A Sustainable Vision for the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region

Project Summary:

The green vision for the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (RMRJ) program aims to build a foundation for long-term sustainable planning and governance. It will focus on supporting the development of a green vision to complement and enrich the state’s integrated territorial development approach. The project will support Rio’s transition to a post-modern sustainable city through two types of activities: (i) technical assistance to build capacity at the metropolitan level for urban planning to address region-wide green growth issues; and (ii) a multi-stakeholder process to develop and disseminate a knowledge product on metropolitan-based green growth in the region. These activities will support the emergence of the RMRJ as an eco-metropolis that leverages its strategic investments and economic potential to produce sustainable and inclusive economic growth.  

List of Activities:

• Enhancing the capacity of metropolitan institutions in the state of Rio de Janeiro to execute sectoral and inter-sectoral plans in areas related to green growth such as transport and disaster risk management
• Continuing and deepening the engagement with Rio de Janeiro in the area of metropolitan governance and integrated territorial growth development and planning
• Mitigating the negative impact of rapid urban development and failure of cooperation at inter-municipal level
• Promoting South-South knowledge exchange on best practices in sustainable urban development and green growth in Brazil and Korea.

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Foster debate of possible institutional models for metropolitan governance in Rio de Janeiro 

Output 2:

• Comparative study of metropolitan governance and green growth metropolitan strategies in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Recife) and Korea (Seoul and Gangreung City), including different ways to deal with conflicts and cooperation incentives at inter-municipal level in key sectors around which metropolitan institutions are effectively the best level for management.

Output 3:

• Strengthened capacity of metropolitan institutions in Rio de Janeiro state

Outcomes:

The expected outcomes of the project are in (i) fostering debate of possible institutional models for metropolitan governance in Rio de Janeiro, (ii) producing a comparative study of metropolitan governance and green growth metropolitan strategies in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Recife) and Korea (Seoul and Gangreung City), including different ways to deal with conflicts and cooperation incentives at inter-municipal level in key sectors around which metropolitan institutions are effectively the best level for management, and (iii) strengthened capacity of metropolitan institutions in Rio de Janeiro state.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

This project sought the provision of technical assistance to build urban planning capacity and develops and disseminates urban green growth knowledge products and lessons learned in partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG).