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Based on the goals defined in the vision, the urban development strategy and the definition of development zones, more concrete strategies are proposed, as well as specific initiatives to achieve them. This activity is based on and builds on the inputs obtained previously, including the participatory inputs received during previous activities and workshops, such as proposed ideas and actions in relation to the future city vision, goals, strategies and initiatives to achieve them.

The established vision goals and its spatialization can be reviewed and adjusted according to the results of the other activities, aligning them to relevant themes of the diagnosis or to complementary and existing plans (for example, the national country vision and regional plan). Then, strategies are established for each of the goals. Strategies are statements that are part of a roadmap that will contribute to achieve the defined goals. These provide more details on how to develop each specific goal. The strategies must be comprehensive and respond to the challenges and needs identified before, as well as be congruent with the municipality's capacity for action.

Next, each strategy should propose a series of initiatives (specific actions, projects, programs) that ground it in a more limited scope and purpose, in an identified time-bound. In Phase 3 Operationalisation, specific targets are defined to evaluate each initiative over time, as part of the plan's evaluation and monitoring framework (Block J Monitoring and Evaluation). 

The strategies and initiatives complements the framework of the vision and goals. More detail can be added within each initiative according to the needs and capacities of the team. For example, for each initiative a series of further detailed actions could be added to ground the initiative even more. Strategies and initiatives result from the participatory activities developed previously, as well as from the technical input from the team based on the main findings from the analysis and diagnosis.

The framework of strategies and initiatives can also be represented in maps to identify and spatialise them more concretely.