As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, SDP and Mozemo! have signed a coalition agreement on cooperation in the City of Zagreb. The draft agreement contains 28 points on their programme cooperation, which will ensure a majority in the Zagreb City Assembly.
A list of 28 Zagreb projects that will be crucial during their first term has also been published, and we’re bringing you a list of them below in full:
1. The reformation of the city administration, city institutions and city companies with the aim of the responsible, transparent and efficient management of the city administration, companies and property.
2. The establishment of a city treasury system that will be visible to all residents through an online platform to enable financial transparency
3. The acceleration of the post-earthquake reconstruction of public buildings and private homes damaged back in March 2020
4. The setting up of an online anti-corruption platform for reporting all irregularities and illegalities in the work of the city administration and city companies, especially in public procurement or tenders
5. The digitalisation of all administrative processes and the speeding up of procedures for residents, the use of digital technologies for communication with people and for the better regulation of traffic, public lighting, the water supply and waste collection
6. The management of Zagreb’s city owned property in an efficient, transparent and sustainable way so that property income is used to maintain existing properties and ensure a more balanced development
7. The introduction of extracurricular activities within the scope of “Education for active citizenship” in primary and secondary schools, with the aim of preparing students to take a conscious, responsible and active role in society and care for the public good, a healthy lifestyle and responsible money management
8. The building of new nursing/care homes and the establishment of day care centres in city districts, as well as the provision of better care for the elderly in their own homes
9. The adoption of the traffic development plan of the City of Zagreb, the integration of the public transport system, the expansion of the tram network and the building of proper bicycle paths
10. The realisation of two brand new underpasses under the railway, one of which will be in the western part and the other in the eastern part of the city
11. The ensuring of a sustainable number of parking spaces per neighbourhood
12. The improvement of the availability of healthcare services through a better system of health centres more evenly distributed across the city’s districts and the provision of preconditions for the construction of a hospital in Novi Zagreb
13. The increasing of palliative care capacities across the city
14. The development of new planning bases for the new General Urban Plan of Zagreb and Sesvete, in accordance with the principles of balanced polycentric development in which new housing units are accompanied by appropriate social and communal infrastructure
15. The construction of new public apartments for rent to make housing in the city more affordable
16. The increasing of the share of recycled and composted waste and the ensuring of all of the proper preconditions for closing the Prudinec – Jakusevec landfill
17. The proper development of a transparent system for financing cultural activities and appointing members of the governing bodies of cultural institutions, the introduction of the monitoring of the implementation of the programme and the ensuring of cultural facilities being more accessible in neighbourhoods
18. The expansion and improvisation of the water supply and drainage network
19. The modernisation of the city’s kindergartens and schools in compliance with the pedagogical standard and the supply of all of them with locally produced food
20. The combatting of gender-based violence against women and LGBTIQ+ people
21. The improvisation of the city’s sports infrastructure, especially for recreational and amateur sports
22. The improvement of people’s social security through more adequate measures and services
23. The increasing of green and wooded public areas
24. The improvement the accessibility of the city to people with disabilities
25. The establishment of youth centres and support for young people, especially when it comes to education and employment
26. The provision of incentives for energy renewal, energy transition and the further development of green technologies
27. The encouraging of new technology companies in sectors such as that of the IT and the green economy to develop business in Zagreb
28. The enabling of continuous cooperation between the scientific research community, private companies and the City of Zagreb in order to develop communal innovations and create new work places
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