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EYES ON
Medelln
Beyond the image
Internationalization is one of the tools chosen by Medelln to raise its social development. Comprehensive
internationalization of a city aimed at strengthening
cooperation alliances and foreign direct investment,
generating an impact in the medium and long term in
our territory. That is why the Agency for Cooperation
and Investment of Medelln and the Metropolitan Area
-ACI- works to be an inevitable actor in the development of the city-region.
This agency is atypical in its conformation for being
the only decentralized agency in the country and brings
together the issues of cooperation, investment, international relations and positioning of Medelln. In the
past two years, it has managed $362 million in foreign
direct investment, $20 million in resources for international cooperation and installed 24 foreign companies,
actions that have benefited the local human talent and
have added to the achievement of the main goals of the
development plan: Medelln, a home for life.
Moreover, since 2004 ACI coordinates Sos Paisa,
Network for the people from Antioquia living abroad,
with more than 10,500 members, proud and committed
to their territory in the distance. This is shows us that
internationalization flows not just from the work of the
government but also from the city itself and its people.
Parks, which are priority in the development plan: Antioquia, the most educated.
In 2014, about Foreign Direct Investment, ACI obtained
465 million dollars for Antioquia with the installation of
a plant of the company CEMEX in the municipality of
Maceo and an agroforestry project of the Chilean company Orion Capital in the region of Urab.
Good hosts
The figures and indicators are subjects outside the daily routine of any other citizen, for us instead, they are a
priority. Our main goal is to meet them and raise them,
in order to transform them from being just numbers to
projects and works that benefit Antioquia.
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Fairness
is the path,
life is
the goal
Anbal Gaviria, Mayor of Medelln
ACI works to build ties between Medelln and the world. A task consistent with
the citys Development Plan known as Medelln A Home for Life
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Anbal Gaviria Correa, Mayor of Medelln, is convinced that the city moves ahead in
the path of transformation thanks to the existing harmony between the municipal government, the private enterprise, the educational sector, and the citizens, which seek,
with fairness, a path towards respect for life.
Mr. Mayor, if you had to choose an international event held in Medelln in 2014
which stood out in importance and decisiveness, which would it be?
This city is passionate and thrills, with contrasts and contradictions, aware of its
progress and even more of its challenges. It tells the world today that it wants to contribute to build an increasingly fair planet, and its showing that it can through social
and urban innovations to build cities for life, fairer, with a heart, free and happier.
A taste of the significant progress made in Medellns metamorphosis was the 7th
World Urban Forum, which we hosted in 2014. It was a hit with a collective purpose.
I feel proud of saying that Medelln met the worlds expectations.
district is a way to increasingly enforce with more techniques and plans, creativity with projects and goals, and
hence, to continue that feature of being an innovative
city. The goal we have set out is to become the Latin
American capital of science, technology and innovation
by 2021.
In what order of interest would you prioritize the
Lastly, when we talk about sofollowing projects of the Mayors Office and why? River
cial sense with mobility, we reParks, UVAs, Medellnnofer to the chance people have of
moving in a safe, reliable sysvation District, Circumvent
Garden, Tramway.
tem, with quality service. This
UP TO
One of our administrations
is why my fourth city project is
goal is to establish the Metrothe Ayacucho Tramway.
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF
Green Corridors is the name
politan Green Belt and the Cirgiven to different medium-cacumvent Garden of Medelln.
VISITORS IN THE FIRST HALF
Both projects seek to take life,
pacity transportation systems
OF 2014
fairness, economic developusing clean and environmenment, environmental sustaintally friendly energy. One of
ability and public institutions to the hillsides of our city. the transportation corridors identified for Medelln is
Hence, conditions and opportunities for the integrated the Ayacucho Tramway and its two cables. This projhuman development will be provided in the areas bor- ect will benefit 360,000 people in the Central-Eastern
dering the rural and urban areas. The target is to for- area. The tramway will be 4.3 kilometers long, from the
malize the occupation and expansion of the city, recover San Antonio metro station to the Alejandro Echavarra
the natural landscape and improve the habitat, mobility neighborhood.
and accessibility, generating sustainable economic development. Their construction will give priority to the What perception do you think people have about
Educational Civic Urbanism, with the active participa- todays Medelln?
Medelln is a beacon of innovation, says the Wall Street
tion of the communities.
The Medelln River Parks aim for urban renovation Journal, the Urban Land Institute and Citigroup, which ratalongside this river which crosses the Aburra Valley. ed the city as the most innovative of the world.
The intent is to efficiently connect the city with mobility, In addition, Medelln was recognized as one of the Republic space, complementary furnishings and the envi- silient Cities worldwide, a program promoted by the
ronmental component, all to improve the citizens infra- Rockefeller Foundation that seeks to increase the numstructure and living conditions; so life can be breathed ber of cities capable of overcoming adversities.
in every corner of Medelln.
These international recognitions have allowed us to
Second, the UVAs or Articulated Life Units are scenarios show the citys progress with regard to our integrated
that contribute to that dream of the city we want. These transportation system, EPMs contribution to developare innovative areas which have friendly meeting sites ment, and the new urban furnishing implemented for
for life, fairness and inclusion. UVAs were conceived education and culture; alongside the improvement our
with architectures that priviledge the environment and of security indicators and the citys present and future
involve public spaces and green areas to be enjoyed, projects, consolidating itself as a global reference of ingiving Medelln back its life with trees and gardens. In- novation, entrepreneurship and development.
deed, UVAs are places where people gather and kind Medelln displays the lowest homicide rate in the past
settings for community programs related to culture, 35 years. That is a great achievement of a government
sports, recreation, participation and education. They which set out to respect life as its main task. Medelln
are the result of the communities active participation today is an example and a source of inspiration for many
cities and societies in America and in the whole world.
process.
