Local Economic Development Strategic Planning and Practice Casebook
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Gwen Swinburn, Fergus Murphy Local Economic Development Strategic Planning and Practice Casebook With Cases from the Humber Region, United Kingdom, Zenica Municipality, Bosna & Herzegovina Vushtrri Municipality, Kosovo Smolyan Municipality, Bulgaria City of Rezekne, Latvia City of Poprad, Slovak Republic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Local Economic Development (LED) Strategic Planning and Practice Casebook was compiled and edited by Gwen Swinburn, Senior Urban Specialist in the Urban Development Unit of the World Bank, and Fergus Murphy, Consultant. The Casebook forms part of an ongoing program of Local Economic Development Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building, and is supported by the Urban Development Unit of the World Bank and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. In compiling this Casebook, special thanks are given to the agencies and organizations that have made this publication possible through their demonstrated good practice in LED strategic planning. These include: the Humber Forum, England, United Kingdom; the Municipality of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Municipality of Vushtrri, Kosovo; the City of Smolyan, Bulgaria; the City of Rezekne, Latvia; and the City of Poprad, Slovak Republic. Grateful acknowledgement is made to these agencies for granting permission to reprint these strategies for the purpose of this LED Casebook. The editors are grateful to the Bertelsmann Foundation for their support and comment in making this LED Casebook a reality. The editors would also like to express their gratitude to Dora Harris, Program Assistant, World Bank, and Robb Simms, Consultant, for the formatting of this Casebook. This LED Strategic Planning and Practice Casebook is a Knowledge Management Product of the World Bank and Cities of Change Initiative, and has been produced in conjunction with the Bertelsmann Foundation. DISCLAIMER The World Bank Group does not accept any liability for the accuracy or content of these strategies. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in these documents should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank or its affiliated organizations, members of its Board of Executive Directors, the governments they represent, or the Bertelsmann Foundation. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data contained in these documents nor does it accept responsibility for any consequences of its use. TABLE OF CONTENTS DISCLAIMER ......................................................................................................................................................ii INTRODUCTION TO CASEBOOK.................................................................................................................. 1 OVERVIEW OF LED STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................... 2 HUMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN.......................................................................... 6 1. OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................. 7 2. APPROACH............................................................................................................................................ 13 3. VISION AND AIMS ............................................................................................................................... 14 4. COMMUNICATIONS & CONSULTATION ...................................................................................... 15 5. ECONOMIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 18 6. CROSS CUTTING THEMES................................................................................................................ 25 7. PROGRESS & KEY CHANGES........................................................................................................... 27 8. PRIORITY INITIATIVES FOR INVESTMENT................................................................................ 29 9. MONITORING, REVIEW AND EVALUATION ............................................................................... 45 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN ZENICA MUNICIPALITY .... 51 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 53 COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS............................................................................................................ 57 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ................................................... 59 STRATEGIC GOALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SME DEVELOPMENT IN ZENICA ...... 60 MUNICIPALITY OF VUSHTRRI ................................................................................................................... 68 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 70 MUNICIPAL OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................... 72 SWOT ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 77 VISION ......................................................................................................................................................... 77 REGISTER OF THE PROJECTS ............................................................................................................. 81 CHART OF PROJECTS............................................................................................................................. 82 EXAMPLES OF LED PROJECT PLANS ................................................................................................ 84 CITY OF SMOLYAN ........................................................................................................................................ 87 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 89 LOCAL ECONOMY ASSESSMENT........................................................................................................94 DEVELOPING THE LED STRATEGY ................................................................................................. 105 SWOT ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 106 CITY OF SMOLYAN ‘VISION TO PROJECTS’ MATRIX................................................................ 107 CITY OF SMOLYAN PROJECTS MATRIX ........................................................................................ 111 CITY OF SMOLYAN LED PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ................................................ 117 STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION.........................................................................................................119 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION....................... 127 iii CITY OF SMOLYAN – EXAMPLES OF LED PROJECT ACTION PLANS.................................... 129 CITY OF REZEKNE ....................................................................................................................................... 143 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 145 LOCAL ECONOMY ASSESSMENT...................................................................................................... 151 DEVELOPING THE LED STRATEGY ................................................................................................. 159 SWOT ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 159 VISION TO PROJECTS MATRIX ......................................................................................................... 163 CITY OF REZEKNE PROJECTS MATRIX ......................................................................................... 165 LED PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN....................................................................................... 166 City of Rezekne LED Projects .................................................................................................................. 166 STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION.........................................................................................................169 LED PROJECT ACTION PLANS........................................................................................................... 173 CITY OF POPRAD.......................................................................................................................................... 183 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 185 LOCAL ECONOMY ASSESSMENT...................................................................................................... 193 DEVELOPING THE LED STRATEGY ................................................................................................. 201 POPRAD LED ‘VISION TO PROJECTS’ MATRIX............................................................................ 204 POPRAD PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN..............................................................................