Content
Content Development Approach
The major elements of the approach are as follows:
- Animation, process organisation, setting up various works of tehnical experts and European members, for the overall conception of the reference framework : CapGemini C.
- Research is undertaken by CERTU. This includes assessing what the current practices are in countries and cities on integrated sustainable urban policy. For this a framework comprising six elements (strategy, sustainability questions, visual assessment tool; actions; indicators, monitoring tools policy) has been used to assess some 70 cities. This forms a very robust and structured basis to develop content.
- The principle of “adopt, adapt, create” has been applied to ensure that existing good practices are fully assess and (elements of) them are used rather than creating new. The project team develop the process and draft materials for review and further development involving the MS/I and others.
- MS/I members and the URBACT Cities Group (LC-FACIL) are incorporated into the design tasks to ensure a transparent and involved process. Contribution is sought between and in MS/I meetings.
- Experts are incorporated to illuminate areas as required.
- The Reference Framework is built to recognise the boundaries set by the setting and characteristics of a city, and the strategies of city leadership. It therefore offers a flexible elective ‘toolbox’ of components that can be used and further developed – an open source logic.
- Good practices are discovered and captured through interaction with and through the MS/I group and Member States National Support Groups (NSGs).
- Web-technologies are used to capture and communicate content and plans.
