València 2030 Urban Strategy was developed in five consecutive phases (Diagnosis, Strategic Framework, Action Plan and Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation Indicator System) in which, and through a process of open and shared participation, different Councillorships of the City Council, different relevant agents of the city and the general public actively contributed.

Thus, it has become a joint collaboration between the public, private, academic and citizen sectors.

Initial diagnosis

The first phase, the initial diagnosis, is based on a comprehensive analysis of the city’s sectoral strategies, linking the established challenges with the objectives set out in the Spanish Urban Agenda.

Two additional strategic objectives have been identified for a more comprehensive view of the challenges we face.

Land-use planning and landscape protection

Dynamization and diversification of the local economy

Urban compactness and endowment

Access to housing

Climate change and resilience

Digital innovation

Sustainable resource management and circular economy

Management and governance

Proximity and sustainable mobility

Health and well-being

Social cohesion and equity

Culture and education

Strategic Framework

The second phase, the Strategic Framework, pinpoints the Urban Agenda in València and aligns it with the innovation policies promoted by the European Union, complemented by the six different looks for rethinking the city.

LE1.

Climate resilience,
territory and
renaturalisation
of the city

1. Territorial integration of the city through green and blue infrastructure at the metropolitan level.

2. Adaptation to climate change

3. Reducing air pollution

4. Moving towards a circular model of production and consumption

5. Improving the quality of the water and of our beaches.

LE2.

JUST AN
INCLUSIVE ENERGY
TRANSITION

6. Increasing renewable energy production

7. Changing the energy culture: increasing self-consumption, responsible energy consumption and energy efficiency in buildings.

8. Right to energy

9. Accelerating the decarbonisation of mobility.

LE3.

SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE
AND EFFICIENT URBAN AND
METROPOLITAN MOBILITY

10. Consolidating a non-polluting model based on active mobility and the use of public transport.

11. Promoting safe and autonomous mobility for all ages.

12. Improving connectivity at metropolitan level.

13. Increasing the efficiency of the logistics system

14. Boosting strategic infrastructures

LE4.

SUSTAINABLE
AND LOCAL FOOD

15. Promoting the agro-ecological transition and revitalising the agricultural system of the city of València in order to strengthen local trade.

16. Strengthening the physical, ecological and cultural links between the “Huerta” and the city .

17. Guaranteeing the right to sustainable and healthy food.

LE5.

INCLUSIVE AND
PROXIMITY CITY

18. Achieving a territorial balance in the distribution of the city's public facilities.

19. Improving the provision of green public spaces in the neighbourhoods to encourage renaturalisation.

20. Consolidating urban pluricentrality in a 15-minute city model.

LE6.

URBAN REGENERATION
BASED ON SOCIAL
COHESION AND
ACCESSIBILITY

21. Developing a model of urban regeneration without gentrification.

22. Achieving València's status as a fully accessible and inclusive city for all people.

LE7.

ACCESSIBLE
HOUSING

23. Ensuring access to affordable and quality housing stock.

24. Increasing the quality of the built housing stock.

25. Encouraging the sustainable use of the city's vacant dwellings

LE8.

ASSOCIATIVE FABRIC AND
INTERGENERATIONAL AND
INTERCULTURAL CITIZEN
NETWORKS

26. Strengthen the associative fabric and citizen and community networks.

LE9.

WELL-BEING,
EDUCATION AND
HEALTH AT ALL
STAGES OF LIFE

27. Strengthening and increasing the resilience of the social care system for vulnerable people.

28. Reducing gaps in socio-economic determinants of health.

29. Promoting healthy behaviours

30. Developing València as an educating city

31. Increasing access to early childhood education

32. Guaranteeing dignified and active ageing

33. Reducing gender inequalities in a cross-cutting manner in the city

LE10.

INCLUSIVE AND
SUSTAINABLE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT

34. Developing new clusters of economic activity based on innovation, knowledge and the environment.

35. Increasing the employment rates of women and the integration of young people and migrants into the labour market.

36. Digitalising the economy with the aim of reducing the risk of social, economic and gender exclusion caused by the digital transformation.

37. Promoting entrepreneurship, self-employment and the consolidation of existing businesses in the city.

LE11.

INNOVATION,
CULTURE AND
SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM

38. Integrating R&D&I within the economic, social and environmental sectors.

39. Consolidating València as a pole of culture, design and innovation.

40. Dynamizing and increasing the resilience of the cultural and festive sectors

41. Promoting, maintaining and strengthening the "Fallas of Valencia".

42. Making progress in the permanent improvement of the tourist destination in terms of sustainability and intelligence.

43. Innovation and creation of value in the design of the tourism offer.

44. Consolidating València`s brand in relation to innovation, culture and sustainable tourism.

LE12.

URBAN AND
METROPOLITAN
GOVERNANCE

45. Strengthening local administration as an instrument to deliver public policies that put people at the centre.

46. Enhancing open government, transparency and participation in the elaboration and implementation of public policies.

47. Developing a metropolitan governance model

48. Enhancing digitisation, modernisation and coordination for efficient local government.

LE1.