Third, Id like to remind that Innovation goes hand-in- We have driven and lived a true transformation, from
hand with on-going change and constant reinvention. paid and fear to hope, and now we seek to move toConsequently, we have created Medellnnovation. This wards a definite and full to underline life and freedom.
The WUF enabled us to show thousands of academics,
mayors and ministers the metamorphosis of Medelln,
since the city is a laboratory for people to learn about its
urban developments and transformations.
16%
novador
We create bonds with the world for the development
International
cooperation
has represented to
the city resources for
over 20 million dollars.
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362 million.
score which warrants that Medelln is advancing towards the path of building a city that has a
heart, a city for life.
I would also like to highlight that our administrations struggle to overcome deep inequalities
was granted the Colombia Leader Prize, which
gives me great satisfaction as the Mayor. This recognition reaffirms our governments philosophy:
Fairness is the path, life is the goal.
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Sergio
Fajardo
has a mantra:
Antioquia the
most Educated.
What can the community expect of Urab with the development of Puerto Antioquia, what are the benefits
the project will leave to the ordinary citizen?
In Antioquia the most educated we have made a systematic, rigorous and persistent work to recover the
ways of the department. The challenge was enormous:
we received the roads in poor condition. For us, the
roads are not an end by themselves, they are ways for
opportunities and development projects that improve
the lives of our communities to transit. We analyze each
way and its relation to the territory it affects. In addition
to the most visible work on the ground infrastructure,
we are working in other areas, as in the case of the development of the port system in Urab.
It is important to highlight that Puerto Antioquia is an
Integrated Project of Urab, one of the key axes of Antioquia the most educated. We seek that, together with
the commitment to education and legality in Urab, this
region connects better with the rest of Colombia through
the highways and to the rest of the world through the
port. The port, the first of an extensive port system will
bring new jobs, new investment activities of higher value-added, the new knowledge.
This comprehensive approach to development that
sums education, legality and the best land and sea routes,
is the basis for the urabenses* to find in the XXI century the
road to sustainable economic and social development. In
February we opened the new headquarters of the University of Antioquia in Urab, another step in this path.
Do you think Antioquia, Specialty Coffee Origin
will motivate the younger generation to continue the
tradition of the coffee region? Could this specialty
coffee culture to transcend beyond the country until a
real and tangible internationalization?
I have no doubt. With this program we have taken an
extraordinary leap, moving the coffee industry, which
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With the
Educational Parks, the
municipalities are
integrated into knowledge.
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RIDING BIKE
Riding
bicycle
from the
Metro to
the University,
from the university
to downtown...
The Story
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The Founders
Medelln
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How is it used?
More Details
You
only
need your
I.D. to use
bicycles.
Sensitization
The program constantly sensitizes the user, but Juan Esteban Martinez says that its still important to keep in
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CEMEX
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This subregion is in
economic openness
and is an engine
for sustainable
development for its
potential in natural
resources.
The
work
of the
cement company proceeds
smoothly.
Now,
maceo is on the
international map of
foreign investment
carlos jacks
Why Maceo?
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The
production
will begin
in the second
quarter of 2015.
construction of a mill which will begin the production of cement in the second quarter of 2015. The rest
of the plant is expected to be completed during the
second half of 2016.
How much will Cemex influence the development of the region and why?
The construction could reach 1,200 direct jobs,
and the commissioning of the plant up to 500 direct
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A CatalanO-
paisa
FRIENDSHIP
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Preparing
for peace
Antioquia has worked these past two
years learning how to live in peace
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Concepts
The peace process for us is an ethical demand of history, it must be done, this insanity
cannot carry on, we must support the process. We are convinced that the agreement
will be signed since history has seen at times that there are processes that must be
stopped, that are over, and the time of war must be over in Colombia. Carrying on with
this makes no sense, this is madness for the State, for society and for the guerrilla
weve had enough.
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viewpoint given that we have so many regions abandoned and chaotic by war, giving way to a terrible economic mess. The bottom line here is how to organize a
region and a population for a new life, without war, and
its surely a complex issue to face.
Antioquia has a strategic plan and vision that involves seven intervention lines. This means that every project made for peace-building
throughout Antioquia must include these seven ingredients. The first
line is to help people make a collective memory of what happened, which is pivotal to heal people mentally, to stabilize them, to
recover their self-esteem.
The second line is to repair the social network. We live together but we are not a
community since people have a deep mistrust towards others in the village, close to towns,
in the neighborhood, in the building. Our society is permeated by lack of trust, by fear,
by rage, by hatred, here we have paramilitaries, soldiers and guerrillas in a same family.
Our society is fully broken, dysfunctional. Hence, we must organize as a community to
establish a collective project of life. Without joint efforts there are no collective projects and
hence, no social clarity to engage the people.
The third line is to provide political education. We do not know what Democracy means. Politics
here are made with violence, buying votes, electoral fraud, massacres, genocides, assassinations.
Here, mayors and councilpersons are killed, the national leader is killed, Galan is killed along with
Lara, Alvaro Gmez, Pizarro and Jaramillo. That is not Democracy, its a war from a political standpoint. People are dragged with a weapon to the polls. However, we need to live in democracy,
how to use democracy to build co-existence, institutions, powers. Indeed, words, controversies,
discussions should be made with people and not against people using a stick.
The fourth line is to seek economic sustainability. People deserve opportunities for a
dignified job. Otherwise people will do whatever it takes to make money. The first thing
that pops into their mind is to grab a gun or a knife, or to organize a gang, a mob, a
guerrilla group. We must think what people will live off, we need to help them think about
a common fate with economic opportunities. The jobs and opportunities with incomes we
cannot create will be created by the illegal groups.
