CoR on the EU-Urban Agenda | Monday 30 May 2016 programme The European Committee of the Regions is Representatives of local and regional authorities, The Forum will be held back to back to the organising a Forum on the EU Urban Agenda EU institutions, Member States and relevant informal meeting of Ministers responsible for in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam on stakeholders will discuss the concrete steps that urban matters, where the envisaged “Pact of Monday 30 May 2016. The event is held in are needed to implement the EU Urban Agenda Amsterdam” on the EU Urban Agenda is expected cooperation with the Association of and to improve the urban dimension in EU policy to be adopted. Municipalities, the Association of the Provinces of making. the Netherlands, the City of Amsterdam and the Province of Noord-Holland.

09:00 09:30 11:00 11:30 Parallel workshops a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. Smart and Innovative Cities – Registration of Opening session Coffee break Stimulating growth and jobs at local participants Why do we need an EU level Urban Agenda? Does the EU provide the cities with all necessary 01:00 instruments and funding to fulfil their role as 04:00 02:30 p.m. engines of EU’s economy? p.m. p.m. Green Cities Lunch Coffee break Parallel workshops How can the EU facilitate the cities and urban areas in becoming more sustainable in order to Inclusive Cities reach the COP21 objectives? What do cities undertake to fight urban poverty? 04:30 How do they deal with social issues such as p.m. demographic change, the impacts of migration on cities and affordable housing? What is an inclusive city and what should the EU learn from Panel debate this concept? Ms Corina Creţu How do we move forward on the EU Urban Commissioner for Regional Agenda? Functional urban areas and urban-rural Policy linkages Mr The final session of the CoR Forum will allow the What kind of models for functional regions can Dutch Minister for the Interior high-level participants of the informal ministerial and Kingdom Relations meeting to report back from the meeting and we distinguish and what are the lessons the EU (tbc) to discuss with them the next steps on how to should draw from the establishment of these implement the EU Urban Agenda. agglomerations or functional regions? How does the EU respond to the concept of cross- border cooperation? Mr Jan Olbrycht Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Urban 05:30 Intergroup - European Parliament p.m. Mr Joaquim Oliveira Head of the regional development Closing of the conference policy division, OECD

Mr Markku Markkula President of the European Mr Ahmed Aboutaleb Committee of the Regions 05:45 Mayor of p.m. Mr Mr Rafaele Cattaneo President of the Lombardia Mayor of Amsterdam End of conference Ms Hella Dunger-Löper Regional Council, Chair of the CoR COTER Commission Mr Benjamin B. Barber State Secretary, Representative of the Author of “If Mayors Ruled the Land of Berlin to the Federal Government with Responsibility for European Affairs, World?” CoR rapporteur on “Concrete steps for implementing the EU Urban Agenda” Mr Bas Verkerk Mayor of Delft and CoR Mr Jan Vapaavuori rapporteur on “Towards an Vice-President of the European Integrated Urban Agenda for the EU” Investment Bank Ms Iskra Mihaylova Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament REGI committee @EU_CoR #EUUrbanAgenda

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