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mzkrGreening Business and Industry – Business representatives will be invited to become leading advocates on issues connected with sustainable development. This workshop will examine how to involve businesses in the policy development process, thereby enabling them to contribute effectively to sustainable development. Empowering Civil Society – Civil society, has little formal power compared to government and business, and yet civil society is crucial in a campaign for sustainability. This workshop will explore ways to improve working links between NGO’s, business, and regulatory institutions. It will also look at how NGO’s can make environmental issues more relevant and meaningful for the public at large. This conference will provide an opportunity for NGO’s, local/regional government, and business, to discuss the future scope of environmental policy within the context of the wider governance debate. Moreover the Commission hopes to establish a regular dialogue between DG Environment and other stakeholders on environmental governance. pEdward Cameron, T: +32 (0)2 2305310 E-mail: edwardcameron@skynet.be The European Mobility Week Following the success of the European Car Free Day (“In town without my car!”) event, a new initiative supported by the European Commission’s DG Environment, called “The European Mobility Week,” was launched in Brussels on 19 April 2002. It was launched by European Commissioner for Environment M. Wallström and other stakeholders during the closing session of Green Week. The European Mobility Week will take place from the 16 th to 22 nd of September 2002. The overall aim is to make European citizens aware of the damage that current mobility trends inflict on their local environment and of the possible alternatives to single car use. As such it strives to restrict motorised traffic in certain areas, to encourage the use of sustainable modes of transport and to raise awareness for the environmental impacts of citizens’ modal choice. Local authorities are invited to participate in the European Mobility Week. However in order to participate a number of conditions have been defined at European level. These are the following: • Municipalities must participate in the ‘In town without my car!’ Day on 22 nd September which will represent the main highlight of the European Mobility Week. • Local authorities will furthermore have to organise thematic events on each day of the week, two of the following three themes being compulsory: Public Transport, Cycling, and Living Streets and Greenways. pWeb: www.mobilityweek-europe.org “Kids on the move” - A new publication on child mobility - A handbook for local authorities and schools This publication seeks to highlight how important mobility requirements and options are for promoting the social development, safety, health and well being of children. As such it contains numerous practical suggestions, addresses and documentation references on how to address the issue of child mobility from the point of view of a parent, 8 a school, a transport operator, a local authority and a child itself. It also includes short descriptions of some fifteen initiatives that have been taken at local, national or international level. pEU publication, ISBN: 92-894-1887-7, E-mail: env-pubs@cec.eu.int VII• NATIONAL I N I T I A T I V E S THE NETHERLANDS Local Strategies for Sustainable Development (LSDO) Like many counties in the world, the government of The Netherlands is in the process of preparing a National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSDO) before the RIO+10 Conference in Johannesburg. For a successful implementation of that national strategy, several NGO’s have now proposed the preparation of Local Strategies for Sustainable Development (LSDO) in every municipality. These strategies could build upon LA 21 and other sustainability projects. The new strategies should show a strong engagement, cover all departments of the municipality and should focus on global issues like poverty, climate change, and global footprints. pMr. Jan Juffermans, T: +411-684921 E-mail: j.juffermans@dekleineaarde.nl Local Campaigns with Global Footprint Eight Dutch cities and towns have been actively participating in a pilot project from 1999-2001 involving the Global Ecological Footprint. The cities involved were: Bergen op Zoom, Den Haag, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Leidschendam, Nieuwegein, Pijnacker, Wimbritseradiel and Zoetermeer. During the first year of the project the footprint of each of the eight participating municipalities as well as two other municipalities (Boxtel and Amsterdam), were calculated and comparisons were made between all ten cities. During the second year the project team focused mainly on preparing the material necessary to launch a project Campaign. The working material included a special campaign site (www.voetenbank.nl), various articles, an exhibition stand, a video, posters, folders etc. The year 2001 saw the actual launch of the Campaign, when six of the participating municipalities organised local campaigns within their cities. As a result it has become clear that the developed model could be used to promote other Environmental campaigns such as the reduction of waste and traffic etc. pMr. Jan Juffermans, T: +411-684921 E-mail: j.juffermans@dekleineaarde.nl. Newsletter 25 of The European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign
