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European Circular Newsletter for ICLEI members, partners and friends Issue 20, Spring 2004 ICLEI involved in shaping European Union’s Urban Thematic Strategy ICLEI’s Executive Committee Member, Celia Cameron and its Regional Director for Europe, Gino Van Begin, are members of the enlarged European Union (EU) Expert Group on the Urban Environment, which held its first meeting on 7 April in Brussels. Two other meetings have been set for July and October. This year, the recent Communication “Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment” COM(2004)60 will be discussed in detail and the EU Expert Group is acting as the main consultative panel. To ensure that the Commission receives a wide range of views from different stakeholders on the development of the Thematic Strategy, the EU Expert Group has been enlarged to around 80 members during 2004. The Expert Group on the Urban Environment is an independent advisory group established in 1991 at the request of the EU member states. It offers independent expert advice to the European Commission on the development of Europe’s policy on the urban environment. The Group comments on the ideas set out in the Communication and highlights issues that need to be addressed in more detail, or should still be included. It also comments on the recommendations of several working groups that will be established to consider key ideas in the Communication. ICLEI’s European Director for Sustainable Management, Holger Robrecht, has been appointed as a member of the sub-group on Sustainable Urban Management Plans and Systems. A first meeting of this sub-group is foreseen in June. With the aim to provide the European Commission with a shared viewpoint, ICLEI currently undertakes an e-mail consultation with its European membership on the key issues of the EU Urban thematic Strategy. To read the communication see: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/urban/thematic_strategy.htm. For more information, contact [email protected] Contributions to Aalborg Commitments invited Some 1000 representatives of European Cities and Towns will meet their peers as well as many further networks and organisations at the "Inspiring FuturesFourth European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns - Aalborg plus 10” in ICLEI member city Aalborg, Denmark, 9-11 June 2004. After a decade of work for local sustainability, cities and towns shall not only take stock of what has been achieved, but together find effective and efficient ways for sustainable development. The ten conference themes that range from Governance to Urban Planning mirror the Aalborg Commitments that shall be Content adopted as a shared pledge to work for a sustainable Europe. ICLEI Internal You are cordially invited to participate in the consultation ICLEI’s International Training Centre ICLEI Themes process that will lead towards the adoption of the Aalborg Urban Governance and Local Agenda 21 Commitments at the conference. To read the draft document, to find out more about the conference or to register, please see www.aalborgplus10.dk Sustainability Management Climate and Air Sustainable Procurement Book Reviews 3 4 6 6 8 14 17 19 2 Network of Cities for Sustainable Tourism The Network of cities for sustainable tourism that is coordinated by ICLEI operates since the year 2000. It now embraces 16 local government partners (see box below) and has been particularly active in the last few months. A golden rules leaflet has been issued, contacts been forged at the world’s largest tourism fair, and working groups develop future activities. Recently a leaflet containing the “10 golden rules of the sustainable tourist” was published. The leaflet will be used in the Network destinations to raise awareness among incoming tourists. Furthermore, it will be a tool to improve the communication between tour operators and destination local governments. Thus, one of the challenges of the sustainable development of tourism will be taken up, namely tour operators are often based far away from the destinations, which means that the involved actors cannot easily exchange on common expectations. The Network was present at the ITB Tourism fair in Berlin, Germany, 12-16 March 2004 and made contact with Tour Operators Initiatives (TOI), the World Tourism Organisation, Tourism research institutes and many further potential partners. “10 golden rules of the sustainable tourist” were disseminated in the pavilion called “Travel with sense” to many interested potential tourists. The Network currently explores the possibility to enter into direct partnerships with Tour Operators and other international organisations and institutions committed to the development of sustainable tourism. The added value is owed to the fact that the Network can identify common problems and topics of interest, which could then be profitably discussed with either Tour Operators or other organisations in order to efficiently identify solutions together. Further, the Network partners have created working groups, one of which develops a proposal for the European Commission’s INTERREG III C program. Additional topics for the Network are sustainable procurement, carrying capacity and seasonality and Local Agenda 21. The Network is open to local governments located in the European Union and the Mediterranean, where mass-tourism plays a major role in the local economy. 16 partners for sustainable tourism: • • • • • • • • Çanakkale (Turkey) Cervia (Italy) Chioggia (Italy) Comunitá Montana del Giovo (Italy) Georgioupolis (Greece) Kallithea (Isle of Rhodos, Greece) Lloret de Mar (Spain) Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental (Spain), representing Benhavis, Benalmádena, Casares, Estepona, Fuengirola, Istán, Manilva, Mijas, Marbella, Ojén, Torremolinos. • • • • • • • Punta Umbría (Spain) Rimini (Italy) San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy) Sousse (Tunisia) Tortolì (Italy) The Union of Local Authorities in Israel (representing the cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Netanya, Bat Yam, Akko, and Nahariya) Venice (Italy) For further information, to receive copy of the leaflet “The 10 golden rules of the sustainable tourist” or to join the Network please see: www.iclei.org/europe/tourism, or contact Ilaria De Altin, Sustainable Tourism Coordinator at [email protected], tel: +49-761/368920, fax: +49-761/36892-29. 3 How green is your city? ICLEI co-ordinates European Union's Urban Green Days initiative 2004 To celebrate this year’s World Environment Day, and Europe’s Green Week, cities and towns from across Europe are invited to hold Urban Green Days to report on their environmental progress. Exhibitions, presentations, competitions, performance arts and open days are some of the activities which will take place during Europe’s Green Week, 1 – 5 June 2004. The European Commission is responsible for the Green Week, and within this framework supports local governments to celebrate Urban Green Days, be it as a “stand-alone” event or linked to, for example, activities on World Environment Day (5 June). A website, www.urbangreendays.org, has been set up as a central information and reporting point for cities and towns, national governments, cooperating organisations like municipal networks, and the media. Urban Green Days aim to create a pan-European link between the local activities during Green Week. “We need to understand the environmental issues that face us – so that we can solve them together”, says Margot Wallström, European Commissioner for the Environment. Urban Green Days provide an opportunity for local reporting and exchange on environmental issues, progress and future challenges. But local governments may report and show their leadership in environmental policies also to their peers and the European Union. ICLEI, together with a network with national coordinators, is supporting the organisation of Urban Green Days on behalf of the European Commission, Directorate-General Environment. Building on the European Union’s Urban Thematic Strategy, the following priority themes are focal points for the events: Urban transport issues, Sustainable management of urban