"The cooperation between the World Resources Institute and Bogotá has been a virtuous circle in which new and better opportunities are emerging every day. Like all good alliances, it is something that we must expand." This is how Mayor Claudia López greeted the representatives of the World Resources Institute (WRI).
With this meeting, new lines of work are being drawn up to continue strengthening the alliance between the WRI and Bogotá, primarily, the formalization of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Representative of various districts who attended the meeting were grateful for the support they have received mainly related to mobility and the environment.
Between 2020 and 2021, the WRI has already invested roughly USD $400,000 in Bogotá and has made an additional investment of more than USD $320,000 in strategic projects in and around the district, estimated as of December 2022. Faced with the intention of signing a Memorandum of Understanding, Mayor Claudia López stated that, “This MoU with WRI will have the institutional support of the Secretariats of Environment, Planning and Mobility. We will resume the good work that is being done on issues such as Vital Neighborhoods, The Carrera Séptima Green Corridor and improved air quality.”
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The Executive Director for WRI for Mexico and Colombia, Adriana Lobo highlighted the participatory process for the co-creation of the Green Corridor that runs alongside Carrera Séptima, the city’s highroad. “The way they conceived it -- with an active and heterogeneous citizen participation -- pleasantly surprised us. It is our firm intention continue to support them to make this happen."
The WRI Director for Colombia, Fernando Páez was full of praise for Bogotá's expertise in mobility and the importance of the Carrera Séptima Green Corridor, "Our presence in Bogotá is largely due to their being exemplary partners. in terms of mobility, and they should be the example for the rest of Colombia to follow. For us, it is very important to document the experience with the Carrera Séptima Green Corridor in order to create a benchmark that can be replicated in other cities around the world.”
The district administration was also invited to take part of the meeting, in attendance were Secretary of the Environment, Carolina Urrutia; Secretary of Mobility, Nicolas Estupiñán; Director of the Institute for Urban Development, Diego Sánchez; the Manager of the Carrera Séptima Green Corridor, Juan Pablo Caicedo. Also present were Jessica Kisner, WRI Manager of Mobility and Road Safety; and World Bank advisor David Uniman.
WRI is a global, non-governmental, research and collaborative organization that seeks to create conditions of equity and prosperity through the sustainable management of natural resources. With a presence on five continents, its main lines of work are mainly centered around climate action, energy and sustainable urbanism.
