REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Funded by CIDA Implemented by the Canadian Urban Institute and EuroRegio Ukraine

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REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Funded by CIDA Implemented by the Canadian
Urban Institute and EuroRegio Ukraine
Presented by Dr Tibor Frank Lead International
Expert
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The RGD Projects Contribution

• Why we are involved what we have to offer
• How we will be involved

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What we have to offer

• Canadas relevant experience with its innovative
  regional development policies and practices
• The CUIs experience in Canada
• The CUI and ERU partnership brings relevant
  experience in the region and Ukraine implementing
  similar projects with concrete results

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Canadas and the CUIs relevant experience -
Smart Growth

• also called Sustainable Growth or Regionalism
• links development to quality of life and enhanced
  competitiveness
• deals with the growing gap between the goals of
  regional planning policies and the desire of the
  marketplace
• a blend of innovative policy, pragmatic
  implementation tools and co-operative partnerships

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Regional Growth Management Strategy Region of
Waterloo, Province of Ontario, Canada

• Case Study

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Challenges to the region

• Population growth
• Need to encourage and harness growth without
  decreasing of quality of life, environmental
  prosperity and agricultural land
• Need to closely align physical planning with
  related decisions in other program and planning
  areas, particularly the provision of human
  services

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Development of the Regional Growth Management
Strategy actions undertaken

• Extensive public consultation and research
• Two-phase development process of a four-year
  Regional Growth Management Strategy (RGMS)

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Development of the Regional Growth Management
Strategy Phase One

• Big-picture assessment of the growth issues,
  constrains and priorities affected the community
• Study of alternative growth options broadly
  defined as concentrated, dispersed and balanced

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Development of the Regional Growth Management
Strategy Phase Two

• Refinement of the preferred balanced growth
  option
• Continuation of the communication and
  consultations

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Regional Growth Management Strategy Six goals

• Coordination and communication
• Enhancing natural environment
• Building vibrant urban places
• Providing greater transportation choice
• Protecting the countryside
• And fostering a strong economy

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Regional Growth Management Strategy Key
components and implementation

• Contains 34 actions to be implemented by various
  stakeholders
• Developed up to 80 projects arising from the 34
  immediate actions identified in Strategy
• Strategy adopted by Regional Council

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Regional Growth Management Strategy
Institutional support

• Steering Committee to ensure effective
  coordination and reporting to Council
• Implementation Coordination Committee to
  implement the policy framework and guide the work
  of the implementation team
• Central Transit Corridor Committee to handle all
  transit aspects of the strategy
• Public Advisory Committee to gather the publics
  input into the implementation process and provide
  advice to the other committees

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Achievements to date

• City urban line is expended to allow for urban
  growth
• Wastewater master plan for the region is updated
• Improved land use, including environmentally
  sensitive areas

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Achievements to date (continuation)

• Action plans are developed for housing, human
  services and cultural heritage areas
• Framework for delivering better public
  transportation was developed and identified
  potential public/private partnerships
• Improved regional development and governance

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Key Success Factors in the RGMS Development
Process

• Carefully coordinated efforts, projects and
  deliverables with those of key stakeholders
• Identified and nurtured champions in the
  community
• Built on existing knowledge and information bases
• Used images and illustrations to convey points

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Key Success Factors in the RGMS Development
Process (continued)

• Maintained consistency in the design, lay-out and
  messaging used in publications
• Maintained flexibility in work plans to pursue
  emerging opportunities
• Ensured that appropriate staff back-ups were in
  place for key project leads
• Kept Council informed of the status and progress
  that was being made on the initiative

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Key Success Factors in the RGMS Development
Process (continued)

• Recognized that time was required to implement
  changes and ensure flexibility
• Considered growth as an opportunity and not
  simply a challenge
• Closely aligned physical planning decisions with
  those in other programming and planning areas,
  particularly human services

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Our experience in the CEE

• Regional Development
• Sub- national finance - Revenue generation,
  Creditworthiness
• Strategic planning with stakeholder involvement
• Economic development strategies tourism etc
• Community based economic development
• Administrative reform
• Civil society strengthening
• Capacity building
• Institution strengthening etc.

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How we will be involved our approach

• Locally owned
• Partnership based
• Practical involves practitioners
• Learning by doing
• Leading edge know how transfer from Canada and
  CEE
• Contribution by all involved
• Demonstration projects - concrete fast results

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Activities

• National level Ministry of Economy
• capacity building
• policy advice
• Regional level - selection of two pilots
  Zaporozhye and Zakarpattya
• capacity building
• strategic planning

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Expected results significant impact on Regional
Development

• Improved policy making and implementation
• Two model pilots examples for economic and
  social development
• Disseminated across other oblasts

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Strategic Planning Why?

• A tool that brings stakeholders together
  synergies
• Positions oblasts and local governments for
  faster and balanced growth
• A marketing tool for investors

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Strategic Planning What?

• Where we are?
• Where we want to be ?
• How can we get there?

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Strategic Planning How?

• United vision
• Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
• Priorities for development
• Agreement on implementation including budgetary
  allocations
• Planning cycles - revisions regularly

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REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Funded by CIDA Implemented by the Canadian
Urban Institute and EuroRegio Ukraine
Presented by Dr Tibor Frank Lead International
Expert