areas, Sustainable construction, and Sustainable urban design. All events taking place this year will be listed on the Urban Green Days web site www.urbangreendays.org. Active cities and partners may also present information material, promotional material, and inspiring examples of activities that are available. Further Europe-wide reporting includes a focal session at the Aalborg plus 10 conference dedicated to selected examples of Urban Green Days activities. For more information or to share your urban green Days experience with other cities please visit: www.urbangreendays.org or contact: Mr Didier Bergeret, +49-761/36892-63, Fax: +49-761/36892-29, E-mail: [email protected]. ICLEI INTERNAL Welcome to the new ICLEI members! We are happy to welcome the following new ICLEI members to our network: Europe: Africa: • Cambrils, Spain • • Ponferrada, Spain Asia/Pacific: • Hrazdan, Armenia • Tbilisi, Georgia • • • Pamplemousses & Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius Penrith, Australia Sabae, Japan Townsville, Australia 4 ICLEI’s Executive Committee meets in Seoul, Korea The newly elected Members of ICLEI’s Executive Committee met in Seoul, Korea on 26-30 March 2004. The ICLEI Executive Committee meeting was generously hosted by ICLEI member, Seoul Local Government and chaired by ICLEI President Mr. Masondo, Lord Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa. From left to right: Margit Vestbjerg, Environmental Mayor, Kolding, Stefan Sofianski, Lord Mayor of Sofia, Gino Van Begin, Regional Director for Europe, Helena Barraco and Imma Mayol, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona visiting a river restoration project in Seoul. ICLEI’s Executive Committee, together with Secretary General Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, as well as with senior staff representatives of the regional ICLEI offices had intensive discussions on issues such as ICLEI’s workplan for 2004, ICLEI’s future advocacy work, enhancing the organisation’s membership base, screening the development of the different offices, as well as adopting various decisions that enable ICLEILocal Governments for Sustainability to concretely fulfil its mandate as provided by ICLEI members at the World Congress in Athens, Greece, last November 2003. ICLEI Executive Committee decisions relevant particularly to European ICLEI members and the European Secretariat include the following: the adoption of the ICLEI 2004 Workplan and the work to be undertaken in Europe; the adoption of governance rules regarding the European Sustainable Procurement Campaign; recommendations to closely follow the GATS proceedings and share members viewpoints regarding potential impacts of these proceedings on local government practise; the composition of ICLEI’s Advisory Council; a mandate to seek close co-operation with the United Cities and Local Governments organisation; the appointment as new Executive Committee Member of Mr. Emilio D’Alessio, Deputy Mayor of the City of Ancona, Italy and elected candidate to ICLEI’s Executive Committee; and as a result of a bidding process, the approval of Cape Town, South Africa, as the next host of ICLEI’s World Congress in 2006. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE (ITC) International Mayors Assembly ÖKOPROFIT – Sustainable Development through eco-efficiency in public private partnerships Graz, Austria, 28 –30 October 2004 The ICLEI member city Graz (Austria) has developed ÖKOPROFIT, an approach to Sustainable Economic Development through Ecoefficiency in a Public Private Partnership since 1991. The basic idea of ÖKOPROFIT is a win-win-model, using integrated environmental technologies, common training programs and networking to strengthen businesses economically and simultaneously improve the local environment. The Mayor of Graz is inviting his colleagues from all parts of the world to exchange information on ÖKOPROFIT, to share the success his city has gained in the past years and to motivate local governments to start similar initiatives to the benefit of their local business, their environment and their social system. While local leaders might be inspired to start ÖKOPROFIT activities in their town, they may also start or intensify an international ÖKOPROFIT co-operation. A network gives participants the chance 5 to use established guidelines for efficient measures supporting eco-efficiency and even to create cost and competitive advantages through participation. It also supports the promotion of crosscultural communication and open international markets for its members. The programme of the 2.5 days’ assembly will contain presentations of cities which already apply ÖKOPROFIT, presentations of business leaders who will explain their benefits as well as on-site visits to see real results of the increased co-operation between local government and the private sector. ICLEI’s International Training Centre will prepare and organise the assembly on behalf of the ICLEI member city, Graz. For more information: www.iclei.org/itc/, or contact the International Training Centre at: [email protected], phone: +49-761/36892-20, fax: +49-761/36892-29 International Symposium Greening events: Local governments implementing sustainability principles as hosts of international events Barcelona, Spain, 19 – 21 September 2004 The ICLEI member city Barcelona is inviting its peers from all parts of the world to join an exchange on how sustainability principles can be applied when hosting international events. The symposium will be part of the Barcelona Cultural Forum 2004 itself, an excellent example of how a host city can apply sustainability principles when organising a major international event. The related goals are to use as few natural resources as possible, to avoid and reduce waste to a minimum, to cause minimal environmental impacts and to avoid negative impacts on the local population. The symposium takes up a recently established initiative by ICLEI. Objectives of the conference • Bring together representatives of local governments with experience in greening events, that have hosted or are preparing to host an international event, to share their experience; • Showcase and document successful activities for implementing sustainability principles in event planning; • Intensify interaction between host cities and international event organisers for defining standards and reaching agreements; • Build relationships with UN agencies who are being requested to act as forerunners and to support this greening initiative; • Identify and initiative. discuss the greening events ICLEI’s International Training Centre will prepare and organise the symposium with the city of Barcelona. The “Athens Call for Greening Events Sustainability principles for local hosts organising international events” was developed by ICLEI with the support of the Coalition 21 in Athens. The call was endorsed at the last ICLEI World Congress by ICLEI’s members in Athens November 2003. ICLEI - launched this with a view to local governments acting as host cities. Among the commitments stated in the “Athens Call” is a mandate to facilitate the exchange of interested cities, to support their technical expertise and to organise an international forum for further exchange within local governments and with international event organisers. The symposium in Barcelona will be the first occasion for this intensified exchange of cities and their interaction with international event organisers. For more information: www.iclei.org/itc or Email: [email protected] 6 URBAN GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL AGENDA 21 www.localevaluation21.org: Assess your local process for sustainable development On April 21, ICLEI’s European Urban Governance Team and its project partners officially launched Local Evaluation 21, the new evaluation tool for local sustainable development, in the presence of a selected audience of representatives from municipal associations, European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign networks, and European Commission officials. Municipalities across Europe now have a new tool for supporting their sustainable development work at hand. Your council is asking for a report on the progress of your