Uruguay Resources Urban Tender

A sustainable city must be prepared to face the impacts of climate variability and change a process in which planning and territorial ordering play a fundamental role. The training of technicians to address these issues is strategic and it was under this premise that the DINOT and the NAP Cities in coordination with the Lincoln Institute organized the course Adaptation to climate change in Uruguay. Criteria for planning and management towards sustainable cities which took place in Montevideo between March 27 and 30 with the participation of actors involved in urban development planning.The first day of training was aimed at tackling issues of property rights policies and regulation of the land market and climate change. The teachers in charge were Sonia Rabello Brazilian doctor in public law specialized in urban planning Marielos Arlen Marin doctor in territorial planning at the University of Massachusetts Melinda Lis Maldonado Argentine lawyer specialized in real estate and urban planning law and Marcela Romn Forestelli researcher at the University of Costa Rica specialist in land policies and market analysis. A good way to learn is to know other experiences the processes developed in other cities the difficulties encountered for their implementation and how they were resolved.During the day of Thursday March 28 on behalf of Uruguay technicians from the municipalities of Paysand and Montevideo talked about the Local Plan of the city of Paysand and various risk management mechanisms as well as about the advances in the partial Plan of the Pantanoso stream. Cali Colombia El Salvador city of Buenos Aires Santa F and some Brazilian cities were other cases presented experiences for the approach of urban planning and solutions to problems that as a consequence of the CC may be increased or intensified in the future in the cities.Rules that provide financing mechanismsHow is a sustainable city developed and managed How to incorporate the dimension of climate change into planning And fundamentally how can national and local governments finance the construction of smart friendly cities adapted to climate change in contexts of uncertainty and with limited public resources These were some of the questions that the course tried to raise and for which alternatives were offered based on international experience transfers of construction right in areas of preservation tax obligations linked to environmental protection mobilization of capital gains for development of urban-environmental projects among others. During the course it was pointed out that Uruguay has regulations that provide opportunities for urban managers and planners to obtain resources that can be turned towards sustainability. The Constitution of the Republic establishes territorial responsibility and defines for example in article 297 sources of resources to be administered by the departmental governments.Likewise the Law of Territorial Ordering and Sustainable Development of our country was highlighted as an advanced regulation that recognizes the territorial ordering as a social and public function defines rights and duties of land use and occupation and establishes for example the Equitable distribution of the loads and benefits of the urbanization process between public and private actors as well as the recovery of the highest real estate values. For the teacher of the Cintia Fernandez course the Uruguayan legislation provides mechanisms to obtain resources that would allow the governments of the cities to advance in sustainability processes.The challenge will be to exercise those territorial rights fundamental for the consolidation of cities that at the same time that they develop take care of their diversity defend their natural ecosystems and become more resilient to the extreme phenomena linked to climate change. At the end of the conference participants were proposed a role play specially designed so that they could face the different impacts of climate change in cities heat waves floods fires droughts etc. looking for alternatives to adapt as well as defining resources to do it.First conclusions The Lincoln Institute as well as the organizing team of DINOT and Nap Ciudades are processing the evaluation of the course held at the end of the event but in first informal conversations with the participants during the conference testimonies were collected that illustrate the good reception that the training had for all. In early exchanges with representatives of the municipalities of Salto San Jose Canelones Montevideo Lavalleja Rivera and Artigas in addition to highlighting the importance of this type of training and mentioning how it had allowed them to glimpse alternatives to generate resources to invest in their Cities pointed out the need for this type of training to multiply and reach new audiences particularly the political decision makers of the intendancies who will find valuable instruments for the management of their cities.