Application of Santa Ana En Cleta
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Application of Santa Ana en Cleta A. Profile of the Initiative Geographic Region Latin America and Caribbean Country/Region Costa Rica Name of City/Local Authority Santa Ana Organization Municipality of Santa Ana Title, Name and Position of Person(s) Leading the Initiative Basic City Data Population size: 57,000 Population Growth Rate(%)23.00 Surface Area (sq.km): 6142.000 Population Density (people/sq.km): 895.900 GDP Per Capita (U.S.$): 11.631 GINI Index: 0.502 URL/Webpage of Your City: URL/Webpage of Your Initiative: Main source of prosperity (e.g. industry, trade, tourism, creative industry, etc.): Industry, financial capital, representation of international franchises B. Title and Abstract For a large integrated initiative, please consider submitting up to three initiatives under the same title. For example, you may wish to submit under “Low-Carbon Urban Development for My City” an initiative on public transport, an initiative on energy efficiency in buildings, and an initiative on use of renewable energy. Title or Tagline of the Initiative Santa Ana en Cleta Sub-title Start date of the initiative 2018-01-01 Tentative End Date of the Initiative (if 2019-12-01 not yet completed) Social Economic Thematic Areas Environmental Others (Please specify): Sustainable Mobility Abstract/Short description of the innovative initiative being submitted for Award.(150 words max) Santa AnaenCleta is a project dedicated to the empowermentofAna'slocalpopulationbyteachingwomenhowtoridea bikeandhowtouseitasameansoftransport.Itsobjectiveistotransformthe mobility and road culture of 57,000 inhabitants. The project also contributes towardsanimprovedurbanenvironment,well-being,health,the recoveryofpublicspacesandtherighttousethecity,inasafe,respectfuland sustainable way.The first stage of the project is focused on women, as we are the main agents of change in our communities and allows the gradual inclusion of other sectors of the population. This isthefirststeponourwaytowardsthedevelopmentoftheActiveand Sustainable Mobility program for the city of Ana. We work together with the Mayor'sOffice, CityCouncil,Women'sCommissionandtheAccessibility Commission as well as the Sports and Recreation Committee. Currently over 100 women participated directly in the project,andover500peoplehave benefited indirectly through the program. The initial investment for the first stage of the project was 10,000 US dollars. By the end of this year we expect to expand the number of direct beneficiaries, 500 people and indirect beneficiaries 2000 people. The project Santa Ana en Cleta combines three specific areas: Empowerment of women, sustainable mobility and the strengthening of our communities which are all important components of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (USDGs). C. Background Information Describe the legislative or policy framework under which the initiative is taking place, for example, a public policy document at the central or local government level, a policy statement, a covenant, a compact or internationally recognized agreement including, for example, the Sustainable Development Goals, and/or the New Urban Agenda We are work towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (USDG’s). We are development what very few local governments are attending to from the Transit Law which in it’s latest version encourages municipalities to take action promoting and supporting the use of bicycles, active and non motorised mobility.A new law for mobility and cyclist safety, project 19548, will contribute towards local governments being able to invest more in projects and programs related to community’s active and sustainable mobility. D. Summary of the Origins of the Initiative Describe how the initiative came about and what challenges or issues of sustainable development it is meant to address using the following lead questions as your guide. (350 words max) 1. Describe briefly the reason(s) for undertaking the initiative including social, economic, political or cultural challenge(s) or issues confronting the city/region/community. Include where relevant number of people, enterprises or institutions affected. From the beginning of this administration in 2016 the Women’s Commission has appreciated that the municipality hadn’t been carrying out projects directed towards women in the community, unfortunately the activities organized be the “Women’s Office” had been directed internally to the collaborators of the municipality only. In 2016 Gabriela Cob, adviser to the Women’s Commission, had proposed to develop a project from within the Mayor’s and Vice-mayor’s office to improve mobility conditions in the county. The project focused on developing studies to identify the best strategies for designing a more inclusive mobility structure for pedestrians and cyclists as well as developing actions towards reducing the use of private vehicles and improve road safety in general.This proposal included education, participative processes in parallel with technical studies to intervene, decongest and pacify specific parts of the city. Santa Ana is a city that lacks infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in most of its roads, and lacks exclusive lanes for public transport. Although there is a lot of investment in infrastructure that must be done, we decided to start with a project focused on education and creation of tools for active mobility of women in the county. For reasons of gender, women, who mostly (around 80%) are dedicated to the care economy, must make multiple trips within their communities to meet all the reproductive needs and care of their families, this allows them to become agents of change in their communities and families. The Mayor's office allocated a small budget to develop a project that combines both needs, on the one hand an action aimed at positively impacting the lives of women in the county and on the other, transforming the mobility structure of the city. First of all, it was decided to work with women, leaders of the community, at least 75 women who could become agents of change in the community who then can indirectly affect around 300 to 500 people. With the continuity of this project this year, we want to impact more than 2,000 people in the community, both directly and indirectly. 2. Describe the goals of the initiative in terms of desired change or outcome and timeframe for achieving the change or outcome (for example, change in policy, strategy, business model, technology, means of implementation, financing arrangements, human development and empowerment, measuring and evaluating progress and impact, etc.). The objective of this project is to transform the mobility structure within the county of Santa Ana in a way that contributes to the reorganization of our public spaces and to create conditions of mobility, accessibility and pacification of our roads, in a healthy, convenient and safe way, minimizing costs for time lost due to traffic accidents, substantially reducing the carbon footprint, greater punctuality and independence from vehicular congestion. Some specific tools are the creation of safe and efficient common routes for cyclists; routes to go to the schools, colleges and public institutions within the county and develop, together with the private company, alternatives for their collaborators in their daily commute to and from work, educational centers and other strategic points within the county. In this way we want to implement a permanent Sustainable and Active Mobility Program that allows us to advance in the paradigm shift of mobility, in such a way that we prioritize people who walk, people who ride bicycles and those who use public transport . We want the population to reappropriate the public space, participate in reviewing and contributing to improve it constantly. We developed an electronic survey which allowed us to know that there is a motivation and need for improved active mobility infrastructure, signage, bicycle parking, adequate facilities in public spaces, there is also a great willingness to participate in activities and spaces promoted by the municipality and consent to use a shared bicycle system for people who do not have bicycles. We are involving actors on a national level, as well as cooperators and the private sector to contribute in generating a more robust outreach program for the entire community by the year 2019. 3. Describe whether the innovation involves any partnership (public-public, public-private, public- community, etc.) and if yes, who is or was the leading partner(s), the role they each played and whether other parties have benefited or are benefiting from your innovation and how? Involves various levels of public-public, public-private and public-community alliances. Our main allies at the public level are the Vice Ministry of Transport, who is supporting us in the accompaniment and development of an inclusive cycle infrastructure for next year. The other public actor that is important is the ICODER (Costa Rican Sports Institute) who are supporting us with economic resources to follow up on the actions for this year. On the part of the private company we are in the process of creating alliances, we have already strengthened some partnerships at specific and collaborative level, for example with the contribution of refreshments for the workshops given (Frutica and Jack´s). For the establishment of parking for bicycles and a public bike system we are starting a relationship with Kirebe and City Place, two real estate companies that are interested in collaborating with our initiative.