Toolbox
Analysis Validation and Diagnostic Workshop
Toolbox Themes
- Participation
- Sustainable Urban Mobility
Objectives
Validate the analysis developed by the technical team, identify the main challenges and opportunities of the city, and develop strategic development scenarios that will be considered in the development plan.
Results
Validated spatial and statistical analysis maps
S.W.O.T. analysis
Strategic development scenarios
Constraints and opportunities collaborative maps
Description
The Analysis Validation and Diagnostic Workshop is a one full-day collaborative session. It aims to complement the analysis developed by the technical team, with on-the-ground knowledge and experience of the advisory committee. If needed, the session can extend to two days, depending on the complexity of the context, the time availability of participants, and the capacity of the technical team.
The maps and findings are presented and there is a facilitated discussion between the technical team and the advisory committee to identify any gaps or misleading interpretations of the data. The participants are asked to sketch and annotate on the spatial maps to provide their comments and input.
Following, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (S.W.O.T.) analysis is conducted. This exercise focuses on identifying the main constraints and opportunities of the city, and results on a set of maps describing the current situation. The S.W.O.T. analysis can be conducted in a plenary and collaborative session or dividing the participants into smaller groups.
Finally, based on the S.W.O.T participants create strategic development scenarios in a future-thinking exercise, in which current tendencies, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios are defined. This participatory exercise closes the Assessment Phase with an idea of what the future could and should look like for the city, before defining the strategic vision in the next phase.
Participants:
Technical team, advisory committee, any further relevant key stakeholders.
Steps
- Invite the advisory committee and any further relevant stakeholders for the session.
- Prepare a presentation with the spatial analysis maps and findings, the results of the vulnerability assessment (if one has been conducted), and print the maps.
- Prepare any required material for the session (T7 Workshop Checklist).
- Follow the guidelines and instructions on the T21 S.W.O.T. Analysis tool to conduct the activity.
- Create Strategic Development Scenarios following the instructions of the tool (T22 Scenario Building Narratives).
- Before closing the session, share the next steps of the process with the participants.
- After the session, review the analysis report, the spatial analysis maps and the vulnerability assessment (if applicable), and make changes according to the comments gathered during the session.
Suggested agenda
An agenda of the workshop should be presented by the team leader and made available for all participants to understand the development of the session. Use the provided tools to adjust the agenda according to the time, length of each exercise and content, cultural context, and availability of participants.
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Opening by the Mayor or the project manager followed by the introduction of each participant |
| 09:00 | Plenary session: presentation of the spatial analysis maps and findings. |
| 09:45 | Open discussion on presented analysis. |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 | Plenary session: identification of challenges (S.W.O.T. analysis) |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Discussion groups: strategic development scenarios |
| 15:00 | Plenary session: presentation of the strategic development scenarios |
| 16:00 | Closing remarks |
Sustainable Urban Mobility
An analysis validation and diagnostic workshop uses an urban mobility diagnosis tool, developed for city and national levels, to refine and validate collected data. This tool assesses critical urban mobility elements, including strategy, planning, infrastructure, organisational structure, management systems, and data and monitoring practices, ensuring that initial analysis aligns with real-world conditions and stakeholder needs.
The workshop gathers feedback from key stakeholders—policymakers, transport authorities, urban planners, and community representatives—to collaboratively apply the diagnosis tool in evaluating the effectiveness of current strategies, planning frameworks, and infrastructure against city mobility goals. This process highlights gaps in organisational capacity, management systems, and data monitoring robustness.
Resources:
The Tool for the Rapid Assessment of Urban Mobility in Cities with Data Scarcity (TRAM) Chapter 8