Inaugural workshop SEISMIC
Hungary
9 September 2014
Relevant EU policies for the
project SEISMIC
Soraya Zanardo
EUROCITIES
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This presentation
• Introducing SEISMIC as a project funded
by the European Union
• Introducing some relevant EU policies for
the project
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SEISMIC = urban development and social
innovation
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SEISMIC is about thinking urban development in Europe in
a socially innovative way; i.e. imagining solutions to social
challenges at the same time as empowering society and the
main stakeholders to act on them.
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SEISMIC = 10 national networks  European
level
2. The two main objectives of SEISMIC are:
-To create 10 national networks gathering a large
variety of stakeholders of urban development
-To gather the ideas coming from these networks and
feed them back at European level towards JPI Urban
Europe, among others.
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SEISMIC = European research project
3. SEISMIC is a project funded by the European
Commission Directorate General working on
Research and Innovation
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SEISMIC = Science with and for society
4. The 7th framework programme is the source of
funding. Its work strand entitled ‘science in society’
inspires the strong link that SEISMIC aims to create
between stakeholders of urban development and
urban research.
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SEISMIC = a team of European organisations
5. The SEISMIC project activities are carried out by a
consortium of partners: organisations from different
countries that team up and share the tasks planned
to achieve the objectives of SEISMIC.
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SEISMIC scoping paper: introducing relevant EU policies
• Part 1: EU institutions in relation to urban issues
• Part 2: EU policies and urban development in
Europe
• Part 3: Urban development and social innovation in
the SEISMIC countries
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One example of EU policy relevant for SEISMIC:
Education
• Education: EU supporting competence  complement,
advise and support national and local action.
• Communication from the EU Commission on Early
Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
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ensure universal access to ECEC.
Education
Migration
Employment
Gender
• Urban dimension
• An echo of this EU policy in cities: Early childhood
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education and care in Munich
From Austria to the UK: largest spending items in the SEISMIC
countries
education (5 quotes)
social protection (5)
health (3)
general public services (3)
economic affairs (2)
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Thanks for your attention,
the floor is yours.
Contact:
Soraya.zanardo@eurocities.eu
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