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    Opencities Budget Worksheet

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    The document outlines a scenario where the reader has been elected to the city council of Openville. The city has problems attracting migrants to boost its workforce and population. There is a budget of 40 million EUR to invest across 11 projects aimed at making the city more attractive: reducing inequality, improving environmental sustainability, investing in housing and infrastructure, marketing the city, supporting culture, improving transportation, raising education standards, and facilitating cultural integration of migrants. The reader must decide how to divide the budget among these projects.

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    The document outlines a scenario where the reader has been elected to the city council of Openville. The city has problems attracting migrants to boost its workforce and population. There is a budget of 40 million EUR to invest across 11 projects aimed at making the city more attractive: reducing inequality, improving environmental sustainability, investing in housing and infrastructure, marketing the city, supporting culture, improving transportation, raising education standards, and facilitating cultural integration of migrants. The reader must decide how to divide the budget among these projects.

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    The document outlines a scenario where the reader has been elected to the city council of Openville. The city has problems attracting migrants to boost its workforce and population. There is a budget of 40 million EUR to invest across 11 projects aimed at making the city more attractive: reducing inequality, improving environmental sustainability, investing in housing and infrastructure, marketing the city, supporting culture, improving transportation, raising education standards, and facilitating cultural integration of migrants. The reader must decide how to divide the budget among these projects.

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    Opencities Budget Worksheet

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    Renata Gomes
    The document outlines a scenario where the reader has been elected to the city council of Openville. The city has problems attracting migrants to boost its workforce and population. There is a budget of 40 million EUR to invest across 11 projects aimed at making the city more attractive: reducing inequality, improving environmental sustainability, investing in housing and infrastructure, marketing the city, supporting culture, improving transportation, raising education standards, and facilitating cultural integration of migrants. The reader must decide how to divide the budget among these projects.

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    OpenCities Budget Worksheet

    Read this scenario

    You have just been elected to the city council for the city of Openville. Your city has
    some problems and you need to encourage more migration to your city from other
    countries to help boost the workforce and regenerate the population.

    You have a budget of 40 Million EUR to help you do this and you have some
    projects underway to help with the situation. Together decide what percentage of
    the budget you will spend on each of these projects to help make your city more
    attractive to migrants.

    Now work with your group to decide how you will divide the budget.

    Deprivation and inequality

    There is quite a wide gap between rich and poor in your city. You need to establish
    some projects to reduce the percentage of people in your city living below the poverty
    line.

    Budget:

    Carbon Footprint

    Your city isnʼt very ecologically or environmentally friendly. There is quite a lot of
    pollution. A lot of this is caused by some very old large factories on the edge of the
    city. You could finance the renovation of these factories, but it would be expensive.

    Budget:

    Infrastructure and Housing Investment

    There is a shortage of good quality affordable housing. Some of the central areas of
    the city occupied by old, poor quality housing. You could fund the reconstruction of
    this area and the building of new apartments.

    Budget:
    Marketing

    Recent problems in your city have damaged its international reputation. You need to
    work to reassure people that it is a good place to come and live and make sure
    people know about the good aspects of the city. This requires some investment in
    marketing.

    Budget:

    Cultural events

    Many of the music and sporting venues in your city have suffered from lack of
    investment over the past ten years. Investing in supporting the development of
    new venues and cultural events would boost tourism, bring in extra money and
    improve the image of the city and make it more attractive.

    Budget:

    Congestion and mobility

    There are huge problems with traffic congestion in the inner city and public transport
    is very poor. A project has been started to build better public transport, but it will need
    more money to be successful.

    Budget:

    Education and qualifications

    Generally the majority of the work force in your city is very well qualified. To improve
    the level of qualifications, you need to improve the standards of education. This
    means investing more money in education to improve teaching standards and
    resources.

    Budget:

    Language and cultural integration

    There is a small program in place to encourage, aid and support people from other
    countries to help them find work and adapt to and understand the culture of your city.
    This needs to be enlarged and needs more investment to ensure that migrants
    coming to work in your city adapt and integrate into the society.

    Budget:

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