Medcities’ approach to Cities Development Strategies Joan Parpal
General Secretary
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“Cities are the incubators for economic growth, and throughout history the innovation arising from cities has improved standard of living even for those choosing to avoid them” TRIUMPH OF THE CITY HOW OUR GREATEST INVENTION MAKES US RICHER, SMARTER, GREENER, HEALTHIER, AND HAPPIER
Eduard Glaeser Penguin Press, February 2011
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THE MEDITERRANEAN IS AN URBAN REGION
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/night/
The city has become the human habitat The future depends on the future of the city Transportation and commerce
Manufacturing
Leisure
Innovation
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CULTURE www.medcities.org
THE RECENT HISTORY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Rapid urban growth Emergence of urban dysfunctions (territorial, social, economic, environmental...) Not suitable governance and administrative systems
Governments (local and national) needs to be aggressive in order to attack these dysfunctions and to promote the cities
CDS is an appropriate tool to support this needed change
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MEDCITIES’ CDS APPROACH: BACKGROUND 1997 - 1998
Network on Mediterranean Strategic Planning (co-financing by ECOS-OUVERTURE Program – EC)
2002 - 2005
Sustainable Development Strategy of Great Sfax (Phase I)
Barcelona Málaga Tétouan Haifa Catania
Institutional support
Sustainable Development Strategy of Great Sfax (Phase II)
Technical assistance
2008 - 2011
Sustainable Development Strategy of Al Fayhaa
Networking
2010 - 2011
Plan de Développement Communale de Tétouan
2007 - 2011
Capacity building Best practices
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CDS: IT IS A METHODOLOGICAL OR DECISIONAL MATTER ? Is necessary to adapt procedures and methodological instruments to each specific situation, but… Municipal leadership Government multilevel coordination Involvement of urban stakeholders Consensus on key themes
CDS FEATURES
Partnership (public & public / public & private) Capacity to adapt to changes (internal & external dynamics) Coherent medium-term projects with longterm goals Identification, design and start up of strategic projects (capability to produce changes)
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THE MEDCITIES’ APPROACH TO CDS IS BASED ON… Requirements
Results
Improving municipal capacity to work on long-term goals
Ownership on CDS (by consensus)
Deep collaboration between relevant city stakeholders
CDS building by participated process
Creating local teams that can be the base to the follow-up
P2P relationship between cities.
Lobbying to obtain support to strategic projects
Networking with other Mediterranean Instit. to exchanges
Diagnosis focused on key issues
Sectorial assessments
Wished scenario (City’s future vision)
Strategic Actions and Projects
Mechanisms to impulse CDS implementation
Indicators and city evaluation system
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MEDCITIES’ CDS APPROACH: FUTUR Strengthen networking in urban strategies procedures Mediterranean network for the promotion of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies – USUDS (co-financing by ENPI-CBC Program – AECID – Diputació & Municipality of Barcelona)
Three new CDS
Three Knowledge Transference Centers Technological Platform based in Barcelona
• Larnaka • Sousse • Saida • Málaga (KTC on Methology and best practices) • Sfax (Magrhib Antenna for Dissemination and News CDS) • Al Fayhaa (Middle East Antenna for Dissemination and News CDS) • • • • •
Collaborative work Networking e-Learning (based on P2P experience) Data and documental base Visibility
Partners • • • • • • •
Metropolitan Area of Barcelona CIEDES Foundation (Málaga) Sfax City Council Al Fayhaa Urban Community Larnaka Municipality Sousse City Council Saida Municipality
Associated partners • • • • • • •
Barcelona City Council Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tirana Municipality Marseille City Council Ancona City Council GIZ Diputació Barcelona
Launching meeting: Barcelona, 16 and 17 march www.medcities.org
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