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CITIES FACING and PROMOTING INTEGRATED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT 17-18 December 2007

Draft Agenda

CITIES IN DIALOGUE
CYCLE OF THEMATIC CONFERENCES - DIALOG 1
CITIES FACING AND PROMOTING INTEGRATED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

DAY 1. MONDAY 17 DECEMBER - DRAFT AGENDA
10:00 - 11:00Registration
11:00 Plenary session
  • Welcome addresses and introduction
      - UN-HABITAT
      - Standing Conference of Cities and Municipalities
      - Italian Cooperation
  • Opening Statements
      - Ministry for Infrastructures
      - Ministry for Local Self Government
      - Ministry for Regional Economic Development
  • Presentations
      - Local Development, a global perspective
      - The challenges of sustainable urban development in the Serbian context
      - Working bottom up and making the difference

13:00Lunch break
14:30 - 17:00Two parallel DIALOGUE sessions will focus on two different subjects:

Theme A - the process
Formulating integrated development strategies: process and dynamics
Theme B - instruments
Implementing territorial development strategies: instruments
• The formulation process of “City Development Strategies” or “How to do it”. Concept Note • Institutional modalities for managing local territorial development. Concept Paper and a Case Study from Italy
Development Strategies formulation experiences, Case Studies / best practices
• Serbia, Ada case
• Croatia, 3 case studies
• Poland, Krakow case
• Serbia, Nis case
Territorial development management, presentations of Case Studies / best practices
• Serbia, Development Agency
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Development Agency
• Serbia, Development Agency
• Bulgaria, Territorial Pacts for employment
DIALOGUE on strategy formulationDIALOGUE on institutional modalities

DAY 2, TUESDAY 18 DECEMBER - DRAFT AGENDA
10:00 - 12:30Parallel sessions programme - Part two:

Theme A - the process
Formulating integrated development strategies: process and dynamics
Theme B - instruments
Implementing territorial development strategies: instruments, institutions and partnerships.
Capacity building and governance (training, technical support to the process).
• Concept note
Marketing instruments and investment financing opportunities
• Territorial Marketing (what is it, how to do it). Concept Note and Case Studies
• Budapest Case on marketing
Mobilization of Financial Resources: PPP and EU funding opportunities
• Croatia case studies on financing
• EU opportunities
• Resource self generating strategies: the case of Venice, Italy
Managing the dynamic of a City strategy: Updating and adjusting strategies and processes
• Romania, Horezu case
• Slovenia, Ljubljana case
• Hungary, Budapest case
• Italy, Piacenza Plan II Edition
DIALOGUE on the dynamics of the processDIALOGUE on marketing and financing

12:30 – 13:00Coffee break
13:00 – 15:00Plenary DIALOGUE

Session A and Session B presentations of conclusions of parallel DIALOGUES

Panel discussion on key issues that emerged from the two days presentations and conclusions

General conclusions / Recommendations

15:00 Reception - Lunch