URBASOFIA - Portfolio

Cities and metropolitan areas
Strategic Plan of Kavala
Title: Integrated Strategic Urban Agenda for Kavala 2030
Acronym: Kavala 2030
Beneficiary: Municipality of Kavala, Greece through SEE Project STATUS
It was the aim of the Agenda to not only provide the city with a strategic development document endorsed by all stakeholders and based on the
above-mentioned key pillars, but to also to generate the next line up of transversal, large scale projects to be implemented in the 2014-2020
programming period, pursuing the use of structural funds as well as the development of partnerships and favorable conditions for private
investment. For the STATUS Agenda to reap the desired benefits in Kavala, initiatives were foreseen which would:
A. Ensure seamless integration of existing and new proposed urban functions (e.g. public open spaces, the Urban Center, existing and proposed
touristic facilities);
B. Provide the instruments, temporal and financial framework for Kavala to achieve its goals and develop its cultural, heritage, touristic and
economic potential;
C. Ensure that development happens concomitant with the protection and valorisation of the ample natural resources within the Municipality
(especially in the Eastern area) and the outstanding cultural heritage at Philippi, for which a UNESCO application has been submitted recently;
D. Provide the mechanism for direct participation of key stakeholder groups, in a process of co-design rather than of consultation or informing, for a
long-term good governance construction in Kavala.
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