The City of Caravaca de la Cruz will develop a 'Strategy for Sustainable Integrated Urban Development (DUSI), for which it has signed a contract with the consulting EuroVértice, which will articulate the procedure and carry out a participatory process open all residents of the municipality.
The mayor, Jose Moreno, recalled that this measure was approved by the plenary and the purpose of it is to work in four main lines of action: eGovernment and the 'smart cities';
promoting sustainable energy and transport;
the efficient use of heritage resources and, finally, regeneration of deprived urban areas.
For its part, responsible for the areas of Planning and Environment Councillor, Enrique Fuentes, reported that this initiative is part of the second call for the Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development, conducted by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, through European FEDER funds.
'The aim is to determine the future we want for our city and it is essential collaboration and participation of the population, which should provide ideas and proposals for any sector of the local society is excluded, "expressed Fuentes.
EuroVértice Consultants is a company with ten years of experience in managing European funds, which has already achieved more than 60 million euros for the Region of Murcia.
A multidisciplinary team will be responsible for developing the strategy effectively, based on the results of the public participation process.
"The European Union requires that all projects that choose to finance with FEDER funds are integrated into a common development strategy, covering all important aspects of the municipality", as underlined the EuroVértice, Nuria Prior director.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz