SUMPs SUMPs-Up - Overall goals and dimension of the project Ana Drăguțescu, ICLEI

The project will create a SUMP acceleration momentum following a 4-step approach – validate, systemise, accelerate, secure - generating an effective SUMP take-up process tailored to specific needs of mobility across Europe. Validate – to generate evidence: specific barriers planning authorities face in SUMP take-up Systemise – to apply knowledge: the most effective tools to overcome SUMP planning and implementation barriers Accelerate – Enabling take-up: support cities to maximise the number of high-quality SUMPs Secure - Sustaining the process: effectively establish SUMPs as the enduring European planning concept for urban mobility

SUMPs Up Leading Objective: Enable mobility planning authorities across Europe to embrace SUMP as the European-wide strategic planning approach, especially where the take-up is low and the negative effects of transport are severe. To meet this goal, SUMPs-Up provides a comprehensive programme for accelerating the take-up of SUMPs in Europe that will, in relation to the WPs, answer to the following questions:

SUMPs Up Objectives in relation to the Work Packages Analyse and verify SUMP take-up needs in European local authorities (WP1) Identify the most effective tools and methods for SUMP development and actively support their take-up in several types of cities (WP2) Assist cities in designing and packaging SUMP policies and measures to achieve their identified goals (WP3)

SUMPs Up Objectives in relation to the Work Packages Foster knowledge-transfer and peer-to-peer exchange on SUMP development and implementation (WP 4) Support national governments and multipliers in developing facilitating structures for SUMPs (WP5)

SUMPs Up Objectives in relation to the Work Packages Maximise the number of high- quality SUMPs in Europe (WP6) Highlight SUMP benefits by evaluating its impacts and optimise SUMP support activities by assessing the impacts of the project, its tools and guidance (WP7) Actively publicise the SUMP approach and tools and showcase the learning experience of SUMPs-Up cities (WP8)

SUMPs Up approach – working principles Collaborate with cities day in, day out SUMPs-Up City Partners (CP): full project partners. Birmingham, Budapest, San Sebastian, Malmo, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Turin Advanced in SUMP development, CP bring value to SUMPs-Up by sharing their experiences, becoming SUMP concept ambassadors - role models for other cities. CP will take the lead on thematic areas and will advise other mobility authorities on these areas. Further enhance their SUMP.

SUMPs Up approach – working principles Innovation Pilot Pool concrete support to SUMPs-Up to define and test its products and services to develop, implement, finance, enhance or evaluate SUMPs. Outreach cities a large pool of more than 600 SUMP-interested authorities that SUMPs-Up reaches through the city networks, its capacity-building programme, promotional activities and multiplier effect. Concentrate on countries/ areas where take-up is low will focus on specific countries and areas where take up is particularly low, but will by no means exclude any Member States from its activities it will rather intensify activities in identified priority areas

SUMPs Up approach – working principles Respond to take-up needs and give cities the support they need SUMPs-Up provides cities with better guidance, tailored support, easier access, more visible opportunities, and a positive process to inspire them to start and develop a quality SUMP SUMPs-Up will develop innovative structures to guide cities in a clear user- friendly way – enabling them to better understand how to apply documents

SUMPs Up approach – working principles Applying enabling innovation take SUMP to the next innovation level, encouraging replication and take-up of the concept At national level, SUMPs-Up aims to create new mechanisms to build supportive national SUMP frameworks On the European level, SUMPs-Up will foster dialogue on SUMPs between Members States and EC stakeholders aiming for exchange on good practice and innovative support mechanisms.

SUMPs Up approach – working principles Build capacity at all levels SUMPs - Up will accelerate SUMP take-up by implementing capacity building for all levels SUMPs-Up will set up a tailored capacity-building programme for mobility planners - an inspiring mix of online as well as face-to-face learning and peer exchange formats. For accelerating the take-up of SUMPs in cities and regions, SUMPs-Up will build capacities through a blend of support mechanisms, most prominently the technical support of the Innovation Pilot Pool and the accompanying Urban Learning Alliances

Key advancement 2: Enabling cities to develop quality SUMPs SUMPs Up – the ambition Key advancement 1: Creating a critical mass for mainstreaming the SUMP concept Key advancement 2: Enabling cities to develop quality SUMPs Innovation Pilot Pool Urban Learning Alliances Monitoring & Evaluation SUMP Tool Inventory Individual skill development Key advancement 3: Engaging Member States in Quality SUMP development

SUMPs Up – IMPACT SUMPs-Up will make a major contribution to realising the paradigm shift in mobility planning. Involve 100 cities in Urban Learning Alliances (ULA) and reach out to an additional 600 planning authorities in Europe. - 80% of the cities in the EU above 50,000 inhabitants Substantial progress in the development of 100 SUMPs in ULA cities and in 100 Outreach Cities over the duration of the project - 25% average improvement in compliance with the EU SUMP Guidelines (using the SUMP Self-Assessment Scheme). 400 planning practitioners involved in SUMP capacity building 90 SUMPs (30 prepared by ULA cities and 60 SUMPs by Outreach Cities) adopted by city councils during the project lifetime 30 ULA cities and 30 Outreach Cities implementing SUMP measures during the project.

THANK YOU! Ana Drăguțescu / ICLEI ana.dragutescu@iclei.org