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The fifth line is to work to take care of our rich eco-systems and struggle for their conservation since they are settings of war: Atrato Medio, Darien, Nudo de Paramillo, Serrania de
San Lucas, Bajo Cauca, Magdalena Medio, Paramo de Sonson, are the richest eco-systems
of the planet in biodiversity. These are places where loggers, miners and cattle-raisers
have not arrived because they are war zones, but once the guerrilla demobilizes, they will
arrive there so we need to structure projects to protect the eco-systems and the populations
that live there, that is, indigenous, black, farmers and hard-workers. These spaces must
be protected so that the people can continue living there with dignity and take care of the
eco-systems.
Accordingly, the eco-systems destroyed by the war, by cocaine, by bombs, by killings, by
displacements and by illegal mining must be recovered. Work must be done in favor of the
environment.
The sixth line is to de-mine the department. Antioquia has the highest number of landmines of Colombia. The regions with the most landmines worldwide are Colombia and
Afghanistan. Here we have landmines in 99 of the 125 municipalities, which hurt children,
women, workers, soldiers and policemen, everybody. Since 1999 to this date, we have had
close to 2,700 incidents due to landmines. A landmine costs illegals about three or four
thound pesos, but its detection and deactivation costs three to four million pesos. This is a
very difficult task we have ahead. For instance, de-mining the municipality of San Carlos
took ten years
The seventh and last line of the program Preparing for Peace seeks how to place the guerrilla
back into society. This is the only line particularly targeted to them. This involves how we are
going to have them return to live in society since they are used to living in the jungle and many
do not know how to read and write. There are young adults that do not know how to use money,
people that only know the jungle since they are nine years old and today are 30 or 40. We shall
work on this with psychologists, healthcare specialists, train these persons on adaptation issues.
However, communities should be prepared as well to receive these persons, to avoid killing
them, and to provide them jobs.
way, in a determined timeframe, using particular methods and worth so much. This is an expensive process
but it is cheaper than war. Just as the Nation has had to
pay for the war, it will have to keep on paying for peace
and for the recovery of our society.
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Medelln
is an urban
laboratory:
Joan Clos
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and the city as an opportunity for global development. The participants reaffirmed their
commitment to ensure the cities to be transformed into inclusive, safe, prosperous and
harmonious for places for the people
Joan Clos also referred to Medelln in particular, he highlighted the ability to learn and
follow: The city of Medelln is an example
of transformation through social planning.
During the days of the Global Forum we saw
how the city became an urban laboratory, with
urban examples of attention to the most vulnerable
communities and solutions for access to mobility,
added to the recovery of public spaces and green
areas in the city. Medelln is a space with potential
to promote equitable urban development and to
achieve a prosperous city for all its citizens.
The World Urban Forum promotes the cities
from the social, economic development and
the environmental sustainability. It seeks inclusion, a better quality of life and respect for
human rights. Therefore, the WUF7 was the
opportunity for Medelln to become visible to
the world and show its integral transformation. A city-laboratory that shows to the planet
that thanks to the public-private partnership,
the political will of its last leaders, change is
possible if the community is seen as central
axis for the transformation.
The Declaration of Medelln, document
which contains the conclusions of WUF7
and is summarized as follows:
We, the participants of the Seventh World
Forum -governments, private sector, international organizations, academia, professionals
and civil society- reaffirm our commitment
to integrate urban equity in the development agenda, using all available means and
resources to ensure cities to be transformed
into inclusive, safe, prosperous and harmonious locations for everybody. It is urgent
to take action, together and individually, to
provide benefits to sustainable urban development for all.
We, the participants of the World Urban
Forum, commit ourselves to promote this
vision and to promote equitable urban
development in our communities,
towns, cities and countries .
love for
the park
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tITIRIB, antioquia
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In Viga
del Fuerte, the
Educational Park
showcases the talents
and knowledge.
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Coffee is
an integral
part of the
Educational Parks
of Antioquia.
Its Origin
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80
PARkS
The cost of
each Educational
Park amounts to
$2,500
MILLion PESOS
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AFD,
a good friend and ally of
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It is better
to have friends
than money
AFD GARANTED A
250
millION DOLLARS
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Moreover, the best example of cooperation based on the friendship and trust
of AFD and Medelln was formalized
on May 10, 2010. That day, an agreement was signed in which AFD granted the city a US$250 MM loan to build
the Ayacucho Tramway, a work underway today which will be in operation
in 2015.
On that date, the Embassy of France
reported that when AFD and the city
of Medelln signed the loan agreement,
this stemmed from a joint effort made
for over a year for a project with significant social and environmental impacts, to support the social urbanism
policy with is a beacon in Medelln, and
complies with the mandate of the local
agency and AFD to finance the green
and solidary growth of the Colombian
economy.
Today, AFD also supports the Planning Department of Medelln on priority issues, such as exchaning sound
mobility management practices with
French cities and with cities backed
by AFD which have tramways. Topics
address rate integration, ties between
public institutions and dwellers, and
effects on the populations living close
to the tramway.
A negotiation process was made begun between the Department of Antioquia and AFD in 2013 to grant the department a loan (signed in 2014). The
loan is not tied to a particular project
but instead, it is used for every development project of Antioquia. Along
with the loan, there are US$330,000
of technical cooperation for biodiversity and urbanism in Uraba; this also
involves France and Uraba exchanging experiences on natural parks. In
addition, the French agency supported, with US$11,000, the Uraba-Darien
meeting in which AFD shared its experience with cocoa in Mexico.
