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(tourism, agribusiness, crafts, etc.) Encourage of decentralisation of services especially education and health.

Every city has its own unique characteristics and identity. Cultural heritage and traditions are more relevant in i-City than in other cities. Such assets cannot necessarily be measured or transcribed into tangible value. In fact, in order to promote the local development of an i-City it is necessary to make optimal use of its potentials. The distinctiveness of a place – heritage, creativity, customs, environmental or social structure – should be valued and promoted by all governments.

6.5. Financing Development and Services Local governments need to obtain funding opportunities.

One way to access these opportunities is through international cooperation. However, national government funds must not be forgotten, as illustrated by San Vicente in Ecuador. Furthermore, the option of financing urban development through land management instruments and urbanization policies can be adapted to different scales.

National governments should acknowledge the importance of intermediate cities, engines of country-balanced economic growth, by decentralizing power and resources. Therefore the budget to manage these cities should never be less than 10% of the country's public spending. This percentage could be considered as the minimum necessary to address the urban challenges of any city outside of their level of development Investors in urban development The private sector should consider the scale and absorption capacity of i-Cities when foreseeing large investment such as real estate or PPPs. Local capital should be involved as much as possible. There are important lessons to learn from the risks and subsequent failures while encouraging the model of real estate packages, as can be seen from Spain.

In this sense, public private partnerships constitute an important factor that could be dealed under the South-South Cooperation framework. The concept of Smart cities is gaining popularity and acceptance, and can work efficiently in iCities, where it is easily implementable.

There should be cooperation between the private sector investors with national, regional and local level visions and policies. The private sector investors must be more open and flexible to cooperate with the different levels of governments.