General Commission for Territorial Equality

General
Commission for
Territorial
Equality
Promoting the equality of all citizens
and territories
Guaranteeing the territorial continuity of the Republic
Developing the territories to the benefit of their
inhabitants
“I have always considered that it would be
extremely dangerous to set the territories against
each other (…) There is only one France,
whatever the territory on which one lives.”
François Hollande, Tulle, 18th January 2014.
Ourmission
Reducing
inequalities
Implementing urban policy and fighting against all
territorial inequalities, with regard to both employment
and infrastructures, and improving daily life for the
inhabitants in all of the territories.
Promoting access to services.
Guaranteeing
territorial
continuity
Taking all rural, urban, peri-urban, fragile, mountain and
coastal territories etc. into account, in order to meet the
needs and expectations of their inhabitants.
Guaranteeing sustainable, balanced and co-ordinated
development, as well as implementation of the
ecological and energy transition, on all of the territories.
Assessing the effectiveness of the public policies
conducted on these territories.
Developing
territories to
the benefit
of their
inhabitants
Giving each territory the means to develop its potential
according to its characteristics and economic and social
dynamism :
• to face up to economic change ;
• to take the path of innovation and sunrise industries ;
• to open the path of forward-looking training for all.
Developing citizens-based initiatives and jointly
constructing policies for the equality of territories, with
the participation of their inhabitants.
Our Methods Of Action
Pursuing contractual
policies…
… and deploying
concrete initiatives
The CGET (General Commission for Territorial
Equality) pursues contractual policies with the
local and regional authorities :
20,000 initiatives
IT MANAGES the State’s new contractual
policy within the framework of State-Region
planning contracts (CPER / contrat de plan
État-région), for the 2014-2020 period.
IT ORGANISES the new introduction of
contracts into urban policy, simultaneously
involving the State services, local authorities,
the networks of associations, the economic
world and inhabitants.
IT COODINATES the use of European funds,
within the framework of the partnership
agreement, in liaison with the authorities in
charge of management, certification and
auditing, the Ministries concerned and the
Regions.
New State-Region Planning Contracts
(CPER)
These planning contracts enable the State and
the Regions to jointly define regional development priorities and support major projects for
the economy and local employment. They are
also an instrument of national solidarity, to the
benefit of territories which deserve special financial aid.
The issues addressed include :
• multimodal mobility ;
• higher education, research and innovation ;
• development of the uses of digital technology ;
• the digital technology and energy transition.
Entered into for the 2014-2020 period, like the
European programmes, the State-Region Planning Contracts (CPER) will be reviewed at midterm in order to take the reform of the regional
map and new skills transfers into account.
in favour of the inhabitants of urban policy
districts.
10,000 organisations
have the benefit of State support in order to
conduct programmes in the fields of education,
employment, culture and the fight against
discrimination.
27 billion euros
from 4 European funds will be coordinated by
CGET State-Region Planning Contracts, within
the framework of the 2014-2020 programme, in
order to meet 3 objectives :
• restoring the competitiveness of the economy
and employment ;
• pursuing the ecological and energy transition,
and the sustainable management of natural
resources ;
• promoting the equality of territories and equal
opportunities, in particular by targeting 10% of
ERDF* and ESF** funds to urban policy territories.
3 ,700 adult-intermediaries
facilitating social mediation in local communities.
Every month, relations are established with around
45,000 people in the fields of education, access to
rights and services and public tranquillity (in public
transport in particular).
* European Regional Development Fund
** European Social Fund
Public Policies
Managed by the
CGET
The New Urban Contracts
The urban social cohesion contracts will be replaced by the new urban contracts at the end of
2014. The latter will formalise the undertakings of
the State and local authorities in favour of districts and will constitute a single framework for
the implementation of policy.
Their strategic management will be organised
by inter-municipal groupings and the communes
will retain an operational management role and
ensure that local realities are taken into account.
The State, region, departments, urban policy
partners and actors from civil society (companies, inhabitants, associations etc.) will also be
stakeholders.
