August 2015 -Key elements for Regional Strategic Plan- Adding urban value to socio-economic policies and infrastructure projects Elkin Velasquez Director.

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1 August 2015 -Key elements for Regional Strategic Plan- Adding urban value to socio-economic policies and infrastructure projects Elkin Velasquez Director Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean /UN-HABITAT

2 Approach for LAC 1.LAC doing-technical-cooperation context 2.Key orientations 3.Key areas of work 4.How - Resources 5.How – Kew questions 1.LAC doing-technical-cooperation context 2.Key orientations 3.Key areas of work 4.How - Resources 5.How – Kew questions

3 1.LAC doing-technical-cooperation context

4 Source: UN, 2014. World Urbanization Prospects. The 2014 revision. LAC Urbanization figures (compared with China)

5 5 Working in MIC (LAC) Graph: www.gapminder.com -Already urbanised -Cities from 1000-4000 -and -4000-12000 GDP USD/Capita MOST RELEVANT FOR: …including the MI and already built cities…

6 Source: UN, 2014. World Urbanization Prospects. The 2014 revision. LAC is not any more “rapid urbanisation” region

7 Some elements of context for LAC LAC Cities went through a vicious cycle of inequality (dual cities). Well proved existence of good knowledge, experience and institutional capacities but …several urban challenges Good experiences in different urban areas Significant progress on democratization and decentralization. Established system of cities with the challenges of second urban transition (improvement in the quality of urban life, competitiveness of cities and equity among urban dwellers).

8 Some elements of context for LAC Needs for transition from unsustainable urban model to urban inclusion, equity and sustainability. The niche: Adding “Urban Value” to Social policies/Economic policies /Sectoral infrastructure investment and design Need for integrating Urban development knowledge into social and economic development policy…and viceversa Sustainable Urban Development work need to “talk to politics”

9 Key Orientations

10 1. Integrated: Three-leg approach Spatial Financial (entry point might vary from place to place) Legal The How to Implement (local political economy). 2. Inclusive: Human Rights, gender, youth, pro-poor, no ghettos, no gated communities, conviviality (Convivencia), spatial social mix. 3. Sustainable: Economic: land mixed uses; jobs (youth); compactness, etc. Social: City for all, affordability for all Environmental: Preventive planning, CC adaptation INTEGRATED AND INCLUSIVE SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION

11 B. Key Areas of Work

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13 Articulation with main LAC development dilemmas (CEPAL/UN-Habitat 2014) Planificación y diseño urbano Financiamiento del Desarrollo Urbano Legislación e Institucionalidad urbana Expansión vs. densidad Renta vs. externalidades Desigualdad vs. equidad Crisis vs. resiliencia Ecosistema vs. servicios ambientales Inseguridad vs convivencia

14 Thematic Focus: UN-Habitat Technical Value Offer in LAC CPI Urban Integrated Operations (Three-Legged approach) Implementing vector (housing, basic services, drainage, etc)

15 Components of three-leg UN-Habitat approach to address urban structural preexistences… Urban legislation and institutions Urban design and planning Urban financial models Main tools of Planned City Infills to be applied in Redevelopment, Renovation, Revitalisation, Regeneration, Rehabilitation, etc. + main development issues from urban perspective Urban safety Urban resilience Urban equity + urban-rural linkages context Main areas of work

16 Productivity Infrastructure Development Quality of Life Equity and Social Inclusion Environmental Sustainability Urban Governance THE SIX DIMENSIONS OF CPI

17 CPI: A framework that promotes integration

18 La Nueva Agenda Urbana CAMBIO DE PARADIGMA HACIA UNA CIUDAD MÁS COMPACTA, CONECTADA, INTEGRADA E INCLUSIVA  Optimización de la densidad demográfica y económica, que beneficia a las personas con la proximidad hacia sus trabajos;  Minimizar los costos de transporte público y la prestación de estos servicios;  Optimización del uso de suelo;  Protección y organización de los espacios públicos abiertos.

19 Enfoque Trípode de la Urbanización Sostenible Legislación Urbana Economía Urbana Planeación y Diseño Urbano "ONU-Hábitat está apoyando y abogando por un enfoque trípode amplio e integrado para la buena urbanización. Estos principios básicos integrados son la garantía para una urbanización bien equilibrada en las grandes ciudades, ciudades intermedias, ciudades de mercado y los asentamientos humanos más pequeños, todos juntos "

20 - NUP - PCE - Housing at -PCI Integrated Urban Operations the Center ( Three-Legged Approach) - Basic Services - Risk, Resilience, Cities & Climate Change (Safer Cities, PSUP, etc) Key Products - CPI

21 How - Resources

22 Resources - 3+1 Components strategy for Resource Mobilisation

23 1: Non-earmarked resources Orientation: based on list of voluntary contributions selecting specific countries based on their cooperation and influence profile. 2: Earmarked resources Orientation: Defining strategic targets in most suitable areas for short-medium term portfolio development. Focalising geographically. Focalising thematically (New Urban Agenda) while building on good examples from the past. Effort in systematising and packaging knowledge and relevant evidence. Components and orientations

24 3: Urban and Territorial Integrated Operations- special programme Orientation: Target: specific cities/territories interested in big urban/territorial operations. Partners: Private Sector, Regional Banks, Reimbursable Cooperation Funds and Agencies. High need of focused and specialised expertise. +1: Last big-donors (beyond Haiti) Orientation. Beyond Haiti (only LDC in the region) there is few possibility to work with traditional donors in the region. Two windows of opportunity: 1) Articulating with UNEP in proposal on Sustainable Cities - Caribbean to present to EU. 2) Post-Conflict and cities Trust-fund in Colombia (with different donors). Components and orientations

25 How – Key questions

26 Positioning the NUA as a complementary response to Development Dilemmas Calling for the attention: We do have an alternative solution to development problems (Increasing PIB, improving Gini) Communicating key, strong, few and focused messages on NUA Leveraging behavioral change: Through well packaged, well differentiated products, well delivered products

27 Considerations towards new supporting tools Need of UN adaptation to work under competitive conditions in MIC Need of rebalance generalists/experts ratio Hubs instead of National Offices Business oriented experts in complement to traditional diplomatic/PR Organisation around main macro processes of the organisation (Project Development / Project implementation) Collective work/responsibilities vs country silos in Programme Development Developing Regional Public commons on New Urban Agenda Horizontal/highly adaptable structure Culture of programmes vs culture of Office

28 Modalities of presence Regional Hubs 2015 (Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti) National presence 2013-15 (according to programmes): Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama. Potential: Argentina, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Rep Dominicana

29 Hub Model Promising Technical Cooperation environment for Sustainable Urban Development” International representation Local commitment and willingness to support projection of UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda and vision Convenient location and cost-benefit situation for covering other geographic areas Concentration of critical mass of resources, expertise, capacity Assuming some regional functions, according to specialisation

30 Non Resident Agency Status: National strategies like technical-cooperation-business plans (HCPD for MIC) Close follow up of NUA (including participating at UNCT) in Hubs Promoting inclusion of NUA through RC in 34 countries Specialised Agency Status Towards more specialised regional teams to be more competitive Materialising specific roasters and making them useful from administrative perspective

31 Intruments to consolidate impact Host Country Agreements (to enable UN- Habitat plan) Call for proposals to consolidate Regional/Subregional/National hubs Interagency UN Programmes (Arg, Ecu, Pan, Bra, Caribbean) Strenghtening partnerships: Cities Alliance, HfH, Techo, FLACMA, Mercociudades

32 “Cities are where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost…” Ban Ki-Moon, July 2013