribution focused on the subject of orientation ing number of older people in Europe, the Mini-Munich “Zoffakademie”. and language courses for new migrants. It was Munich, for and to help them play an active role in example, that assessed Stockholm’s offerings in the same society. All in all, a host of activities and events area, asking questions such as: Are the target groups really made the “European Year for Active being reached? What level of language skills do migrants Under the heading “Growing old in Aging and Solidarity between Genera- have after completing the various courses? Are they being Munich? Gladly!”, the City of Munich tions 2012” a resounding success in successfully integrated in the labor market as a result? organized a highly diverse program and Munich. a broad range of events to draw atten- seminars, day-long campaigns, tours tion to the EU year. The social partners and excursions, concerts, games and civil society at large were encour- ­evenings, sports events and dances, aged and supported in their efforts to exhibitions, film showings and photo- 40 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 Annual Report on European Activities 2012 41

Fit for Europe thanks to organized stays Bolstering civil society in Kiev abroad and ongoing education

climate and environmental protection What is the difference between the economic develop­ European law at the Personnel Management ­Department are addressed as integral aspects ment work done in Munich and that in Edinburgh? The The Department of HR and Personnel Management keeps of its international collaboration. best way to find out – and to learn from others – is to Munich’s local government regularly informed of the con­ talk to them face to face and on location. Since 2011, sequences of any changes and amendments to European To this end, the Bavarian capital seeks employees of the City of Munich have – backed by legislation, decisions by the European Court and decisions to strengthen local environmental or- co-funding from the EU – been given the opportunity to by national courts regarding the interpretation and applica- ganizations in Kiev and offers them its spend organized periods of learning and development tion of European standards in labor and civil service law. support as an international partner. In elsewhere in Europe. The focus in 2012 was on vacation law – specifically, the the context of “European Mobility vesting (or otherwise) of vacation entitlements due to illness, Week” in 2012, for example, local gov- The target group primarily includes employees whose day- compensation for vacation entitlements, vacation entitle- ernment experts attended a confer- to-day work requires a very pronounced service orientation ments when weekly working hours are reduced, staggered ence in Kiev. The aim was to talk with and involves a great deal of contact with the local popula- vacation entitlements as a function of age and the inadmis- local experts from non-government tion and / or the corporate community as well as interna­ sibility thereof. ­organizations and the City of Kiev tional project partners in the context of city networks and about traffic planning, the promotion international institutions. Another focal area was implementation of the UN Conven- of cycle paths and sustainable mobility tion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In early management. The “Europafit” Leonardo mobility projects implemented 2012, the Department of HR and Personnel Management by the Department of Labor and Economic Development’s took part in the consultation on the creation of a barrier-free Advice on support for tourism European Affairs Team to improve local government em- Europe for people with disabilities. The consultation cen- The Munich Office of Tourism provided ployees’ English skills take the form of organized periods of tered around two aspects – work and employment – and support to the four Ukrainian venues learning and development in other European countries and eight activities were drafted for the City of Munich’s initial Munich’s partnership with Kiev tions in the Ukrainian capital. In return, that hosted matches in the 2012 Euro- are co-funded by the European Union. The “Europafit” pro- plan of action. Pursuant to a resolution by the City Council, dates back to 1989, when it was Munich welcomed visitors from Kiev pean Championship soccer tourna- ject began in 2011 with a stay at the economic develop- these activities will be tackled energetically in 2013. The launched primarily to encourage to the local Christopher Street Day ment. The officers of tourism for the ment and European activities units in Edinburgh. Since primary topics include education, internships, advanced rapprochement between east and ­parade. This connection has since four host venues were walked through 2012, several participants from the Social Services Depart- training and development, sign language interpreter services west. Today, considerable impor­ grown into an extremely lively scene- the production of a practical tourism ment have had the chance to spend four to six weeks in and access for all in LiMux. Headed by the Social Services tance is also attached to supporting related partnership that is both warmly concept and supplied with information residence in Liverpool. This opportunity remains open until Department, an additional cross-departmental project to civil society organizations in Kiev welcomed and supported by Munich’s about organizing and managing touris- 2014. implement the UN Convention is likewise currently in pro- and collaborating on tourism – one local government. tic advertising. Munich’s experience gress in Munich. example being the 2012 European with location development and