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The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide
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WORKSHEET 5 THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION FOR ACTION PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
This Worksheet can be used to help municipal officials and stakeholders identify which responsibilities each municipal department
must take to implement each Action Plan Goal. It can also be used to identify which municipal department will take the “lead,” or
coordinating role, for each Goal.
To use the Worksheet, write the Action Plan Goals on the left, vertical axis of the Worksheet under the heading “Action Plan Goals.”
Write the names of the different municipal departments on the top, horizontal axis of the Worksheet.
In each box of the matrix, write the responsibility that each department will need to take to achieve each Goal. On the basis of this
division of responsibilities, indicate in the lower right hand corner of each box which department will take on the coordinating role
for achieving each Goal. In addition to their implementation responsibilities, these lead departments would also be given primary
responsibility for documenting and reporting on the activities undertaken to achieve each Goal, and for monitoring indicators and
evaluating trends related to each Goal.
In recognition of this common shortcoming in municipal government, inter-departmental committees have become a standard
element of municipal sustainable development planning. In Lancashire County, UK, (Case #1) an inter-departmental committee was
established to review proposals submitted by the Environmental Forum (via the Environment Unit) before their submission to
Council committees. The Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, Canada, (Case #17) has maintained a Staff Working Group on
Sustainable Development, which meets regularly to monitor departmental efforts to integrate the Region’s Vision 2020 goals and
objectives into departmental programs.
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