Sitges towards Sustainability EMAS A 21 SITGES TOWARDS

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 SITGES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY Bologna, November 27 th 2002 Departament de Medi Ambient

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Location

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Objectives of the project 1. To carry out an environmental and socioeconomic analysis of the municipality 2. To design a sustainability management system in sitges 3. To implement and obtain the new european union ecomanagement and audit scheme (emas) at the city council level (municipal administration) 4. To create the sustainability committee of sitges and to draw up the local agenda 21

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 5. To develop an intensive communication and environmental education campaign addressed to all the population and all the agents 6. To develop the different environmental programmes agreed in the forums and in the EMAS 7. To create the “sitges observatory of sustainability” (environmental and socioeconomic indicators)

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Principles for an environmental municipal policy 1. To plan the urban growth with sustainability criteria 2. To provide the municipality with the infrastructures and services needed 3. To introduce and promote environmental management tools in the municipal council and in all the activities and organizations of the municipality 4. To create mechanisms of environmental information and awareness among the different sectors and inhabitants 5. To balance and integrate services, work and housing through all the areas 6. To open participation in local development planning to all social and economic agents

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Weak points of hundreds of LA 21 in the world since Rio’ 92 1. Not extended in all the territories, yet 2. Voluntary commitment (not certified): low real application of the local action plans 3. Partial implication: focused mainly in one of the stakeholders: the local goverments and some sectors

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 WITHOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPOSSIBLE: • GOVERNMENTS • ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SECTORS • POPULATION IN GENERAL (NEIGHBOURS COMMUNITIES) WE NEED REFLECTION AND INNOVATION. . .

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 . . . WE NEED REFLECTION AND INNOVATION…: EMAS + AGENDA 21 A STEP TOWARDS SOLUTION OF THOSE WEAK POINTS

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 EMAS + AGENDA 21 EMAS - External verification - Better application guarantees of the action plans - Continuous improving - ENVIRONMENTAL ANALISYS: DIRECT AND INDIRECT ASPECTS - PROCEDURES: GENERAL AND OPERATIVE + Goals and programmes: the intersection - Multilevel - Progressive extension in a tree structure - Separation of SECTORS and POPULATION (neighbour communities): independent NEIGHBOUR ASSEMBLIES and SECTORIAL ASSEMBLIES - Permanent participation A 21

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 The Sustainability Management System: EMAS + AGENDA 21 Environmental analysis EMAS implementation within the Council Public participation: Local Agenda 21

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Municipal Environmental Analysis Review of different environmental municipality of Sitges related to: aspects of the Direct aspects Public services: cleaning, picking solid waste up, beaches, social assistence, education, health, public transport, . . . Municipal Instalations and buildings Territorial aspects: natural systems, urban systems Indirect aspects (more significatives) Economic activities, population behaviour, economic models, tourism, mobility, local culture, employment, immigration, use of natural resources. . .

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 General Municipal Aspects URBAN PLANNING WATER CONSUMPTION ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION MOBILITY REFUSE PRODUCTION SEWAGE DISPOSAL AIR POLLUTION

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 General Municipal Aspects NOISE PRODUCTS AND RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL SYSTEMS PREVENTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 EMAS at the Local Administration Is the mechanism to assure a good environmental behaviour, in order to include sustainability criteria in policy, as to the internal going. Is reviewed periodically through an external audit.

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMEN TAL POLICY EXTERNAL AUDIT. VALIDATION AND REGISTRATION INTERNAL AUDIT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMISSION OF THE COUNCIL planning ASSEMBLIES (A 21) GOALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES follow-up EMAS DOCUMENTATION: PROCEDURES AND CONTROL AND FOLLOWTECHNICAL implementation UP INSTRUCTIONS INDICATORS PROCEDURES INTERNAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Procedures General (9): -Aspects identification -Legislation control -Goals and achievements -Internal and external communication -Public participation -Internal training -Documentation control -Audit, etc.

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Procedures Operatives (21): -Project construction -Water management -Traffic management -Waste management -Urban cleaning -General services: gardens, beaches, maintenance, etc. -Purchases and contracts -Natural spaces management -Economic activities control -Buildings: consumes and emergencies -Police controls - etc. . .

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 EMAS + AGENDA 21 EMAS - External verification - Better application guarantees of the action plans - Continuous improving - ENVIRONMENTAL ANALISYS: DIRECT AND INDIRECT ASPECTS - PROCEDURES: GENERAL AND OPERATIVE + Goals and programmes: the intersection - Multilevel - Progressive extension in a tree structure - Separation of SECTORS and POPULATION (neighbour communities): independent NEIGHBOUR ASSEMBLIES and SECTORIAL ASSEMBLIES - Permanent participation A 21

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Public participation: Local Agenda 21 (LA 21) Townspeople have the capacity to decide the future agenda of the environmental actions of their town. They only have to obtain general consensus in their proposals.

Sitges towards Sustainability: EMAS + A 21 Participation process FOR EACH ASPECT SECTORIAL ASS. (technicians &sectors) Offer their knowledge and work for assembly discussion Neighborhood meeting Neighbours Neighborhood meeting Agreements (AL 21) MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY Neighborhood meeting To develop by Sectors, organizations, technicians City Council, Regional administrations SECTORIAL ASS. (technicians &sectors) Development agreements Plan thematic cycle Focused information by neighborhood information Look for consensus Information and consensus in the streets and home assembly Proposals by neighborhood and General CONSENSUS decision