mar- Keen interest in residence periods abroad Championship soccer tournament. Working together on HIV prevention keting at the 2006 Soccer World Cup Reports from those who took advantage of this program in The Department of Public Construction, the Department of Although the situation has become was also passed on. Strategic, logist­ 2011 have since been collated and evaluated. The resultant Urban Planning and the Communal Services Department Within the framework of its partner- slightly more stable, Ukraine is still ical and financial issues formed the very positive impressions have been passed on to the City are joining forces to organize internal development and ship with Kiev, the City of Munich struggling with an astronomical num- ­focus of this knowledge-sharing expe- Council Commission on Europe, the Europe Working Group training courses for legal professionals. The three depart- stands up for human rights, demo­ ber of HIV / AIDS diseases and new rience. The aim was to improve the and the various municipal departments. This fueled even ments take it in turns each year to take the lead role, with cracy and the rule of law. Above all, ­infections. Munich is keen to share its quality and marketing of tourism offer- greater interest in the residence periods abroad among the Communal Services Department having shouldered the it seeks to strengthen the forces that own experience with HIV prevention, ings both before and during this major many departments, causing the project to be extended responsibility in 2012. The program always involves a mix are shaping civil society in the Ukrain- medical treatment and care for infect- event, and to sustainably protect the ­until 2013 and broadening it to include other EU member of external events and lectures on topics that concern all ian capital. These goals were explicitly ed persons with its twin city. Kiev is investments made in preparing for the states such as Italy, France, the Netherlands and Spain. three departments. In 2012, the focus was on European underscored in a resolution passed by especially interested in Munich’s out- 2102 European Championship. GIZ, As far back as 1998, Munich had already enabled junior law, with lectures addressing the issues of European state the Munich City Council on October 4, standing standard of networking and the German Society for International ­administrative staff to do foreign internships in Vienna. aid law and public procurement law. 2012. Accordingly, support was pro- its close collaboration between munic- Collaboration, supported the knowl- Looking ahead, the Department of HR and Personnel vided for numerous activities and ipal and civil society organizations. edge-sharing program. ­Management is now planning to use funds from the EU’s ­cooperative ventures in 2012. Leonardo da Vinci program to finance a partnership in In 2012, experts from Munich organ- www.muenchen.de / rathaus / stadt­ ­English-speaking Europe. Equal rights for minorities ized a workshop on the subject of politik / Partnerstaedte / Kiew.html English courses for an With the aim of supporting a move- “HIV Prevention in Schools” in Kiev. In 2012, the Department of Labor and Economic Develop- ment to achieve equal rights for minor Reports on Munich’s own school so- ment seconded four employees to Edinburgh for two-week ­active approach to Europe sexual orientations, a small delegation cial work activities were accompanied periods of residence. This gave them the chance to be- traveled from Munich to Kiev in May by the presentation and discussion of come more closely acquainted with the Scottish capital’s A new advanced development and training program run 2012 to be present at the first public experience gained in German-Ukrai­ administrative apparatus and to gain fresh insights into the by local government includes English courses for muni­ protect against a draft bill in the coun- nian collaboration projects that are city’s External Relations and Enterprise and Innovation cipal employees who are involved in European activities. try’s national parliament and to take a ­already in progress in other parts of units. Every working day was talked through ahead of the Courses in subjects such as business English, written stand in battling discrimination against the country. residence period. This allowed both sides to structure the business communication, presentations, for example, the groups affected. exchange agenda, so the Scottish administrators too were have been designed by the Department of HR and Per- A boost for environmental groups able to say what they wanted in terms of presentations and sonnel Management and have the booking code EQ. A Munich City Council resolution The City of Munich strives to design experience from Munich, and thus to learn from the visits The courses are organized and held in collaboration with ­affirmed the city’s solidarity with sup- its policies in such a way that as little too. Beyond local government, those in residence were the Munich adult education center. Inadequate language port for the relevant groups in Kiev harm as possible is done to the world also able to visit institutions such as the Scottish Parlia- skills often constitute an obstacle to active involvement and was forwarded to both the local around us. It is therefore of great ment, the local representation of the European Commission in European activities. One of the goals the City of authorities and civil society organiza- ­importance to Munich to ensure that and the Scotland Europa network. ­Munich has therefore set itself to gain “European profi- ciency” is to systematically and continually improve ­local government staff’s command of English. 42 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