70 millION
credit is the support of AFD
to the development plan
-Antioquia the most
educated
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The community of
the area of influence
of the tram will enjoy a
new public space.
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How does AFD choose the entities it will provide collaboration to in Colombia?
AFD, the development agency and bank of the
Government of France, handles resources to provide States and territorial entities interest rates
which are relatively interesting. In the particular
case of Colombia, AFD provides loans directly
to territorial entities (ie, departments, public development banks, municipalities or public enterprises), without the Nations guarantee, in short,
AFD assumes the credit risk alone.
The aforementioned is done with the counterparty meet two pivotal requirements. The first is
full trust: institutional and financial soundness,
transparency and resource management capabilities. Second - and perhaps most importantly
lies on AFDs interest in the projects of its allies
and their will to work with us. Our mission is to
guide and assist the public servants of Colombia towards achieving equitable conditions and
environmental sustainability. Therefore, we are
open to the demands of our local representatives
provided they are compatible with our green and
solidary growth mandate. Both criteria are paramount when we choose our customers.
A third criterium is that due to operating costs,
the AFD cannot provide loans less than US$25
MM. This implies going through national and regional financial intermediaries to meet the needs
of investment of small entities with limited indebtedness capabilities.
Why does AFD believe and trust the development initiatives of Medelln and Antioquia?
Since AFD opened its doors in Colombia, Medelln and Antioquia has been a pretty important ally for us. Its economy, corporate dynamics
and the seriousness of the teams in charge of
implemente public policies made an impression
on us. But what really convinced us and still
does is the political will manifested by Medelln with regards to the challenges the city still
faces; it is important to not stop recognizing the
challenges pending. The trust we have in our
partners of Medelln and Antioquia for the past
four years keeps on renovating thanks to new
alliances made in the area with the Municipality
of Medelln, EPM and the Governors Office of
Antioquia.
Which other projects are underway to maintain
the cooperation between AFC and Medelln
and Antioquia?
Firstly, the technical cooperation we have with
our allies in Medelln is based on a long-term
commitment for further development. Along
with the Municipality of Medelln, after our successful collaboration in the World Urban Forum,
According to AFD,
what perception do
the French have about
Medelln and its social development?
As a cooperation body
and based on the existing experience in
France and in Eurpe on
public policies (urbanism, territorial development, fight against
climate change), we
share said knowledge
and experience with
our allies.
The lessons we have
taken from Colombia
are also worth highlighting; these are taken to France.
Hence, AFD organized an exhibition open to
the public at Pavillion de LArsenal (Paris Center for Architecture and Urbanism) to illustrate
the history of urbanism of Medelln and the innovative public policies used to overcome the
challenges of a city that displays a strong urban
growth. This in turn contributed to truly change
the perception French have of a city like Medelln. Indeed, the city suddenly turned into a
model from which we can learn.
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Medelln reviveS
THE traM
*It will benefit more than 350,000 inhabitants
It is hard to imagine a tram going across the streets of Medelln in
1887. Yes, 127 years ago Medelln had tram, beautiful brown cars
coming through the streets of the city carrying passengers from
the downtown to the neighborhoods.
Medelln came from the horse to the tram as public transportation in the 19th century, a remarkable feat of public undertaking
for a small city that barely peeked shyly into the world without
much hope of excelling, knowing that the world was unfolding far
from their geographical boundaries.
But this audacity of public performance happened in Medelln
127 years before the industrial, evolved, technological and innovative life that surrounds the city today was even imagined and
which ranks it as one of the most prosperous cities, with better
quality of life to offer to its citizens.
It must be because of the adventurous, bold, visionary spirit
of the people from Antioquia or simply their common sense and
community vision, the truth is that people of Medelln and Antioquia has always been able to surprise by daring to dream and
make urban projects with high social sense given the impact they
have for the community.
In 1887 Medelln stated the tram, which were horse-drawn carriages. A public policy initiative that left its mark, because today
the city is a model of implementation of these policies that offer, to
more than three million people, the best public service of Colombia and one of the most equitable and inclusive of Latin America.
That first tram was on the Veracruz small square, in the downtown, to Eden which is now called the Botanical Garden. Then its
lines were extended to the neighborhoods and brought progress
with it, because in 1921 the electric tram was inaugurated and it
reached the most distant neighborhoods. In 1922 the tram had 22
cars and mobilized more than 9000 people. By 1925 traveled 36
miles and mobilized about 120 thousand people.
Unfortunately, this tram was closed in 1951 by the excessive increase of public and private cars.
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energY
It will have
three stops
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4,3 kilOmetERS
12 CARS,
EACH CAPABLE
OF CARRYING
300 pEOPLE
Metrocable
1,046
metERS
IT WILL INTEGRATE
TWO OF cable
sYSTEMS
Metrocable
80,000
pASSENGERS A DAY
lIne H, oR Cable
La Sierra,
WITH A STATION.
Its tour will be
1,040 meters
Villa Turbay and La Sierra with an intermediate station in the San Antonio neighborhood,
Las Torres sector.
Users just will have to make a payment to explore the city from La Sierra or El Pinal and
get to Itag in the south, to Bello in the north,
or San Javier in the West. They can also make
transfers to Metrocable and Metropls lines
and Metros integrated services.
This new massive transport system of Medelln will be friendly to the environment because it will be powered by electricity. In addition, its environmental benefit has to do with
less use of polluting buses and cars.
It is assured that the tram will offer new
options for tourism in the city and this will
improve the trading in the influenced zone. It
will help to extend the Metro culture, a practice associated with caring the community
makes of its massive transport system.
Naturally, its stations and stops will serve
as points of citizen encounter leading to a
more peaceful coexistence. The image of Medelln will also be consolidated as a city that
cares and improve the quality of life of its
community.
