ROMANIA Reimbursable Advisory Services Agreement on the Bucharest Urban Development Program (P169577) COMPONENT 1. ELABORATION OF BUCHAREST’S IUDS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Output 3. Urban context and identification of key local issues and needs, and vision and objectives of IUDS and Identification of a long list of projects. B. Strategy Development March 2021 DISCLAIMER This report is a product of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/the World Bank. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. This report does not necessarily represent the position of the European Union or the Romanian Government. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT The material in this publication is copyrighted. 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It is part of Output 3 under the above-mentioned agreement – Urban context and identification of key local issues and needs, and vision and objectives of IUDS and Identification of a long list of projects – under Component 1, which refers to the elaboration of Bucharest’s Integrated Urban Development Strategy and of the Capital Investment Planning, and Management. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report has been delivered under the provisions of the Reimbursable Advisory Services Agreement on the Bucharest Urban Development Program and has been prepared under the guidance and supervision of Christoph Pusch (Practice Manager, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience for Europe and Central Asia) and Tatiana Proskuryakova (Country Manager, Romania and Hungary). The report has been prepared by a team under the coordination of Dean Cira (Lead Urban Specialist) and composed of Sorina Racoviceanu (Lead Urban Development Specialist), Marius Cristea (Senior Urban Development Specialist), Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu (Expert Senior Dezvoltare Urbană), Andreea China (Senior Urban Development Specialist), Carli Venter (Experyt Senior Dezvoltare Urbană), Oana Franț (Operations Specialist), Bianca Butacu (Analyst), Adina Vințan (Operations Specialist), Ioana Irimia (Communications Specialist) and George Moldoveanu (Information Assistant). The team would like to express its gratitude for the excellent cooperation, guidance, and timely feedback provided by the representatives of the Municipality of Bucharest, especially Mr. Nicușor Dan, Mr. Sorin Chiriță, Mr. Cătălin Zoican, Ms. Adriana Duțu, Ms. Luminița Glodea, and by the many other local and regional partners that have contributed to the elaboration of this report. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................. 1 1.1. Bucharest – a metropolis in the European and global competition ......................................................... 1 1.2. Regional strategic context ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.3. Coordination with national, regional, county and other local strategies ............................................... 12 1.4. Consultation with/involvement of stakeholders .................................................................................... 19 SECTION 2. DEVELOPMENT VISION, STRATEGIC AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ................................................... 22 2.1. Substantiation of the vision development ............................................................................................. 22 2.1.1. Principles governing the planning process ............................................................................. 22 2.1.2. Spatial development model ................................................................................................... 23 2.2. The 2050 vision ...................................................................................................................................... 28 2.3. Strategic and specific objectives ............................................................................................................ 32 SECTION 3. FORMULATION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS .................................................... 35 3.1. Key aspects in formulating policies and programs ................................................................................. 35 3.2. List of development policies and programs ........................................................................................... 48 3.2.1. Sectoral policies and programs .............................................................................................. 48 3.2.2. An integrated policy ............................................................................................................... 57 3.3. Matrix for the coordination of policies and programs with specific development objectives............... 67 SECTION 4. PROJECT PORTFOLIO ................................................................................................................... 74 4.1. Long list of projects ................................................................................................................................ 74 4.2. Project prioritization ............................................................................................................................ 106 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Bucharest’s position among the 60 European cities analyzed by EDCi ..................................................... 5 Table 2. Bucharest’s position among the 28 EU capital cities ................................................................................ 5 Table 3. Identified sectoral challenges and specific strategic objectives of ROP BI 2021-2027 ........................... 13 Table 4. Types of actions that will receive funding under ROP BI 2021-2027 ...................................................... 14 Table 5. Strategic and specific objectives ............................................................................................................. 33 Table 6. Coordination of specific objectives with the objectives of the EU cohesion policy and with the Urban Agenda for the EU ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Table 7. The private sector and citizens’ pyramid of needs ................................................................................. 35 Table 8. Formulation of development policies and programs based on the sectoral problems .......................... 48 Table 9. Possible influence of a sectoral policy on policies related to the other specific objectives ................... 57 Table 10. Possible influence of a sectoral policy on policies related to the other specific objectives – conclusions .............................................................................................................................................................................. 59 Table 11. Integrated urban regeneration policy ................................................................................................... 61 Table 12. Composition of the urban regeneration programs ............................................................................... 64 Table 13. Types of possible interventions for sectoral development programs .................................................. 74 Table 14. 2021-2029 investment budget ............................................................................................................ 106 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Bucharest performance in international rankings ................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Bucharest’s position in the areas covered by Teleport users .................................................................. 4 Figure 3. Proposal for verbal identity and slogan ................................................................................................. 19 Figure 4. Key information about the “You are Bucharest” Facebook page .......................................................... 21 Figure 5. Bucharest spatial development and historical connecting roads .......................................................... 23 Figure 6. Demographic (left) and economic (right) gravity model for the South Region ..................................... 24 Figure 7. Development of the Bucharest City peripheral areas ........................................................................... 25 Figure 8. The compact model ............................................................................................................................... 26 Figure 9. The urban expansion model .................................................................................................................