Overview

From October 18 to 20, 2017, a practitioners’ workshop was held in Cali, Colombia on "How to Get from Planning to Financing Sustainable Urban Mobility Projects". Connective Cities organised this workshop in cooperation with the C40 Cities Finance Facility and the NGO WRI, the foundation FDI Pacífico and the City of Cali. The C40 Cities Finance Facility is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by GIZ together with the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40).

Keynotes

Jürgen Baumann, Connective Cities/ Cities Finance Facility & Aris Moro, C40
Presentación CFF

Sebastián Lema, Departamento Nacional de Planeación
El rol del sector público en el financiamiento climático

Aris Moro, C40
Desafíos para la financiación de proyectos urbanos sostenibles

Iván de la Lanza Gamiz, Luca Lo Re, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Introducción l método de modelo de negocios (WRI) Y ejemplo de aplicación

Results

This three-day workshop, with a mix of lectures, exercises and interactive group activities, allowed participants to exchange experiences and gain new insights into various approaches, methods and tools of project financing.

The experiences visualized with the help of posters Good Practices of the participating urban representatives were received with great interest and discussed in depth. The experiences brought in and exchanged by the municipal practitioners were supplemented by several thematic inputs presenting specific aspects relating to project financing from the work of the C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Participants took the opportunity of the presence and knowledge of experts from other cities to consult and to clarify their own questions. As part of the afternoon excursion, the group learned about examples of Cali's positive experiences, such as the cable car project, and the current challenges facing Cali. Using WRI's technical input on business models for urban infrastructure projects combined with hands-on exercises, participants addressed the issue of how to develop a working business model for a mobility project, which can be an integral concept in finding and acquiring financing opportunities.

Both the C40 Cities Finance Facility and Connective Cities have set themselves the goal of contributing to the successful dissemination of models for financing modern urban infrastructure with significant contributions to climate protection and the achievement of the SDGs at the local level through such events.