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Commission on Environment

The UBC Commission on Environment is the UBC body for the environmental and Agenda 21 co-operation. Commission on Environment is open to participation of all member cities. Also many partner organisations are regularly present at the meetings. The aim of this co-operation is to serve the cities in sustainable development and environmental management. This is part of the main goal of the UBC, which is to contribute to democratic, social, economic and environmentally friendly development in the Baltic Sea Region.  

The policy document guiding the sustainable development co-operation of the UBC is the Agenda 21 Action Programme 2004-2009 – Roadmap for Sustainable Baltic Cities, approved by the General Assembly, and the unit responsible for co-ordination is the Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat. 

LINK TO the AGENDA21 website www.ubc-action21.net 

The Environment Commission and Agenda 21 Co-chairmen

The UBC Commission on Environment and the Agenda 21 Working Group are the UBC bodies for environmental and Agenda 21 co-operation. They are open to participation of all member cities.

The EnvCom Co-chairs are currently Mr. Mikko Jokinen from Turku, Finland and Mr Guldbrand Skjönberg from Nacka, Sweden. Mr. Jokinen is the Environmental Director of the City of Turku, Finland and Mr. Skjönberg is Manager to the Boards in Nacka, Sweden.

UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat

Environment and Sustainable Development (EnvCom) Secretariat is the co-ordination and service unit for the environmental and Agenda 21 work of the UBC. It serves the UBC by organising the policy work, and preparing the documents and publications. It also plays an important role in initiating and running a rather large number of projects, and coordinating the UBC Agenda 21 Action Program. 

The secretariat staff currently consists of a team of 14 professionals working fulltime for the UBC. 

Union of the Baltic Cities
Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat
Vanha Suurtori 7
FIN-20500 Turku, Finland
Phone: +358 2 262 3179
Fax: +358 2 262 3425
E-mail: environment@ubc.net 

Activity Report submitted during the IX UBC General Conference in Parnu, 27-28 September 2007.

Activity Report submitted at the 47th UBC Execitive Board meeting, Gdynia, 19-20 October 2006




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