THE INTEGRATED URBAN DEVELOPEMNT STRATEGY for the CLUJ METROPOLITAN AREA
PhDc Urb. Sabina DIMITRIU, Manager of EU Projects at URBASOFIA Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
CLUJ METROPOLITAN AREA: BEGINNINGS ▪ Association started in 2008, covering initially ClujNapoca and 17 communes (now 18 – flexible structure);
18 communes
▪ Response to the need to benefit from the
competitive advantage of Cluj-Napoca being appointed Growth Pole;
National level
▪ Main drivers: access to ERDF funding;
opportunity; association was compulsory.
▪ Outcomes: crystallization of a metropolitan
Regional level: N-W Region
the County
area with a radius of approx. 30 km.
The Cluj Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association (IDA): public association for sustainable development through joint development and implementation of projects. Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
Local level 1: Cluj County Metropolitan Area Cluj
1,537 km² 413,000 inh.
Local level 2: communes, municipality 2
CLUJ METROPOLITAN IDA: ROLE AND SCOPE ▪ LAU2 level partnership aimed at fostering cooperation and joint implementation of strategies and projects between the local public actors;
▪ Founding principles: sustainability, social and economic cohesiveness, principle of specialization – basis for transferability of competencies at metropolitan level:
▪ The Cluj Integrated Development Plan (and accessing Operational Programme funding) ▪ Planning at metropolitan scale, including sectoral policies and programs, financing and co-financing priority projects, property tax and property management, environmental, heritage, tourism and health planning
ROLES in the IDA
President / General Director (representing Cluj-Napoca)
Censor / Financial Control
Steering Committee: the Mayors of Cluj-Napoca, 18 Communes and the president of the County Council: political representativeness, democratically elected board; General Assembly: one appointed representative for each 10,000 inhabitants of the city or communes, 4 representatives for the County. Decisions taken with 2/3 majority. Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
New members: Associate Consultative Observing
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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2007-2013 ▪ Focus: sustainable mobility, economic competitiveness, social services. 93 projects, 733 Mil. EUR 1. Consolidating and expanding the metropolitan public transport system – 8.8 Mil. EUR ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
CTP Public Transport SA (public joint-stock company) Expansion in 6 adjacent communes: 23 total lines. Ticketing system: Machines, MobilPay wallets, SMS ticketing
Metropolitan transport monthly trips _______(2015)
Information and tracking system in stations
0.2 mil 0.45 mil.
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CLUJ METROPOLITAN PLAN 2007-2013 2. Rehabilitation of tram routes (2) and purchase of electric vehicles (tram, trolley) – 41 Mil. EUR (total)
0.2 mil 0.45 mil.
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THE NEW PROGRAMMING PERIOD ▪ An opportunity to continue working on the three key pillars (mobility, social innovation and services, economic competitiveness) of the PIDU: strong link between the PIDU and new proposals;
▪ But also an occasion to tie the territory together with a strong set of metropolitan-wide key flagship projects. Key challenges identified at the start:
▪ Difference between the historic governance and new ERDF management levels instituted: no carefully fundamented crystallization processes for regions and metropolitan areas;
▪ Overrepresentation of Cluj-Napoca projects within the first Integrated Urban Development Plan; ▪ Clashes of interest based on location, statute and tax exploitation (Cluj Napoca vs. Floresti); ▪ Lack of trust and low administrative capacity. Updating the Integrated Development Strategy, 2014-2020 (2023) • • •
2015
A new opportunity: reconsidering governance structures and processes at metropolitan level Involvement of the Regional level – supporting the MA through the Growth Pole Coordination Bureau The new strategy: Original version delivered by URBASOFIA (2015, 6 months), updated 2016
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A PROCESS OF PARTICIPATORY RETHINKING Stakeholder analysis
Workshop 2: solutions
Operational analysis
Vision, strategic objectives, strands
Workshop 1: problems
Spatial-functional proposals
State of Art and Diagnosis
CLEAR FRAMEWORK OF PREVIOUS AND RELATED INITIATIVES, DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW, PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES SCREENING Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
Strategy, profiling and interventions
COHERENT AND SHARED DEVELOPMENT VISION, SET OF TRANSVERSAL PRIORITIES FOR 2014-20, GOVERNANCE SCHEME
Workshop 3: Action plan Prioritization of projects Action Plan Implementation and monitoring
Final strategy & implementation plan
AN OPERATIONAL ACTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY
METROPOLITAN TASK FORCE
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FINDINGS: STATE OF ART ▪ The Cluj Metropolitan Area as a structure: heterogenous in terms of function and development – a need for recalibration and differentiated interventions;
▪ The only growth pole which is actually growing. ▪ Cluj-Napoca: economic and innovation pole of national and
international importance, university city with high research profile.
