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Good Afternoon

Dr Sidney Sullivan SGS

Environmental & Management Consultancy

England

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Green Growth: New Shoots

10th May 2012

Policy and Planning – An external view

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Delivering Quality Landscapes & ‘Place’

The Policy & Planning Context within

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Political Economy

The Art of Socio Landscape Management

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Overview of the UK Sector

Ø Parks, Approx 12% of the UK’s land mass Ø More than 300 Parks Services Ø More than 32,000 Parks and Open SpacesØ Budget £640,000,000m - 3/4 of a billion £s pa

Ø The multiplier Ø 93,000 employees in UK

Ø RSLs, manage approx 3% of UK’s land massØ 8.5 million residents Ø Visitor numbers

Ø Parks 3 billion per annum

Ø RSLs, 17m people per day, 119m per week!

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People, not Customers . . .

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It is a juggling act

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Overview of Approach

Ø Coordination of Strategic & Operational practice!

Ø The Journey is as important as the destination

Ø Engagement

Ø Local Variations

Ø Peer Reviewed Research

Ø Joint Advocacy & Marketing

ØQuality Assure Partnerships/Alliances

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Economic and Societal Value

Ø Make it Visible?

Ø PeopleØ multi-cultural

values and normsØ Require a

strong engagement ethos

Ø Life-Style & ‘Place’

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Partnerships & Alliances

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The Challenge

To be ‘smart’

“Be wary of partners who are more interested in extracting your resources than in building your capacity”

Hillary Clinton, Financial Times 1 December 2011

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The Essence of ‘Green Shoots’

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Economic and Social Challenges

Ø The power of ‘volunteerism’

Ø Joint advocacy will displace a single channel professional ‘voice’

Ø Discussion not referenda

Ø Shorter product and practice ‘life cycles’

Ø CLERE Model (Barber, 2005)

Ø No perfect knowledge

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Evidenced Supported Practice

AffordableOutcomes

A Culture of Continuous Improvement

“Capacity Building”

Strategy intoPractice

How we can improve the current policy framework for place-keeping?

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Thank you . . .

Imagine a new ‘Green Shoots Future’ . . .

Le Prophète