Intercultural skills in personnel management

Munich’s local government is developing an ever more ­international flavor. In cooperation with the LMU university and the University of the Armed Forces, the Department of HR and Personnel Management and the Social Services Department’s Intercultural Activities Unit set up a project in 2012 to tackle the issue of intercultural skills in personnel management. The project formulated practical questions and developed elements for assessment centers that are used in municipal recruitment processes. Most of the ­vacancies advertised by the City of Munich identify inter­ cultural skills as an essential requirement. In potential spot- ting processes for junior management within local govern- ment too, the department again examines the candidates’ intercultural skills.

At the awards ceremony (from left): Stefan Grüttner, Social Affairs Minister for Hesse, Sabine Can, Healthcare Manager at the City of Munich, and Dr. Thomas Böhle, Department of HR and Personnel Management at the City of Munich.

Munich sets Customers give PSC the standards good grades

The City of Munich operates an exemplary approach In a customer survey of the service provided by the Point to corporate healthcare management – and duly of Single Contact (PSC) for the corporate sector, customers won the Corporate Health Award in 2012. gave this facility very good grades. 89 percent of respond- ents said the answers to their questions provided by the Under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Labor PSC were very helpful. 91 percent were also happy with and Social Affairs and the INQA Initiative for a New the time it took to process their inquiries. The PSC is a ser- Quality of Work, the influential German business daily vice provided by the City of Munich’s Department of Labor Handelsblatt, TÜV SÜD Life Service and EuPD Re- and Economic Development. It provides advice on neces- search award prizes to German companies that engage sary licenses and approvals, conditions governing the exer- in exemplary endeavors on behalf of the health and cise of certain professions and the formalities of starting New chairman for VKU Tech- New Integrated Urban ­performance of their employees and that, in so doing, or relocating a business. On request, the PSC is also happy set new standards for the whole of the country. to coordinate the necessary procedures. In 2012, the PSC nical Committee on Europe ­Development Working Group fielded 1,233 inquiries (a year-on-year increase of five per- In 2012, the City of Munich once again won the award cent). Of these inquiries, 24 percent came from foreign (having already done so in 2009) in the public adminis- customers. Günther Langer of the Communal Services Department is In early 2012, the Department of Urban Planning and Build- tration category. The jury rated the city’s structured, the chairman of the recently launched Technical Committee ing Regulations set up the Integrated Urban Development strategic and comprehensive corporate health manage- To reach the Point of Single Contact, on Europe at the VKS Association of Waste Management Working Group. This group operates under the aegis of ment program as “exemplary”. The advisory panel of call us on +49 (0)89 233-22070, and Municipal Cleaning, part of the VKU Association of EUROCITIES’ economic development forum and is headed experts explained the decision, pointing to “exemplary mail us at [email protected] or visit our website at ­Municipal Companies. Two key tasks have been assigned by Dr. Sylvia Pintarits (of the Department of Urban Planning planning in line with actual demand, a portfolio of offer- www.eap-muenchen.de to the Technical Committee: One is to quickly identify nas- and Building Regulations) in conjunction with the Planning ings tailored optimally to the employees and a participa- cent developments in the EU that could impact municipal Department of the City of Stockholm. At present, the work- tory approach”. The Corporate Health Award 2012 was waste management. The other is to seed new topics and, ing group is concentrating on carbon-neutral planning and presented in nine industry categories and two special in particular, to adopt a strategic, proactive approach ahead social aspects. Examples from Stockholm and Munich (the categories. The other winners included big-name com- of European legislative procedures. In other words, the national pilot project “Energy-just Urban Development” panies such as IBM Deutschland (services / IT / communi- ­committee is intended to serve as the VKU’s mouthpiece in Freiham and Neuaubing) have already been presented cation), Hexal AG (chemicals / pharmaceuticals) and the in respect of the EU. The initiators and members also expect in Riga. Otto Group (transportation / retail / logistics). In the year in it to deliver ideas and input for the specialized work of the question, a total of 283 companies had applied – more other Technical Committees. than ever before. Annual Report on European Activities 2012 45