Local Agenda 21? You are managing a participatory planning process and need some feedback on potential improvements? The local newspaper wants to know how your municipality’s performance is comparing to other cities and towns? You would like to know what the actors involved in the local process for sustainable development think about its strengths and weaknesses? At www.localevaluation21.org, a new service can assist you in meeting these demands! Local Evaluation 21 enables local authorities across Europe to self-evaluate the quality and progress of local processes for sustainable development. The on-line tool is available free of charge for users from municipalities all over Europe. You can choose from 20 different languages to carry out the assessment while at the same time being offered - for the first time on a Europe-wide scale - a standardised system for the evaluation of local sustainable development processes. How does it work? LocaI Evaluation 21 is targeted at local authority representatives who need support in taking stock of participatory planning processes such as Local Agenda 21. The assessment is based on a questionnaire which is answered by the local authority after registering with Local Evaluation 21 and receiving access details for the municipality. Once logged in, the local authority can also register other actors involved in the local process to share the assessment by answering a separate stakeholder questionnaire. The Local Evaluation 21 system then generates an evaluation report which is automatically sent to the local authority. This report analyses the strengths and shortcomings of a city's local sustainability process and benchmarks it against a database of scores from other local authorities across Europe. Stefan Kuhn, Director of the ICLEI European Secretariat Urban Governance Team presents Local Evaluation 21 to a selected audience of representatives from local government associations at the launch event in Brussels on April 21 What is evaluated? The ten sections of the Local Evaluation 21 questionnaire address two major areas: • Quality of the local process for sustainable development: You are asked to supply information on issues such as process management, actors involved, resources available, and integration into mainstream local policy-making. 7 • Progress made towards a more sustainable municipality: You are asked to reflect on activities and policy changes triggered by the local process for sustainable development in five areas of sustainable development: social equity, viable economy, eco-efficiency, "think globally, act locally", and urban management. Your input is then assessed along eleven evaluation criteria - including for example "Local Relevance", which examines how the local process for sustainable development relates to local needs and concerns; or "Progress", which assesses how commitment to sustainable development is translated into practice. How can Local Evaluation 21 be useful to you? Both the process of evaluation, as well as the result, offer benefits: • Carrying out the assessment will steer you to taking a self-reflective look at your local process for sustainable development, which may already lead to refreshing insights. The opportunity for joint evaluation by the local authority and stakeholder organisations that is offered by Local Evaluation 21 integrates different perspectives and leads to a holistic assessment result. • The individualised evaluation report helps you Maggie Bosanquet, Sustainability Manager in to identify your municipality's achievements, as ICLEI Member County Durham, presented Local well as necessary areas for improvement, and Evaluation 21 from a practitioner‘s point of act upon the findings. By repeating the view at the Brussels launch event assessment in yearly intervals, you can compare developments over time. • In addition, your municipality also becomes part of a Europe-wide benchmarking system: Local Evaluation 21 compares your scores to those of other cities, differentiated by population size and country. The endorsement of Local Evaluation 21 by the European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign as common evaluation tool for all signatories to the Aalborg Charter is encouraging widespread use of the tool in more than 20 European countries. Use Local Evaluation 21 now! For more information or for completing the assessment: www.localevaluation21.org or contact [email protected]. The Local Evaluation 21 will also be presented at the Aalborg+10 Conference in June. Local Evaluation 21 was developed between February 2003 and April 2004 as a follow-up to LASALA, a research project on Local Agenda 21 based on self-evaluation of local authorities across Europe. The project partners were: ICLEI, Sustainable Cities Research Institute at Northumbria University; Abo Akademi; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; FocusLab; and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe. Local Agenda in Cyprus ICLEI’s Urban Governance Team was invited to present on Local Agenda 21 in Europe by ECOGNOSIA at a launch for rural Local Agenda 21's in Cyprus on 13 March 2004. ECOGNOSIA is the Environmental Research and Information Centre of InterCollege, the biggest University in Cyprus. Director of ECOGNOSIA Costas Papastavros on the left, Naomi Luhde-Thompson second from the right Ecognosia has been drafting the national Agenda 21 for Cyprus, and works closely with non-governmental organisations in various participatory activities for sustainable development. ECOGNOSIA’s director, Costas Papastavros, gave a passionate speech on the need for further Local Agendas in Cyprus, and in particular in rural areas. Naomi Luhde-Thompson, the 8 Urban Governance Team representative, presented alongside the Interior Minister for Cyprus at a very well attended meeting in the Troodos Mountains. Among those attending were local people, local councillors and local authority representatives, in addition to non-governmental organisations and students. The presentation was a review of Local Agenda 21 successes in Europe, key success factors, and some of the barriers to the further development of Local Agenda 21. SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT ecoBUDGET: Achievements all over Europe The circle has been completed! ecoBUDGET is a circular approach to local sustainability management, similar to the financial budget process. The local authority defines a master budget, which will be the steering document for the forthcoming year. Now all European model ecoBudget local governments have completed their first budget year. The administration continuously monitors and controls performance against the goals set in the master budget. At the end of the year (calendar or fiscal) the books are closed just like for the financial budget. The local authority will then evaluate and approve or disapprove of the accomplishments during the year. Based on that information the administration develops a new master budget, taking into account previous experiences, thus continuously improving their sustainability performance. The following paragraphs will briefly present this cycle in model local governments. The smallest ecoBUDGET municipality of the world The smallest ecoBUDGET municipality of the world recently completed its the first cycle. On 2 February 2004, the municipal council of ICLEI member city Kalithea (Greece) ratified both the Budget Balance 2003 and the Master Budget 2004. Within the Budget Balance the council members and the citizens (the city council in Kalithea is watched live by the population on the local TV) could be informed by the success of the municipality in attaining 3 out of 7 short-term targets, whereas for the others, 3 further actions are needed. Nevertheless within the ratification of the new Master Budget 2004, the council members decided unanimously to establish further ambitious targets also for the “difficult” indicators, showing that the spirit of ecoBUDGET has been completely assumed by the local deciders and politicians. Moreover the indicator “Consume of energy in Municipal Buildings” has been modified in “Consume of Energy in the whole area”, thus applying in a more complete way the community