INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES ON URBAN & TERRITORIAL PLANNING Bridge for Planning & Innovation 53rd ISOCARP Congress Smart Communities October 24, 2017 Portland, USA
1/3 BACKGROUND
JUST TO NAME A FEW
WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO?
We acknowledge the principles and strategies for urban and territorial planning contained in the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning, adopted by the Governing Council of UN- Habitat at its 25th session in April 2015. NEW URBAN AGENDA, PARAGRAPH 93 BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE?
I NTERNATIONAL G UIDELINES ON U RBAN AND T ERRITORIAL PLANNING 2/3 THE BASICS
FOR WHAT? A global reference framework Approved in 2015 by UN-Habitat s member States To improve policies, plans, designs and implementation processes THEY ARE: Multi-level (5 levels) Multi-stakeholder (4 stakeholder groups) Multi-sector THEY HAVE: 5 goals 12 principles 114 recommendations 11 languages 105,000+ downloads SO WHAT S NEW? Establish an integrated and territorial approach to planning: Enabling horizontal-vertical integration Working across the spatial planning continuum 2/4 THE BASICS No more boundaries: all the way from urban to rural
HOW ARE THE GUIDELINES SMART? SMART CAN BE MANY THINGS IG-UTP resources moving to e-tools: Apps Online databases Advocating for planning that: Is well-informed Is intelligent decisionmaking Is sustainable Places people at the heart 1 2 USE OF ICTS SMART PLANNING
WHERE ARE THE GUIDELINES NOW? Improving Knowledge & Improving Practice: Database Inspiring Practices Health Edition Instructor s Guide Learning Tools Workbooks Planning for Health Saudi Arabia Trainings Japan Cameroon Report to GC Iran Handbook Mobile Apps Monitoring Global Survey
3/3 THEIR VALUE/ OUR CONTRIBUTION
Advantages & opportunities 1.Evidence-based knowledge, 100+ years of planning experience 2.A collective voice for planning 3.Universal character to ease and fast-track cross-border cooperation for planning, development, and M&E 4.That each context is different & need for pragmatism: adapt to local context 5.A continuous learning model. Learning from application and sharing this knowledge 6.A systematic approach: Multi-level, cross-sector and multi-stakeholder model: a channel for integral implementation of SDGs and NUA 7.Proposal for subnational cooperation and goal achievement may be key for those outside of urban development to work towards the SDGs VS. Challenges & missing out 1.Lack of coordination and the consequent cost of this 2.The risks of continued pillarization and the consequent cost of this 3.Missing out on synergies and the consequent cost of this 4.Thus, the risks of continued duplication 5.And, ultimately, the risks of not achieving our targets Business as usual IG-UTP WHAT CAN THE GUIDELINES DO FOR US?
WHAT CAN YOU DO? Raise awareness, advocate: Translate, host a session, spread the word Document & share experiences: ongoing Compendium of Inspiring Practices Support tool development for use of IG-UTP: Test, give feedback, validate the Handbook and App Use in planning education and capacity building: prepare an IG-UTP module, consider them in courses, do an IG-UTP training for planners and non-planners Pilot with activities in your country or other places, on public spaces, planning for health, work on urban-rural linkages, review&reform your planning system Participate in the biennial Global UTP Survey, be part of the global monitoring network Stay in touch! Join the IG-UTP mailing list, tell us your story at IG.UTP@unhabitat.org BE A CHAMPION OF THE IG-UTP!
WHEN THE GUIDELINES ARE Adopted, you have a structure/ backbone that can enable effective and efficient goal achievement Considered, you can make integration within planning systems possible Used, they open-up multiple entry points to make planning processes more intelligent Adapted, you are able to operationalize universal principles to the local level But change is not easy. There will be resistance
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