1. CityLab on Metropolitan Governance Lille 12/02/2010
Workshop Identity and citizen participation
Accross boundaries
Joining Forces project

2. Content 1. Joining Forces project 2. Different realities
3. First conclusions

4. Joining Forces projet
1 focus: Studying possible flexible mechanisms of cooperation at city-region level
7 topics
Spatial and strategic planning
Mobility and transports
Environmental issues
Knowledge economy
Social inclusion, participation and empowerment
Public/private arrangements
Attractiveness and competitiveness

5. Different realities (1)
Depending of national contexts
Regional self-governments
Brno, Krakow and Burgas
Florence and Sevilla
A delegated regional government
Eindhoven Region
A federated City-Region
Brussels-Capital Region
A multidimensionnel model
Lille

6. Different realities(2)
Depending of level of cooperation
Strong cooperation legally or voluntary : Lille and Eindhoven
Growing cooperation through a metropolitan mobility plan: Florence
Attempts to create a metropolitan government: Krakow
Cooperation on topic basis: Brno, Brussels, Burgas, Sevilla

7. First conclusions (1) Common issues Common problems
consciousness of a common identity ≠willing to participate
Businesses and opinion leader participation ≠ citizen participation
Businesses and opinion leader feeling of belonging ≠citizen feeling of belonging
Metropolitan identity Vs local/regional/national identities
Tensions with elected and/or formal institutional level
Common problems
Civil society not organized at a metropolitan level: (except for Lille)
Mainly participation on project or policy basis
Multiplication of the NYMBY phenomenom

8. First conclusions (2) Tools Possible solutions or recommandations
Create civic proud to increase the feeling of belonging
Importance of cultural and sport events (Lille, Sevilla,florence)
Possible solutions or recommandations
Create Foundation or Associations at metropolitan level involving businesses and opinion leader (Eindhoven, Lille, Brno)
Involve surronding cities in a metropolitan governance body (Lille, Krakow, Eindhoven)
Focus on common external identity: Create common attractiveness or territorial marketing strategies (Eindhoven)
Metropolitan agencies/bodies could be in charge of organising participation at metropolitan level ? )

9. Thank you for your attention
Contacts
Alfredo Corbalan
ADT – Brussels-Capital Region
Coordinator Urban marketing