City of Zagreb: Strategic and Urban Development - Challenges and Good Practices, presentation held within the Capital Summit 2015 organized by NALED and City of Belgrade, with the support of Elnos group, Star Refrigeration&Emerson Techologies and Siemens.

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CITY OF ZAGREB STRATEGIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
– CHALLENGES AND GOOD PRACTICES
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City of Zagreb Milan Bandić, Mayor
CITY OF ZAGREB
Presentation for panel I: City
Infrastructure and Urban Development
Capital Summit 2015_Belgrade 22-24
April

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Zagreb and Europe – position and connections

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• City and County
• total area 641 sqkm; urban area 220 sqkm
• population 790,017 (2011)
Population distribution (2011)
1 dot = 1 person
Basic information

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Economic indicators • In 2013 (January – June) FDI in millions of EUR:
Croatia 426,9, Zagreb 238,3 (ca 56% of FDI)
• average net salary above the national average - Zagreb: € 856,
Croatia: € 792
• GDP above national average – Croatia 10.038 EUR/ capita,
City of Zagreb 18.414 EUR/ capita
• 32,4 % of Croatia’s total exports (US$ 3,1 billion)
• City of Zagreb Budget for 2015 - € 880 million (HRK 6,63
billion)

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Tradition of spatial and regional planning in Zagreb
Regulatory Plan 1865 Regulatory Plan 1887

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City of Zagreb Master Plan 1971

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Zagreb Regional Plan 1972

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City of Zagreb Master Plan 2013City of Zagreb Spatial Plan 2011
Actual spatial plans for the City of Zagreb

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URBAN INCUBATOR
of sustainable concepts,
enterpreneurship and new values
Fit to compete in the EU
A city of professional and
mobile work force
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A city that manages natural resources in a
sustainable manner
A city of high value spaces, functions and
public services
A city with high quality of life
A city with effective public government
CITY OF ZAGREB will be:
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Challenges of (spatial) development
City centre
railroad
Sava river & vicinity
CITY
STRATEGIC
PROJECTS

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Badel Block

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Badel Block

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Integrated City

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Regional projects – Gredelj Creative Cluster

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Zagrepčanka

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Borongaj Campus

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Zagreb Trade Fair

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Zagreb Trade Fair –
workshops & meetings

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Preparation Data bases
Strategic analysis / planning
SWOT – analysis
Vision and strategic goals
Strategic guidelines proposal draft:
- Short term
- Long term
ECONOMICEVALUATION
Development problems and requirements
Evaluation
Defining strategic guidelines
Final discussions within the Office
Round tables, thematic discussions
Public display/ exhibition / publication
Evaluation phase synthesis
Final proposal of the guidelines
Basic analysis
PARTICIPATIONANDPARTNERSHIP
Zagreb Trade Fair_process of preparation and adoption of strategic guidelines
Strategic guidelines approval

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ZAGREBPLAN 2020
- Studies and researches
- Workshops with the Partners Council
- Basic analysis and SWOT analysis

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Urban Agglomeration Zagreb

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EU URBAN AGENDA
- City of Zagreb is an active participant in the Agenda creating process
- The process was initiated by the EU commissioner Johannes Hahn and the
EC to provide cities a stronger role and responsibility in implementing
Europe 2020
- Meetings of 28 capital cities mayors in Bruxelles (Feb and Oct 2014) and
Rome (Oct 2014), Vienna (April 2015 - signing of Vienna Declaration)

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ZagrebPlan 2015 & ZagrebPlan 2020
– basic City of Zagreb strategic & development documents
Strategic Projects
Zagreb Urban Agglomeration Development Strategy
– New planning document of the regional development policy
Strategic Projects
EU Urban Agenda
– an active participant in the creation of the Urban Agenda of
the EU and European strategic planning
Further activities

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Milan Bandić, Mayor
City of Zagreb
Trg Stjepana Radića 1, 10 000 Zagreb
www@zagreb.hr
Thank you for your attention!