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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

In this section of Frequently Asked Questions, we will try to answer any questions asked by those interested in this matter concisely and simply.

It is a specific action to solve issues in the municipality.

Lines of Action (LA) address most of the city’s important issues, such as environmental protection, the creation of spaces of high urban value for citizens, the transformation of the city’s mobility model towards a more sustainable one, rehabilitation and energy efficiency in public and private infrastructures, employment, boosting the city’s economy and its local commerce, promoting entrepreneurship, strengthening social policies aimed at vulnerable groups, etc.

An Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategy will include the following contents:

An initial identification of urban issues and challenges.
An integrated analysis that covers the physical and environmental, climatic, demographic, social and economic dimensions.
The definition and diagnosis of the expected results.
The definition of the scope of action.
An Implementation Plan that includes the lines of action, timeline, budgets, and productivity indicators.
Citizen participation and social stakeholders in both the design and implementation phases.
Administrative capacity.
ERDF horizontal principles and cross-cutting objectives: equality between men and women and non-discrimination, sustainable development, accessibility, attention to demographic change, mitigation and adaptation to climate change.

With the agreement of the other state and European administrations involved, the municipal government decides which actions it wants the European Union to co-finance through its European Regional Development Funds (better known as ERDF funds) at 85%. Therefore, this involves an extremely strict execution and financial control, as well as compliance with the implementation of specific lines of action.

No. Calls are open to the various departments, areas or services of the City Council, which submit their proposed actions through specific operations that cover the objectives of the strategy itself.

However, to execute the strategy, citizens, economic and development actors, and other interested parties are taken into account and included through citizen participation (working groups, surveys, etc.) to obtain a real strategy that provides solutions to the municipality’s social, economic and environmental issues.