▪ Development disparities between the Functional Area and the rural peripheric communes: different needs and potentials;
▪ The Someșul Mic river: specific element insufficiently exploited in terms of ecological axis potential;
▪ Derogatory and chaotic residential planning requires urgent intervention and an integrated approach at FUA level;
▪ E-W transport axis has surpassed the stage of preventive action for
▪ Lack of a metropolitan cultural
▪ Waste management remains an issue – lack of infrastructure; ▪ Poverty pockets in urban and rural areas needing integrated policies;
▪ …but great openness for
traffic improvement: urgent concerted interventions needed
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common identity,
cultural programs.
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STATE OF ART
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STATE OF ART
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CLUJ INTEGRATED STRATEGY
CLUJ INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN PLAN 2016-2030 (INITIAL VERSION) 9 strategic objectives Phase 1, 2016-2023: 26 strands of action „SOFT” Projects
Strategic Objectives
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Priority strands
FLAGSHIP Projects Tranversal / Thematic
COMPLEMENTARY projects: punctual but very relevant
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CLUJ INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN PLAN 2016-2030 ▪ 6 months: 3 workshop sets with 6 thematic working
groups + 3 presentations and debates + 12 individual meetings / interviews + 1 published brochure.
▪ Innovation self-assessment: high-innovation policy and programme package for: Governance, Housing, Economy and Social services.
▪ Conservative components: Mobility, tourism – classical approaches for basic needs
▪ Mechanisms for implementation: process and governance structure guidelines
▪ Monitoring: extensive list of monitoring indicators, per objective and funding programme
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„SOFT” PROJECTS – POLICY SUPPORT
1. Housing Plan for Cluj MA
2. GIS Territorial Atlas
3. Professional education 4. Regeneration of the historical center
6. Entrepreneurship
5. Metropolitan Center Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
Programme and 7. Investment guide
8. Brownfield recovery and reuse strategy
9. Development of a common cultural identity and brand
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FLAGSHIP PROJECTS (selection): catalysts 1. CLLD (community-led local development) for innovation and social inclusion 2. Cluj Innovation City emblematic projects for smart cities piloting 3. Complex mobility projects for ensuring connectivity westwards and eastwards (Metropolitan ring road, extension of metropolitan transport, multimodal airport terminal, extension of the tram, pedestrian corridors, metropolitan cycle network)
4. Complex regeneration of large-scale pre-1989 high-rise neighbourhoods
5. Regeneration of SomeČ™ Blue Green axis
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6. Natura 2000
strategic green connectors
7. Science and
technology park Tetapolis
8. Congress and expo center Cluj-Napoca
9. New Regional
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COORDINATES
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UPDATED SIDU 2014-2020
▪ Funding for Article 7 ERDF cities / sustainable urban development: Under Axis 4 of the ROP 2014-2020;
▪ „Framework Document for implementing the Sustainable Urban Development”:
▪ Lengthy process of development (consultation version Jul
• • •
Single project list: ca. 270 projects; Total budget: ca. 2250 MEUR; Priority projects to be negotiated by the Urban Authority;
2016);
40.00 63.95
17.57
▪ Rethinking of the SUMP and Strategy structure and
214.90
components;
▪ NEW structures (Urban Authorities), NEW additional
documents („Supporting Document for the Integrated Strategy”)
392.60 971.60
35.00
▪ No final version of the Guide yet – no guidelines for the
429.20
Urban Authority (expected November 2016)
▪ Compliance: Process of restructuring for the Cluj Integrated Plan, being currently carried out
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84.87
OS 1 OS 6
OS 2 OS 7
OS 3 OS 8
OS 4 OS 9
OS 5
THE URBAN AUTHORITY MODEL
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THE GOVERNANCE MODEL FOR CLUJ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Participatory Integrated Locally-rooted Flexible Sustainable Democratic
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SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM THE PROCESS ▪ A coherent decision should be based on concrete, thoughtful, inclusive, participatory governance systems: ▪ The system must be able to create dialogue and identify links between all actors, resources and institutions, but also buy-in: capacity to surpass and thrive beyond election cycles.
▪ A consistent decision should be strongly locally-rooted: ▪ Based on an extensive listening and understanding process and transformed into operational responses (specific, area-based projects). Rooting is more sustainable than importing.
▪ Complexity is not the key: a simple, efficient and effective set of urban/territorial policies is better. ! No pioneering without drawbacks ! No metropolitan decision making without trade-offs Cities constantly transform: planning, adaptation, construction never ends. Ergo: If plans are not static, neither should be the implementation tools and systems. Flexibility, inclusiveness, permanent recalibration are key. Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
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THANK YOU!
Sabina DIMITRIU, Town and Regional Planner
sabina.dimitriu@urbasofia.eu | www.urbasofia.eu URBASOFIA – Bucharest Cluj-Napoca, 25/11/2016
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