Institutional strengthening for Quito city center
The project provided technical assistance to the Metropolitan District of Quito by studying different central urban areas, including the definition of general strategies for strengthening their role in economic development and social and institutional development. The project developed a strategy for central city areas intervention models for economic, social, institutional, and urban development. It included a pre-feasibility study of interventions to trigger economic and social development. The team developed a public-private management model, recommending instruments and institutional arrangements to plan, fund, and run the central areas. The project team also proposed guidelines for the design of municipal policies and strategies.