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The Urban Developers’ Network 2014 workshop

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Programme

Implementing economic development strategies in large, sustainable urban projects in the Mediterranean

Employment and innovation policy in sustainable urban projects

October 22nd – 23rd – 24th, 2014

at the Villa Valmer, Marseille

Programme “implementing economic development strategies in urban projects” Workshop 2014 – Network of Urban Developers in the Mediterranean

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Day 1 – October 22nd, 2014

13:00 ‐ 14:00

Welcoming of the participants

Introduction

14:00 – 14:45 Opening statements  Mourad Ezzine, Manager, CMI  Christian Badaut, Head of International Dept., CDC France  Alexandre Sorrentino, Head of International Relations Dept., Euroméditerranée  Guy Fleuret, Senior Advisor, Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean  Jamel Belhaj, Executive Director, CDC Tunisia

14:00 – 14:45 Introduction  Charlotte Jacquot, Urban Programme Officer, CDC France

1st Session

15:00 – 18:00

Implementing economic development strategies in urban projects in line with the needs and potential of urban areas

The economic positioning of Plaine Commune area – field experience, issues raised within the “creative cluster” and the “Greater Paris” projects  David Cocheton, Head of Urban Planning Dept., Plaine Commune urban authority

Industrial ecology in the Plaine du Var area – a collaborative pilot project  Christophe Blavot, Associate, Ecologie Industrielle Conseil

The urban and economic regeneration of the Lake South of Tunis, SEPTS urban authority  Moncef Sliti, Chief Executive Officer of the SEPTS urban authority

Job creation in the Euroméditerranée urban authority: urban regeneration of the Belle de Mai wasteland and the Allar pilot project  Franck Geiling, Head of Architecture and Urban Planning, Euroméditerranée urban authority; Karen Bouvet, Programme Officer, CDC Regional Office in Marseille

Sfax‐Taparura (Tunisia): the impact of the Taparura urban project on job creation and employment in the Sfax metropolis  Mohamed Gouider, Taparura Executive Officer; Khaled Baccar, urban expert, Ficom Conseil (Tunisia)

Moderator: Michel Lacave, Technopolis Group

18:30 – 19:30 Cocktails

19:30 Dinner Programme “implementing economic development strategies in urban projects” Workshop 2014 – Network of Urban Developers in the Mediterranean

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Day 2 – October 23rd, 2014

09:00 ‐ 09:30

Welcoming of the participants

2nd Session

09:30 – 12:30

Creating value in urban spaces: bringing policymakers and stakeholders together on collaborative, integrated projects

The renewal of the traditional shipyard site and the promotion of a new competitive world‐class centre for the boating and yachting tourism industry in La Ciotat (France)  Jean‐Philippe Mignard, Executive Director of SEMIDEP – La Ciotat Shipyard

The use of an Urban Development Fund to stimulate private investment in jobs and growth at the EIB ‐ case of Manchester (United Kingdom)  Gerry Muscat, Senior Urban Specialist, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Grenoble Presqu’Ile (France): a science and innovation hub creating a new urban model  Patrick Le Bihan, Deputy Director, InnoVia local urban authority

The OCP as an urban developer: strategies and tools for the implementation of sustainable growth ecosystems in urban projects (Morocco)  Mohamed Soual, Chief Economist, OCP Group; Youssef Safouane, Executive Director, SADV urban authority (OCP Group)

Milan agro‐technopark (Italy), coordinating multiple stakeholders on an economic and urban development project  Riccardo Gefter, Project Manager at the PTP agro‐technopark; Simone Piacentini, Municipality of Lodi (Italy)

Moderator: Didier Bernateau, SCET

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

Working visit ‐ La Ciotat shipyard (SEMIDEP, France)

14:00

Departure for La Ciotat

14:30 – 16:30 Working visit – La Ciotat shipyard

SEMIDEP is the urban developer for La Ciotat (France), managing the project to regenerate the traditional shipyard site and promote a new competitive world‐class centre for the boating and yachting recreational tourism industry.

Project presentation and visit by Jean‐Philippe Mignard, Executive Director of SEMIDEP.

16:30 Return to Marseille

19:30

Dinner

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Day 3 – October 24th, 2014

09:00 ‐ 09:30

Welcoming of the participants

3rd Session

09:30 – 12:00

Dedicated governance and project management tools to implement economic development strategies: how to build an innovative and attractive metropolis

Greater Lyon (France): creating a competitive urban and economic hub for biotechnologies – the Gerland biodistrict  Jean‐Philippe Hanff, Chief Executive Manager, Greater Lyon; Didier Budin, Head of the Local Authority for the urban renewal of the Gerland area, Greater Lyon

Connecting the free economic zone to the urban developments in Aqaba (Jordan): roles and tasks for the Aseza  H.E Pr. Dr. Kamel Mahadin, Chief Commissioner of the Aseza

SPLT (Tunisia): implementing a non‐polluting economic area and tertiary real estate development projects in the new Lake of Tunis urban district  Tarek Bouguerra, Head of the Urban Planning Dept., SPLT; Jellal Abdelkafi, urban expert

New City of Zenata (Morocco): project management tools to implement regional economic development in an integrated urban project in Greater Casablanca  Mohammed Amine El Hajhouj, Executive Director, SAZ urban authority

Moderator: Marie‐Odile Farineau, SCET

Concluding statements

12:00 – 12:30 Summary of the 3 sessions and the working visit  Charlotte Jacquot, Urban Programme Officer, CDC France

12:30 – 13:00 Concluding statements  François Jalinot, Executive Director, Euroméditerranée Urban Authority  Christian Badaut, Head of International Dept., CDC France

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

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