and territorial principle of ecoBUDGET. Detail review and discussion in Ferrara On the 11th of February, the city council of the ICLEI city Ferrara (Italy) ratified the new Master Budget 2004. This happened after a three-hour long discussion during which city council members debated on the single targets and the actions needed to reach them, as well as on the relationships between ecoBUDGET and other instruments. The length and the level of the discussion themselves prove how well the local politicians have understood the importance of the instrument. In the end, the new targets were approved, which set even more challenging goals for the next year. EcoBudget in face of the Olympic games The 2004 Olympic hosts – ICLEI member city Amaroussion (Greece) – have had a very busy year, planning and organising for the games. Despite the extended workload due to the games, Amaroussion have managed their ecoBUDGET process bravely. They have produced a budget balance that shows that the majority of environmental targets have been met. Only two targets were perhaps somewhat over-ambitious, considering the circumstances. However, this has been remedied through the transfer of targets in the politically approved master budget for the Olympic year of 2004. 9 Bologna: strong links to established administration procedures Bologna, the capital of Emilia-Romagna, Italy has had an impressive implementation year. Not only have most targets been reached, but they have also involved many different actors from different departments in the process, e.g. administration, service companies such as water, transport, waste and energy. The process has been continuously revised by the Local Implementation Team, which also identified some possible improvements of the system. Moreover, a major accomplishment is that the master budget targets have formed the basis for the establishment of the so-called regulatory plan (the main urban development plan of Italian administrative legislation). This linking between ecoBUDGET and the regulatory plan has been executed within the outline of the first Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process, in accordance with the new EU directives. The only difficulty in Bologna is unfortunately in the political area. The city council has not yet ratified the master budget 2004 and the budget balance 2003, although both documents have been thoroughly prepared by the Local Implementation Team. The political delay seen in Bologna is most likely due to the electoral year, which created immobility about the ratification of the project. It is hoped that this can be solved in very short time. Lewes: Implementation of eco-Budget and EMAS Lewes District Council (United Kingdom) has implemented ecoBUDGET in co-operation with their EMAS process. The structure and formalism of EMAS has to some extent influenced their budget balance, which has been published in an impressive booklet (attainable from Ms. Kia Colbeck at [email protected]). Lewes has worked hard on several large targets, such as energy efficiency and climate protection. The budget balance clearly display the effectiveness of Lewes’ recycling, energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emission strategies. The booklet also very comprehensively describes the state of their environmental stocks and the human and environmental benefits of their programs through the Statement of Environmental Assets and Environmental Benefit Analysis. Lewes have not yet developed their Master Budget for 2004, since they have the intention to run the next cycle similar to the financial budget year, thus awaiting the fiscal year. Project leader: Växjö The European ecoBudget pilot project leader, ICLEI member city Växjö (Sweden) decided at the beginning of the project that they should team their ecoBUDGET with the financial budget, thus the budget balance is not due until the 29th of April, since Växjö is working on a fiscal year that is different from the calendar year. However, the ongoing budget monitoring and initial discussions with politicians and staff have portrayed a positive picture. We are enthusiastically awaiting the final budget balance and new master budget at the end of April. For more information: www.ecobudget.com or contact [email protected]. Aalborg, 8 June 2004: Join the final conference of the European ecoBudget Pilot Project! Three prolific and exciting years of the European ecoBUDGET pilot project (see articles above) are coming to their end. We would therefore cordially invite you to the project’s final conference where the project partners will share their experiences and thoughts on ecoBUDGET as a local sustainability management system. During the conference there will be opportunities for you to meet the politicians and staff that implemented the first European ecoBUDGET. You will also have the possibility to hear of future ecoBUDGET developments, make contacts and gain support aid for ecoBudget implementation in your local authority. The ecoBudget final conference will be held in conjunction with the Aalborg+10 conference, June 8, 2004, in ICLEI member city Aalborg (Denmark). If you received this Circular by mail, an invitation to the conference with the registration form is included. Included in this issue of the European Circular is an invitation for the conference, please fill out the registration and send it back to ICLEI Europe. For more information please contact the ecoBUDGET Team at [email protected], phone +49761/368920. 10 New guide on environmental management for urban land use planning: “ ECOLUP-Guidance” Under the title “ECOLUP-Guidance” a new guide-book for EMAS in urban land-use planning has been published and presented at the ECOLUP conference in Constance (Germany) 17 March 2004. “ECOLUP-Guidance” was developed within the EU LIFE-project ECOLUP. In the resulting guidebook, results and findings of ECOLUP are illustrated based on practical experiences: During the last three years, the Lake Constance Foundation, together with Constance and Überlingen (Germany) and Wolfurt and ICLEI member city Dornbirn (Austria), developed an environmental management system for municipal and use planning. The Institute of Applied Research at Nürtingen University was responsible for the supervision of the scientific aspects of this project. ECOLUP provides communities with the means to validate their urban land use planning in accordance with the EMAS II directive. ECOLUP seeks ways to improve the environmental quality of urban land use planning by defining concrete targets and measures and monitoring them, and supports communities in taking political challenges and integrating different instruments in a better way. Holger Robrecht, Director of ICLEI’s European Sustainability Management Team was on the project’s advisory board. He welcomes the guide as useful tool and step-by-step support for local governments interested in applying EMAS to land-use planning and highlights its solid foundation on practical experiences. The brochure is available as pdf-file for download both in English and German at www.ecolup.info. The web-site also contains further information about the project. A CD-ROM version in English with additional information, checklists and project findings can be ordered at Lake Constance Foundation. For a CD-ROM or more information, please contact: Marion Hammerl [email protected] or Daniela Paas [email protected], phone: 0049-7531/9098-0 fax: 0049-7531/9098-77 Waste Solutions discussed at workshop 30 researchers, representatives from European local governments and local government networks met in Dogliani, (Italy) on 25-26 March for a workshop of the „Waste Solutions - European Urban Waste Management Cluster (EUWMC)“ project. The aim of the workshop was to discuss and review new approaches to urban waste management in Europe, with a focus on the results of the six projects (one being ICLEI’s concluded RELIEF project) that together make up the “Urban Waste Management Cluster,” funded by the European Commission’s The participants during their workshop in Dogliani Directorate-General Research. Presentations (Italy) included a new standard method for Solid Waste Analysis, software-supported integrated waste management systems, and policy-guidance for waste avoidance via the “Pay-As-You-Throw” approach. These developments were mirrored against the current situation in European urban waste management, supported by presentations from local governments with a particular focus on the accession countries. A concluding session analysed further challenges and information needs of European Local Governments. 