A propósito da reflexão produzida anteriormente sobre a temática das cidades retenho três conclusões do estudo publicado recentemente sobre 'A Territorialização de Políticas Públicas em Portugal' (
http://www.ifdr.pt/content.aspx?menuid=14&eid=3825&list=1).
A primeira refere que 'the failure to adopt a politically strategic benchmark for urban policies has penalised the very structural interventions of the successive CSFs, whose effects on cities and the urban system have not been monitored on a regular basis. In fact, until the 2007-2013 programming, the lack of a transversal benchmark for a policy on cities tended to harm, in previous programming periods, the strategic convergence of municipal and sectoral investments in the urban context' (p.95).
A segunda que 'the testing of policies for urban competitiveness is still in its early stages and is limited almost entirely to the infrastructural aspect of POLIS. The inclusion in this experiment of an intangible dimension and, above all, of actions to develop the urban economy and encourage the internationalisation of cities, is more complex, as it requires the integration/cooperation of public policies with no past experience'. (p.96).
A terceira e última conclusão observa que 'the policy for cities (POLIS XXI 2007-2013) is, in another strongly TFPP-inducing institutional context, marking the evolution of an intervention paradigm in relation to the previous programming periods. Its establishment in terms of policy priority is consistent with the importance of the innovation themes in the current programming and with the requirement of urban-based security that all innovation policy requires' (p.153).
Acontece que a ausência de uma avaliação (preventiva) dos resultados deste novo esforço da política de cidades pode desvirtuar o mérito do instrumento de política e condicionar a mudança de paradigma que se deseja.
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