Priority – 03

Sustainable and
Integrated Urban
Development

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Urban Challenges
and Solutions

Cities and urban centres are considered both the source of and the solution to many key challenges the world is facing today such as environmental issues and climate change, digital revolution, demographic changes, migration and social inequalities. In Europe, urban areas are home to over two-thirds of the EU’s population, they account for about 80 % of energy use and generate up to 85 % of Europe’s GDP. Urban areas are also the engines of the European economy, hubs of creativity and innovation.

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Regional
Development Support

They add value and act as centres contributing to the development of their wider regions and rural hinterlands and contribute balanced territorial development of the EU but face significant challenges. The Southern & Eastern Regional Programme 2021-27 will support our regional towns using a Town Centres First approach.

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Town Centre First Approach

Town Centre First aims to create town centres that function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work and visit, while also functioning as the service, social, cultural and recreational hub for the local community.

The TCF approach is centred on:

  • Collaboration and communication – a collaborative process involving all relevant local stakeholders, represented by a collaborative Town Team, with good communication in respect of issues raised and the agreed direction
  • Understanding the place – analysis and appraisal underpinned by a town audit/ data gathering -process
  • Defining the place – shaping the plan around high-level objectives that are subsequently expressed through a series of actions
  • Enabling the place– identifying a clear path to delivery of the Plan, cognisant that this will require actions of varying scale to be delivered by different partners

New European Bauhaus

The New European Bauhaus brings innovation, ambition and creativity together. It calls on all Europeans to imagine and build a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful for our eyes, minds, and souls.

By creating bridges between different backgrounds, cutting across disciplines and building on participation at all levels, the New European Bauhaus inspires a movement to facilitate and steer the transformation of our societies along three inseparable values:

  • sustainability, from climate goals to circularity, zero pollution, and biodiversity
  • aesthetics, quality of experience and style beyond functionality
  • inclusion, from valuing diversity to securing accessibility and affordability

Schemes Under Priority 3

  • THRIVE

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