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An integrated management
system for urban areas
A journey approach....
How do we develop a
sustainable future for our
cities and citizens?
The answer is.............
15!
MUE-25 reaching out to EU-27 cities
PROJECT PARTNERS
PROJECT STEERING GROUP
Lead Partner:
Union of the
Baclic Cities
(UBC),
Commission
on Environment,
Turku, Finland
ICLEI – Local
Governments
for Sustainability,
Germany
BodenseeStiftung,
Germany
The University
of the West of
England, Bristol,
United Kingdom
NETWORK PARTNERS
EUROPEAN MODULE
GERMAN MODULE
1.
2.
3.
1. Ascha
2. Berlin-Lichtenberg
2. ACR+, The
3. Donaueschingen
Association of
4. Neu-Ulm
Cities and Regions
5. County of Nordhausen
for recycling and
6. Paderborn
Sustainable
7. Wiesbaden
Resource
8. Tübingen
Management,
9. Ludwigsburg
Belgium
10. Würzburg
4. ASSURRE,
Association for the
Observers:
Sustainable Use
City of Friedrichshafen
and Recovery of
City of Nordhausen
Resources in
CIty of Elrich
Europe, Belgium
City of Erfurt
3. Energie-Cités, France
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
UNEP/GridArendal,
Norway
25 CITY PARTNERS
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13.
14.
15.
City of Turku (Finland)
City of Lahti (Finland)
Municipality of Växjö
(Sweden)
Leeds City Council (UK)
Lewes District Council
(UK)
Municipality of Ancona
(Italy)
Siena Province (Italy)
City of Riga (Latvia)
Kaunas City Municipality
(Lithuania)
Šiauliai City Municipality
(Lithuania)
Local Government
of Siófok (Hungary)
Local Government of
Balatonfüred (Hungary)
City of Oslo (Norway)
City of Ludwigsburg,
(Germany)
City of Stockholm,
(Sweden)
1. LBDCA, Lake Balaton
Development
Coordination
Agency, Hungary
Challenges of urban areas
 80% of the population in Europe live in
cities with at least 10.000 inhabitants
 It is in cities that the effects of many
environmental problems are most severly
felt
 Core set of interrelated and mutually
reinforcing environmental problems
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increasing levels of traffic,
air pollution,
ambient noise and greenhouse gas emissions,
neglect of the built environment,
improper land-use,
lack of open space,
soil contamination,
the generation of large quantities of waste and
wastewater.
Structural failures
• insufficient co-operation beyond administrative
boundaries;
• insufficient horizontal co-operation;
• insufficient harmonised data, tools and practices;
• development occurs via short-term and isolated
projects;
• insufficient public participation;
• insufficient vertical co-operation;
• need for institutional and personal capacity;
• separation of planning and implementation
TSUE Communication
2006 Communication of TSUE confirms that:
”The integrated approach to environmental
management at the local level and to transport in
particular, based on effective consultation of all
stakeholders, is key to successful implementation of
environment legislation and to achieve long lasting
improvements in environmental quality and
performance.”
Support for integrated management
The Council of the European Union (June 06) discussed the TSUE.
The Council;
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underlined the important role of integrated environmental management
systems such as EMAS and ISO 14001.
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welcomed the approach to highlight the importance of public
participation in decision-making and the role that voluntary initiatives
can play.
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invites the Commission to provide support and impetus for public
participation in particular by actively facilitating and promoting Local
Agenda 21 and the Aalborg Commitments.
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calls on the European Union, Member States and their cities, to
improve the quality of life in cities and urban areas by promoting and
implementing integrated environmental management
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recommends an interregional and intersectoral approach.
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
No compromises for future generations
What should be sustained?
Quality of Life
Economic
activities
Natural Resources
What is meant by
management ?
 The Commission says integrated
management……..what is management?
 Any integrated management programme must
conform to the basic elements of management
 Often sustainability or environmental management
strategies and/or tools do not meet the requirements
of the concept management!
 A generic management model
 The Deming Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle
What are the lessons
learnt?
 Management only takes place when we close the PlanDo-Check-Act loop
Therefore: any suite of tools developed,
selected and used to implement an
Integrated Management System should
cover the P-D-C-A milestones
Our starting point
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Different cities, different
realities, different baselines
Wish to develop s.t. adaptable
and acceptable to all cities
and towns
Reflection on principles for
good governance (EU
workgroup)
Consideration of realities of
cities & towns
Utilisation of experience and
expertise of PSG
What we suggest ...
 Good news: No new system!