11 The Waste Solutions project supports information and exchange on urban waste management in Europe with a focus on the results of the abovementioned Urban Waste Management Research Cluster. In addition to this workshop, the project will also organise a conference (early Spring 2005) and publish a brochure, and maintains a mailing list and news service, as well as a web-centre. A leaflet on the six cluster projects and the Waste Solutions project is available in English, French, German and Italian. For more information, to read or download workshop results and presentations or to obtain a leaflet with project information: www.wastesolutions.org or e-mail to [email protected]. Hyderabad Water Management Information System (HyWaMIS): Second fact finding mission to Europe From 17 – 24 March 2004, Dr. Dhar and Mr. Rao from the Birla Science Centre in Hyderabad were visiting the Cities of Moedling (Austria) and ICLEI member city Venice (Italy) for the “second fact finding mission” of the project. Besides technical site visits, looking into practical appliances of drinking water supply and waste water treatment, the visit also included project meetings to take stock of the progress made and to lay out the detailed workplan for the next months. During the workshop: Jagadish Rao, Dr. Dhar, Giuseppe Mella, Valerie Cogan In Moedling, the guests visited the water works and water purification plant of Schwechat, an example of a high-quality drinking water supplier. Visiting the waste water treatment plant of the City of Vienna provided a view of the other end of the pipe. The last technical excursion to the waste water treatment plant of Venice-Fusina focused on the on-line technical control of the water-quality parameters throughout the whole treatment process from inflow to outflow. Via Internet it is even possible for the operators to view the parameters of two further treatment plants serving different areas of the City. Data collection and processing was one of the key topics for the project meetings. The availability and compatibility of relevant date to feed the system continues to be the highest hurdle. Assistance in overcoming some administrational hurdles is expected from the Advisory Panel which has been set up in Hyderabad and which will hold regular meetings. Some last editorial items were discussed for the upcoming Newsletter that is directed at local stakeholders in Hyderabad. Beyond their involvement through the stakeholder mailing list, the next stakeholder workshop is planned to take place in September. It is expected to include a demonstration of the Information System prototype and to conduct a discussion on necessary modifications and options for further development. The delegation visits the treatment plant in Venice For more information: http://www.cnet.at/hywamis/ or http://www.vestaspa.net (only in Italian). 12 Ecoprofit® kicks off in Panzhihua, China ® View on the city of Panzhihua The basic idea of Ecoprofit (ECOlogical PROject For Integrated Environmental Technology) as developed by the ICLEI member city of Graz (Austria) is a mutually beneficial model using integrated environmental technologies to strengthen businesses economically and simultaneously improve the local environment. An important factor ® for the success of Ecoprofit is the special way in which local authorities, businesses and consultants work together through common training programmes and networking. This strong co-operation enables an effective flow of information and considerable synergies. In the framework of the Ecoprofit® Academy, specific technical expertise for specific branches is developed to ensure the highest benefit for the enterprises and the environment. A key element of the process is the implementation of measures in the enterprises and the final evaluation and awarding of the companies. The success of the model has been widely documented and acknowledged by several international awards including the Dubai Award (UN-Habitat and the Municipality of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Dubai International Award for Improving the Living Environment since 1996). In the meantime the approach is spreading rapidly over Europe and beyond. In Germany more than 40 Cities are currently applying Ecoprofit® . Amongst them, the ICLEI-member city, Hanover, is one of the most successful examples of integrating the local economy into their Local Agenda 21 via Ecoprofit®. Ecoprofit® expanding to Asia: Pilot city Panzhihua The Chinese city of Panzhihua, partner of Graz, Hanover and ICLEI’s European Secretariat in Ecoprofit co-operation within the European Commission’s Asia Urbs Programme, is perfectly suited for being the pilot city for establishing Ecoprofit in China. The city is located alongside the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Southwest China where the province of Sechuan borders the province of Yunnan. 38 years ago only a few families were dwelling at the river. However, when, in the early sixties, the rich mineral resources of the region Heavy Industry built on terraces alongside were discovered, Mao Tse Dong announced the the stream of the Yangtze River development of an industrial city in the region to the People’s Congress. Thousands of people moved into the area to build mines, railroads, blast furnaces, basic industries, and housing areas. In 1972, the first blast furnace was starting to operate. Today Panzhihua is a prospering and fast-growing city. 1.2 Million people are living in the greater city area that spreads over 50 km alongside the river and its tributaries. The city also explores new technologies. This rapid development was not achieved, however, without damage to the environment. Nevertheless, the problem has been realised by the local authorities and considerable improvements have already been achieved over the Project participants gather for a group picture. last years. Still, there is a lot left to do and In the centre Vice Mayor Mr. Huang Changmin considerable efforts will be needed to make the flanked by Vice Mayor Hans Moenninghoff and City’s development more sustainable. Karl Niederl 13 Setting the path: First partners meeting in Panzhihua The Ecoprofit® project that seeks to establish the approach in China, aims at making a substantial contribution in that direction. After a two-year development phase, the project was started in January 2004 and at the end of March, the European partners visited Panzhihua. The delegation, led by Vice-Mayor Hans Moenninghoff from Hanover and Karl Niederl, Head of the Environmental Department in Graz, were warmly welcomed by the hosts who showed overwhelming hospitality that made the stay a wonderful experience. The nomination certificates are presented to the Advisory Board Besides providing the first opportunity for a personal meeting between the European and the Chinese partners, the visit in Panzhihua focused on three main elements: first, a one day seminar including guests from National Ministries in Beijing and representatives from the Provincial Government of Sechuan to introduce Ecoprofit® and the achievements in Graz and Hanover, as well as giving the Europeans some insight into the situation in China and Panzhihua. It also included the ceremonial signing of the Partnership Agreement and the nomination of the members of the Project Advisory Board. Concluding from the seminar, there is a strong interest in Ecoprofit® going far beyond Panzhihua, however further co-operation will depend on the success of the pilot project. Second, two half days were dedicated to visits in local enterprises that allowed the European delegation to gain insight into the production processes needed to develop concepts for improvements that could be achieved via the application of Ecoprofit®. Specific conclusions however have not been drawn yet, as the selection of enterprises was not yet decided and might well differ from the ones that have been visited. The European Delegation visits Panzhihua Steel Company Finally, there were meetings of the project team to discuss the implementation schedule and to develop a clear understanding of the common goals in different cultural environments. It was reconfirmed that it is the interest of all partners to use the current project to create a solid and sustainable basis for establishing Ecoprofit® in China with a long-term perspective, as it has been done in Europe before. A key factor will be the transfer of knowledge to build the human resources to support the implementation. This will be achieved in several steps. First, a high-level delegation will visit the cities of Graz and Hanover in order to get a direct impression of Ecoprofit® companies and some ideas about the technologies that have been used in order to achieve improvements. Later, a group of about twenty Chinese, comprising selected experts, local government officials, and people from enterprises will receive an intensive training on Ecoprofit® in Graz and Hanover that will be backed up by some distance training. In a next step the trained Ecoprofit® Consultants with the support of selected European experts will support the implementation of Ecoprofit® in the enterprises that will have been chosen to participate in the project. It will be crucial for the success of the project to get a substantial number of enterprises through the full Ecoprofit® process including the success evaluation and awarding procedure, as only visible success will provide a basis for the wider dissemination in China. It is the common understanding of the partners that consultants who will have been trained and who will have gone through a full implementation period of Ecoprofit®, should form the basis for the development of a Chinese Ecoprofit® Academy that should in turn form the core for the further dissemination of the approach to other cities and regions in China. 14 After almost four days of concentrated work, everybody was convinced that the project would become a success and that the co-operation in the project is well established. We have to express our thanks and gratitude to the local project team who made every effort to make us feel at home in Panzhihua and everybody is looking forward to the next visit. For more information contact: [email protected] CLIMATE AND AIR Local Renewables 2004, Bonn, Germany In an initiative involving Kaarin Taipale, Immediate Past Chair of ICLEI, ICLEI’s International Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP) Director Bob Price, the European Secretariat’s Climate & Air and ICLEI’s ITC, we would like to invite you to share your experience and viewpoints to prerare team local government position papers for the upcoming Renewables 2004 and Local Renewables 2004 Conferences. From 1 to 4 June, 2004, Germany will host the International Conference for Renewables, as announced by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in September 2002 in Johannesburg. Renewables 2004 will chart the way towards an expansion of renewable energies world-wide, responding to the call of the Johannesburg WSSD for the global development of renewable energy. More than 1000 participants are expected to meet in ICLEI member city Bonn (Germany), among them official governmental delegations including energy, environmental and development ministers, representatives of the United Nations and other international and non-governmental organisations, civil society, local authorities and the private sector. ICLEI will coordinate the participation of the local government delegation in Renewables 2004. On 31 May, a local government pre-event, Local Renewables 2004 will also be taking place where ICLEI will play an advisory role. In the preparatory process towards these two important events, two documents have been drafted, and we would like to invite you to comment on them on behalf of your city or your local government association: • Local Government Issue Paper, a background paper for the two multi-stakeholder dialogues which will take place at Renewables 2004 drafted by ICLEI. • Local Government Bonn Declaration, which will be officially adopted at the end of the Local Renewables 2004 pre-event, and which will be brought to the attention of the intergovernmental conference, drafted by Climate Alliance. For more information: http://www.renewables2004.de/en/2004/default.asp, or http://www.localrenewables2004.de. To get involved please contact Kaarin Taipale, e-mail: [email protected] or Mark Hidson, Climate & Air Project Co-ordinator, tel: +49-761/36892-0, e-mail: [email protected] Eight new cities in Finnish Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP) The Climate & Air team would like to extend a warm welcome to those new Finnish local authorities who have joined the CCP-Europe campaign. These cities are Halikko, Harjavalta, Kajaani, Kuopio, Masku, Muurla, Nousiainen and Pertteli. This brings the total number of Finnish Cities to 48 covering 47% of the Finnish population. We wish you every success in your climate protection endeavours! 15 Calvià: Successful completion of XENIOS project ICLEI member Calvià, Mallorca (Spain) has successfully completed a two-year European project entitled XENIOS, together with the partners involved. The XENIOS project developed an audit tool for hotel buildings and promoted the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency in four European countries; France, Spain, Italy and Hellas (Greece). The project was partly funded by the European Commissions ALTENER programme and was completed at the end of December 2003. Targeted at the hotel sector, it focused on building refurbishment and the resulting opportunities for use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project products are available in French, Spanish, Italian Greek and English including: • the XENIOS software CD-ROM – the decision-aid refurbishment tool and the dissemination material, made up of, • the hotel managers guide to options for utilising renewable energy and energy efficiency, • the hotel guests guide to options for saving energy, • dissemination materials on solar collector applications (brochures and audio-visual material). • a promotional brochure about the XENIOS project, • dissemination slides on the XENIOS project (as detailed in the last issue of the European Circular), Calvià, as one of the participating local authorities, had a piloting role regarding use of the XENIOS software, conducted energy audits in hotels, prepared various dissemination materials and hosted seminars on the benefits of using solar thermal energy. For more information: http//env.meteo.noa.gr/xenios/ See also http://www3.iclei.org/iclei/casestud.htm for Case Study 88 – Energy Conservation in Hotels, published within ICLEI’s International Case Study Series. For a report and analysis is experience of Calvià within the project. The case study is free for members. Clean Air for Europe: Get involved with the CAFE Project! ICLEI is now involved in the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) project on developing a strategy regarding responses to local air quality problems. There is the opportunity for you to register your interest to take part in this initiative. The ICLEI European Secretariat is working on this project together with the UK organisation AEA Technology, who have been involved in numerous air quality studies in the UK and Europe, as well as with Eurocities. The project aims to: • Invite authorities to describe their air pollution experiences and their responses in managing the problems (via a questionnaire). • From the information received, to identify good practice and to draft recommendations for the related European Commission (EC) thematic strategy. • To disseminate the findings back to authorities via a publicly available database. Benefits for local governments in taking part include promoting your good practice across Europe and being involved in influencing European policy regarding air quality. The outcome of the research will also be made available to those who take part. 16 The project has been commissioned by the EC’s Directorate-General for