[Technical cooperation in Colombia] First workshop on 20 and 21 May 2019

CODATU > Actualités > [Technical cooperation in Colombia] First workshop on 20 and 21 May 2019
CODATU News Thursday 2 May 2019
Partners Themes Authors

In February, CODATU launched a technical cooperation in Cali, Colombia, on metropolitan governance in public transport. In partnership with the French Development Agency AFD (through FEXTE funding), the cooperation aims to support local authorities in the implementation of a « Regional Transport Authority » (ART) in the metropolitan area of Cali. The cooperation is part of a broader context of stategic mobility projects for the region currently in development and supported by the French Embassy in Colombia and the AFD through FASEP and FFEM funding : the local train linking Cali and the neighboring municipalities (the project is currently in prefeasability stage, conducted by SYSTRA) and the “Corredor Verde” project which promotes soft mobilities and urban renovation alongside the railway in Cali.

CODATU first workshop in Cali will take place on the 20th and 21st of May of 2019.

This workshop will address the legal, institutional and financing aspects of Regional Transport Authorities. It will aim to identify collectively the potential role, goal, operation and impact of implementing a Regional Transport Authority in the metropolitan area of Cali.

Objectives and participants

Mr. Gautier Mignot, French Ambassador in Colombia, and Mrs. Dilian Francisca Toro will open the workshop and officially launch the technical cooperation. The 2-days worokshop will then gather institutional stakeholders at local, national and international levels, which all play a role in the institutional organization of public transport in cities.

At local scale, representatives of the regional department of Valle del Cauca and the municipal governments of the 10 cities that constitute Cali metropolitan area will participate. These institutions will work together to define their common goals for regional mobility, the new distribution of competencies between the different transport authorities present in the territory of Cali metropolitan area (local governments, Ministry of transport, etc.) and identify the main steps towards the implementation of this new Regional Transport Authority.

The Ministry of Transport and the National Planning Department will present the national legal framework for the constitution of Regional Transport Authorities, currently under discussion at national scale. For these national entities, the workshop will be the opportunity to understand the proposals of local stakeholders for the constitution of such institutions. Indeed, stakeholders in Cali are pioneers in Colombia, as they are working to implement a Regional Transport Authority, whereas that legal has never been implemented in Colombia.

Finally, national and international Transport Authorities will be invited to share their experience and support local stakeholders in their process of constructing a Regional Transport Authority. Marc Le Tourneur, consultant in urban mobility, will present the evolution of the French model of transport authorities and share his experience in institutional and operational entities involved in the organization and development of transport systems in France. Additionally, the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla will present its process of consolidation as a Transport Authority at metropolitan scale in the Colombian context.

Pablo Salazar Ferro, mobility senior expert for CODATU and Bertrand Depigny, Projects Manager of Governance of transportation at Cerema, will lead the 2-days workshop, introduce the concept and theoretical framework of transport authorities and bring international cases to the discussions. The French Development Agency and local researchers will also be invited to participate in the debates.

At the end of the 2-days workshop, our goal is that local and national institutions agree on basic principles around the constitution of this new institution and identify preliminary options for the structuration of this Regional Transport Authority (territory, competencies, resources).

To learn more about…

Partenaires associés

Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) agit depuis soixante-dix ans pour lutter contre la pauvreté et favoriser le développement dans les pays du Sud et dans l’Outre-mer. Au moyen de subventions, de prêts, de fonds de garantie ou de contrats de désendettement et de développement, elle finance des projets, des programmes et des études et accompagne ses partenaires du Sud dans le renforcement de leurs capacités.

Les transports constituent un secteur d’intervention traditionnel de l’AFD. Sur la période 2001-2005, l’Agence a mobilisé environ 164 M€ par an en moyenne pour la mise en œuvre de projets dans le secteur des transports (en incluant les projets de développement rural et urbain comportant des activités de transport).

CEREMA – Centre d’études et d’expertise sur les risques, l’environnement, la mobilité et l’aménagement

Le
Cerema (Centre d’études et d’expertise sur les risques, l’environnement, la mobilité et l’aménagement www.cerema.fr ), établissement public de l’Etat à caractère administratif, rassemble 3000 experts et agents et comprend 11 directions techniques et régionales qui couvrent tout le territoire français. Centre de ressources et d’expertise scientifique et technique interdisciplinaire, ses actions promeuvent un développement durable des territoires et une économie décarbonée. Ses thématiques principales concernent l’espace public et son aménagement, la mobilité et les infrastructures de transport, l’environnement, l’efficacité énergétique, la maîtrise des risques et le bien-être environnemental de la population.

A ce titre, le Cerema déploie une part importante de ses activités sur les problématiques de la mobilité, des services de transport et des politiques de déplacement des voyageurs et des marchandises, en France mais aussi en Europe et à l’international vers les pays développés, en transition ou en développement.

Le Cerema est représenté auprès de la CODATU par son directeur technique territoires et ville.

 

Valle del Cauca (Département Colombie)

Le Valle del Cauca est un département situé dans la région du Pacifique colombien dont la capitale est la ville de Cali et qui a une population de 4,5 millions d’habitants.

Valle del Cauca is a department located in the Colombian Pacific region. The capital city is Santiago de Cali and the department has an approximate population of 4,5 millions inhabitants.

ProPacifico

Créée en 1969 sous le nom de FDI Pacifico (Fondation pour le Développement Intégral du Pacifique), ProPacifico est une organisation privée à but non lucratif, indépendante et apolitique qui travaille pour le développement durable de la région du Pacifique colombien, en partenariat avec différents acteurs.

ProPacifico agit comme une entité gestionnaire de projets stratégiques, à travers l’identification, la gestion et l’articulation d’initiatives d’intérêt général à fort impact, orientée vers le progrès économique, la durabilité environnementale et la prospérité collective.

ProPacifico is an apolitical, independent, private non-profit organization working for the sustainable development of the Colombian pacific region, in partnership with many stakeholders.

It was created in 1969 as FDI Pacifico (Foundation for the Integral Development of the Pacific Region). Today, ProPacifico acts as a strategical projects management entity, through the identification, management and articulation of high impact initiatives, in the fields of economic development, environmental sustainability and collective prosperity.