1. The Urban Agenda for the EU and the UN New Urban Agenda: Their significance for Cyprus
Phaedon Enotiades
Coordinator, European and International Cooperation Unit
Department of Town Planning and Housing
Ministry of the Interior

2. The New Urban Agenda

3. Urban demographic issues, land and urban planning in Cyprus
Settlement patterns and demographic trends
Managing rapid urbanization
Challenges faced by urban areas
Managing rural-urban linkages
Social aspects of urban development
Ensuring sustainable planning and design
Improving urban land management and addressing urban sprawl
Addressing urban mobility challenges
Improving technical capacity to plan and manage cities

4. Morphological Urban Areas (MUAs)

5. Functional Urban Areas (FUAs)

6. Potential Urban Strategic Horizons (PUSH)

7. CEMAT Guidelines, 2002 Endogenous development strategies
Action against sprawl
Deprived neighborhood regeneration
Urban ecosystem management (open spaces, water, energy, waste, noise)
Sustainable mobility
Planning governance
Cultural heritage protection and enhancement
Polycentric city networks

8. Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities, 2007
Making greater use of integrated urban development policy approaches
Paying special attention to deprived neighborhoods within the context of the city as a whole

9. National Sustainable Development Strategy, 2010
Spatial planning and sustainable urban development
18 crucial urban issues
Urban challenges and sustainability indicators
Strategic urban development framework and objectives
Urban interventions and Town Planning Schemes

10. The Pact of Amsterdam

11. Vertical and horizontal cooperation: prerequisites for an integrated approach
Multi-level governance (vertical)
Interdepartmental coordination (horizontal)
Crucial role of civil society

12. Comparison of priority themes
Spatial priority themes are already key spatial policy areas in Local Plans, with coordination structures already firmly in place
Environmental priority themes mostly reflect new, 21st century concerns, with coordination structures in place, which need continuous fine-tuning to improve synergies
Although prominent in national policy framework and the subject of significant initiatives at the local level, Socioeconomic priority themes are only given sketchy consideration in Local Plans

13. Spatial priority themes
Sustainable use of land:
National Planning System
Role of Minister, Planning Board, Local authorities
Housing:
Ministry of the Interior
Policy under review in post-crisis period
Urban mobility:
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Committees ensure key stakeholder coordination
Possible line of action would be to follow international debate and review current policy as needed

14. Environmental priority themes (1/2)
Air quality:
National Action Plan for the Improvement of Air Quality
Department of Labour Inspection (DLI)
Greatly affected by auto emissions  urban mobility policy
Circular economy:
Department of the Environment
Critical role of Municipalities in waste management policy
Climate adaptation:
National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

15. Environmental priority themes (2/2)
Energy transition:
Shift to renewable energy sources
Energy efficiency in buildings
Energy Service (Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism)
Specific additional themes important for Cyprus:
Water resource management, desertification etc.
Possible line of action would be to improve and strengthen current coordination mechanisms, widening the scope of Local Plans to these priority themes

16. Socioeconomic priority themes (1/2)
Inclusion of migrants and refugees:
New, post-accession issue
Ministry of the Interior, Local Authorities
Central government policy and support programs
Several initiatives at local level stand out
Urban poverty:
New, post-crisis issue
Minimum guaranteed income and similar policies
Cyprus-EU Partnership Agreement
Integrated Sustainable Urban Development plans for deprived urban neighborhoods

17. Socioeconomic priority themes (2/2)
Jobs and skills:
Central government policy and support programs
Human Resources Development Authority
Operational Program Employment, Human Resources and Social Cohesion
Possible line of action would be to highlight the spatial aspects of these priority themes within Local Plan strategic objectives, along the lines of respective government policy

18. Cross-cutting issues Digital transition: Public procurement:
Government digital policy/ e-Cyprus, Ariadne
e-OASIS (administration digitization)
HIPPODAMOS (digitization of the planning system)
Public procurement:
Public Procurement Authority guidelines and several legislative acts
Possible line of action would be to mainstream these cross-cutting issues in Local Plans, as appropriate

19. Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Marine Etablissement Amsterdam