[sustran] FW: Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities

[Paul Barter]

Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities
Conference, Exhibition and Award Programme
5 - 8 June 2002 at Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Conference, Visiting Programme, Exhibition & Award Programme


5 - 8 June 2002
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden


Invitation to Showcase Urban Sustainable Solutions
This letter of invitation aims at soliciting submissions of best practices
in regard to urban sustainable solutions to be displayed at the exhibition
of the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities, 5 - 8 June 2002 at
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. The exhibited projects will automatically be
entered into the award programme. 

You are also cordially invited to attend the conference of the Stockholm
Partnerships and the technical visits. More information about the event in
Stockholm during 5  8 June 2002 is continuously being updated at:
www.partnerships.stockholm.se. Please book the dates and expect additional
information in follow-up correspondence. The conference programme is
evolving as we acquire knowledge of the topics of participating projects,
Some 600 delegates are expected to attend the conference that takes place in
immediate conjunction with the exhibition. 

Taking the form of a dialogue between different stakeholders from around the
world, the conference will pursue issues such as: Human Health in the Urban
Environment; New Technology to Increase Sustainability; Indicators for
Sustainable Development; Corporate Sustainability Reporting and
Environmental Management Systems; Knowledge & Technology Transfer: is
leapfrogging possible? and Partnerships for Building Urban Sustainability.

Better Understanding of Urban Sustainable Solutions
The aim of the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities is to support
networking for the purpose of a better understanding of sustainable
initiatives across borders, cultures and economies. The Stockholm
Partnerships focuses on the positive effects of modern technology, creative
urban management responses as well as community-based proactive initiatives
and wishes to highlight existing solutions for urban sustainability by
providing a platform for demonstration and inspiration. Thus, on 5  8 June
2002 the programme culminates in an international, multidimensional event in
the centre of Stockholm.

The three-day June 2002 event is multidimensional in the sense that there
will be a conference, and an exhibit along with the award programme. During
the meeting, the international delegates, representing all possible
stakeholders, will be analysing and discussing the pre-selected competitive,
sustainable urban solutions from many parts of the world, from developing as
well as industrialised countries and countries with an economy in
transition. Additionally, a visiting programme will be arranged to different
points and with different persons in the areas surrounding Stockholm.

Thus, the City of Stockholm now launches a worldwide invitation to other
cities, national and international corporations and all other stakeholders
to a networking and award programme for pioneering urban sustainability
projects. The thrust is to showcase urban sustainable solutions in order to
identify innovative and replicable examples that can move us away from
health-threatening urban congestion towards improved living conditions and
creative environments.

Linking History with the Future
The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities will be an important event
in linking history with the future. First of all, 5 June is the
worldwide-recognised World Environment Day. This day was inaugurated at the
1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which indeed took
place in Stockholm. Thus, the Stockholm Partnerships event will commemorate
30 years since that trend-setting conference. Another reason for taking
stock of developments and looking into the future is the fact that Stockholm
is celebrating its 750th anniversary as a proper city. 

The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio adopted the comprehensive programme of action
known as Agenda 21. An additional reason is that a few months later the
World Summit on Sustainable Development will take place in South Africa,
which will be one of the conduits for the findings from the Stockholm event.
In addition to UNCHS (Habitat), SEI, ICLEI, and Global Cities Dialogue,
great interest has been noted from several organisations and corporations of
international importance that wish to collaborate in making the Stockholm
Partnerships into a milestone event. 

Creative Solutions Exist
The Stockholm Partnerships has as its mission to facilitate the sharing of
knowledge and applied technology from inspiring urban sustainability
projects, which will emanate from national and local governments, industry,
NGOs, academia, media, finance institutions, international organisations,
individuals, etc. The backbone of the Stockholm Partnerships is a conviction
that many creative solutions to common problems of cities already exist.
However, we know too little about them and how such successes can be
duplicated. 

Fifty Projects to be Selected for Display 
The most inspiring, concrete projects in the field of urban sustainability
will be selected for inclusion in the exhibit in Stockholm and over Internet
and form the basis for the discussions at the conference. The projects that
will be demonstrated in Stockholm will also be competing in the award
programme. The submission deadline is Thursday 6 December 2001. Early
entries are reaching the Secretariat, so you are encouraged to act as soon
as possible.

Information re. Submissions and Participation in the Conference 
Describe the project on the submission form, available electronically at the
website. Hard copies of the submission form can be requested from the
Secretariat. Submissions concerning a multitude of topics are welcome, incl.
Mobility; Housing; Work, Production & Economy; Energy; Solid Waste; Water;
Nature, Culture & Recreation; Local-Agenda 21; Urban Regeneration and
Land-use Conversion; and The Little Citizen. More detailed accounts of the
topics are available on the submission form, found under
www.partnerships.stockholm.se.