Miraflores station
will connect the tram
with two new cable
lines.
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UVAS,
A SPACE
TO SHARE LIFE
* UVAs stand for Articulated Life Units, an initiative of the Mayors Office of
Medelln and EPM.
* The project involves 20 Units; two are already used by the community.
They
are a
kind of
social club
for everyone
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to open the spaces where the tanks are located on the lands which allow the intervention.
The number reaches 22 Units; EPM will build
and manager 14 (12 in Medelln, 1 in Bello and
1 in Itagui), while the remaining 8 will be built
by EDU and managed by INDER.
The 20 UVAs in the city are scattered in 11
communes and 2 villages. The idea began
when the Development Plan was launched by
Mayor Anibal Gaviria. This Plan conceives 5
UVA0s. After the program expanded and became what we have today. The difference between a UVA and a park is that UVAs provide
cultural activities, sports and recreation, and
with time more programs from the Mayors
office will be added, such as Good Beginnings
(Buen Comienzo) for early childhood, comments Yiya Gomez.
The Hospitality
Life Plan
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Of the 20 UVAs, two are already fully operational. The first UVA is called Dreams, and is
set in Versalles, in the neighborhood of Manrique; the second UVA is called Hope, in commune 1, in the neighborhood of Popular.
The names of both Units were chosen by the
citizens and they reflect how people that live
close to them feel. For instance, Piedad Londoo, a resident of Versalles, says, the UVA
in my neighborhood is called Dreams because
its exactly what we imagined in would be
when we were asked to design them. And
thats exciting.
Luz Marina Marulanda, a mother, gets excited and says, I enjoy it so much. I have lived
here for many years and seen the tank, it was
on a hill and was surrounded by a fence which
left everybody out, it was a closed place. The
area had nothing fun to do. Today, with the
UVA, kids have a great time there playing
with the water spurting fountains, especially
on Sundays, and with the lights at night, and
everything they offer us. Marina lives closet
o UVA Hope.
The project estimates that the 20 UVAs of
Medelln will be handed to the community
and in operation by December 2015. Most are
currently under construction while others are
in their design phase.
UVAs Juice
UVAs provide different programs and attractions based on the needs of the communities
nearby. The two Units in operation today pro-
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vide workshops of painting, sculpture, photography, theater and drawing. In addition, courses are given at both
UVAs on oral story-telling, literature, reading, creative
writing. Also, IT courses are given to kids, teenagers and
adults, particularly on Internet, text typing, and Word.
The space is adapted as well for music lessons, story-telling, watching movies, sewing lessons and a game ward.
Nonetheless, the best juice of the UVAs are the water
spurting fountains which recreate and amuse kids. Little
ones go there to interact with the water and their exciting screams are joy to our ears. Indeed, their joy goes
hand-in-hand with the adventure of getting soaked, a
treat which is enjoyed as well by their mothers, since
they seek how their kids have fund outdoors, make
friends, and have fun in peace.
Figures
A total of 22 UVAs will be built.
Twenty UVAs will be set in Medelln
(12 are built by EPM and the
remaining 8 by EDU and INDER).
EPM will build 14 Units, including
one in Itagui and another in Bello.
The approximate cost of the project
is $300,000 million pesos.
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Hundreds of ideas and contributions from the Imagination workshops are reflected in each UVA. Such a
valuable tool is complemented with the social research
conducted in the area and is shown in the final drawings
of the architects, all led by the Department of Sustainable Urban Interventions of EPM.
Water is indeed a major feature of each
UVA, one of the most important resources
of nature since it gives life and one of the
symbols of EPM. At the UVA Dreams and
UVA Hope, theres a square with spurting
fountains, which invite the people to make
a rational use of water resources and to
take care of the planet; but also to share in
harmony an on-going request stemming
Each UVA
reflects the
feelings of the
community
Juan
Esteban Calle
Restrepo,
EPM manager.
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URBAN INCLU
*General Secretary of CIDEU
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USION
Theres no doubt that her first name Maravillas
(meaning Marvelous, in Spanish) fits like a glove.
But what stands out is not only her name but her
thrive to improve the life of citizens here and there,
from second and third world countries.
Indeed, she stands out for her knowledge on handling matters related to fairness and equality; for
her spirit to drive cities to implement inclusive public policies. And for her dedication on issues such
as employment, innovation, social responsibility,
urbanism planned keeping people in mind.
Maravillas Rojo Tordecillas is 100% Catalan and
was born in Barcelona, Spain on December 9, 1950.
She has a B.A. in Political, Economic and Commercial Sciences from Universidad de Barcelona.
Since 2004, Maravillas Rojo is the Secretary General of CIDEU (Latin American Center of Strategic Urban Development). Hence, she shares concepts and
methodologies developed throughout her career in
different areas of Latin America, pertaining to Strategic Urban Planning.
CIDEU is an association that gathers 124 members, of which 104 are cities from Latin America, 18
are collaborative institutions, and two are honors
members (the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development, and the Iberic-American Secretary General).
CIDEU was established in 1993 in Barcelona,
Spain where the Secretary General is domiciled,
led by Maravillas Rojo. However, the President of
CIDEU rotates and the current honor is based in
Medelln.
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on-going training to improve the professional profile of those who intervene and lead the strategic
projects of the cities. The Corporate University is
the tool that CIDEU has for professionals to specialize and refresh their knowledge, skills and attitudes
necessary to create urban strategies. More than 500
professionals engaged in urban strategic plans and
projects have attended the ten programs given so
far. Most of all of the attendees of the University of
CIDEU work as urban strategists and they reinforce
their work position s a result of the specific training
they receive. Given its cross-sectional character and
its ties with the practice, training at CIDEU is 100%
occupational.