 Conformation of PDCA-cycle
 Definition of a framework of few minimum
elements allowing all cities and towns to link up
 Agreement on key principles as foundation of
any locally applied environmental or
sustainability management system to allow for
commitment independent from local framework
conditions
Approaches of the IMS
 Journey approach: allowing to
consider different starting points
a, framework conditions and
ambitions
 Modular approach: allowing to
‘grow the system’ based on
gradual expansion
 Framework approach: allowing for
integration of locally applied
instruments and step by step
completion and advancement
What we suggest: a road-map
 Integrate instruments with framework system
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A city-wide EMAS, or a ecoBUDGET process can fulfil the
purpose
Integrate existing management instruments to carry out elements
– do not duplicate. Use their particular strenghts (e.g. SOEreports, indicators, environmental action plans, local pollution
registers)
 Link the management system to central decision making
(city council)
 Widen focus to other stakeholders in order to address
whole urban area
 Integrate sustainability dimensions – thematic reference
to the Aalborg Commitments)
Gradually expand the system
 First - territorial expansion: apply
environmental management system to the
whole urban area (e.g. appropriate choice of
indicators and targets)
 Second - actor expansion: include
stakeholders in the city and co-operation
with neighbouring municipalities
 Third – dimension expansion: integrate
other dimensions of sustainability into the
environmental management system
Remark: Aalborg Commitments as reference document to
identify direct and indirect sustainability aspects of
urban areas
Integrate existing practices
ANALYTICAL
TOOLS &
PLANNING
CRITERIA
AND
STANDARDS
MANAGEMENT
TOOLS
CHECKS &
ACT
REPORT AND
COMMUNICATION
EMAS, ISO
Environmental &
Sectoral
14000, ISO
Environmental Environmental &
Social Impact
sustainabilityp
9000
& social
social reporting
Sustainability
erformance
monitoring &
Triple Bottom
ecoBUDGET
Assessment
targets
Sustainability Measurement
Line GRI
management
ISO 14001
family of
Inspection,
Environmental &
Strategic
Cleaner
management
analysis and
social
Assessment
technology
records
communication
standards
EMAS
SA 8000
Environmental
State of the
Risk Assessment
IPPC & WM
Social
& social
environment &
accountability
auditing
society reports
Environmental
social &
AA 1000
Pollution
Improvement
Public
economic
Accountability
prevention
Management
participation
planning
Corporate
Disaster
Sustainabiity
Disaster planning
social
management
Indicators
responsibility
plans
Life Cycle
Triple Bottom
Conflict
Assessment
Line GRI
management
Integration of governmental levels
Common
indicators/targets
National
Environmental
Management
National
National indicators/targets
State/regional
Environmental
Management
State/Regional
State/provincial indicators/targets
Local
Environmental
Management
Municipal
Local indicators/targets
Integrated management
system for urban areas
Key criteria of an integrated
management system
 Cyclical management instrument
 Participative approach for development of
objectives and targets for quality of life,
environmental quality and economic
prosperity
 Polical ratification of SMART targets
 Co-operative implementation of measures
 Multiple evaluation of achievements
(Council, administration, community)
SMART targets:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time related
Taking Commitments
to the street with IMS
Aalborg
Commitment
element
Time schedule
Compares to
Management
system element …
Baseline review
Within 12 months
after signature
Within 24 months
after signature
Baseline review
Targets set
1st Monitoring review
Subsequent
monitoring reviews
Political Commitment
(city council approval of
targets)
By 2010
Reporting and
evaluation
Scheduled in 5-year All elements of
cycle
framework management
system
When ready?
Manual + Online Guidance
in beginning of 2008
www.mue25.net
The answer is 15!
=
10 Aalborg Commitments
5 steps
The answer is 15!
1 whole urban area
2 approaches the Thematic Strategy on the Urban
Environment and the Aalborg Commitments
3 dimensions of sustainable development
4 future generations
5 steps
= 15 or an integrated management system for urban areas
MUE-25 Basic Facts
Project duration
 March 2005 - February 2008
Funding
European Commission DG Environment,
Finnish Ministry of the Environment,
German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU),
German Federal States of Baden-Württemberg
and Bayern
 participating cities
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Budget
 2.9 Meuro
Thank you for your attention
CONTACT
Project Coordinator
Ms Annika Claesson
[email protected]
Tel. +358 2 262 3180
Fax. +358 2 262 3425
Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC)
Commission on Environment
Environment and Sustainable
Development Secretariat
The Old Observatory,
Vartiovuori
20700 Turku, Finland
www.mue25.net
Questions from facilitator
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Contribution of the project to Aalborg Committment and Thematic Strategy on Urban
Environment?
Providing a integrated management system adopted to structure and needs of local authorities in
order to manage all strategic aspects of sustainability within the whole urban area. Flexible
framework which allows integration of existing tools and systems and fullfils requierements of
EMAS and ISO 14001. Political involvement on highest level (City Council) and involvement of
stakeholder as minimum requirements.
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Support of European Agenda on Climate Change and other EU policies and legislation?
Climate Change and all other European Environmental and Sustainability Policies are strategic
aspects of local authorities and therefore the most significant aspects of the MUE System and all
elements (Baseline Review, Strategic Programme and Action Plan), MUE supports
implementation of Key Performance Indicators to push maximum improvement of all significant
aspects.
Main hindrances/challenges for implementing and mainstreaming urban sustainability
management systems
Thematic Strategy and AC not implemented into national policies. Not enough political
involvement and support on local level and lack of sensitation and training of political decision
makers. EMS implemented for house keeping issues and isolated within environmental
department. No real direct and short term incentives /benefits to convince political decision
makers
Questions from facilitator
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Recommendations to EMAS Revision process?
Political involvement and participation of stakeholder as requirements of EMAS III. Indirect
aspects = strategic aspects as key aspects to improve for local authorities. From implementation
in one service /department to whole urban area and from Environmental management towards
sustainability management.
Incentives / framework conditions which should put in place to motivate cities to
implement EMS or SUM?
EMS should become mandatory as an instrument to fulfil legal compliance and should be
voluntary regarding performance above legal compliance.
Financial advantages (additional taxes income for environmental investments, plus points for EUfunding, others) for local authorities with EMS /SUM. Campaigns /training to motivate political
decision makers (EMS good for political image).
What will happen with the results /products of your project after the end of the project
phase?
Manual and virtual training centre to support implementation of Thematic Strategy on Urban
Environment; further projects to implement integrated management system in different member
states. Influencing EMAS Revision and offering training to competent bodies and verifiers