Building a Sustainable Region

Outline

1. Introduction

2. Structure of the GVRD

3. Sustainable Region Initiative (SRI)

4. Q&A

Presented by: Jennie Moore, Strategic Initiatives Division Corporate Strategies Department

Greater Vancouver Regional District

The Greater VancouverRegional District (GVRD)

• Canada’s only unamalgamated major metro area Canada’s only unamalgamated major metro area

• A municipal federation comprising 21 municipal A municipal federation comprising 21 municipal members and one electoral areamembers and one electoral area

Greater Vancouver

GVRD – Who we are and what we do

Sustainable Region Initiative

‘3 by 3 by 3’ Approach

• 3 components of sustainability3 components of sustainability• environmental environmental • economic economic • socialsocial

• 3 time scales3 time scales• short (projects) short (projects) • medium (plans) medium (plans) • long (visions)long (visions)

• 3 organizational scales3 organizational scales• corporate corporate • regional governance regional governance • partnerpartner

1. Sustainability Based Organization

• Management commitment

• Staff engagement

• Sustainability Report

2. Regional Mandates

• New perspectives

• Turning ideas Into action

• Cooperative governance

• Looking ahead and doing it now

Turning Ideas Into Action

3. Building Partnerships

• 21 municipalities• Other governments• Private and civil

sector• Community outreach

“Taking Care of the Region Every Day”

A partner in the Sustainable Region Initiative

www.gvrd.bc.ca/sustainability