Pamela Mühlmann: The European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management
- 1. The European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management Dr. Pamela Mühlmann, Project Officer, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
- 2. Overview Structure of the European Partnership Launch Event and Partnership meeting Open issue and the ongoing process
- 3. The European Partnership WORKING TOGETHER TO MAINSTREAM INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND REGIONS
- 4. Integrated Management System for Sustainability (IMS) • a framework for organising work • a systematic, continuous process • Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle but with 5th step and cross cutting elements included • Integrates different sectors, actors and all sustainability factors in the whole urban area • Based on and harmonized with EMAS /ISO 14.001 • To integrate different initiatives and to implement them systematically
- 5. European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management The mission: Mainstream the integrated approach to build sustainable cities and regions. MEMBERS Supporting members National training hubs: (Universities, etc.) Supporting cities ®ions to implement EU policies and initiatives in a systematic way using IMS (EU 2020, CoM, AC, RFSC, …) Training, promotion, support CLIENTS / BENEFICIARIES City City City City City
- 7. The Role of the National Training Hubs • Develop and maintain localised Capacity Development Materials (web portal) • Training workshops for local authorities • Facilitate Peer reviews • Promotion of EU policies and initiatives on local and regional level • Exchange of knowledge and training materials/methods through the European Partnership
- 8. European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management The mission: mainstream integrated approach to build sustainable cities and regions. MEMBERS Supporting Capacity members National training hubs: Development (Universities, etc.) Supporting cities ®ions Portal to implement EU policies and initiatives in a Practical tools and systematic way using IMS contacts for trainers (EU 2020, CoM, AC, RFSC, …) and cities to implement EU policies and initiatives Training, promotion, support CLIENTS / BENEFICIARIES City City City City City
- 10. Capacity Development Portal Existing materials will be gathered and updated under one portal Following the 5 Steps of the Integrated Management System Materials for - Local Authorities - Trainers - Auditors http://www.localmanagement.eu/index.php/champ:partnership
- 11. Partnership Administration General Assembly • Highest decision making body All members • Will function as a development forum for the National Hubs Advisory Executive Board • Will be formed by Board Consists of 9 members representatives of the National Training Hubs • Legal representative of the Secretariat Partnership • Giving an outsider expert opinion on • The leading operational organ issues concerning of the Partnership. the tasks of the Partnership
- 12. Launch Event European Partnership at the Resilient Cities Conference, 4 June 2011
- 13. European Partnership Meeting, 25/26 October 2011
- 14. Intensive Discussion The role of the Training Hubs in relation the European Partnership The future of the European Partnership Open issues
- 15. Open issues Expansion of the Capacity Development Portal Finalisation of the Partnership statute Establishment of the Secretariat Development of an action plan for the next year Project development and cooperation possibilities Partnership meetings
- 16. Actual Development 3 Working groups - Partnership Governance - Project Development - Marketing & Communication Partnership meeting planned for spring 2012
- 17. "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. “ H.Ford
- 18. Interested to join Open process for interested organisations! New perspectives and ideas welcome! ----------------------------------------------------------- Leave a message via LinkedIn or Twitter Write an E-Mail to pamela.muehlmann@iclei.org pekka.salminen@turku.fi
- 19. Thank you for your attention!