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EUROCITIES city dialogue 23 June
WELCOME!
WE ARE STARTING IN…
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@EUROCITIES
EUROCITIES city dialogue 23 June
WELCOME!
WE ARE STARTING IN…
MINUTES
@EUROCITIESEUROCITIES city dialogue 23 June
WELCOME!
WE ARE STARTING IN…
MINUTES
@EUROCITIESWE WILL BE STARTING SOON… – Please introduce yourself when you ‘enter the room’ – Mute your microphone during the presentation – If you disconnect, just go back to the link to re-join – ASK, COMMENT and SHARE! The Webinar will be recorded and the recording will be shared on our website afterwards
EUROCITIES
The network of major European cities
EUROCITIES
The role of entrepreneurship
and SMEs in the economic
recovery
City dialogue 23/06/2020
www.eurocities.euWHO IS PRESENTING AND HELPING YOU TODAY? • Aleksandra Olejnik, policy advisor, EUROCITIES • Patricia Couti, policy advisor, EUROCITIES • Ilias Papadopoulos, EDF team, EUROCITIES • Benjamin Reid, Head of International Innovation, Nesta UK • Dr. Charlotte Reypens, Startups and Entrepreneurship Research team, Nesta UK
AGENDA OF THE MEETING
10:00 - 10:20 Policy update on new tools, instruments proposed by the EU to
support entrepreneurship and SMEs and new MFF proposal, skills
and social economy by EUROCITIES
10:20 - 10:40 Presentation: Future role of the SMEs and entrepreneurship in
economic recovery (focus on future sectors and skills), by
Benjamin Reid and Dr. Charlotte Reypens
10:40 - 11:00 Q&A, moderated by EUROCITIES
11:00 - 11:40 Contributions by the cities: How cities plan/ should plan to
support SMEs and entrepreneurship, moderated by EUROCITIES
11:40 - 12:00 Next steps: Cooperation with WG Smart Social Inclusion – focus on
social economyWHAT WILL YOU LEARN FROM THIS CITY DIALOGUE? Following those presentations, participants will be able to: • Share the latest developments in your city in context of supporting SMEs, entrepreneurship and upskilling of the workforce; • Discuss with your peers how to ensure safety when reopening the economy; • Learn about other cities' strategies/ activities to support SMEs and entrepreneurship; • Tell us what the biggest challenges in your city are.
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2021-2027 • New MFF presented on 27 May • MFF for 2021-2027: €1100 bn • Next Generation EU: €750 bn Goals of the MFF: • Restart the European economy • Boost the green and digital transitions • Make the EU fairer, more resilient and more sustainable for future generations
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK Programmes having provisions aiming at reinforcing SMEs: • REACT-EU: will provide provision of working capital for SMEs • Adjusted cohesion policy programmes: will assist SMEs through investments • Just Transition Fund: will support the re-skilling of workers • InvestEU: will provide crucial support to companies and will increase the risk-taking capacity of the EIB Group and NPBs • Strategic Investment Facility (part of InvestEU): will invest in key value chains • Solvency Support Instrument: will offer partial guarantees against losses which will raise private investment for sound companies put at risk by the crisis • Summary created by EUROCITIES here
WEBINAR ON 25 JUNE: NEXT EU BUDGET Aim: What’s in it for cities? It will provide an overview of the main feature of the overall EU budget proposals for 2021-2027 and focus on some of the upcoming funding programmes of interest for cities, including: Erasmus, LIFE, Digital Europe, and Horizon Europe. Presenter: Mrs. Acedo Montoya, Head of Unit at DG BUDGET, responsible for the development of the Multiannual Financial Framework at the European Commission. You can find out more on our website.
CITY DIALOGUE ON 30 JUNE: ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Aim: What’s the role of cities in the economic recovery?
• The city dialogue will present how cities are working on recovery plans
• The city dialogue will be a discussion on the role of cities in the Green recovery
of the EU economy, with a special focus on the EU Recovery Plan and the
Roadmap for the Recovery.
Presenters:
• Marco Piantini, Senior Expert, Gentiloni cabinet, European Commission
• Gerry Muscat, Head of the Urban Development Division, European Investment
Bank
• Representatives from Nantes, Barcelona and Glasgow
You can find out more on our website.SKILLS AT EU LEVEL
• Updated Skills Agenda for Europe Q3 2020 June 24 –
• Digital Education Action Plan Q3 2020 Reinforcing Youth
(education/skills initiative) Guarantee
• European Education Area Strategic Framework Q3 • To address youth
2020 unemployment
• European Pact for Skills • EUROCITIES
technical report -
• ‘New urban poor’ groups which include students, young men, Reinforcing Youth
freelance workers, low-skilled and self-employed. Guarantee: Lessons
• Accelerated digital transition. learnt by cities in
• The key for the future lies in investing more in skills development implementing the
through re-skilling, up-skilling. This involves adult training and Youth Guarantee
life-long learning programmes to equip people for the 2014-2020
requirements of the labour market, especially in the emerging
sectors.SOCIAL ECONOMY
Social Economy Community
Action plan on social economy • Support traditional business to move to resilient
green and social models.
• More here:
• To be adopted in Q2 2021. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/S
• The public consultation will be launched EC/Social+Economy+Community
in autumn (September).
• 12 weeks consultation.
• The Social Economy Summit in The Better Entrepreneurship Policy
Mannheim postponed to 26-27 May Tool
2021. https://www.euses2020.eu/
A free online self-assessment and learning tool for
• EUROCITIES can propose speakers. inclusive and social entrepreneurship policies and
programme.
• More here: https://betterentrepreneurship.eu/QUESTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS
1. What are the latest developments in your city concerning support for
SMEs and entrepreneurship?
2. What measures have you put in place to allow easier upskilling of
workers? Are SMEs involved in the process?
3. What are some new problems in your city caused the COVID-
19 outbreak? Does the precarity of the situation reduce your city’s
SMEs’ ability to expand and innovate?NEXT STEPS
• Cooperation with Social Affairs Forum – WG Smart Social Inclusion
• Claudia Costa, Porto, Vice Chair of WG SSI
Survey on social economy - June
Report on good practices on social
economy – July – September
Public consultation contribution on
Action Plan for Social Economy –
September - OctoberYou can also read
