«La Spezia 20.20: the city becomes Smart»

La Spezia Projects and plan developed 2 Strategic Plans: the first started in 1999 and the second in 2012 Lots of sectorial plans and projects aimed to a sustainable and intelligent urban development, among these: -Integrated Mobility Plan with several on-going interventions on Sustainable Mobility and projects on ITS and info mobility development; -Energy Plan - Covenant of Mayors Membership and SEAP approved in 2012; -Integrated Mobility Plan, now in force; -Broadband and WiFi Projects under implementation (ERDF funding); -Several Urban regeneration plans and instruments (Contracts of Neighborhood - PRUSST – ERDF Integrated Projects) and the Urban Plan under revising

Why La Spezia 20 20?  The economic crisis imposes to redesign a strategy for a long-term city development;  Cities need an integrated perspective, clear and achievable claiming a central role in recovering the competitiveness of their territory;  City innovation, urban regeneration, energetic efficiency, sustainable mobility, social housing and Smart Cities & Communities policies as a result of both bottom-up (community driven) and top-down (Municipality smart governance) policies;  The Urban Agenda included in the European programming cycle and the use of the funds dedicated to Smart Cities impose to launch and implement farsighted programs and projects. Through La Spezia 20 20, the Municipality wants to match the political vision with the technical capability provided by the stakeholders involved in the process. La Spezia is a process conceived to build a smarter city in the frame of a new strategic program sighting the Horizon “2020” and aimed to involve research centers, universities, companies, main local institutions and citizens and to promote private-public co- design and cooperation experiences. The participatory process has been developed through the work of 5 thematic tables with qualified stakeholders. key elements: involvement and participation, use of innovative technologies, public-private partnership La Spezia 20.20

The goal of “La Spezia – the city becomes Smart” is to define strategic and feasible sectorial actions to compose the smart city Masterplan and to implement shared, innovative but feasible projects, under a technical and economic point of view. Main challenges:  to experiment forms of public-private partnership and to intercept funding for the development of the actions proposed;  to make choices in line with the market, but also with the development strategies of the city;  to maintain the sharing and co-planning method even at the stage of project development;  To focus on human capital Smart school and training among the themes under discussion in one of the 5 tables. Main challenges

Thematic Tables

Main steps Feasible and shared projects Involvement of key stakeholder in 44 actions Community involvement on - thematic areas - territorial areas Focus on feasibility of the proposed actions phase 1 phase 2 phase 3

Main results and next spteps  226 people participated at the tables  100 organizations and local associations involved  4 months of work tables  20 Meeting tables  5 meetings of the Steering Committee  44 project forms  over 120 m€ of estimated investments Next steps:  Community wider involvement  Focus on technical and financial feasibility of the proposed actions  From actions to projects: individuate the best funding schemes, funds and partnerships for the project implementation

Thank you for your attention Alessandro Pollio Assessore allo Sviluppo e innovazione economica, Problemi del lavoro Politiche comunitarie, Politiche di Bilancio e Tributi, Economato Partecipazione dei cittadini e Decentramento, La Spezia Smart City Tel European Policies Service: