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1 Metropolitan Governance: Institutions, Instruments and Processes The case of Barcelona Oriol Estela Barnet Associació Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona 4th of May 2017
2 Agenda The Metropolitan Barcelona Barcelona s Metropolitan Governance The Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona Discussion (Q&A) 5/30/2017 2
3 Agenda The Metropolitan Barcelona Metropolitan Governance Challenges The Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona Discussion (Q&A) 5/30/2017 3
4 SPAIN 46,450,000 inhab. 17 (+2) comunidades autónomas 50 provinces 8,114 municipalities
5 CATALONIA 7,508,000 inhabitants 4 provinces 42 comarques 947 municipalities
6 BARCELONA PROVINCE 5,225,000 inhab. 12 comarques 1 metropolitan area 311 municipalities 110 Km. aprox. Sant Jaume de Frontanyà: 24 inhab. Barcelona: 1,600,000 inhab.
7 BARCELONA METROPOLITAN REGION / AREA 4,997,852 inhab. 164 municipalities sq. km
8 Agenda The Metropolitan Barcelona Barcelona s Metropolitan Governance The Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona Discussion (Q&A) 5/30/2017 8
9 First stage: CORPORACIO METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA 27 municipalities Land, transport and waste management Attempt to include economic and social policies Lack of trust both from the regional government and medium size municipalities
10 Second stage: METROPOLITAN AGENCIES + VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION Transport Agency: 18 municipalities Waste Management Agency: 33 municipalities Association: 31 municipalities Urbanism is kept by the regional government
11 Third stage: > AREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA 36 municipalities Land, transport, waste management, environment, economic development Barcelona city has a minority of councillors Support from regional government and municipalities but no political power
12 Barcelona Metropolitan Area (BMA) 3,218,071 inhab. 36 municipalities 628 sq. km
13 Agenda The Metropolitan Barcelona Barcelona s Metropolitan Governance The Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona Discussion (Q&A) 5/30/
14 Barcelona 1987
15 Barcelona 1987
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17 Barcelona faced multiple challenges Transition from a manufacturing city to a postindustrial city in a context of increasing globalization. Consolidate the urbanization process Improve the existing infrastructure (Port, Airport, Trade Fair sites, Ring Roads) The 1992 Olympic Games were an opportunity to catalyze change but the Metropolitan institution had been abolished
18 Strategic planning in Barcelona In 1987 the City Council promoted a process of city strategic planning based on: Benefit from the positive side-effects of the 1992 Olympics Games: Identifying opportunities Identify and promote strategies for the economic and social development of Barcelona and its metropolitan area: Thinking strategically Carry out those objectives jointly with the main stakeholders of the city: Catalysing change
19 The Metropolitan Strategic Plan Non-profit, public-private association promoted by: That brings together +300 members the leading economic and social agents in the region institutions which freely decide to associate themselves with the Plan With the aim to boost strategic planning
20 Which metropolitan institutions? Together with the Barcelona City Council and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: Barcelona Airport Port of Barcelona Barcelona Chamber of Commerce Cercle d Economia (professional association) Comissió Obrera Nacional decatalunya (trade union) Consorcio de la Zona Franca (public-private real estate developer) Fira de Barcelona (trade fair) Foment del Treball Nacional (employer s association) Unió General de Treballadors (trade union) University of Barcelona The 36 city councils of the metropolitan area are also an important part, like the rest of the local/regional governments.
21 The evolution of Barcelona s strategic vision 1 st City Plan 2 nd City Plan 3 rd City Plan 1 st Metropolitan Plan Barcelona Vision 2020
22 The stages of PEMB 1st stage: Social and Economic Strategic Plan of Barcelona nd stage: Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona rd stage: Strategic Plan in a Metropolitan Government context 1990 First Economic and Social Strategic Plan of Barcelona The Association is founded in Great renewal projects for the Olympic City Deep involvement of the social and economic organizations 1994 Second Economic and Social Strategic Plan of Barcelona Reinforcement of Barcelona s international presence 1999 Third Economic and Social Strategic Plan of Barcelona Economic Model transformation: towards the Knowledge Economy
23 Enlargement of the Airport and the Port of Barcelona Double capacity, both quantitative (piers, dikes) and qualitative (routes, services and connections) A new terminal (T1) A new runway A new business area
24 The stages of PEMB 1st stage: Social and Economic Strategic Plan of Barcelona nd stage: Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona rd stage: Strategic Plan in a Metropolitan Government context 2003 First Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona In 2000 the Plan adopts a metropolitan approach Important changes in PEMB s organization and governance 2007 Review process for the 1 st Metropolitan Strategic Plan First systematic evaluation of the plan 2010 Barcelona Vision 2020 plan Aim to consolidate Barcelona as a global metropolis and an attractive place for innovative talent
25 District the old Catalan Manchester Area of mixed uses: residential + research + economic. Urban regeneration: green areas, transportation, telecommunications, pneumatic waste collection. : related to IT, research, creation, culture and knowledge. training in and dissemination of new technologies. Area: 22 hectares Almost 300 firms move into the new District 22@ in this period
26 Barcelona Media Park - Mediapro Univ. Pompeu Fabra)
27 The stages of PEMB 1st stage: Social and Economic Strategic Plan of Barcelona nd stage: Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona rd stage: Strategic Plan in a Metropolitan Government context 2010 now: PEMB new stage, because of the new general context: Economic: economic crises and increasing inequalities Strategic: Europe 2020 and RIS3 Institutional: BMA government constitution March 2014 PEMB General Council approves the Bases Document that initiates the works for the new strategic plan Barcelona model consolidation: economic growing based in the new industry pillars, the knowledge economy and the creative industries, in a high level of social cohesion metropolis.
28 A new stage for PEMB A new agenda is under construction for PEMB. It will be build upon this vision: PEMB is the place where key aspects of the future of metropolitan Barcelona (in general terms) are put on the table, discussed and agreed among metropolitan stakeholders and citizenship to achieve shared goals
29 A new stage for PEMB PEMB mission is: o to promote agreements, pacts and consensus o to provide foresight analysis o to integrate and inspire strategies o to foster open urban innovation
30 What should PEMB be? A forum where stakeholders can share a challenge or a project to develop it in common A metropolitan lobby A platform or project co-ordinator (even incubator) An impeller and articulator of metropolitan debates and policies (specially on metropolitan region- governance)
31 Agenda The Metropolitan Barcelona Barcelona s Metropolitan Governance The Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona Discussion (Q&A) 5/30/
32 THANK YOU! Metropolitan Governance: Institutions, Instruments and Processes The case of Barcelona Oriol Estela Barnet Associació Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona 4th of May 2017
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