Medellín Prepares for the Second Edition of the Medellín Lab

Between October 28 and November 2, Medellín will be the stage for the largest city laboratory of living experiences, Medellín Lab 2018. It seeks to generate a dynamic exchange of experiences and learnings on successful solutions to problems shared among cities around the world through an innovative and participative methodology based on academic sessions, workshops, and field visits.

Medellín Lab 2018: a great laboratory of living city experiences

What is the Medellín Lab?

It is an event organized by ACI Medellín and supported by the World Bank which brings together representatives of the government sector from various cities of the world (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) to exchange knowledge and learning initiatives and successful solutions to city problems.

The meeting is based on an innovative methodology which displays the city as a “living laboratory of experiences” that make up an innovative model of public management and governance. The methodology includes academic sessions, co-creation exercises and visits to city spaces that provide it with value and learnings.

The Medellín Lab will facilitate other cities to meet and understand the solutions that Medellín has found to its problems; identify meeting points for their replicability, and transfer experiences to find common answers to the challenges they face as cities through multi-actor and multi-level cooperation actions.

This Year’s Main Subject

Its main objective will be to help the participating cities to develop or adapt the following to their development plans:

Integrated planning measures for the re-development of neighborhoods at risk.
Transportation systems to support socio-economic inclusion and the prevention of violence.
Business models and associated institutional structures that allow sustainable funding of the urban infrastructure improvement.

Participating Cities

The second edition of the Medellín Lab will be attended by representatives of the government sector of cities which are undergoing an accelerated urban and demographic explosion. This makes them face challenges like those experienced by Medellín in relation to urban, economic, social and economic development. of coexistence.