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!!