2001-June 6-8 MILU - Iiinstitute.nl

Significance for the Oslo-cases: Among alternative issues for the discussion the
group choose to focus on the current situation in Nydalen: Important elements to
emphasize in an agenda for a process for planning and financing of a new access to
and from the main road.
"MILU" is considered to be “an attitude” or a mind set; a focus which enables planner
to understand and assess a specific planning situation in a more complete way.
In situations of high density, the focus on multi functional land use and roles, and
corresponding financial complexity, enforces the planners to ask the right questions
on the right time.
For Oslo the focus on MILU is interesting in shaping a missing link between
• The municipal strategic level, and
• The project - or local plan.
An example: the Oslo Master plan is a strategic plan. Next to this plan exists a local
master plan of the municipality (land use plan). There is a gap between these plans.
A structure plan is needed to fill up the gap.
Discussion: After some (fruitful) confusions Group C concluded to the following
considerations:
Proposed agenda for the program for Nydalen phase II:
• Who are, or should be, the stakeholders during the process?
• What are the interdependencies between the stakeholders?
• What are the interests for each party, - and for yourself?
• Municipality: Public quality goals must be explicit from the beginning and the
intention must be to attract and influence interests of other partners in order to
make them co producers in a shared quality ambition.
• Create and communicate visions or images of the place.
• Is there enough "common ground" in the different interests?
• Make a "letter of intent" or other form of agreement about
- legal form
- program
- finance
- commercial
- time line
- maintenance
- social plan.
• Keep the process transparent. If confidentiality is functional to the process
agree on exclusion of specific information to specific parties.
There is not a specific kind of process relating to MILU, but iimportant through the
whole process is systematic involvement of politicians. This can be achieved by
starting the process with inviting them to establish clearly defined goals and
creating commitment by forming an alliance with political parties.
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