The Aalborg Commitments: an Opportunity for Innovative City Management and Government March 21-24,...

The Aalborg Commitments:

an Opportunity for Innovative City Management and Government

March 21-24, 2007Sevilla

March 21-24, 2007, Sevilla

Lithuania and Kaunas in Europe


Kaunas in Lithuania


A city on two largest rivers of the country


Basic information:

• 360 000 inhabitants;

• 48 000 students;

• 11 Universities and their affiliations;

• Kaunas area – 157 km2, density – 2427 persons per

km2;

• Waste production – 300 kg per person /per year;

• Water consumption – 80 litras/per day/per person;

• Total drinking water supply – 61 500 m3 /litras per

day

• 335 vehicles per 1000 inhabitants


Nature heritage elements

• Green areas cover 60 % of total area;

• 20 parks and nature reserves;

• the Zoo;

• the Botanical gardens;

• 149 kinds of birds;

• 11 bat reserves.


Nature heritage elements

• The Natural Oak tree park (70 ha) with the Europe biggest population of Osmoderma eremita;


Sustainability profile elements

• Sport stadium with the view to the Oak tree park;

• New sports Arena with the view to confluence of the rivers will be build.


Kaunas City Master plan

• Kaunas Strategic plan 2005-2015;


Kaunas City Strategic plan

Development priorities

• Development of science and knowledge economy.

• Creation of balanced and dynamic community.

• Development of the city environment.• Increase of the city attraction.

• Improvement of the city management.


Towards sustainability The Environmental Policy of Kaunas City, as a part of Baltic Local Agenda 21, was developed in 1999


Priorities of Kaunas Environmental Priorities of Kaunas Environmental policypolicy

• Protection and improvement of environmental quality;

• Human health protection;• Development of green areas and natural diversity

protection; • Rational use of natural resources;• Waste management;• Public awareness and responsibility for

environmental protection;• Application of sustainability criterions in city

management and planning;


Challengies and opportunities

• How to create a clean city?

• How to create a green city?

• How to create safe and attractive city?

• How to implement education for sustainable development system?


Initiatives via projects

• UBC project ,,Managing Urban Europa-25”.

• BSR INTERREG III BUSTRIP (Baltic Urban Sustainable Transport integration and Planning) project;

• BSR INTERREG III ,,MoCuBa” (Mobility Culture in Baltic Sea Region);

• CIVITAS, since 2002,(CIVITAS EU forum planned in October 2007 in Kaunas) – perhaps the EC’s biggest programm for city vitality and sustainability;

• EU funded Environmental Information Centre at Municipality (2006);


In July, 20, 2006, Kaunas City Council decided

• To sign Aalborg Commitments (political);• To establish Kaunas Sustainable development Co-

ordination Board (political).

The way for Aalborg commitments implementation became possible (idea-methods and instruments- allocated financial resources- human resources-practical actions).

From ideas to practical actions


Aalborg commitments signed 2006-09-07


City Organisational set-up

City Council(41 member)

Sustainable development

Co-ordination Board (12 members)

Implementation Team (20 members, administration)


Implementation Team, working on Baseline review and indicators setting


INSTRUMENT 1 - STRATEGIC PLAN, ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY, TRANSPORT STRATEGY,

OTHER STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS;

INSTRUMENT 2 – CO-ORDINATION BOARD;

INSTRUMENT 3 – IMPLEMENTATION TEAM;

INSTRUMENT 4 – CITY COUNCIL.

City Sustainability Management


General framework (draft)

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Conclusions/suggestions

• Opportunity remains opportunity without implementation measures and actions.

• Well balanced indicators for monitoring and improving sustainable development strategies for innovative city management is a must.

• Aalborg commitments implementation into everyday life is nothing but change of everyday behavior of citizens.

*How shall we encourage citizens to follow Aalborg commitments?


Thank you!

Dr. Povilas Kuprys

Director of Urban development department

Kaunas City Municipality Administration

[email protected]


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