Maravillas
Rojo, president of
CIDEU and the Mayor
of Medelln, Anbal Gaviria.
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THE RIVERBANKS
*Medelln River Parks are a reality
THE RIVER,
In ITS COURSE,
gathers
the water
of
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RAVINES
NutibarA
Volador AND
Asomadera
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150
plant
species AND
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bird
species
We create bonds with the world for the development
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Digital
images of
what will be
the first part of the
Medelln River Parks.
proposals
See examples
enue. Now there is a connection made only for pedestrian and the avenue was buried. It is a project
that has received many awards.
Thats how Medelln dared to project a work
that will give the city the opportunity to improve
mobility, help to restore the life of the river, make
major changes in environmental development, and
above all, to give citizens the possibility of reclaim
their own space, to enjoy its surroundings and gain
security.
Antonio Vargas says that in less than 50 years
Medelln has grown abysmally. So you have to
take measures to return to people their space. The
Medelln River Parks goes hand in hand with the
housing issue is also linked to the Green Belt project that seeks the city continues to grow, but inward. Nowadays we are 3.5 million inhabitants and
in 2040 we will be 5 million, with the aggravating
circumstance that also the total number of motor
vehicles will grow, it will be tripled. Hence the project was born, for a mobility problem, but we add
the housing and public space issue.
The adjacent road to Medelln River currently has
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Designs
First Part
The first part of the project involves the intervention of the western side of the river, between the
Industriales Metropls station and the Piloto Public Library. The allocation of this work is known
on December 29th and the works begin in January
2015.The period of execution is eleven months.
The cost of this part will be $ 170.438 million
and 322,000 square meters will be intervened. 922
square meters of underground roads with seven
rails will be built. Other 3,750 square meters of over
ground road with six lanes and 1816 square meters
and two service lanes.
The second part of the project is planning on the
east side of the river, near EPMs building. It is already designed and the tender procedures will start
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The environmental
The future
11MONTHS
$170,438,000
322,000 m
will be intervened
922 m
OF ROADS
will be built
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10 YEARS
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Puerto Antioquia
embarking the
dreams of Urab
turbo,
ANtioquia
The Port
The dreams of Urab are anchored today on Puerto Antioquia. What was before just a yearning and a project, will come
true in less than three years from now. Urab
will have a port and the construction works will
begin on the second half of 2015. It will be called
Puerto Antioquia and set close to the municipality of
Turbo, amidst the gulf, in an area of intense agricultural
and industrial activities of the region.
The construction will be led by Puertos Inversiones y
Obras (PIO S.A.S.), a firm led by Oscar Isaza a business
man from Valle del Cauca. PIO S.A.S. is devoted to develop, execute and manage infrastructure for ports and
services. This same firm built the Buenaventura Port and
a similar work in Costa Rica.
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hectAres
36
mONTHS
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The
new port
is a project
that will improve
the quality of life of the
inhabitants of Urab.
The
construction
of the Port is
a formula to
redeem the
region. It is
starting to look
beyond the sea
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Jobs Generated
inveSTMENT:
410 US$millIon
Opinions
Andres Bustos Isaza, Project Director of PIO S.A.S., spoke about why
Puerto Antioquia is attractive for his
company. This is a great investment
opportunity, to contribute to the social development of the region and
to increase Colombias competitiveness, through modern and efficient
port infrastructure. Puerto Antioquia will contribute significantly to
modernize the port activity of the
region, and will open new doors to
the development of an industrial, logistics and port cluster.
Bustos added, The largest social
impact derived from Puerto Antioquia in Urab is undoubtedly the
creation of skilled labor and re-set-
m
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deEP
Port Capacity
6,5
millION
tons
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Cities with
AL-LAS
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The Focus
The coordination of AL-LAS is currently led by the government of Mexico City, from where the guidelines stem.
The Director General is Eugene Zapata, an Mexican with
a masters in International Relations, Development and
Cooperation.
In the project, each city member leads its own activity
or particular project. The projects should focus on enhancing and driving important changes be it administrative, institutional or of legal nature. Meanwhile, they
should also boost and internationally show the activities of the cities. The bottom line is that is about talking
about international promotion with facts. This is not
international promotion which dies after officials travel
without clear objectives and tangible results. This international promotion instead, is guided by AL-LAS, and is
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Among the programs conducted by AL-LAS, a seminar was recently held to discuss the importance of local
players talking about the international promotion process. And Medelln is currently making a campaign to
reach that conversation. The campaign involves sensitizing and consulting various players and thereafter, teel
the city what international promotion is, its benefits and
to make others understand the concept.
Once the campaigns are completed and the entire information of the consultations is systematized, all of the
players related to the development of a region, such as
universities, public entities and NGOs, will begin to
discuss the matter.
Consultations are attended by entities related to the
development of Medelln, such as EPM, Pro Aburra
Norte, Pro Aburra Sur, universities throughout the Metropolitan Area, mayorships of the municipalities.
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INTERNATIONALIZATION IS
NOT A MATTER EXCLUSIVELY
FOR LARGE CITIES
How does the ordinary citizen understand international promotion, something political or something
social?
Citizens tend to distrust why a mayor travels. This is
a common vision in which people think that the local
government has nothing to do outside its region or
engaging with overseas. However, its not possible to
think about a city isolated from the rest of the world
today. Citizens should understand that international
relations are pivotal to improve the governments management, get to know better public policies, exchange
experiences, and this in turn represents better urban
services and benefits for the population. International promotion is not just a political or social matter, its
also economic and cultural. Its a bet to be part of the
world in the 21st century as an actor, a main actor not
as a passive spectator.