The projects selected for the exhibition and two associated experts
participate free of charge at the exhibit hall and in the meetings. However,
the preparation and transportation of the exhibits and all costs associated
with the travel to and from Stockholm and all expenses incurred during the
stay in Stockholm of each participant must be covered by the individual
projects. The conceptualisation and finalisation of the actual exhibits are
also the responsibility of the organisation/company submitting proposals for
the award programme. Potential participants, especially from developing
countries and countries in transition, are therefore encouraged to look for
financial support, and it should be noted that it is not the responsibility
of the Secretariat to identify and establish such contacts.

Short technical study tours will be arranged in close association with the
relevant topics and they will be an integral part of the event. 

For further information on submission of competing solutions as well as
participation in the conference, please visit:
www.partnerships.stockholm.se, which is continuously updated, and where the
submission form is available. The Stockholm Partnerships Secretariat can be
reached through the co-ordinates below.

Sincerely yours,

Cecilia Ruben
Programme Development Manager, SEI 
Senior Technical Advisor, the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities

Stockholm, October 2001

The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities
Mailing address:                
City of Stockholm Economic Development Agency 
S-105 35 Stockholm 
Sweden 


Fax:                    +46 8 508 28 030
Homepage:               www.partnerships.stockholm.se

Adam Holmström, Programme ManagerLena Kling, Project Co-ordinator
Tel: +46 8 508 28 017Tel: +46 8 508 28 015
adam.holmstrom at partnerships.stockholm.selena.kling@partnerships.stockholm.se
Cecilia Ruben,  Senior Technical Advisor
Tel: +46 8 412 14 16
cecilia.ruben at sei.se


Categories
The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities Awards Programme has
designated ten main categories for participation. These categories reflect
activities that most cities are busy finding solutions to today. The
procedure is such that for each category five finalist projects will be
invited to exhibit in Stockholm in June 2002, and for each category there
will be one winner to receive the award. It should be noted though that
should there be significantly more projects participating in selected
categories, the jury may choose to award more than one project in any
particular category. 

Thus, under consideration for participation are development projects,
technical devices, technological systems and laws & regulations that target
the issues suggested under each of the ten headings below. 

1 Mobility 
Transport management, reducing the need to travel, car free areas,
multi-modal transport systems, public transport, cycling, pedestrians,
parking management, city logistics, specialist vehicles and fuels, priority
systems for public vehicles, efficiency and clarity of information provision
- especially for public transport systems, emission reduction, noise
abatement, increased speed of public transport systems, etc.

2 Housing 
New developments, development plans, ecological building techniques,
eco-efficiency, climate systems for buildings, smart houses, senior citizens
housing, nursing homes, design criteria, integration of citizen categories,
etc.

3 Work, Production & Economy
Industrial sites, wholesale and retail areas, offices, new ways of working,
green business strategies, job creation, distance work mechanisms, reduction
of transports in designated areas, holistic approaches to community
development with functional mixes, whenever possible, eco-efficiency,
transport nodes, information technology, design criteria and implementation
of health care services and higher education and training facilities,
elimination of site contamination, promotion of environmental business
sector, green tourism, reducing industrial pollution, software for enhancing
development efforts, environmental management systems, etc.

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Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities Secretariat: 
adam.holmstrom at partnerships.stockholm.se,
lena.kling at partnerships.stockholm.se and cecilia.ruben at sei.se
www.partnerships.stockholm.se

4 Energy
Locally adapted energy management, minimisation of energy consumption,
energy transports, local energy production, renewable energy sources, clean
technology, air pollution reduction, least cost planning, co-generation,
energy from industrial waste heat, energy from waste, ground heat, distance
heating, distance cooling, innovative energy technologies, scenario and
modelling tools, tax swapping, improved charcoal production and consumption,
enhanced cooking stoves, etc.

5 Solid Waste 
Waste management, waste reduction, waste collection, incineration, packaging
producers' responsibility, eco-efficiency, taxation and fee schedules,
re-cycling, local composting, processing and disposal, trade of waste
products, toxic waste handling, etc.

6 Water
Ground water management, quality monitoring, fresh water supply, treatment
of waste water, minimising water consumption, storm water or day water
collection, infiltration, retention, recycling of grey water, management of
rivers, streams and lakes for health and recreational purposes, water
transport systems, , rain water harvesting, urban agriculture requirements,
renaturation of surface waters, scenario and modelling tools, ecological
sanitation, etc.

7 Nature, Culture & Recreation
Nature conservation, landscape protection, species protection/biodiversity,
open space and parks management, greening the cities, cultural heritage,
access to water fronts, multipurpose cultural facilities, library promotion,
exposure to other than local cultures, visual impressions, signposting,
cleanliness in public spaces, public toilet facilities, sports & recreation
facilities, multi-purpose facilities, urban agriculture, tourism promotion,
places of worship, etc.

8 Local-Agenda 21
Holistic local agenda processes, incl. social, economic as well as
environmental, agendas, equal opportunity programmes, development plans with
gender perspectives, information and knowledge technology, international
development efforts, South-South development initiatives, public
participation, social equity, urban security and safety, human rights and
democracy, urban design and architecture for human well-being, etc.

