Last updated 06.09.2002
Commission on Environment & Agenda 21 Working Group
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Last updated 06.09.2002
Commission on Environment & Agenda 21 Working Group |
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In 2001, the UBC EnvCom Secretariat was service-contracted by European Commission DG Environment to translate and disseminate the "Towards Local Sustainability Profile", European Common Indicators for urban sustainable development. The Technical Report and Methodology sheets of these indicators were translated, printed and disseminated in twelve Central and Eastern European languages. The work was carried out in co-operation with the Regional Environmental Centre (REC) and Environmental Centre for Administration & Technology (ECAT) offices in the above mentioned countries. Since autumn 2001, the reports have been available in Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovakian and Slovenian. What are the Indicators Monitoring of sustainable development trends in cities requires guidelines, such as the common indicators, which will help to evaluate movement towards or away from sustainability. Integrated indicators reflect the interactions between environmental, economic and social aspects. The European Common Indicators put emphasis on change over time and identification of trends and directions. The European Common indicators are also planned to be complementary to all existing indicators, defined both locally and nationally. These new indicators will not replace any active work in this field done by other actors - on the contrary they will complete the process towards sustainability. In addition to this, the initiative is not just an one-off-project but it has been planned to be a long-term process that will develop during implementation. Link to EU DG Environment Link to the Campaign Link to REC Link to ECAT Lithuania Technical reports (pdf ~200 KB) Technical report in Bulgarian Technical report in Croatian Technical report in Czech Technical report in Estonian Technical report in Hungarian Technical report in Latvian Technical report in Lithuanian Technical report in Polish Technical report in Romanian Technical report in Russian Technical report in Slovakian Technical report in Slovenian Methodology sheets (pdf~560 KB) Methodology sheets in Bulgarian Methodology sheets in Croatian Methodology sheets in Czech Methodology sheets in Estonian Methodology sheets in Hungarian Methodology sheets in Latvian Methodology sheets in Lithuanian Methodology sheets in Polish Methodology sheets in Romanian Methodology sheets in Russian Methodology sheets in Slovakian Methodology sheets in Slovenian
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