Political Commitment

Three examples fromRegion Zealand

Bjarne RasmussenSustainable Development Manager

”Bottom up” approachLocal Agenda 21 Strategy 2007 Process plan, involvement principles and

potential themes by the administration Approval by the Committee Multi-stakeholder thematic workshops Outcome transformed into draft LA21 Strategy Additional suggestions by the administration

and the Committee, supporting all proposals from the workshops

Adoption of the LA21 Strategy by the Regional Council

”Top down” approachLocal Agenda 21 Action Programme

2010 New Committee on SD = polical commitment Continued implementation of LA21 strategy:

LA21 Action Programme 2010, supported by the Committee and adopted by the Regional Council

Additional Committee focus on- citizen involvement: Citizen Summit- SD criteria when constructing new hospitals- principles for new LA21 Strategy process 2011- aiming at a high-level political conference

Multi-stakeholder commitment

Regional Climate Strategy 2009 and 2010 Suggestion by administration Cooperation between region and municipalities

adopted by the Regional Council & Association of municipalities

Thematic triple-helix workshops Outcome transformed into draft Climate Strategy High-level political conference Adoption by the Regional Council & Association

of municipalities, implementation launched Cooperation expanded to Covenant of Mayors