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DICI South-West
DICI: Inter-municipal and integrated development in the southwest of the City of Luxembourg

The Situation
For the convention area, called space-DICI population will grow from 39 300 to a total of 124 100 jobs will grow from 49,000 to a total of 139900 until 2030 (statec.lu)

Conventions in Spatial Planning
Such conventions are often used in Luxembourgish spatial planning. Dici Convention 2005-2010, 2010-2015 Other(s): the Nordstad the municipalities adjacent to the Luxembourg airport the Alzette Valley convention area

aiming at (i) safeguarding a more sustainable development of these areas (ii) implementing the objectives presented in the PDAT and the IVL (iii) coordinating and integrating the territorial development of the municipalities involved

Structure
Decision-making level:

the Political Committee

It examines the proposals of the technical committee takes the necessary decisions

The political committee is composed of

-the mayor of each municipality

-one alderman for each municipality

-representatives of ministries and departments involved in the coordination process

Level of coordination:

1.) the Technical committee

the technical committee presents and discusses the status of work, organizational aspects (procedure, funding)

and prepares the paperwork to present to the political committee

The Technical Committee is composed of

-two representatives from each municipality

-representatives of ministries and departments involved

-representatives of consulting firms

2.) Coordination of the process

The team “coordination process” is responsible for coordinating and organizing the whole process development of timelines and financing plans, organization and distribution of work, moderating meetings, reports of committee meetings

The “coordination team” is composed of

-representatives of the city of Luxembourg

-Representatives of the Department of Planning (MDDI)

-The spokesmen of the working groups

The working groups
The following working groups were established for the development of the PIDP (plan intégré de développement pluricommunal)

development of proposals for future urban development, housing sector coordination, mobility and landscape
 * Urban Development Working Group

e.g. distribution of jobs and residents


 * Mobility Working Group

development and evaluation of proposals for mobility planning

e.g. future development scenario and traffic simulations.


 * Task Force PIDP

mobility and urban development in an integrated working group harmonization of urban development and mobility


 * Task Force Parking Management

development and implementation of the concept of parking management municipal level


 * Bus Working Group

development of a coherent bus system

Milestones
DICI partners agreed to implement several strategic key projects

A coordinated management of economic activity zones

The development of inter-municipal mobility concepts and planning of common public transports

The development of common actions regarding pressing housing issues

The promotion of the DICI cooperation among a wider public

Project 1: public transport network - transport union Project 2: coordination of activity areas

Project 3: consistent mobility concept

Project 4: "I am DICI"

Project 5: cooperation in housing – available urban housing