The Madrid Strategic Plan 2015-2019 is based on 4 main axes. The following is a summary of the objectives that fall under each of them.
Characteristics of the Madrid Strategic Plan
Axis One: A close, cohesive and liveable city
The objectives to be pursued in this first axis are the following:
- Promoting cohesion and territorial rebalancing
- Regenerating and reclaiming urban space and heritage
- Establish urban ecology policies that improve the quality of life and sustainability of the city.
- Developing an efficient and sustainable mobility policy
- Developing strategies for urban action on Climate Change
- Ensuring a general interest approach
Axis Two: A people-centred, caring and inclusive city
The objectives to be pursued in this second strand of the Madrid Strategic Plan are as follows:
- Ensuring social equity by recognising the diversity of Madrid's population
- Fighting poverty and social exclusion
- Ensuring access to decent housing
- Promoting an active and healthy city
- Provide an effective and coordinated response to emergency situations.
- To make Madrid a safe city in which to live, work and visit, where citizens feel integrated and are jointly responsible for maintaining safety.
- Promote Madrid as a city against violence, for peace and that fosters solidarity and international cooperation for development.
- Promote citizens' access to culture as a common good and as a space for production.
- Guarantee the right to equality between women and men in a city free of gender-based violence.
- Promote the integral development of children.
Axis 3: A sustainable economy with quality jobs
In this third axis of the Madrid Strategic Plan 2015-2019The following objectives can be distinguished:
- Developing strategic lines for the change of economic model
- Promoting sectors geared towards sustainable economic development
- Supporting the social economy, self-employment and small businesses
- Promoting stable, decent and equitable employment
- Improving Madrid's position among major global cities
- Promoting innovation in the city of Madrid for development
Pillar 4: Democratic, transparent and effective government
Finally, a breakdown of the objectives of the fourth axis of the Madrid Strategic Plan:
- Including citizen participation in decision making
- Achieve financial autonomy and design sustainable and equitable resource management.
- Rational, fair and transparent management of local administration
- Mainstreaming gender in municipal policy and action
- To guarantee compliance with international and European Human Rights obligations, promoting a cross-cutting approach throughout the entire sphere of action of Madrid City Council.
