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The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide PARTNERSHIP-BASED PLANNING Program Name The Lancashire Local Environmental Action Programme (L.E.A.P.) Background Lancashire County, UK, is a mixed urban and rural municipality covering 3,070 square kilometers with a population of 1.4 million. The Local Agenda 21 process of the Lancashire County Council (UK) highlights the evolution of a Local Agenda 21 partnership structure over a five-year period. Lancashire County has set about the task of sustainable development planning in a measured and ordered way, recognizing that much energy and time can be wasted trying to engage partners in planning if effective structures and consensus have not been established. The County Council effectively started its Local Agenda 21 process in 1989 when it established a multi-stakeholder “Environmental Forum” to perform the county’s first environmental audit. Still in existence, membership in the Environmental Forum comprises 89 organizations representing local government, NGOs, business and industry, academia, and central government. The Environmental Forum meets twice a year and is guided on a day-to-day basis by a Steering Group. The Steering Group meets every two months and confers directly with an Environmental Policy Unit consisting of municipal officers within the County Council. The Environmental Policy Unit reports directly to the County Council Planning Committee. The Forum guides the overall external aspects of the Lancashire Local Agenda 21 Process and the County Council develops appropriate programs and corporate strategies to implement Local Agenda 21. The Chair of the County Council is also the Chair of the Environmental Forum, creating a link between the two. The Lancashire Local Agenda 21 Partnership Structure is shown in Figure 4. Program Description Since 1989, Lancashire’s Local Agenda 21 process has gone through three phases: informational, policy making, and implementation (Fig. 5). The organizational structures outlined above have changed and evolved since 1989 to meet the unique challenges of each planning phase. FIGURE 4 LANCASHIRE’S LOCAL AGENDA 21 PARTNERSHIP Current Structure 1994 http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/448-2/ (26 of 180)18/10/2010 12:47:23 AM
The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide 1989-1992: Information Phase The Environmental Forum was the first of its kind to be established in the United Kingdom. During its formative years (1989-92), it had a simple structure reflecting its straightforward agenda. As one of its first tasks, the Forum commissioned a county-wide State of the Environment Report, or “Green Audit,” and established an Environment Unit to coordinate the work. Forum stakeholders provided much of the raw data, which was then analyzed and interpreted by the Unit. Forum stakeholders also verified the accuracy of the Audit’s findings. A Forum Steering Group guided the whole initiative. It advised on how the Green Audit should be carried out, what it should contain, and how its findings should be communicated to decision makers and citizens. Following publication of the Green Audit in 1991, citizens and the wider community were involved in a consultation and publicity campaign featuring: • the circulation of Green Audit reports to libraries, information centers, schools, colleges, voluntary and local groups, Council offices, and Forum partners; FIGURE 5 LANCASHIRE’S LOCAL AGENDA 21 PARTNERSHIP PROCESS http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/448-2/ (27 of 180)18/10/2010 12:47:23 AM
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