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CITY OF THESSALONIKI
Preliminary Resilience Assessment , Municipality of Thessaloniki

Conduct a Preliminary Resilience Assessment Report for Thessaloniki.
  • City residents
  • City stakeholders
  • Local decision makers
  • Local authorities in municipalities throughout the Metropolitan area
  • Regional authorities
  • International partners interested in urban development, including potential investors

5 months (March - July 2016).

Thessaloniki was selected in the second cohort cities of 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation to develop a customised resilience strategy. The City needs to undertake a number of activities to establish the foundation and future direction of its resilience strategy. One of these activities is the Preliminary Resilience Assessment (PRA).

The stages of the PRA process include:

  • A City profile with contextual information to determine the City’s powers to take action on building resilience.
  • An analysis of actions and plans currently underway in Thessaloniki. The analysis helped to identify how the efforts currently being taken by the Municipality, academia, civil society groups and other partners.
  • A gathering of stakeholder perceptions of Thessaloniki’s’ strengths and weaknesses from a broad range of stakeholders during a series of engagement activities.
  • A Preliminary asset scan, to identify the significant assets that exist in Thessaloniki, which contribute to the City’s physical, economic and social resilience.
  • A review of shocks and stresses, to identify the most significant shocks and stresses that affect Thessaloniki today, or which are anticipated to affect Thessaloniki in the future. By aggregating shocks and stresses with assets, it was possible to identify the scale of possible consequences that could occur in relation to the City’s drivers for resilience.

For more information, you can find the Preliminary Resilience Assessment Report in the following link (en): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_zbMuz0nwfxMjA4bFllYlU4SzA
  • 100 Resilient CIties - Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Deloitte Greece, Deloitte Global
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki CERTH
  • Phemonoe Lab
  • TV100
  • MLS
  • Students for Sustainability, International Hellenic University
  • Employees from Departments across the Municipality related to issues of Resilience - Sustainability, Mobility, Environment, Development, Social Cohesion.
  • Resilient Thessaloniki Office, Metropolitan Development Agency, Thessaloniki.

Metropolitan Region of Thessaloniki.

During the Resilience Assessment Process, 1400 individuals contributed their perception and expertise. Specifically:

  • More than 800 residents of all backgrounds participated in the general online survey.
  • More than 50 innovators and entrepreneurs shared their insights.
  • 32 small business owners expressed their views on Thessaloniki’s business Environment.
  • More than 30 Asset Managers and experts gathered  to discuss assets and risks.
  • 52 experts discussed resilience in one-to-one interviews: from Basic Needs and culture through to Infrastructure and integrated Planning.
  • 22 institutions and organizations were involved in the process.
  • More than 100 students expressed their dream of a resilient city.
  • 16 community representatives expressed their views on resilience in neighborhood level.
  • Featured Thessaloniki and the resilience strategy development process to US business, investment and diaspora audiences through more than 20 presentations, high-level meetings, and media interviews.
  • The organization has placed the topic of resilience and long-term strategic planning on the municipality agenda, and are leading the public discussion with stakeholders throughout the metropolitan area.
  • Implementing an innovative methodology for the design of a strategic plan for the city.
  • This project has led to the creation of five working groups for the five Discovery Areas for the Resilience Strategy.