Our Fields of Action
In liaison with the Ministries concerned, the
CGET engages in concrete initiatives with
regard to :
• priority education ;
• consolidation of the presence of public
services in urban policy districts and rural
areas ;
REVITALISATION OF
TOWN-CENTRES
Within rural and peri-urban territories, market
towns are central poles of attraction to be protected, by means of a supply of accommodation,
facilities and services adapted to inhabitants’
needs.
In order to help around 50 paired communes/
inter-communal groupings to set up and implement transverse town-centre revitalisation
programmes, the Government has organised
engineering funds, dedicated funds (for the housing part of the programme) and ordinary State
funding, in addition to ordinary funding by local
authorities. If this experiment, managed by the
CGET and the ANAH [French National Housing
Agency], is conclusive it may be extended, for
example within the framework of the introduction
of State-Region contracts.
PUBLIC ACCESS TO SERVICES
Ensuring coverage of the national territory by utilities and public services in order to enable equal
access thereto for the inhabitants of all of the territories is a mission of first priority.
In order to enable the same quality of service for
all, the CGET supports the territories and elaborates innovative initiatives, in particular by means
of the pooling of services, as well as development of digital means of communication and the
maisons de services au public - institutions for
public access to high-quality services.
• development of infrastructures and
transport in order to open up territories
and enable greater mobility for their
inhabitants ;
• access to healthcare ;
• access to new technologies and the development of broadband and super-fast
broadband Internet access ;
• the ecology and energy transition…
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
Education is a major lever for re-establishing
equality. Accordingly, 25% of new teaching
posts created are henceforth reserved to priority urban policy districts.
The prevention of pupils dropping-out of the
educational system is consolidated, by means
of systematically catering for excluded schoolchildren and implementation of schemes
adapted to the pupils in greatest difficulty.
Moreover, every year 125,000 children have the
benefit of individual support, from 2 years of
age, within the framework of Educational Success Programmes financed by the CGET.
A Jointly-Elaborated
Approach
Partnerships within the Territories
In order to jointly elaborate policy in favour of territorial
equality and promote the emergence of projects,
the CGET works in partnership with the territories,
associating the State services, the local authorities,
networks of associations, professionals and inhabitants.
A profoundly renewed French National
Council for Towns (Conseil national des
villes), with a college representing the
inhabitants of districts, will exercise a role in
the orientation of urban policy.
The National Council for Territorial Equality,
(Conseil national à l’égalité des territoires), a
new body for dialogue between the State
and the territories, in a context marked by a
new stage of decentralisation, will put forward
opinions and recommendations on the
orientation and implementation of policy in
favour of territorial equality.
“Contrary to many common preconceptions, the strongest
dynamic for the creation of businesses is to be found in the
suburbs. The Minister for Towns is devoting attention to ensuring
that it is possible to introduce new incentives to encourage this
movement, and shall do so all the more in 2014.”
François Hollande, New Year’s speech to the constitutional bodies,
7th January 2014
Our Organisation
A Commission Organised
in Three Main Departments
Department for
Territorial
Strategies
This Department elaborates
and implements urban policy.
It manages the elaboration
of urban contracts and
the application of policies
within the scope of ordinary
legislation.
This Department elaborates
strategy for territorial equality,
on the basis of observation
and taking advantage of data
produced and collected.
Department for
Development of
the Capacities of
Territories
This Department manages
policy in favour of territorial
equality for territories facing
problems, fragile territories,
undergoing change, on the
basis of contractual tools.
Three Transverse Missions
European Affairs
Introduction of Contracts for
Territorial Partnerships
The CGET is a Department coming under the Prime Minister with
inter-ministerial competence.
It is placed at the disposal of the Minister for Women’s Rights, Towns,
Youth and Sport and the Minister for Housing and Territorial Equality.
It takes action on all public policies concerning territorial equality.
www.cget.gouv.fr
Coordination of
Interministerial and Sectorial
Initiatives
© Gilles Bertrand / CIT’images, Pierre Rousseau / CIT’images.
Department for
Towns and Urban
Cohesion

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