TUESDAY 19th _ WORKSHOP GUIDELINES

Workshop Approach

By understanding three different narratives this approach aims to focus on providing the path to develop strategies for delivering specific projects or achieve particular objectives through the exploration of new roles and consensus in a public – community partnership.

Illustration 1 Approach to build up a common ground

Premises

• The intervention requires guaranteeing the inhabitants permanence in the territory
• Any intervention or process involves the generation of agreements with the local communities and its organizations.
• The intervention in the metropolitan border is only one component of policy of growth management (multiscale and multidimenctional)  

Illustration 2 Participatory management Model[1]

Themes:

Outlined from the proposals established by the Planning and Management Council of Commune 8 (CPG):

1. Risk management (gestión del riesgo)
2. Access to affrodable public utilities (acsequiblilidad a servicios públicos)
3. Generation of income sources and food security (livelihoods and exchange capabilities) (Generación de ingresos, capacidad de intercambio y seguridad alimentaria)
4. Promote Integral Barrio Upgrading -habitat and housing, public space, mobility and public facilities (Promoción de mejoramiento integral de barrios)
5. Implement a public – community partnership management scheme (Implementación de un esquema de gestión de asociación póblico comunitario)

Workshop Methodology

1. SESSION 1: Tuesday 19^th: Students presentation & Groups organization

Urban borders in Bogotá

• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá

Comuna 8 Case of study: Territorial analysis and characterization, approaches and proposal.

• Columbia University
• International University of Catalunya
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín

Table 2 Groups organization

2. SESSION 2: Wednesday 20th: Brainstorming

Brainstorming alternative strategies in each theme from a multidimensional approach

Considering the following dimensions

Political Dimension: Legal (Actors-power dynamics - tension - potential)

• Institutional state
• Legislative framework
• Land tenure
• Real Estate Management

Economic Dimension: Productive (Interdependence urban socio-productive)

• Production systems
• Employment and income
• Informal land market and housing

Environmental Dimension: Landscape (restrictions on development-preservation potential)

• Ecological Network and landscape units
• Threats and risk
• SDP

Physical Dimension: urban physical space (articulation - public systems - living conditions)

• Morphology and processes of urban structure
• Structuring Systems (mobility)
• Structuring Systems (public Space and equipment)
• Housing and population dynamics

Socio-cultural dimension:  (imaginary - invisible borders - conflicts and population dynamics)

• Organization and community participation / neighborhood and territorial collective processes
• Population dynamics: Displacement, Networks and social fabric
• Socio-cultural and collective needs. Managers

Distinguish between existing and new alternatives

Table 3 Proposed matrix for the exercise

3. SESSION 3: Thursday 21st: Scenarios

Elaborating different scenarios

1. Within current conditions (status quo)

2. Ideal / Normative

4. SESSION 4: Friday 22st: Final presentation

10.00 – 12.00 am Development of Strategies & Proposal

05.00 – 08.00 pm Final Presentation and discussion

Workshop Schedule

Table 4 Proposed scheduled

General Outcomes

1. Identification of main findings and common ground from the multidimensional analysis of the territory and the proposed approach.
2. Definition of action lines and strategies for growth management addressing to promote high quality, viable, equitable, productive, and sustainable development through the exploration of new roles and consensus in a public – community partnership.
3. Public presentation

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[1] Source: Plan de Desarrollo Local Comuna 8 2008 – 2018 p. 26