REPORT OF THE 4TH UCLG WORLD CONGRESS
Parallel Session
Planning and Financing intermediary cities The following summary is presented based on the panellists’ input and comments from the floor. Intermediary cities play an important role between metropolitan and rural areas. They have diverse characters e.g. being university towns, capital city, satellite city to metropolitan areas, rural support centres. Providing small interventions in intermediary cities can have a big impact. Key aspects important to planning and financing intermediary cities include sustainability, innovation, dialogue and co-operation. On strategic planning, given the challenges beginning to emulate in metropolitan areas and the shortcomings in skills and capacity, strategic planning must be incorporated. Accurate information on population and other vital issues to ensure better decision making, and being able to raise revenue must be highlighted. Innovation is important because intermediary cities do not have access to large sums of funding like metropolitan areas. Community involvement in planning is important, including by providing opportunities for labour to participate, especially on economic issues and job creation. Strategic emphasis can be focussed on one or two topics like tourism, or agribusiness. On financing, there is a need to be creative/ innovate in sourcing different sources of funding and not be heavily reliant on national government for funding. Entering into partnerships to increase income collection and income generation is useful in intermediary cities as they often do not have the capacity or skill
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Organizers Global Fund for the Development of Cities (FMDV), and UCLG Committee on Strategic Urban Planning
speakers Mustafa Bozbey, Mayor of Nilufer, Turkey Benedito Eduardo Guimino, Mayor of Inhambane, Mozambique Firdaous Oussidhoum, Expert in Urban Strategy and Development, CIMES-UNESCO Francisco Javier LeĂłn de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid, Spain Luciano Rezende, Mayor of Vitoria, Brazil Richard Salas, Director of Projects, City of Heres, Venezuela Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen, Morocco Moderator Alain Le Saux, Secretary General, Metropolis Rapporteur Jacqueline Subban, Head of Geographic Information and Policy, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa