As part of the events of Medcities General Assembly, a Seminar on the implementation of UDS in the Mediterranean Area was held the 21st and 22nd November in Barcelona.
On November 21st and 22nd, Barcelona hosted a Seminar on Urban Development Strategies (UDS) experiencies in the Mediterranean Area, with the participation of international experts, and local teams and Mayors from Maghreb and Middle Eastern cities.
The first part of the Seminar focused on new challenges for UDS in the Mediterranean. Discussions about how important is the Know-How transfer to empower cities, and the need to decentralize and transfer competences, especially key competences, to Municipalities were the main topics of the debate. The UDS examples from Saida, Sousse and Larnaka were exposed to better understand the problems and challenges that these strategies are facing.
Strategic alliances, international coordination and assistance from organizations, were also important issues for the debate that reinforced the thesis about the need of decentralization and empowerment of cities.
The final part of the UDS Seminar was held the 22nd, and it focused on the Implementation of strategic projects. The debate was about the big changes that Mediterranean cities are facing and the importance of political leadership in the implementation of strategic projects. The role that Mayors play and the revitalisation of cities major infrastructures, were the focus of the discussion.
During the Seminar, there was an extra session on Friday morning to present the Territorial Strategic Development Plan of the Dannieh Region and the Strategy of Jbeil, both cities from Lebanon.
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SEMINAR PROGRAM
Thursday 21st November- (Part A): New challenges for UDS in the Mediterranean
15:00 – 15:15 Opening: Mr. Josep Roig, Secretary General of UCLG
15:15 – 16:30 The implementation of UDS in the Mediterranean: assessment and current challenges. Factilitator Mr. Joan Parpal, Secretary General of MedCities
16:45-18:00 The importance of partnership in the implementation of UDS: strategic alliances. Factilitator Mr. Farouk Tebbal, Senior International Urban Specialist
Friday 22nd November- (Part B): Implementation of strategic projects
9:00 – 9:15 Opening: Mr. Joan Parpal, Secretary General of MedCities
9:15 – 10:30 Political leadership in the implementation of strategic projects in Mediterranean cities. Factilitator Mr. William Cobbett, Manager of Cities Alliance
11:00-12:15 Mediterranean coastal cities and harbours binomial: Territorial integration, new uses of old port areas, economic and logistical synergies, shared governance. Factilitator Mr. Adolf Romagosa, Manager Port2000.
12:15-13:30 Urban Development Strategies as catalysts for socio-economic projects. Factilitator Mr. Josep Maria Pascual, Senior International Urban Specialist
In the framework of the Med4Waste project, more than 50 participants took part in the project’s seminar entitled “Towards sustainable models of local governance for integrated and circular policies for urban waste management" that took place in Mahdia.
MedCities participated in the ENSERES capitalization event in Tyre and had the opportunity to share the outcomes with member cities in a fruitful visit with different Lebanese representatives.
A two day training was organized with Irbid Municipality in order to exchange and learn about the fundamentals of energy audit, which were the lessons learned from Irbid municipality when auditing their municipal buildings.
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