Highlights of Policy Units findings in the NUA and implication on the Territorial Development Berlin, 31 May 2016

Opening (1) Leaving no space behind; continuum of human settlements: context matters; integrating (2) Diamond or Planet: Looking at the issues as a diamond where all of them are somehow at the center and connected (3) Working across scale, actors and issues (4) Linking governance, planning/design and financing

Selected MESSAGES/PRIORITIES: PU6 - - Land as resource – The urbanization of land is the way to generate the financial resources needed for public investment in sustainable urban and territorial development - Planning is a critical practice through which urban rights are embedded in space, design and law. Planning to enable adequate living conditions for all - Land market is a driving force of urbanization People-centered approaches; the built environment and its link to poverty reduction; and urban governance to promote equity, inclusion, participation and inclusive citizenship

ACTION-ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS: PU6 - Public spaces should be incorporated into urban planning and design - Public space could be a substantial contribution to the quality of life and cities - Land use and tenure should be flexible to accommodate future changes - Planning for and with people - Finding an equilibrium between Top-down and Bottom-up approach - Government to adapt sustainable development - Recognizing the public and governments that represent the people must be the leading agencies - We must have communication strategies - Use of urbanized territory may not be sufficient; therefore we need spatial strategies that combine urban land with new spaces around cities - Migrants flows are key to economic growth – practices able to address these challenges - Urban planning should reflect social equalities, advocate low carbon concept in urban planning and push forward green development.

Selected MESSAGES/PRIORITIES 1/2 Multi-level, Cooperation, alliance and partnership between municipalities and between national and local governments Going beyond administrative borders to address challenges of providing services New model and innovative models of collaboration Urbanisation as a process including declining cities Planning as a process, fit for purpose Principles: subsidiarity, democracy, bottom-up, participatory and integration; 12 principles of the IG-UTP Learnt from practices/examples: Finland and the experts in the PU6 URL linkages including economic

SELECTED MESSAGES/PRIORITIES: 2/2 Taking into account gender in metropolitan areas Urbanisation without modernization; Metropolitan areas and intermediate cities growth and inefficient land use Role and importance of Public space for better functioning metropolitan areas and intermediate cities Functional territory through integrated territory development Promote accountable, Capable, Inclusive and Socially Just Metropolitan areas Take note of the increasingly concentrating populations in metropolitan areas Urbanization and poverty (without growth)

ACTION-ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS: 1/3 Recognise metropolitan areas not only municipalities; Recognise the role of intermediate cities / satellite towns and peri-urban areas is structuring the space and territory development (city-region and food systems) (strategic) Agreements and contracts (cost-sharing) between national and local governments (Finland): land use, infrastructure transport and housing IG-UTP (international Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning) as key for implementing the NUA Continuum of Human Settlements: Monteria, Cuenca, Montreal From project and piecemeal approach to long term, integrate, strategic and holistic approach

ACTION-ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS: 2/3 Synchronize metro dev with transport systems; efficient land markets Data banks for measuring progress Capacity development for metro Nexus between Governance, planning and governance Addressing overlapping jurisdictions Long term (institutions) and short term solutions (specialized agencies) National governments to facilitate access to international funding mechanisms by local authorities.

Facilitate provision of housing by government subsidized housing Extension of new rail/transport systems in existing metropolitan areas to peri-urban and rural areas Need for Data, Plans and Maps Institute Land and House markets to enhance the contribution to growth domestic products 5. Food security 6. Issue of institutionalizing by creating joint planning – no joint area planning between towns 7. Establish monitory mechanisms Indicators – Establish Data Banks for measuring progress ACTION-ORIENTED RECOMMENDATIONS: 3/3

Territorial Approach in the Zero draft

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 1 Page 1 Cities are interlinked in regional, national, or even global networks. Strong national systems of cities and other human settlements are the hubs of balanced territorial development. It is time to build strategic partnerships among governments at the global, regional, national, sub-national and local levels to create strong national systems of cities and urban areas, to ensure a broader financing base for investments and to facilitate more balanced territorial development.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 2 (Vision Para 5i) …Fulfilling their territorial functions beyond the administrative boundaries, promoting urban-rural linkages, cross-sectoral management of resources and cooperation among different scales of cities and towns within and across territories for balanced and sustainable development and that have access to mechanisms that enhance their needed capacities continuously.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 3 Effective implementation: Para7(a) A renewed local-national partnership, in which stakeholders and local and sub-national governments are strategic partners of national governments, building a strong national system of cities and well balanced territorial development, in support of national development targets.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 4 Effective implementation: Para7(b) Strategic and integrated urban and territorial planning and management that serves as an effective mechanism to respond to rapid urbanization and sustainability challenges, strengthening urban-rural and cross-sectoral linkages beyond the administrative borders across the urban-rural continuum. recognize that good policy and governance, sustainable infrastructure and urban form, including improved connectivity and strengthened urban-rural and territorial linkages,

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 5 Sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity and opportunities for all: Para45 …recognize that good policy and governance, sustainable infrastructure and urban form, including improved connectivity and strengthened urban-rural and territorial linkages… Para 51… It needs to operate in a territorial system that integrates urban and rural functions into the regional and national spatial framework and system of cities.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 6 Sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity and opportunities for all: Para 52 set up effective processes for the formulation of medium and long- term strategic visions, urban and territorial plans and policies Para 54 …encourage rural-urban interactions by strengthening transport facilities, infrastructure, communication, and ICTs underpinned by planning instruments based on a territorial approach in order to maximize the potential of these sectors for productivity, social cohesion, and environmental protection across urban and rural areas.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 7 National Leve Frameworks Para 87 …develop an integrated national framework to guide urban development in the medium and long term, and develop integrated, multi-sectoral, and participatory national and territorial policies Para 98 …implement urban and territorial plans including city-region and/or metropolitan plans, to encourage synergies and interactions between and among separate urban areas

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 8 Planning and managing the urban spatial development: 96. We reaffirm and reiterate the principles and strategies for urban and territorial planning agreed upon in the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning, adopted by the Governing Council of UN- Habitat at its 25th session in April …implement integrated urban spatial development strategies supporting the realization of compact, integrated, and well-connected cities and human settlements, including peri-urban areas and the rural hinterland, which will harness the social and economic benefits of the urban form.

Territorial approach and the Zero draft: Some Quotes 9 Para 113 …implement polycentric and balanced territorial development policies and interventions, promoting the role of small and intermediate cities in strengthening food security systems Para 132 decrease inequalities between territories and urban and rural areas, as well as to promote integrated and balanced territorial development.