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Corner stones of a powerful preparatory work
• Leadership on local level
• National financial support
• Cooperation • Training and awareness
raising activities
Swedish experiences
Swedes´opinions
Swedish experiences
Swedes´opinions
45%
85%
EU impact
• 30 % of all national laws and regulation refers to EU
• 60 % of all questions at City council agenda are influenced by EU
• 70 % of all EU legislation is implemented at local or regional level
• 80 % of Swedish environmental legislation is derived from EU
• CONCLUSIONS:• Knowledge about EU
and laws affecting local authorities is crucial!
• Local and national level must respectfully work together!
The EU affects Stockholm in many ways
Employer
ProcurementSupervision
City planning
City of Stockholm
NEAP2010 – 2015 and LEAP
• Create in collaboration with municipalities a method for production of useful LEAP
•
• LEAP is also a tool to plan for a realistic amount of local inspection
• LEAP is often asked for related to support international granting of big environmental infrastructure investments
Cooperation between national and local level
• Create work groups : ministries, national agencies, municipalities
• Establish a realistic time table
• Produce learning material
• Conference to create ToT
• Website FAQ
• Create a routine to publish verdict from environmental court
• Supportive supervision visits to municipalities
• Find strong methods to fight against corruption
• State agencies should support local level free of charge with their knowledges
National and local level
• Open up for local fees
• Open up for cooperation
• Open up for creating university courses for inspectors
• Open up for cooperation between state agencies before contact with municipalities
Swedish experiences
Leadership
• WIIFM?• Mayor – Expectations
from citizens Vision for a sustainable society
• CEO – Expectation from consumers. No villain!!
Demands from citizens
Political decision
MeasureEvaluation
Advocacy by environmental
Accounts(Aarhus)
Swedish experiences
Local political leadership for development
• 1840, Water, waste and food. Special local board with focus on visible and health question
• 2013, Full responsibility of control and supervision. Even inspections within our own town/municipality function
• Vice mayor in bigger cities responsible for environment questions
• Fruitful dialogue with local NGO• Environmental questions are high up on the political
agenda!
Swedish experiences
Local political leadership for development
• Fire souls for creating majority for conversion to a sustainable society
• Green Cities and creating new jobs
• Catch opportunities to finance big investments by being well prepared
• Cooperation between local authorities could also be important for for the outcome of an application
• Financial recourses available in the beginning of a process!!
Open up for training and awareness activities
• Politicians at all levels• Civil servants• Lawyers• Police• Attorney• Consultants• Pupils at all levels• Many more target groups
could be defined• Training must be repeated!!