the Environment. CAFE contributes to the adoption of a thematic strategy on air pollution under the Sixth Environmental Action Programme in 2004. The thematic strategy for air quality will drive European policy on this subject for the following five years and will be influenced by a range of experiences and policies in dealing with air pollution. If your local government has implemented successful measures to reduce air pollution and would like to take part then please contact: ICLEI Climate & Air team, e-mail: [email protected]. The Conference of the Parties (COP) 9 update The ninth annual ministerial meeting of the 188 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in Milan (Italy) on the 12 December 2003 after adopting some two dozen legal decisions and exploring a wide range of options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. COP 9 was attended by more than 5,000 participants, including 95 ministers. The conference sought to stimulate further action by national governments, civil society and the private sector and to prepare for the Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force. The high-level political debate during the conference took place through three informal ministerial roundtables focusing on adaptation, mitigation, sustainable development, technology and assessment. Ministers agreed that climate change remains the most important global challenge to humanity and that its adverse effects are already a reality in all parts of the world. Many parties, developed and developing, reported on activities to adapt to climate change and emphasised the moral duty to provide support to developing countries in these efforts. Participants emphasised that the Kyoto Protocol represents a significant first step towards realising the Convention’s goal of stabilising atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases at safe levels and called for its immediate entry into force. Furthermore, the Protocol is already changing the way we think about the climate, energy and investment. Ministers noted that economic growth and climate change policies are compatible and if action is taken at an early stage, economic gains can be made. Implementing policies and measures such as energy-efficiency projects can help to de-couple economic growth and the growth in emissions, in addition to achieving social and environmental benefits such as improved health. Intensified north-south and regional co-operation is essential, for example, in technology research and cleaner production. Good governance and infrastructure as well as opportunities for private-sector investment are vital. Fortunately, many low-emission technologies are already available. The Protocol’s “flexible mechanisms” — the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs), joint implementation and emission trading — will promote technology investment and diffusion. The formal decisions adopted by the conference will strengthen the institutional framework of both the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. New emission reporting guidelines based on the good-practice guidance provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will provide a sound and reliable foundation for reporting on changes in carbon concentrations resulting from land-use changes and forestry. These reports are due in 2005. Another major advance is the agreement on the modalities and scope for carbon-absorbing forestmanagement projects in the CDM. This agreement completes the package adopted in Marrakesh two years ago and expands the CDM to an additional area of activity. Many of the discussions over the two weeks touched upon co-operation between developed and developing nations, including the funding needed for least developed countries that are most vulnerable to climate change and that need to develop and carry out effective policies. Technology transfer and capacity building are addressed in many of the decisions, and there is a clear understanding of the importance of advancing this work in partnership with the private sector. Two funds, the Special Climate Change Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund, which will support technology transfer, adaptation projects and other activities, were further developed. The European Union, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland renewed an earlier pledge to contribute 410 million US Dollars annually to developing countries through these funds and other avenues. For more information: www.unfccc.int or contact the UNFCCC press office at [email protected], phone +49228/815-1005. 17 SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT Administrations send signal for sustainable consumption On Earth Day, a group of public authorities from across Europe have committed themselves to making their consumption activities more sustainable by + founding the Procura Sustainable Procurement Campaign. In doing so, the 16 Founding Authorities + of Procura , among them for example the ICLEI members Kolding (Denmark) and Barcelona (Spain), sent a clear signal to other public authorities and citizens to buy environmentally friendly and fair-trade products. The Campaign aims to finally achieve a breakthrough in making sustainable public procurement a mainstream practice throughout the continent and through this to achieve huge environmental benefits. European public authorities have direct control over 15% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through their purchases of products, services and works. In light of the latest clarifications of the European legal framework regarding procurement, Margit Vestbjerg, Mayor for Planning and Environment in Kolding and ICLEI Executive Committee member, asserts that “those still claiming that there are legal problems in implementing green procurement are avoiding taking practical action - hiding behind formal arguments”. Recent research has shown that the environmental benefits of “green” procurement of computers, electricity, buses, buildings, cleaning services and computers could offset the greenhouse gas emissions caused by 15 million Europeans. Imma Mayol, Vice Mayor of Barcelona and ICLEI Executive Committee member, stresses that “despite the theoretical potentials of sustainable procurement, practical implementation is still too low. Politicians at all levels must commit public administrations to taking action.” The Sustainable Procurement Campaign Procura+ responds to this situation by offering a simplified approach to implementation. Taking into account the current financial constraints of public budgets, Procura+ was designed to be financially neutral for the procurement budgets of the participants. The Campaign has been developed by ICLEI, building on eight years of experience in European networking on the topic. Furthermore, the Campaign is supported by national partners in 13 countries. “We are very happy with the response we received so far”, Christoph Erdmenger of the European Secretariat concludes. More than 100 public authorities have shown interest in the activity with 16 already confirming their commitment to joining Procura+. Earth Day goes back to 1970 and is celebrated every year on 22 April. Earth Day was initially instigated to celebrate the wonders of our planet and send a strong signal to the US public, and has led to the founding of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Since 1990, Earth Day has been organised as a global event. It seeks to stimulate action in all sectors of society, stressing the need for more sustainable patterns of production and consumption. For more information on Earth Day: http://www.earthday.net/. More information on the Procura+ Campaign and the contact http://www.procuraplus.org or email: [email protected]. addresses of National Partners 18 Procura+ Manual published + The “Procura Manual - A Guide to Cost-Effective Sustainable Public Procurement”, written by ICLEI's Sustainable Procurement Team within the RELIEF project, has now been published by Oekom Verlag publishers. The manual, which serves as basis for Procura+ and is free for participants, has been designed to provide European public procurers with all they need to know to implement sustainable procurement. It