Thessaloniki: From social crisis to urban resilience Lina Liakou, City Counselor, Managing Director...

Thessaloniki: From social crisis to urban resilience

Lina Liakou, City Counselor, Managing Director of the Metropolitan Development Agency of Thessaloniki

Creating a resilient, smart and inclusive city

People are the most important asset of the city.

The residents of Thessaloniki have proved to be resilient by creating a vibrant scene of different cultures, mentalities and knowledge that have developed through the numerous universities and research centers.

Thessaloniki needs a comprehensive and holistic strategy to be able to continue to function no matter what stresses or shocks the city encounters.


Creating a resilient, smart and inclusive city

4 Main Axes

Urban Governance

Environmental protection

Sustainable Mobility

Citizens participation

With the efficient use of:

Information and Communications Technologies,

Open Government structures,

Inclusive Participation.


City-networks

Covenant of Mayors


Synergies

Academia

NGO‘s

Private Sector

Citizens

Hackathons

Crowdsourcing competitions

Cloud services

Open Data


Urban Governance

Enhance transparency and participatory decision making.

Open Budget

Open Data portal

Improve my city platform

Integrated open GIS web platform


Environment and Energy

From energy efficiency to climate change adaptation and waste management.

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Municipal buildings more energy efficient

ICT systems for waste management

Systems for energy efficient city lighting

National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change:– Development of monitoring systems for crucial infrastructure

– Use of ‘smart’ decision-making, risk management– Recording of detailed data in cases of extreme weather events

– Development of impact evaluation indicators.


Sustainable MobilityUrban mobility is one of the main chronic stresses of the city that affects the environment, the

quality of life and well being of the citizens

Promotion and support of ecodriving.

Use of ‘smart’ systems with a view to improving freight transport and maximising capacity use.

Strengthening intermodal freight transport and reducing the share of road transport in favour of sea and railway transport.


Citizens participationStrengthening social capital

“Synthesis” for the development of a network between active citizens, volunteering groups and relevant NGOs.

Crowdfunding platform for civic projects

Thessaloniki: Wikipedia City to digitize the history and culture of the city of Thessaloniki by the citizens themselves..



Challenges

Connect different silos within the government

Find ways to “by pass” legal barriers

Increase tech-literacy of users/citizens

Develop tech-skills of city-employees

THANK YOU

Lina [email protected]

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