Are Latin American cities (not capitals) prepared for an international promotion in the
near future?
Absolutely. International promotion is
not solely for large cities. We have paradigmatic examples such as Moron
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The
European
Union-Latin
America partnership
emphasizes the international role of cities.
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MedellINNOVATION DISTRICT:
TO BELIEVE AND
As this
picture, the
Medellinnovation
District will look
after its construction.
D CREATE
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12,000
people
from the neighborhoods of Chagualo, Jess
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Horizontes
seccin
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Medelln
TEAMS UP
WITH Team
* This firm from the U.S. believes in the city and
in its people
seccin
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Their Opinions
WE HIGHLIGHT MEDELLNS
HUMAN TALENT
Matt Moore,
left, is the CEO of
TEAM. Chris Walton
is the president.
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TEAM
is a consulting
firm for custommade software
development
It is a Success Story of
MedellInnovation
people IN
We are here
because
Medelln
is friendly,
open and
reliable.
economic flow by hiring suppliers such as Hub Empresarial and Contexto Legal.
What are the corporate activities of Team in Medelln?
We build a consultancy to develop tailor made software which is top quality, innovative and flexible for clients-enterprises worldwide. Team offers world-class tailor made applications using platforms Java/Open Source,
Microsoft, WEB and mobiles. Here in Medelln we built
a center devoted to development, which is a model of
commitment for the organizations that wish to have a
long-term strategic association.
Where else in the world do you have centers of operations?
We also chose two major cities in Unkraine, Eastern Europe, for our development center based on three main
criteria: Access to the large pool of IT highly qualified
professionals, locations, and profitable solutions offered
by the place.
Whats your opinion about the people of Medelln?
Human resources and intellectual capital are very important financial assets to build sustainable competitive
advantages. We have established a top priority on human resources and we are willing to create positive relations and a corporate multinational experience in Medelln. The people of Medelln are positive and geared to
action, with a great cultural adjustment. In addition, the
people are very kind, open, reliable, useful and have a
great sense of belonging of their city. Another candidate,
which is another city of Colombia, says about Medelln,
I feel in another country, this looks like Miami. Its very
organized; the progress and development of the city
is evident. I have had the chance to see the programs
promoted by the city to promote education and development of people, and I see that perception is inclusion
and equitable conditions.
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A MUSEUM FOR
MEMORY
*The House of Memory of Medelln
(Casa de la Memoria) is a place to
reflect and seek the truth in pursuit of
peace
The
victims now
have a place to
tell their own story.
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The Museum is the place to reflect, for the citizen to recognize the scale of what has been the
urban conflict in Medelln. Only by recognizing
what Medelln has lived, remembering, the city
may live in peace and wont allow these painful
experiences to come back.
The director
The House of Memory Museum of Medelln is located at the Bicentennial Park in the central-east
of the city. Its director is Lucia Gonzalez Duque,
an expert in cultural management with extensive
knowledge in social work with victims.
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is there, at the exit of armed conflict. It is a recent memory, there isnt a story, there are many
memories, and there is a commitment to build a
plural memory. Not a hegemonic memory that
is constructed after the conflict ended.
Luca Gonzlez says that most Colombians
dont know how to explain what happened in
the country so the violence settled during more
than 50 years. Thats why memory is a pending task. The idea is to visualize violence and
armed conflict resistance by building the historical memory of the conflict. We will contribute
to transformation with it. Remember not to
repeat.
Colombia has a law of victims and land restitution since 2011 which is one of the key points
to achieve this goal. What most of the victims
demand is for the truth to be known. We must
recognize that this issue is not only about the
guerrillas and if we end up with the guerrillas
wed have the solution. Society must ask itself
how to make peace. This is a teaching and reflection act in the present, and a response to the
immediate future, said Lucia Gonzlez.
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Antioquia
Specialty coffees are a market trend. They were born in the world to set apart the qualities
of coffee, focusing closely on the strongest properties: smell, flavor, aroma, texture.
Emphasis is on the products top quality: unique origin, blends and non-conventional coffees
given they are aromatized or because they have a special story.
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Antioquia
has about 88,000
coffee growers.
National Flavor
Tied to that smell and flavor of coffee is the agricultural and productive history of Colombia.
Coffee is a national emblem, one of its strongest prides, much more than bicycling, banana
and emeralds.
Coffee is a universal beverage that captivates
and never wears out. And Colombia is privilege to produce an exceptional coffee, known
worldwide for its mildness and great flavor.
Indeed, Colombia has always been known internationally for its coffee. Historically, coffee
was the foundation of the countrys economy
although there have been difficult periods
which are just beginning to be surpassed.
We began to structure a program with resources from royalties, over $20.000 million
pesos. The development plan was in charge
of identifying those coffees, where they are
produced and which families produce them,
explains Jaime Velilla, Secretary of Competitiveness and Productivity of Antioquia.
The department has about 88,000 different
lands devoted to coffee throughout 94 municipalities. In short, Antioquia is a department
100% devoted to coffee. The goal of the Special Coffees program was (I would place WAS
since it was the initial goal but its been surpassed) to reach at least 5,000 families to determine what type of coffee they produce and to
begin to advise them, especially on good crop
practices, from planting to the best practices to
handle the coffee mill.
This should be done with the help of a
team of advisors or what we call extensionists, who visit the families farms. We have
identified a very important figure, the coffee
core, which can consist of 100, 120 families in
a region, very close like neighbors, and theres
where the extensionist arrives to provide them
assistance, states Velilla.
