Vielha 2020: Smart City, connected city

VIELHA 2020: SMART CITY, CONNECTED CITY

Application Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020

Established within the Framework of the Budget and Strategy Program of the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment)

Application proposal approved through debate and unanimously accepted and voted by the Board of the Local Government 27 February 2015

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

UE Budget Context

Diagram 1: Income Sources

1) Garanty of the EU 16,000 million Eur 2) 5,000 million euros (European Investment Bank) 3) Other possible public and private contributions 4) European fund for Strategic Investments 5) 16,000 million euros 6) 5,000 million euros 7) Long term investments around 240,000 million euros

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

8) Small and Medium sized companies and companies with mid range capital

around 75,000 million euros 9) Total additional over the 2015 – 2017 period about 315,000 million euros •

50% guarantee – equal to 8,000 million euros from the program, Connect Europe (3.3), Horizon 20/20 (2.7) and reserve budget (2)

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Initial contributions from the EU used as a guarantee: 307,000 million euros

Prescriptions EFSI

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

PIP objectives with respect to the EFSI

1. Improve the Broadband service in the municipality and bring Fiber Optic

connections to Vielha.

2. Improve the Transportation Infrastruture as the inter country border

crossing and the Pyrenean connection (N-230 and C-28).

3. Further develop education, investigation, culture and innovation as

integral values. Citizens with more participation, more opinions and more implication.

4. Creation of work programs in I+D and in citizen participation.

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

5. Develop and improve Renewable Energies and Energetic Efficiency.

6. Develop and improve digitalitzation and its application to the improvement

of public service and business competitveness. For better inter-connection.

7. Initiate the Culture of Innovation in the region and transfer its application

to the business, social and public sectors.

8. Return of the Educated Residents to the territory. At present, the majority of

young people with university educations can not return to the region due to lack of opportunities. Educated youth within a more just society with more opportunities.

9. Creation of quality job opportunites both in education requirement and

duration.

10. Position Vielha as an intelligent rural destination. The “smart city”

technology will be key in every sector.

11. Promote projects with public-private collaboration

12. Acheive 1€/3€: for every 1 € of public investment the community will have a

3€ return in the economic and social sectors.

13. Acheive “Full Employment” in the next 5 years in Vielha e Mijaran.

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

14. Nurture community and municipality, local territorial equilibrium and a

territory of opportunities and public services for everyone.

15. Develop new sectors of economic development based on technology in

Tourism, Culture, Energy, Nature, Global Change, Commerce, Industry and others.

16. Improve living conditions to reduce social inequality

17. Develop and promote the Economic Internationalization of Vielha and

establish systems for its promotion.

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

Priority Investment Plan #Vielha2020

25 Strategic Projects

“Moving Forward”

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)

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Priority Investment Plan (PIP) Vielha e Mijaran 2015-2020 (EFSI UE)