GERMANY Regional Cycles: Regional Economy towards Sustainability A Conference on Regional Cycles: Regional Economy towards Sustainability is being been organised by ICLEI on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Leipzig, Germany from 31 October to 2 November 2002. Regional economy as an instrument for sustainable development has raised a lot of interest among researchers and policy makers in recent years. The issues to be raised at this conference are therefore how economic activities can best be implemented at regional level, where regional cycles make sense, and how can European Regions learn from each other. pConference secretariat: F: +49 761 36892 29 E-mail: euregia-conference@iclei-europe.org VIII• OTHER INITIATIVES RELEVANT FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY & GLOBAL LINKAGES TO THE C A M P A I G N PASTILLE Conference in London In September 2002 the PASTILLE research consortium and the European Common Indicators Project will host a joint conference in London on the topic of Local Sustainability Indicators. The conference will mark the completion of the Pastille project - 30 months of action research on the use of local sustainability indicators carried out by teams in Austria, France, Switzerland and the U.K. By means of a series of case studies, the project teams analysed the way in which sustainability indicators are developed and examined their ability to bring about effective change in policy making. Key findings and recommendations will be compiled into a Practitioner’s Guide to be launched at the conference. The event will also present findings from the pilot stage of the European Common Indicators initiative referred to on page XX of this newsletter pWendy Foulds, T: +44 20 7849 4951 E-mail: pastille@lse.ac.uk Web: www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/geography/Pastille/default.htmEuropean Car-Sharing project MOSES: new brochure published The European MOSES project (MObility SErvices for urban Sustainability), co-funded by the EU’s Research programme (FP5), has published a project brochure introducing the project and the different activities amongst the participating partners (Bremen, Genoa, London-Southwark, London- Sutton, Palermo, Stockholm, Turin, Wallonia, UITP). bwbnn It demonstrates how Car-Sharing functions and how it can help, as a supplement to public transport, taxis, car rental, walking and cycling, to solve mobility problems. All participating cities will develop further or start up Car- Sharing schemes with interesting and challenging different features. MOSES has set itself the ambitious target of achieving 12,000 Car-Sharing users by the end of the project in October 2004. pCopy of the brochure at T: +49 421 361 16956 E-mail: moses@umwelt.bremen.de Web: www.moses-europe.org Transport Development Areas (TDAs) - using land use planning to promote regeneration around public transport nodes Land use planning is widely seen as a key mechanism for delivering a more sustainable and integrated transport system. Siân Hughes introduces newly published guidance from RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) that provides a framework for achieving a more sustainable urban model by integrating land use planning and transport policy. In July 2000, RICS launched Transport Development Areas (TDAs) – a UK based study into achieving higher density development around transport nodes. This research, cofunded by the UK’s Department of Environment Transport and the Regions, demonstrates, through a number of case studies, the benefits that can be gained from providing higher-density, high-quality, mixed-use development around transport nodes. Using existing policy and legislation, planners are encouraged under the TDA concept to grant permission for higher density developments around significant transport hubs. In exchange for this permission, the developer may help to fund improvements to local transport facilities. TDAs have the potential to promote regeneration and, because of increased densities of development, maximize the use of brownfield sites. Consumers, commuters and others are placed within reach of a range of services and opportunities and are offered a choice of transport modes. The research shows how high density developments of this nature can be achieved without detriment to the urban environment. The TDA project continues to attract wide support from a range of groups. These include Railtrack, the Local Government Association, the Greater London Authority, Scottish Enterprise and the Institution of Highways and Transportation. Interest in the TDA concept is also reflected by the recognition of the model in the national planning policy framework (PPG13) and its inclusion in the draft Spatial Development Strategy for London. Copies of the TDA guidance is available at the end of May pEwan Willars, E-mail: ewillars@rics.org.uk or Siân Hughes, E-mail: shughes@rics.org Web: www.rics.org SUTRA – Sustainable Urban Transportation SUTRA is funded by the Research programme (FP5) of the European Commission under the key action: City of Tomorrow and involves case studies from Buenos Aires, Gdansk, Genoa, Geneva, Lisbon, Tel Aviv and Thessaloniki. It aims to develop a consistent and comprehensive approach and planning methodology for the analysis of urban transportation problems, that will help to design strategies for sustainable cities through the integration of socio-economic, environmental and technological concepts. This will include the development, integration, and demonstration of tools and methodologies to improve forecasting, assessment and give support to policy level decision making. SUTRA combines an indicator based Newsletter 25 of The European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign 9
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