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Country
ES
ES
Type / name of
initiative
Sustainable
City
Local sustainable
development
Description
The city of Barcelona works since 2001
on integration of environmental and
social aspects in public purchasing,
and on integration of greening daily
activities in public workplaces. This is
the City Councils contribution to the
Local Agenda 21 of Barcelona (LA21
- The People’s Commitment towards
Sustainability). The program has been
pioneer in Spain and is being replicated
at local, regional and national level.
It includes close cooperation with
NGOs, Universities and Civil Society
Organizations.
18 Spanish regional networks
of sustainable cities, which are
implementing the Local Agenda 21,
are collaborating in the Ecourbano
- “Network of networks for local
sustainable development” (Red de
Redes), led by the Spanish Environmental
Ministry. The network bases it” s work
on the document of reference “Spanish
Strategy for the Urban Environment”
and collects best practice cases,
methodologies and indicators at www.
ecourbano.es
EU Education The forum named Energy-Smart Schools
(initiated in 2006) offers a learning tool
for strategies of energy saving in schools
and support to set up energy-educational
projects, targeting the building and its
users.
EU
Environmental
product policy
Integrated product policy (IPP) might be
better termed “environmental product
policy”. It is an attempt by the European
Commission to create conditions in
which environment-friendly products,
or those with a reduced impact on the
environment, will gain widespread
acceptance among EU consumers.
It was initiated in 1997 and in 2001
European Commission published
the Green Paper, which outlines the
rationale for developing product-related
environmental policies.
Domain(s)
Crosscutting
Crosscutting
Consuming,
Living
Consuming
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