The battle against a privatized water supply continues

Munich is famous for its water: for Grassroots resistance Resolution by the Munich City the quality, the reasonable price and Resistance to the EU’s plans is also Council the reliability with which it flows taking shape among the population at The Munich City Council too has sent from our taps. Hence the Bavarian large. The European citizens’ initiative out a clear signal. In its meeting on capital’s alarm at the efforts of the “Water is a Human Right” is the first January 23, 2013, a plenary session EU to have the water supply in such initiative that appears to be plot- unanimously passed the following res- Europe’s cities privatized. The ting a successful trajectory. By Febru- olution on the municipal water supply: planned amendment to what is ary 2013, more than 1.1 million people “In light of the deliberations of the known as the Directive on Conces­ from all over Europe had signed the European Parliament, the Council of sions will therefore remain a hot corresponding petition. At present, it the City of Munich reiterates that the topic in 2013. remains unclear whether it will take water supply should remain in the the hurdle of finding a minimum num- hands of local government if this is the The privatization of the water market ber of supporters in at least seven dif- express wish of the local community could effectively sneak in through the ferent EU member states. However, concerned. It cannot be that European back door. For many years, the City with the organizers seeking to break law compels local authorities to accept of Munich has been fighting to prevent the two million mark by September privatization “through the back door”. this – and to enable municipal utility 2013, it seems perfectly realistic to The City Council holds fast to its fun- SWM to continue to underwrite the ­expect the initiative to go down in his- damental position: that Munich rejects quality of Munich’s water, keeping it tory as the first ever successful Euro- the privatization of the water supply safely in the city’s own hands. The pean petition for a referendum. and will take all appropriate steps to reason for this pitched battle is the be able to keep the water supply in EU’s insistence that service con­ If and when that happens, the EU municipal hands.” cessions – which include the water Commission will have to concern itself supply – should in future be put out with the matter. Although a citizens’ to public tender. initiative does not necessarily force the Commission to start a legislative The City of Munich submitted position process, it is difficult to imagine in this papers opposing these plans to the case that the Commission would not Commission and the European Par­ revisit the subject. The supply of drink- liament in 2012. In addition, it lobbied ing water might then be taken back forcefully for this position at the rele- out of the draft EU Directive after all, vant instances, in particular among the in line with Munich’s request. appropriate European Parliament rap- porteurs. The efforts of Munich’s local Where we go from here remains government were flanked by demands open: The entire EU Parliament will addressed to the EU by a broad spec- probably vote on the Directive in April trum of organizations, such as SWM, 2013. Alternatively, there could be the German and Bavarian Associations consultations between the EU Parlia- of Cities, the VKU Association of ment, the EU Commission and the ­Municipal Companies and the EURO- European Council. At the time of writ- CITIES network. ing, numerous activities were in pro- gress to try once again to exclude the water supply from the Directive on Concessions. 46 Annual Report on European Activities 2012

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