CLIMATE RESILIENCE,
TERRITORY AND
RENATURALISATION
OF THE CITY

1. Territorial integration of the city through green and blue infrastructure at the metropolitan level.

2. Adaptation to climate change

3. Reducing air pollution

4. Moving towards a circular model of production and consumption

5. Improving the quality of the water and of our beaches.

LE2.

JUST AND
INCLUSIVE ENERGY
TRANSITION

6. Increasing renewable energy production

7. Changing the energy culture: increasing self-consumption, responsible energy consumption and energy efficiency in buildings.

8. Right to energy

9. Accelerating the decarbonisation of mobility.

LE3.

SUSTAINABLE,
INCLUSIVE AND
EFFICIENT URBAN
AND METROPOLITAN
MOBILITY

10. Consolidating a non-polluting model based on active mobility and the use of public transport.

11. Promoting safe and autonomous mobility for all ages.

12. Improving connectivity at metropolitan level.

13. Increasing the efficiency of the logistics system

14. Boosting strategic infrastructures

LE4.

SUSTAINABLE
AND LOCAL FOOD

15. Promoting the agro-ecological transition and revitalising the agricultural system of the city of València in order to strengthen local trade.

16. Strengthening the physical, ecological and cultural links between the “Huerta” and the city .

17.  Guaranteeing the right to sustainable and healthy food.

LE5.

INCLUSIVE AND
PROXIMITY CITY

18. Achieving a territorial balance in the distribution of the city’s public facilities.

19. Improving the provision of green public spaces in the neighbourhoods to encourage renaturalisation.

20. Consolidating urban pluricentrality in a 15-minute city model.

LE6.

URBAN REGENERATION
BASED ON SOCIAL
COHESION AND
ACCESSIBILITY

21. Developing a model of urban regeneration without gentrification.

22. Achieving València’s status as a fully accessible and inclusive city for all people.

LE7.

ACCESSIBLE
HOUSING

23. Ensuring access to affordable and quality housing stock.

24. Increasing the quality of the built housing stock.

25. Encouraging the sustainable use of the city’s vacant dwellings.

LE8.

ASSOCIATIVE FABRIC
AND INTERGENERATIONAL
AND INTERCULTURAL
CITIZEN NETWORKS

26. Strengthen the associative fabric and citizen and community networks.

LE9.

WELL-BEING,
EDUCATION AND
HEALTH AT ALL
STAGES OF LIFE

27. Strengthening and increasing the resilience of the social care system for vulnerable people.

28. Reducing gaps in socio-economic determinants of health.

29. Promoting healthy behaviours.

30. Developing València as an educating city.

31. Increasing access to early childhood education.

32. Guaranteeing dignified and active ageing.

33. Reducing gender inequalities in a cross-cutting manner in the city.

LE10.

INCLUSIVE AND
SUSTAINABLE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT

34. Developing new clusters of economic activity based on innovation, knowledge and the environment.

35. Increasing the employment rates of women and the integration of young people and migrants into the labour market.

36. Digitalising the economy with the aim of reducing the risk of social, economic and gender exclusion caused by the digital transformation.

37. Promoting entrepreneurship, self-employment and the consolidation of existing businesses in the city.

LE11.

INNOVATION,
CULTURE AND
SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM

38. Integrating R&D&I within the economic, social and environmental sectors.

39. Consolidating València as a pole of culture, design and innovation.

40. Dynamizing and increasing the resilience of the cultural and festive sectors

41. Promoting, maintaining and strengthening the «Fallas of Valencia».

42. Making progress in the permanent improvement of the tourist destination in terms of sustainability and intelligence.

43. Innovation and creation of value in the design of the tourism offer.

44. Consolidating València`s brand in relation to innovation, culture and sustainable tourism.

LE12.

URBAN AND
METROPOLITAN
GOVERNANCE

45. Strengthening local administration as an instrument to deliver public policies that put people at the centre.

46. Enhancing open government, transparency and participation in the elaboration and implementation of public policies.

47. Developing a metropolitan governance model

48. Enhancing digitisation, modernisation and coordination for efficient local government.

Action Plan

The third phase, the Urban Agenda`s Action Plan, has a double vision. On the one hand, it identifies innovative projects to respond to the defined strategic lines. On the other hand, it involves all the agents and representatives of the citizens involved in urban innovation in order to broaden the dissemination and consolidate a governance model that will provide a comprehensive vision to address the development process of the city.

Governance Model

In the fourth phase of the València 2030 Urban Strategy, a governance model was designed to define the spaces and tools that will be used to make the Strategy accountable to the outside world.

Monitoring and
Evaluation Indicator System

This last phase of the València 2030 Urban Strategy focuses on the construction of a system of a system of indicators to measure the degree of effective implementation of the Strategy, and therefore of the SDGs, and its contribution and impact on the sustainable development of the city.