There are a total of 23 cores and this task is
made with the Department Committee of Coffee Growers (Comit Departamental de Cafe-
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Coffee is a
national emblem
and Antioquia is
committed to produce
the finest specialty coffee
to sell to the world.
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Coffee
tasters or
Cuppers, a
new profession in
Colombia.
seller and the exporter practically zero middlemen, excluding the cooperative of coffee-growers.
What does a family from the mountain export
its special coffee? This task is made by the coffee-growing cooperative, either that of Salgar,
Occidente, Andes or Antioquia. Since they export coffee containers, they place the coffee bags
every week called Special Coffee, which was
sold in the auction.
According to the Secretary of Productivity of
Antioquia, special coffees in the department will
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The average age of coffee-growers in Antioquia is 57, a generation that is getting old
displaying the risk of losing the coffee activity quickly. Hence, the Governors Office has
begun to work with other strategies to attract
the young adults of the families that produce
special coffees.
The strategies include several campsites inviting 1,000 young adults (two have been held
to this date). There, kids are trained on coffee;
new planting techniques, commercialization,
tasting, barism, entrepreneurship, and ICTs.
This serves to integrate them. It is an opportunity to create a community. We begin by
rescuing them to look back and see coffee production as an activity with alternatives, particularly with special coffees. Their parents lack
that information but the kids apply it at the
farm. This is called the New Coffee-Growing
Generation. They begin to communicate online. Young adults need other opportunities of
higher education to avoid them leaving their
regions. Hence, the Educational Park becomes
a center where they are part of an entrepreneurial community. We already launched the
School of Coffees of Antioquia with SENA,
focusing on four subjects: Barism, Toasting,
Commercialization and Tasting, to certify the
young adults, explains Jaime Velilla.
Another subject matter of the Special Coffees program is a research project. We should
learn, scientifically, why coffee qualities are
produced in determined regions of Antioquia.
Microclimates and other variables that deter-
IMPORTANT FIGURES:
Of the 125 municipalities of Antioquia, 94 produce coffee in a range of 132,000 hectares.
Of this figure, 72,000 hectares are committed
already to produce special coffees.
The program involves 5,000 coffee growers.
The purpose is to turn Antioquia into the largest
producer of special coffees of Colombia, competing with the best worldwide.
The program was launched August 2012 and
will expand to 2016.
Investment amounts to $3,115 million pesos,
most from royalties perceived by the Governors Office.
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[South-South Cooperation]
Cuenca,
Ecuador, is
one of the sisters cities of Medelln
in the implementation of
public policies.
ACI APPLIES
AND MULTIPLIES
In 2011, the book entitled Medelln Laboratory was launched which describes ten good practices of the city. This book was made by UN-Habitat and the IDB showing experiences of Medelln
which could be interesting for others. It involves
lessons leraned, principles, values, so that it can
be copied any other place. Its having instruments
to be able to share good practices.
Indeed, the South-South Cooperation is a collaboration made among peers to share experiences, methodologies. Its not resources, as if
you receive financial aid from North America or
from Europe. No, cooperation has shifted since
there are less resources. This attitude and willingness to share and learn strengthens public
servants since what they show is their management.
This exchange of knowledge and methodologies
generally takes place by sharing costs the new
wave of cooperation. Today, many financial entities prefer countries and entities requesting collaboration to learn and to replicate, since there is
where they see the results of the support received.
In this entire process, ACI is an expert in pre-
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The
Cuenca River
has life.
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Cuenca is
building the
Metroplus. It has
learned from Medelln.
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Joseph Stiglitz
The Nobel Prize in Economics stressed that public policies have thought of space
for everyone and how people interact to make it a city in which they can live.
(Article published with the permission of newspaper that bright he told to Juan David Valderrama,
director of the Agency for Cooperation and InEl Colombiano, Medelln).
Nobel laureate in Economy Joseph Stiglitz visited the city on the
occasion of the Seventh World Urban Forum.This text was published
in the journal from Antioquia on April 9th, 2014.
Joseph Stiglitz, one of the wisest economists on
the planet, Nobel Prize winner and who may
be able to provide more answers to modern
problems of globalization, toured Santo Domingo Savio with the eyes of a child, full of
curiosity and surprise.
At every corner there was a source of wonder for this 71 year-old American who worked
as director of economics for the administration
of Bill Clinton and former chief economist at
the World Bank.
vestment of Medelln, while watching the colorful house facades through the windshield of
the metrocable cabin.
When they got to the Metro station, Stiglitz
toured from the commercial sector of Santo
Domingo to the viewpoint. There, he heard
Valderrama talk about the past and present
of Medelln and enjoyed the landscape as a
tourist.
The man with the answers (he was the most
quoted economist in the world in 2008), yesterday had more than enough questions: Do the
houses of the communes have utilities? Why
is there police in this sector? How to keep the
streets so clean? Is the library Spain closed?
Can we go in?
Of course the Library Spain was open.Alexandra Moncada and Daniela Agudelo were read-
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Stiglitz, 71 years
old, worked as
economics adviser
for the President
Bill Clinton
from getting to work. That causes many people to lose their jobs, and the vicious circle of
poverty begins. So it is very important to have
public transportation so people can get to their
workplace without problem, said Stiglitz before qualifying as bright the initiative of libraries in Metro stations.
In Moravia, the last stop of the tour in which
El Colombiano exclusively accompanied him,
the Nobel prize-winner for economics toured
one of the kindergartens. What I like is that
Medelln is trying to focus on the concept of
dignity, in trying to give attractive spaces to
make people feel good. It is not just a struggle for survival, is a commitment to brilliance.
The entrance to the Metrocable is full of light
under the shadow of the Library. I thought Id
find something dark and dirty. Definitely, everything is different to what I expected.
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