Rete delle Città Strategiche – ReCS
Network of Strategic Cities
To enhance governance of the cities
2003 THE PROMOTER CITIES
Firenze
La Spezia
Pesaro
Torino
Trento
Venezia
Verona
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2004 THE ASSOCIATION
Firenze
La Spezia
Pesaro
Torino
Trento
Venezia
Verona
Comuni del Copparese
Barletta
Bolzano
Carbonia
Caserta
Catania
Jesi
Perugia
Trento
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2005 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
La Spezia
Pesaro
Torino
Trento
Venezia
Verona
Comuni del Copparese
Barletta
Bolzano
Carbonia
Caserta
Catania
Jesi
Perugia
Cuneo
Lecce
Piacenza
Terni
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2006 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
La Spezia
Asti
Pesaro
Bari
Torino
Brindisi
Trento
Cagliari
Venezia
Ferrara
Verona
Olbia
Comuni del Copparese
Prato
Barletta
Napoli
Bolzano
Carbonia
Caserta
Catania
Jesi
Perugia
Cuneo
Lecce
Piacenza
Terni
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2007 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
La Spezia
Asti
Pesaro
Bari
Torino
Brindisi
Trento
Cagliari
Venezia
Ferrara
Verona
Olbia
Comuni del Copparese
Prato
Barletta
Napoli
Bolzano
Alghero
Carbonia
Castelsardo
Caserta
Lamezia Terme
Catania
Quartu Sant’Elena
Jesi
Sassari
Perugia
Teramo
Cuneo
Lecce
Piacenza
Terni
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2008 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
Asti
La Spezia
Bari
Pesaro
Brindisi
Torino
Cagliari
Trento
Ferrara
Venezia
Olbia
Comuni del Copparese
Prato
Barletta
Napoli
Bolzano
Alghero
Carbonia
Castelsardo
Caserta
Lamezia Terme
Catania
Quartu Sant’Elena
Jesi
Sassari
Perugia
Teramo
Cuneo
Benevento
Lecce
Cremona
Piacenza
Rimini
Terni
Teggiano
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2009 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
Brindisi
La Spezia
Cagliari
Pesaro
Ferrara
Torino
Olbia
Trento
Prato
Venezia
Napoli
Comuni del Copparese
Alghero
Barletta
Castelsardo
Bolzano
Lamezia Terme
Carbonia
Quartu Sant’Elena
Caserta
Sassari
Catania
Teramo
Jesi
Benevento
Perugia
Cremona
Cuneo
Rimini
Lecce
Teggiano
Piacenza
Oristano
Terni
Nuoro
Asti
Tempio Pausania
Bari
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2010 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
Brindisi
La Spezia
Cagliari
Pesaro
Ferrara
Torino
Napoli
Trento
Alghero
Venezia
Castelsardo
Comuni del Copparese
Lamezia Terme
Barletta
Quartu Sant’Elena
Bolzano
Sassari
Carbonia
Teramo
Caserta
Benevento
Catania
Rimini
Jesi
Teggiano
Perugia
Oristano
Cuneo
Nuoro
Lecce
Tempio Pausania
Piacenza
Atri
Terni
Pisa
Bari
Associate supporters
Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
Province of Florence
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2011 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Firenze
Tempio Pausania
La Spezia
Cagliari
Pesaro
Ferrara
Torino
Napoli
Trento
Alghero
Venezia
Castelsardo
Comuni del Copparese
Lamezia Terme
Barletta
Quartu Sant’Elena
Bolzano
Sassari
Brindisi
Teramo
Caserta
Benevento
Catania
Rimini
Jesi
Potenza
Perugia
Oristano
Cuneo
Nuoro
Lecce
Atri
Piacenza
Pisa
Terni
Savona
Bari
Associate supporters
Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
Province of Florence
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2012 CITIES JOINING THE NETWORK
Messina
Roma
Pescara
Firenze
La Spezia
Brindisi
Pesaro
Tempio Pausania
Ferrara
Torino
Napoli
Trento
Alghero
Venezia
Castelsardo
Comuni del Copparese
Lamezia Terme
Barletta
Quartu Sant’Elena
Bolzano
Sassari
Cagliari
Teramo
Caserta
Benevento
Catania
Rimini
Jesi
Potenza
Perugia
Oristano
Cuneo
Nuoro
Lecce
Atri
Piacenza
Pisa
Terni
Savona
Bari
Milano
Bologna
Associate supporters
Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
Province of Florence
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EUROPEAN PARTNERS
Birmingham
Krakow
Bruxelles
Munich
Barcellona
Malaga
Bilbao
Marsiglia
Brno
Lille
Burgas
Lyon
Eindhoven
Sevilla
Glasgow
Stuttgart
Prague
Stockholm
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WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS
A PLAN is first of all a decision-making PROCESS and an INSTRUMENT
to support urban development
It
is a GOVERNANCE model that sets in relation stakeholders,
interests,policies and resources of the territory, fosters co-ordinated
programming and maps out new inter-institutional relations among the
different levels of government
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THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A STRATEGIC PLAN
Long-term vision and strategies
Large-scale territory dimension
Integrated and cross-sector approach
Wide ranging consultation and participation
Co-operation and networking process
City marketing and internationalization of cities
Learning process
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THE MAIN ReCS’ OBJECTIVES
Disseminating the strategic planning approach as a model of local and
European governance
Seeking support tools for urban strategic planning
Promoting benchmarking activities
Strengthening the role of cities into the definition processes of the
European urban policy
Creating an European Forum on Cities Development and an Observatory
on urban strategic planning
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THE MAIN ReCS’ ACTIVITIES
Benchmarking activity
National and international Congresses
Research and analysis
Training courses to public administrators
Participation in national and European projects
Dissemination activity
Networking activities
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AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
The building up of an European network of cities with strategic plan
The collaboration with international organisms
The contribution to the international debate on strategic plan
The European Forum on Cities Development
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THE ReCS’ STRUCTURE
The President
The Assembly
The Executive Committee
The Technical Committee of Cities
The Scientific Committee
The Secretariat (General Secretary, Director, Co-ordinating Staff)
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THE ReCS’ STRUCTURE
President
and
Executive
Commettee
Scientific
Commettee
Assembly
Secretariat
Technical
Commettee of
Cities
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THE ReCS’ SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS
PARTENERS
Italian association of municipalities (ANCI, Lega Autonomie, ANDIGEL)
European Foundation Anci-Cittalia
Central Government (Ministry of Cohesion, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport,
Ministry of Economic Development)
Forum PA (Italian Forum for Public Administration)
EU Committee of the Regions
Eurocities
Medcities
Eurada (European Association of Development Agencies)
UCLG (United Cities and Local Government)
AERyC (America Europe Regions and Cities)
University foundations and local government institutes
Almost 25 European Cities
ASSOCIATE SUPPORTERS
Provincial Authority of Florence
Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
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Rete delle Città Strategiche – ReCS
Via Manzoni, 16
50121 Florence (ITALY)
Tel. +39 055 2344035
Fax +39 055 2344368
[email protected]
www.recs.it
Network of Strategic Cities