9 Urban Regeneration and Land-use Conversion
Complex, large-scale development projects with massive use of information
technology, - that target matters such as:
mixed use development, development of the inner city districts, urban
regeneration and  rehabilitation programmes, which involve actions in two or
more of the categories above.

10 The Little Citizen
Hopefully all projects in the categories above serve the purpose of creating
more liveable cities for future generations. The tenth category of the
Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities, therefore, welcomes
initiatives specifically targeted for children and young people such as
nurseries, day-care centres, schools, and educational facilities,
playgrounds, children's health, creativity and security, culturally
fostering, inter-generational initiatives, ideas for children by children -
e.g. across-border projects between schools and groupings of children and
young people, information and knowledge technology, etc.


SUBMISSION FORM 
SUBMISSION OF PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE STOCKHOLM
PARTNERSHIPS EXHIBIT AND AWARD PROGRAMME

General Conditions
To participate in the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities you need
to submit this form. There is no entry fee charged for project submission. 
1.      The information you provide here will allow for your project to be: 


·       published on the Stockholm Partnerships website, i.e.
www.partnerships.stockholm.se/
·       competing for the Stockholm Partnerships Award 
·       exhibited during the Conference and Exhibition, if one of 50
selected projects 
·       communicated to media and relevant partners 
2.      You will be allowed to make alterations and additions to your
project description through the Secretariat 


3.      To be eligible, a project must be fully implemented and in use or
piloted in a realistic setting for at least three months
4.      All fields must be completed in order for the jury to correctly
evaluate your project
5.      All submissions must be made in English
6.      Submit your entry form by 6 December 2001 directly from the website
or
e-mail to: lena.kling at partnerships.stockholm.se (or by fax to: +46 8 508 28
030)

If you have queries, do not hesitate to contact the Stockholm Partnerships
Secretariat.

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Project name: 

Describe your project in one (1) sentence:

Type of institution(s) submitting the project 
1.      Company 


2.      Authority 
3.      Institute/Community group/Academia/Other
4.      D. Any combination of the above 

"Owner(s)" of project 
1.      Company 


2.      Authority 
3.      Institute/Community group/Academia/Other 
4.      D. Any combination of the above 
Describe the role of each partner in no more than 200 words.


Contact person
Name
Mailing address 
Visiting address 
City, State 
Zip code, if applicable, 
Country 
E-mail 
Telephone 
Fax 
Website address, if applicable

Location of project implementation
For physical projects indicate location and regarding technical devices
indicate the application as well:
Application(s)
Neighbourhood(s) 
City(ies) 
County(ies) 
Continent(s)

Scale of project 
Number of technical devices in use, e.g. filters in 1 000 busses, 10
monitors in 5 locations, etc. 


Size, such as square metres, square kilometres, etc
Number of persons concerned, e.g.10 000 commuters, 250 residents
Amount of US$ saved as compared to conventional solutions, if applicable
Other prominent features, e.g. city-wide collaboration, pilot projects in
one neighbourhood, etc.

Source(s) of financing by %-age 
1.      Private 


2.      Corporate
3.      Public
4.      Government and development assistance 
5.      Any combination of the above 


Estimated project budget
State the approximate size of the budget in US$
Indicate if your project is self-sufficient and if not, how is the
difference is covered

Start of project and/or duration of project
Your project must be up and running for at least three (3) months to be
submitted to the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities. A test phase
in a smaller scale is acceptable, if it has been implemented in a realistic
context.
Start-up date of the project
Start-up date of the pilot project

Applicable categories 1- 10 
1.      Mobility 


2.      Housing
3.      Work, Production & Economy
4.      Energy
5.      Solid Waste
6.      Water
7.      Nature, Culture, & Recreation
8.      Local Agenda 21
9.      Urban Regeneration and Land-use Conversion
10.     The Little Citizen
 
Goals and objectives
Attempt to provide succinct, qualitative descriptions using a maximum of 200
words. 

Achievements
Attempt to provide succinct, qualitative descriptions using a maximum of 200
words.

Problems at implementation
Attempt to provide succinct, qualitative descriptions using a maximum of 200
words. What were the major barriers to achieve the goals of your project?

Innovative aspects
Attempt to provide succinct, qualitative descriptions using a maximum of 200
words.

Potential for replicability
Attempt to provide succinct, qualitative descriptions using a maximum of 200
words. Has your project been replicated or adapted anywhere else? Can it be
replicated? What can others learn from your experiences?

Verifiable indicators
If available, please describe, using a maximum of 200 words, the
improvements achieved in terms of sustainability criteria related to quality
of air, water, soil, noise, social insertion, education, economy, public
image, attractiveness of location, happiness, quality of life, health,
biodiversity, ecological balance, community spirit, etc. 

Possibility to prepare a visual presentation of your project for the exhibit
in Stockholm
Briefly describe your image of a visual presentation.

Final and optional question re your project
While having indicated the background of the project above, we hope that you
can describe your plans and desires for your project, using a maximum of 200
words, and how it may assist us in forming our visions for the future.




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