Gwendolyn Carpenter Smart Development JASPERS

1. Preparing projects for Smarter Europe Plan, Prepare, Invest! Gwendolyn Carpenter Smart Development JASPERS

2. How to create smarter Europe? • making the best use of knowledge and technologies and promoting excellence teaching • promote innovation • support new industries and promote competitiveness • support e-services such as e-Health, e-Government, and e-Procurement • increase digitalization, particularly in rural areas • promotehighstandards in healthcare and extending coverage • integrate all dimensions of urban life- from sustainable mobility to economic attractiveness and social housing, including health and education infrastructure, parks, sports facilities and cultural life • leverage knowledge and technology to enable sustainable urban change

3. Smart = Being part of a global story Source: UN

4. Projects for smart development • build or refurbish schools and universities • build or extend research facilities • build science and technology parks or open innovation infrastructures • develop data platforms • upgrade and extend broadband networks • upgrade and extend healthcare facilities • define and implement urban regeneration programmes • support the development of smart cities

5. Plan! Prepare! Invest! • Selected Examples ! • Strategic and plan-level advice • Smart Sligo 2030 Pilot Project, Sligo, Ireland • Project preparation • RDI development with urban development, Kielce, Poland • Productive Industrial Investment, Austria • Investment programmes and schemes • Methodology to assess integrated approach of programme, Novo mesto, Slovenia

6. Strategic and plan-level advice

7. Smart urban development JASPERS supports Integrated urban/territorial development EU Urban Agenda: • Urbanisation (incl suburbanisation/sprawl) • Climate change (incl disaster risk) • Innovation (inclDigitalisation) • Inclusion (poverty, exclusion, marginalisation, segregation) • Governance (incl multi-level governance systems, (de-) centralisation trends, collaborative planning) Investment/Delivery Programme(s) & Projects

8. Key to the future: smart urban planning … requires place-based planning based on impact criteria. Source: AIT

9. Planning-led project development for Smart Cities Sustainable urban Development & Waste Public Transport Planning • Socio Economic Planning • Spatial planning • Smart City concepts & pilots • City performance monitoring Digital Spatial planning integrated, multi-modal Smart Spatial Planning • Big data informed planning • Rapid urban prototyping • Smart City Apps • Urban digital strategies Urban Resilience planning • Resilience checks • Planning for climate proof investments • Climate adaptation as retrofitting Source: EIB

10. Smart Sligo 2030 Pilot Project,Sligo, Ireland • Just started! • Objective: • (1) Smart Sligo 2030 Pilot • (2) Nat./Reg. Smart City-Region Investment Programme (ESIF) • Challenge: Enable balanced development of Ireland by reinforcing strategic towns and rural communities outside Dublin (Project Ireland 2040) • JASPERS advising • On development of methodology of the smart “Sligo 2030” strategy • preparation of a smart city-region investment programme

11. Critical points addressed • Embed strategies in existing strategic framework • Develop the planning methodology • Define the planning area • Identify the stakeholders • Build the strategy/plan on an assessment of local context and maximise impact • Consider implementation, operational and organizational models that suit the governance context • Plan for the transition, transformation and change management required • Sustainable financing models particularly in regards to national state aid law. (blending of financial sources)

12. Project preparation

13. Comprehensive support to projects Support for strategic planning and to solve sectorial issues • Key messages: • Upstream involvement • Hands-on approach • Proximity to beneficiaries Comments on intermediate/ final project documents (guidance notes) Terms of Reference for the preparation of the project Final review of project (completion notes) Methodological guidance to the beneficiary and its consultant Independent Quality Review 3 Knowledge sharing and capacity building 4

14. RDI InvestmentKielce, Poland • Submitted! • Target: strategic research project in Kielce • Investment: EUR 38m (EU grant EUR 33m) • Research Facility: “GUM – Meteorological Laboratories” • Challenge: Prepare high quality project taking note of the various impacts of the project • JASPERS advisory to the Beneficiary • On the plan perspective identifying complementary measures to maximise the project’s positive impact on the city’s development • On the development of the project in particular its feasibility;

