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Knowledge City Strategy
City Plan 2010 is Melbourne City Council's primary planning strategy, setting out a vision for development over the next 10 years.
As part of the City Plan's 'Innovative and Vital Business City' theme, the Council required a study of those factors involved in developing and maintaining a knowledge city, and a set of strategic actions for realising this vision.
SGS determined a number of pre-requisites for knowledge city development. Namely, a state economy with sufficient critical mass to support world competitive specialisation, dependable regulatory institutions, responsive and creative bureaucracies, and high quality of life to attract and retain knowledge workers.
SGS put forward factors for continued success: skills, research excellence, networks of commercial influence, competitive & collaborative business culture, connective infrastructure, market access & awareness, and an inclusive, open and tolerant society. To help Council take constructive action for securing a knowledge city, SGS provided prioritised strategy options and developed a collaborative model for implementation.