SuPorts Final Conference “Sustainable Management for European Local Ports”

1. SuPorts Final Conference “Sustainable Management for European Local Ports” Staekholders Management Panel “Some good practices identified by Cittalia. Towards an enhancement of the relation between cities and ports.” Gabriele Guazzo – Cittalia Rouen – December 4, 2012

2. A few good practices concerning governance models and stakeholders’ management in Italy • The strategic plan of the metropolitan area “Terra di Bari” • The “parallel approach” of the city of Anzio” • Regeneration of the harbour and of the urban waterfront in Mazara del Vallo

3. The strategic plan of the metropolitan area “Terra di Bari” Bari: polycentric city with a relevant coastal dimension involving more than 40% of the population of the metropolitan area and with a sea waterfront of 80 km. • Strategic plans, because of their non-binding nature, may give rise to a fruitful agreement between local stakeholders that is able to produce concrete results when other important tools are missing (i.e. the Master Plan of the Port). • Aggregation of 41 institutions in the form of co-ordination and strategic planning organization. • Active participation of citizens through the creation of the forum of stakeholders.

4. The strategic plan of the metropolitan area “Terra di Bari” - 2 • A unique metropolitan system that consists of 31 mayors, with a steering committee made of 5 mayors and the President of the province of Bari and with a technical support composed by experts selected at international level • City of Bari at the centre of the regional port system identified in the strategic plan, but special emphasis is given also to the port of Molfetta and to other polar realities of the territory, specifically Giovinazzo, Mola di Bari and Polignano a Mare (historical, cultural and tourism assets). • International competitions in architecture and urban design to renovate the brownfield areas. • The Strategic Plan also addresses the issue of environmental renovation of the waterfront: creation of a coastal green park connecting the new urban beaches, with the aim of re-shaping the sea-space as a public space accessible to everybody.

5. The “parallel approach” of the city of Anzio” • Approach of Anzio different than the ones usually adopted in Italy: Master Plan of the Port was prepared by a city company (“Capo d'Anzio”) following a request of the Municipality Key role of the city • Result: shared initiative through a peculiar “cultural” approach of the port development, based on the idea that the development of a Master Plan for the Port that aims to change substantially the fabric of the port should take into account also the substantial change in the wider urban fabric of the city itself. • The Municipality has operated in parallel with the process of approval of the Master Plan of the Port in accordance with Law 84, making a substantial change to the Urban Master Plan of the city.

6. The “parallel approach” of the city of Anzio” - 2 • “Parallel” approach of Anzio was also adopted in relation to all relevant environmental aspects: the Municipality required that all the themes developed and analyzed during the process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Urban Plan were also developed in the final design of the port. • Consequence: the whole port’s design has followed the criteria and requirements set out in the Urban Plan concerning the infrastructures’ plan, the plan of reuse and recycling of materials. • As a result, for instance, the project foresees the creation of a plant for the production of renewable energy that will produce 650 megawatts per year (from photovoltaic and wind power), providing in addition the possibility of using the REVEC technology for the exploitation of wave motion, since the breakwater allows for it.

7. The “parallel approach” of the city of Anzio” - 3 The LIFE+ project “LCA4PORTS-European Ports Life Cycle Assessment” • Main objectives: • effective application of EU legislation in the environmental field according to an integrated approach • identification of good practices of environmental sustainability in the port area • reducing the environmental impact in the various activities of the port • design of an integrated system that includes the five central actions of LCA4PORTS: • design of a system of sustainable management for the construction sites of the new port • identification and assessment of energy saving and self-energy production systems aimed at providing the new port buildings and part of port services with total energy self-sufficiency • reuse and recycling of water through a management system aimed at the minimization • reuse of waste water in the buildings located in the port area • use of inert materials and sustainable waste management.

8. Regeneration of the harbour and of the urban waterfront in Mazara del Vallo • Major regeneration of the harbour and of the urban waterfront in Mazara del Vallo since the 70s has always been characterized as the largest Italian fishing port • Background: crisis of fisheries, new European standards for biological recovery aimed at supporting the restocking of fish in the Mediterranean Sea and incentives provided for the disposal of vessels resulted in a drastic reduction in the number of fishing vessels, with this activity having a strong direct and indirect impact also on the local economy, based on the handicraft and industrial activities traditionally linked to the fish industry. • City Council’s decision to undertake alternative development programme and strategies: planning process to transform/renovate the port area and waterfront, trying to determine favourable conditions for private investors in the implementation of eco-sustainable projects.

9. Regeneration of the harbour and of the urban waterfront in Mazara del Vallo - 2 • Strategic Plan, approved in 2011, sets out 4 lines of development converging towards each other, the main one being represented by the reliance on the transition of the marine economy: fishing activity as one of the possible sources of income, but not the only one, in order to diversify the local economy. Greater emphasis to marine recreational and commercial activities • Project of the new port will be accompanied by the regeneration of the waterfront, which will require a detailed development plan that includes pedestrian connections between the two sides of the river (and of the city) as well as the rethinking and transformation of the strategic areas in front of the docks • Synergy between the Master Plan of the Port and the Strategic Plan to encourage the creation of new attractors and enhance the resources that the city already has, creating investment opportunities through the establishment of an Urban Transformation Company (STU)

10. Challenges Challenge #1: Communication from the Commission on European Ports Policy [COM(2007)616]: focus on sustainable development of ports, but need for further specifications on how to implement the EU environmental laws related to ports Especially in Italy (but not only): uncertainty over the implementation of environmental laws concerning ports and lack of resources of small ports. Challenge #2: COM(2007)616 underlines the need for a stronger and more efficient cooperation between cities and ports (relation city-port recognized as a key element) Especially in Italy (but not only): lack of coordination, slow procedures, difficult governance, with significant exceptions (e.g. successful waterfront renovation projects in Venice, La Spezia, Reggio Calabria, Ravenna, Salerno and Trieste).

11. Challenges - 2 Challenge #3: increasing international competition and the challenge of “naval gigantism” require major structural responses in order to take benefit of the expansion of the sea traffic, while limiting CO2 emissions and pollution In this context the mediterranean ports need to improve, broaden and reorganize their infrastructures trying to catch up with the better organized North-European ports.

12. The relation “city-port”: challenges Possible conflicts between the stakeholders involved in the processes of ports’/waterfronts sustainable regeneration • local authorities seek to intervene in the process of territorial transformation and renovation Vs. port authorities that are fully responsible for the management of the ports and tend to expand the activities pushing for greater port infrastructures, sometimes in conflict with the city. • Key lesson learnt in SuPorts: where the processes of transformation have had more success, this has been possible thanks to the close collaboration between the Port Authority and the City Councils Need for more efficient shared governance models for the planning and management of ports

13. Improving the relation “city-port” • Things to do: • to foster new forms of “dialogue” to improve political consultation and negotiations in a broader national and European strategic framework in order to develop strategies and to achieve shared goals by rediscovering the deep bond that has always linked the port to the city over the centuries. • to encourage participative processes in order to involve the citizens in the main decisions concerning waterfront/urban changes • to draw on other European and non-European experiences • to encourage public-private partnerships and collaboration on a wide scale at local level (increasing inter-institutional cooperation with the private sector) • when planning changes in the local ports, they should be sustainable and coherent with the urban development plans aimed at improving quality of life for the citizens

14. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION Gabriele Guazzo CITTALIA – ANCI RESEARCH CENTRE E-mail: guazzo@cittalia.it Phone: +39.06.76980866 Mobile: +39. 334.6589650