CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Municipality of Catania

Mariagiovanna LaudaniSofia, March13-14, 2012

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Municipality of CataniaMunicipality of Catania

BASIC INFO

Size

(population) 292,044 inhabitants

Government

(structure) General secretariat Councilors

Committee

GdLothers

Mayor

Technical Depart.

InformationCommunication

Audit

Implementation plan

GdLCommerce-innov.

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Partner details

1) Good example in the creation of private/public partnership: the philosophy behind this idea is by no means simply to find new financial support, but to re-establish old and traditional cultural ties between citizens and local firms as benefactors.2) Improvement of local traditions in urban governance: show some examples of cultural manufactures and traditional heritage of the city as example of linking territory-culture against global market effects..

Our interest in CCIC

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Partner details

Our strengths in the thematic fields

1. Innovative financial instruments

Creation of a cultural-innovative-district :new innovative financial instruments using a micro level approach referred to the development of local SMEs;

2. Public procurement and innovation

Selection of the local SMEs and actors on the basis of their proposal, ideas, partnership and possibility to co finance the activities planned.

3. Publicly-owned enterprises and innovation

Creation of a ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. The city is still transforming a specific area of the centre with the coexistence of traditional, local festivals and local enterprises

4. Civil society inclusion in public innovation

Changing the city with a buttom-up approach; working on the democratic level of the population

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Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Our weaknesses in the thematic fields:

One word is enough: cultural behaviourOne word is enough: cultural behaviour

YOU!

2 contrastingpoles

Preferred pole Non-preferred pole

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Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Cultural behaviour: not only a Cultural behaviour: not only a

personal choice!!!personal choice!!!

Reliable Unreliable

Links to rest of Construct System

YOU!

Making a choice 2Construe the options: THINK ORANGE!Construe the options: THINK ORANGE!

GO SHOPPING TO GO SHOPPING TO H&M...?H&M...?

Stay in the city Stay in the city centre!!!centre!!!

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Partner detailsLearning preferencesThematic fields RANK TOPIC

1. Innovative financial instruments

5 Creation of a cultural/commercial-innovative-district

2. Public procurement and innovation 3

Selection of the local SMEs .

3. Publicly-owned enterprises and innovation

5

Creation of a ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. Thanks to JEREMY, JESSICA, JASPER, ETC???

4. Civil society inclusion in public innovation

3

Collaborative planning

CCIC project

Complex Challenges, Innovative Cities

Where there is no vision, the Where there is no vision, the people perishpeople perish

Proverbs 29:18

Thank you for your attentionMariagiovanna Laudani

Project manager+39 3939076342

laudani.ma@tiscali.it