CMI - MARSEILLE CENTER FOR MEDITERRANEAN INTEGRATION

General information:

• Program
• Executive summary of the Urban Development Strategies Report - عربي
• Urban Development Strategies in the Mediterranean Report, Context, Issues, and Outlook
• The Barcelona Call for Local Empowerment in the Mediterranean
• Conclusions of the workshop
• Link to the website of the conference

Objectives of the Conference:

The objective of this conference is to lead the different Mediterranean agents (local authorities, governments, fund backers, cities network etc.) towards a common approach in their concepts of urban development and towards methodologies that can be adapted to a range of contexts.

To achieve this objective the debates focused on:
- The challenge of the different approaches on strategic urban planning , and the results expected from each approach;
- The methodologies which have proved useful in analysing complex situations, searching for consensus and facilitating strategic projects;
- The institutional background and different types of organisation which have facilitated dialogue between local governments and their partners and the adoption of specific agreements;
- The expected evolution of strategic urban planning in the context of the new challenges facing 21st�century cities;
- The support that may be given to local authorities and other involved parties through cooperation networks between cities, as well as programmes for bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

• Welcome remarks, Mr. Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona
• Mr. Mats Karlsson, Director of the Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)
• Dr. Rafiq Husseini, Deputy General Secretary of the Union for the Mediterranean (UpM)
• Mr. Senen Florensa, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Government of Catalonia; President of the Executive Committee, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMED)
  
  
  
  
• "Presentation of the report prepared for the conference", Farouk Tebbal, (French only)

• "Medcities� approach to Cities Development Strategies", Joan Parpal, General Secretary, MedCities
• "UCLG and Strategic Planning in Metropolitan areas: The Case of Durban, South Africa", Michael Sutcliff, President of the UCLG-Durban Commission
• "Analysing Urban Development Strategies: the OECD Approach", Adam Ostry, Advisor, OECD
  
  

SESSION 2-1 : VIEWPOINT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL UDS?

• "M�laga: 17 a�os concertando el futuro", Jos� Estrada, General Director of CIEDES Foundation and Director of the Malaga Strategic Plan, City of M�laga - (Spanish only)
• "Strat�gie de D�veloppement du Grand Sfax 2016, Processus, r�sultats et lecons a tirer", Riadh Haj Taieb, Technical Director, City of Sfax - (French only)
• "Plan Communal de D�veloppement 2011-2016", Dr. Mohamed Idaomar, President, Urban Community of Tetouan - (French only)

SESSION 2-2 : VIEWPOINT OF DONORS AND NETWORKS: WHAT VALUE DOES A UDS CONTRIBUTE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT?

• "The contribution of city development strategiesto urban development", Alexandra Ortiz, Urban Economist, World Bank
• "Planification Strat�gique urbaine et interventions d'une banque de d�veloppement dans le secteur urbain", Thierry Gonzalez, Agence Fran�aise de D�veloppement - (French only)

• "Multilateral and bilateral Organizations", Mariana Ruiz Alvarado, Urban Economist, EIB/FEMIP
• "Financing of private investments", Bertrand Nora Agence Fran�aise de D�veloppement (AFD) et Inframed Fr�d�ric Ottavy - (French only)
• "Private operators in charge of financing operations of urban renewal" Angus Gavin, Director of Urban Development Department and the Urban Development of Solidere International (SI)
• "D�veloppement Urbain : Strat�gie pour l�Am�lioration du cadre de vie des citoyens", Tariq Kabbage, Mayor of Agadir - (French only)
• "Financer le d�veloppement urbain des pays de la M�diterran�e", M. Michel Sudarskis, General Secretary, INTA - (French only)

• "City Development Strategies-a Multi -Level GovernanceChallenge", Ingrid Schwoerer, Expert, GIZ

• "Planification & D�veloppeurs priv�s", Myriam Bakhoum, Orascom - (French only)
• "Planification urbaine, projet du lac de Tunis, r�alisations et strat�gie d'avenir", Tarek Bouguerra, Directeur de l�Urbanisme, Soci�t� de Promotion du Lac de Tunis - (French only)

• Synthesis of the Session 1: Presentation of the different approaches of urban development strategies (UDS) and a critical analysis of these approaches - (French only)
• Synthesis of the Session 3: What are the solutions for funding investments linked to UDSs (projects, infrastructure etc.)? - (French only)
• Synthesis of the Session 4-2: Good governance: multi-level participation and institutionalisation of the strategy
• Other synthesis coming soon

• Conclusions of the conference