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Success Factors (2000 - 2001)
The Success Factors
in Local Environmnetal Policy for Local Agenda 21 and EU Enlargemnt in the Baltic Sea
Region Project (SUFA Project) supported Local Agenda 21 work, local environmental policy
and EU approximation in the Baltic States, Poland, and the whole Baltic Sea Region. SUFA
consisted of four components, which are briefly introduced below.
Baltic Roundtable on Local
Environmental Policy
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Turku, Finland, 18-19 May 2000
The Baltic Roundtable created dialogue
between the national and local levels in the Baltic Sea Region countries. It gathered
together forty representatives |
of
environmental ministries, local authorities, and the European Commission. Themes
included: (1) organising national policies to support local sustainable development,
(2) EU Enlargement and new European environmental policies, and (3) co-operation of
different networks.
The roundtable report
publication is available to all interested from the UBC Commission on Environment
Secretariat, and here
(pdf ~ 930 KB). |
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Some of the
participants of Baltic Roundtable in Turku and Island of Seili. |
Research and Analysis
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The Research and Analysis part
of SUFA concentrated on why some Local Agenda 21 Processes become successful. It analysed
the institutional success factors in municipalities. For comparison, the analysis was
carried out concentrating on Baltic and Nordic good practice cases, respectively. |
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published in the Success Factors Review. Also this review is available to all interested
from the UBC Commission on Environment Secretariat, and here (pdf ~ 820 KB). |
Local Agenda 21 Training
Course
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The
training course supported Local Agenda 21 practitioners in their work in the Baltic States
and Poland. The course was based on three workshops and weekly distance training utilising
e-forms of communication. |
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participants of the course are now eager to share their new skills with others. Many of
them are willing to help new municipalities starting Local Agenda 21. For more information
on some of these people, please, see the personal profiles' chapters for the Baltic States
and Poland here
(pdf ~ 620 KB). The publication is also available from the Commission on Environment
Secretariat. |
Participants of SUFA LA21
training workshop in Kaunas, 2000.
Information Campaign
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The information
campaign, together with the Baltic Roundtable, aimed at creating support and motivation,
and distributing necessary information for Local Agenda 21 work in the target countries. |
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of the campaign included city leadership, and environmental, and Local Agenda 21 experts
in the Baltic States and Poland. Within the campaign, four publications were produced and
diseminated: The Roundtable Report, LA 21 Human Resource Report, Success Factors Research
Report, as well as a special publication for city leadership, the INVEST IN YOUR CITY, LA
21 Good Practice Review. This review has gained lot of positive feedback for its ambition
with regard to the target group, as well as contents and style. |
All publications are
available to all interested from the UBC Commission on Environment Secretariat. The Good
Practise Review can also be found here
(pdf ~350 KB).
The Success Factors in Local
Environmental Policy for Local Agenda 21 and EU Enlargement in the Baltic Sea Region
Project (SUFA Project, 2000-2001) is a common project of the UBC, ICLEI and Åbo Akademi
University. In addition to the project partners, the project was co-funded by the European
Commission DG Environment, Finnish Ministry of the Environment, the Nordic Council of
Ministers, and the City of Turku.
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authors' views. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the
information contained in it.
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