CREATION OF A REGIONAL URBAN COMPETITIVENESS POLE

CLIENT: IDEA INSTITUTO PARA EL DESARROLLO DE ANTIOQUIA

SERVICES: Analysis of the impact on territorial dynamics • Study of a potential productive complex • Legal framework of the productive complex • Location Study • Conceptual Project • Financial feasibility • National and international promotion strategy

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: COLOMBIA

Within the framework of the “Integral Regional Project for the development of Urabá”, the Governor of Antioquia has presented the strategic axes to position the region of Urabá among the best of the Caribbean, and a first-class international industrial port region.

The geostrategic location at the intersection of major sea and land routes between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, maximizes the potential for the creation of a competitive regional urban centre, based on port logistics activities, and the productive sectors of agribusiness, forestry, automotive industry, glass and paper.

IDOM has collaborated with the Institute for Development of Antioch in defining the new economic centre, focusing on exploiting the synergies between urban uses, port activities, and the productive sectors.

A space of opportunity with a positive impact on territorial dynamics in the area of influence has been proposed for a region which is well connected, qualified, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.