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According to World Bank research, conducted through the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), Bogotá was chosen along with New York, Paris, Barcelona, Helsinki, London and Brussels to “document the innovative actions that each one of them has implemented in mobility, housing, urban planning, social cohesion and economic development and that are considered as a global example.”
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Colombian capital detailed in a statement that in the case of Bogotá “the study seeks to recognize, among other successes, the supply management and price monitoring by the city at the beginning of the pandemic “.
He also highlighted the ‘Bogotá a Cielo Abierto’ strategy, an initiative with which the city seeks to reactivate the gastronomic sector, while living with COVID-19.
With this proposal, which came into effect at the beginning of last month, the restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and gastrobars that provide table service in open places returned to serve with an occupancy of 30% of their outdoor capacity and 25% inside.
For the Secretary of Economic Development, Carolina Durán, the success of these strategies is the result of a collective work between public entities and private companies.
“Now comes the most difficult thing, maintaining discipline so as not to return to quarantine and position the city as the epicenter of entrepreneurship and innovation,” he said.
Diversity as an opportunity, another point that the World Bank highlighted about Bogotá
The World Bank researchers also highlighted that Bogotá embraced diversity as an opportunity to promote reactivation.
In this sense, they highlighted the fact that these strategies are not provisional, but are part of the Development Plan of the Colombian capital, which in addition to giving permanence and continuity to the reactivation, helps to contribute to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals from the ONU.
“Bogotá is a city that has prepared to reactivate in a responsible and sustainable way in the midst of this pandemic”, said the executive director of the investment promotion agency Invest in Bogota, Juan Gabriel Pérez.
He added: “This articulated work that has been done from the district administration and that has included many visions of the city, will allow the capital to return investment, so necessary for economic and social development.”
To date, COVID-19 has left 271,929 infected and 6,825 deceased in Bogotá.
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