presents both the Campaign Milestone process and the Procura+ purchasing criteria, as well as answering several key questions including "Does it cost more?", "How do I decide what is a green product?", and "Is it Legal?". In addition it provides key arguments for convincing others within an administration of its merits. To order a copy of the book please visit Oekom's website at www.oekom.de/verlag/german/books/clement-erdmenger_cities.htm Procura+ website finalised The Campaign website has now been fully finalised and is available at www.procuraplus.org. In addition to information about the Campaign concept, Milestones, criteria and participants, there is also a Participants' Area for the exclusive use of the authorities who have joined, allowing them to input monitoring data on their achievements and to post political commitments on the website. We would be very pleased to hear any comments you may have on the website. For more information: www.procuraplus.org or contact [email protected] Sustainability in the public urban transport market: Multi-stakeholder roundtables and national networking meetings held Two roundtables on Sustainable Urban Transport and Competitive Tendering have taken place in the framework of the SIPTRAM (Sustainability in the Public Urban Transport market) project. These are part of a multi-stakeholder dialogue and provide a link between local transport authorities and other actors in the transport field. The SIPTRAM project further conducted four National Networking Meetings. The first roundtable took place in ICLEI member city Berlin (Germany) on 13 February 2004 and dealt with technical standards and new developments in vehicles and infrastructure. 14 stakeholders, including representatives from industry, national government, transport authorities, local transport companies and NGOs, discussed recommendations on technical standards to include in tender documents. Concrete criteria for noise and emission levels, as well as measures for emission reduction of older vehicles were discussed. There was a clear preference to ask for EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicles) standard when purchasing new vehicles. Concerning the retrofitting of older vehicles, the potential of particle filters was especially underlined. The second roundtable took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 April 2004. During this second event, representatives from local transport companies, service suppliers, NGOs, the European Commission and from national governments discussed how to set incentives in tender documents in order to achieve higher quality and environmental standards. The event focussed on good quality aspects, since it was common opinion that the best results in terms of environment can be achieved by convincing people to switch from cars to public transport. This is only possible by attracting passengers through a high quality service. Furthermore, it was agreed that requirements in the tender should leave the biggest possible flexibility to the operator to achieve the results that are asked for. Outcomes of these roundtables are two guidance documents for authorites, giving assistance on how to design a tendering procedure. These documents will be available at the SIPTRAM website under www.icleieurope.org/procurement/siptram. 19 SIPTRAM National Networking Meetings Four “National Networking Meetings” have taken place, again in the framework of the SIPTRAM project. These took place in ICLEI member cities Berlin (Germany), 10 February, Ancona (Italy), 12 March, Grenoble (France) 23 April nad Barcelona (Spain) 30 April 2004. Employees of local transport authorities and local transport companies discussed issues linked to competitive tendering with a special regard to the national situation. In particular during the Italian meeting, hurdles for competitive tendering were also discussed: it was stressed that there is a lack of integrated planning for transport in cities, therefore competitive tendering might not be the most appropriate instrument to increase and improve urban public transport. Another main hurdle is the national legal situation. The aim of these meetings was to provide participants with information on improving the social, environmental and quality standards of urban public transport through competitive tendering. For more information and minutes of the meetings will be available at the SIPTRAM webpages under www.icleieurope.org/procurement/siptram. Italian roundtable on the role of public procurement in environmental and social sustainability ARPAT, the Environmental Protection Agency of the Region of Tuscany, hosted a workshop on sustainable procurement in Firenze (Italy) 2 April 2004. The roundtable took place within Terrafutura, an international exhibition and conference on good practice in sustainability. The workshop brought together a number of public authorities, institutions and consultancies working on sustainable procurement in Italy to share best practice. ICLEI presented the results of the RELIEF project and introduce Procura+. For more information: www.arpat.toscana.it or contact Simone Ricotta [email protected] Training programme on sustainable procurement for World Bank project officers in Ghana ICLEI has been contracted to prepare and deliver a 2-3 day pilot training package on sustainable procurement (theory and practice) for staff responsible for procurement within World Bank funded projects in Ghana. The pilot training programme, building on an existing UNEP/IAPSO training kit and scheduled to take place in early June, will then be reviewed and adapted for widespread application within World Bank projects across the developing world. BOOK REVIEW Publication in German: Das Solarbuch - Fakten, Argumente, Strategien Kurz vor dem internationalen Bürgermeisterforum Local Renewables 2004 Ende Mai (siehe Artikel in diesem Circular) wollen wir auf einen wichtigen Baustein auf dem Weg zur des solaren Nachhaltigkeit hinweisen. Die zweite, überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage von Das Solarbuch - Fakten, Argumente, Strategien – ist ein leicht verständliches Handbuch und Nachschlagewerk für alle, die sich mit dem Thema regenerative Energien beschäftigen. Alle fünf Formen erneuerbarer Energien werden vorgestellt: Sonne-, Wind-, Bio-, Wasserkraft und Geothermie, mit besonderer Betonung auf der Vielfalt der Einspeisemöglichkeiten für Solarenergie. Das Einläuten des zweiten Solarzeitalters, nach kurzem fossilen Intermezzo, wird hierbei angekündigt. Auf den wirtschaftlichen Boom in Deutschland, der durch Fördermaßnahmen entstanden ist, und einen kurzen Überblick über Stand der Dinge in der Europäischen Union wird eingegangen. Vier Jahre nach dem Inkrafttreten des Erneuerbaren Energien Gesetz (EEG) in Deutschland am 1. April 2000 werden die daraus resultierenden Wirkungen vor allem auf Investitionen als auch im europäischen Vergleich analysiert. Starke Gegenargumente zu typischen Einwänden gegen solche sauberere Energieformen werden jeweils erläutert. 20 Die Kooperation zweier Autoren - des freien Beraters für das Öko-Institut Freiburg Dieter Seifried und des Energiepolitischen Sprechers der Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Landtag BadenWürttemberg Dr. Walter Witzel - bewirkt, dass breit fundiertes Wissen für allen Akteure zum Beispiel zu möglichen Fördermaßnahmen und Marketingstrategien für sauberen Strom geboten wird. Zum Abschluß werden noch die besten kommunalen Beispiele aus ganz Deutschland zur Förderung regenerativer Energien dargestellt, und ein Glossar der wichtigsten Begriffe, eine Internetaddressenliste und Zeitschriftenliste zur weiteren Unterstützung geboten. D. Seifried / Dr. W. Witzel, Das Solarbuch, Energieagentur Regio Freiburg, Freiburg 2004. Das Buch wurde vom triolog – kommunikation mit energie, Design- und Marketingagentur als auch der Servicestelle Kommunen in der Einen Welt/InWEnt GmbH unterstützt. Das Solarbuch enthält eine CD-Rom mit Bildern und Diagrammen. For any comments or questions regarding the European Circular, please contact: Stefanie Lay, Coordinator Information Services, [email protected] © ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH, Freiburg, Germany, 2004