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Sustainable Municipal Development
Sustainable municipal development concerns everything and
everybody! That is why the project is simultaneously working
with many target groups, and the focus of the project is to
start and maintain democratic, participatory processes that
will lead to local ideas, local development and sustainability.
The theoretical model for this process is based on The Natural
Step Framework's Compass model and System Conditions, Manfred
Max-Neef's (Chilean economist) concept of Basic Needs, and
the experiences of past generations of Swedish eco-municipalities.
Sustainable Robertsfors
During the five year project, project staff are working with
ecological, economical and social aspects of sustainable development
and assisting the municipality in setting a vision for a sustainable
future, mobilizing citizen involvement, setting an action
and implementation plan, and, likely in 2006-2007, creating
a management system to ensure implementation of the plan and
improve the quality and sustainability of all municipal operations.
The project is experimenting with different techniques to
achieve the desired results, and is being thoroughly documented
and evaluated in order to create a detailed model, both theoretical
and practical, for other municipalities to use in their own
development. The model should be applicable to other councils
in Västerbotten, Sweden and the rest of the world.
LINKS:
The
Natural Step International/Canada
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