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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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