City of Lescovac-GoodPracticeAward-2024

Leskovac / Serbia

LE-SUD

Collaborative creation of SUD strategy for releasing urban potentials

About our URBACT Good Practice*

Sustainable Urban Develpoment (SUD) according to European principles is directed to the economic, ecological, climatic, social and demographic challenges of urban area. Design of innovative Strategy integrates priority investments, thematic goals and different sources of funding.

Solutions offered

Social

Economic

Urban environment

• blending of different funding and financing sources for future projects
• innovative and smart economic transformation as one of five thematic goals

• a three-stage participation of citizens
• adaptable approach can be modified for other cities

• definition of priority areas of intervention
• using the potential
• encourage development

Integrated and participatory approach

Urban identity Energy transition, green and blue investments, climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk management and sustainable urban mobility Innovative and smart economic transformation Social well-being and Urban governance

The project’s strong collaboration between authorites, stakeholders and residents demonstrates the model of development policy that can be adapted and replicated in other EU cities

Five goals - thematic areas approach

Citizen involvement

Listening to everyone

Survey in the phase of problem and needs analysis Citizens' forum in the phase of formulating the vision, goals and measures and Public hearing of the draft strategy Students of two primary schools presented their needs and vision through an art competition

30 members of the interdisciplinary working group, 15 members of the City Development Council , 18 members of the national and international expert support and stakeholders were actively involved since the start of the project.

Multi stakeholder and participatory approach

Cross-sectoral approach

Stronger Community

Overcoming "silo structures", i.e. the traditional division of functions according to sectors or policy areas.

Transparent process in public policy development.

Multi-sector approach

Support of proposed solutions, which are place-based and integrated, enables interconnected and cross-sectoral responses to urban challenges, protection and improvement of urban development.

Our impact

Residents

Educational activities

Inovative positioning of governance

Driving change for better cities

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