15. Future Impact Investment • Prepare stand-alone (RDI) project investments as “agents of change” in line with a plan to maximize impacts (and minimise negative externalities) • Promote sustainability • Address climate, local economy, digitalisation & innovation, social inclusion

16. Productive Industrial InvestmentKärnten, Austria • Approved!

17. Regional support through Innovation • Support of local innovation leaders to create sustainable regional impact • Direct investment in RDI (measurable jobs) • Indirect investment in regional jobs • Investment in knowledge & tech development & transfer • Investment in innovation clusters & sectoral leadership • Look for projects that include social & environmental impact! • Collaborative RDI • Sustainable jobs • New business models for the environment (circular economy) • High co-financing model as approach to high ownership • Blend of ESIF and other funds • Investing in Europes SMEs.

18. Investment programmes and schemes

19. RegenerationProgramme, Novo Mesto, Slovenia • Target: Revitalisation of Novo Mesto • Investment: EUR 17.5m (50-80% ERDF/CF, article 7 (ITI), and other funding sources) • Multi-Sector Programme: Urban renewal, sustainable mobility and energy efficiency • Challenge: ensuring an integrated approach to the development of the investment programme in light of the different size of projects and multi-sector nature of the schemes • JASPERS advised the Urban Authority on the development and use of a tool & procedure to inform the formulation of the investment programme

20. Novo mesto – a city aiming for transformationSpeaker: Peter Geršič, Municipality of Novo mesto

21. Novo mesto • Located midwaybetween two capitals: 70 km southeast of Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana and 80 km west of Croatia’s capital Zagreb • With a population of about 23,300, it is the seventh largest town in Slovenia • Total municipal area is 236 square km, with 36,500 inhabitants • The economic, educational, cultural business, administrative… centre of the south-eastern part of the country • Among all regions in Slovenia, economy indicators position the Dolenjska region at the very top. • Development should follow challenges on mobility, industry, resources, social…

22. Novo mesto – starting points Integrated Territorial Investments Novo mesto is for the first time involved in Integrated Territorial Investmentsmechanism(Article 7) in 2014 – 2020 on priority objectives of: • Energy efficiency • Sustainable mobility • Urban regeneration How to manage our resources more effectively. Project investments versus outcomes Synergies between integrated projects  multiple projects and multiple objectives Natural resources conservation

23. Novo mesto - process Jaspers advisory • Alignmentanalysis of our strategies, plans and (ITI) projects – method advice • Framework on what are important measurables (KPIs) • Self-assessment proficiency and assistance • Guidance through the process • Duration about 6 months of operational work Outcomes • Overview of our projects and objectives • Shift from project to programmatic perspective • From silos to integration • It‘s a working process • The scores for thematic objectives • How to work together on mutualy exclusive goals • Smarter cluster spacial planning

24. Novo mesto – added value Getting to know yourself (and your context) How to self-asses yourself – your organization and fulfilment of your vision, goals. Structure MCA tool that guide you through different aspects of your themes and projects – matrix with priority themes from EC. What are important intersection of priorities, projects, visions… Smart integration Insights on working in silos at the municipality administration. Help to integrate different projects and objectives into coherent whole. Sustainable mobility  energy efficiency  urban renewal air quality Change management It‘s hard to change! We are not used to work on integrated projects. Government level is not eager to workwith integrated projects as they are hard to manage and oversee.

25. Novo mesto – building bridges…

26. Tips to prepare for the next programming Add Social component (as well as economic & environmental) • Demographics and trends – addressing the needs of ageing population. • How to attract young families, workforce, population that will develop the municipality in the near future. • What can we improve for the well-being of the citizens, health etc. Swimming, cycling, walking. How to connect well-being with sustainable mobility and urban development. Assess how well you did in the past term and what to improve. Consider developing process & repeat! • Process should be repeated in next investment and assessment cycles. • Concept is applicable to other organizations, municipalities, projects. • The truth of today could be deception of tomorrow.

27. Smarter projects step-by-step

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