SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS SECTOR UNDP POLAND

1. SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS SECTOR UNDP POLAND Karolina Mzyk Business Focal Point workshop, October 2004

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Context and Objectives • Pilot: Partnership for Plock • Replication. PPP in 8cities • Role of UNDP • Lessons learnt

3. THE PLOCK PILOTObjectives • Mobilise the local community around development planning and implementation • Align the development plans of businesses, NGOs and public administration • Pool resources of private and public sector to finance tasks from the strategy • Build capacity to obtain and absorb EU funding

4. THE PLOCK PILOTPartners • The Municipality: • a historical city of 130,000 citizens • petrochemicals and textile industries • The Private sector: • PKN ORLEN: petrochemical, Płock’s largest employer and taxpayer • Levi Strauss: largest production plant in CEE • UNDP • Development expertise

5. THE PLOCK PILOTBenefits • For UNDP: • Promoting Type 2 partnerships as efficient tool in addressing social exclusion, boosting local development • For private sector: • Improving image, savings on transaction costs • For Municipality: • Focused investment, capacity-building, learnings for policy change

6. Partners provide USD 25,000 NGOs, CSOs Business LOCAL PRIORITIES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUDIT Local Citizens Local Gov’t UNDP Umbrella Project implements SDA THE PLOCK PILOTStrategic consultations Updated Sustainable Development Strategy Business consultations: from SMEs to PKN Orlen Meetings with 150 local citizens to discuss recommendations Over 50 organisations consulted Meetings with Local Administration FORUM FOR PLOCK

7. PKN Orlen City of Płock USD $277k USD $327k Priorities Funding Manages Fund Monitoring and Evaluation THEPLOCK PILOTFinancing mechanism 64 NGO implementing projects. Areas: social integrtion, health, education, culture. environment. Levi Strauss USD $50k Forum for Płock Grant Fund for Płock UNDP

8. THEPLOCK PILOT Moving on • Capacity building programme for NGO • Set up an organization that will carry on UNDP functions • Review and codifcation • New partnershipprojects initiated Education reform Technological Park CIFAL CENTRE PLOCK

9. NETWORK UNITAR / CIFAL • Training for local authorities to enhance their capacity in managing sustainable development • CIFAL Plock for CEE/CIS: sustainable urban development and PPP • Partners: UNITAR, UNDP, Veolia, Alcatel, Dexia, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of European Regions, Orlen. • Training on ICT (e-govrnance , end Nov) • Training on PPP (public delivery, beginning Dec 04)

10. REPLICATIONScope and objectives • Agreement with PKN ORLEN to replicate the Plock model in 8 towns in Poland (additional resources) • Build a network of NGO, municipalities and businesses working on urban SD and PPPs at local level

11. UNDPCore competencies • Partnership broker • UNDP a trusted, impartial third-party brings parties together, side-stepping political tensions, suspicions and pre-conceptions • Development/public policy expertise (substantive partner) • UNDP recognized for participatory community development and local planning expertise • Flexibility and quick decision-making

12. LESSONS LEARNED (cont) • Partnerships take time to mature • Different partners with different metabolism • Major HR commitment - staff time and skills development • Stick to common agenda • Do not over-reach to where goals do not overlap • Accountability • You never know if company 100% “clean” - keep business-like distance to avoid UNDP being implicated in internal “scandal”. • Normal UNDP instruments not appropriate

13. LESSONS LEARNED • The importance of: • Actively involve all partners in decision making process • Developing simple, open and common ‘language’ between partners • Continues dialogue to understand individual interests, mutual benefits • Transparent agenda • Financial commitments ( should be included in an agreement)

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16. Community Development High Environmental Standards Economic Development High living standards for Płock citizens Sustainable development • Strongnon-governmental organizations • Access to housing and housingrehabilitation • A high level of public security • Accessible and efficient health care services • Support for cultural heritage • Support for cultural affairs and fine arts • An updated database for cultural and sports events • Extensive education regarding historical and cultural heritage • Restoration of Płock’s “Old Town” • Social assistance adequate to local needs • A Learning Centre for Outstanding Youth • Large number of people with higher education • Corporate support for equal opportunties in education • Life-long learning • Educational centres with high standards • Efficient local administration system and favourable laws for entrepreneurship • Płock as a centre for modern technology and investment • Effective mobilization of non-government funding • Efficient economic and investment-related information system • Attracting non-local investment • High level of environmental awareness • Orderly water and sewage system management • Orderly garbage collection • Friendly green spaces • Appropriate use of public space • Fulfil quality norms as per clean air, noise pollution, and electromagnetic field effects • Sustainable urban planning • A high quality of urban construction • A high quality of public urban construction • High standards in communication infrastructure

17. REPLICATION Key phases ‘Waste of time’ 3 months Communication Diagnose Local Action Plan Implementation • Set up: Agree on common theme • Local NGO development • SME development • Promoting social economy • Roll out: Agree on mechanisms Strategic consultations on local development vision and roles &responsibilities Mobilizing and building capacity of partners to work in partnership SWOT analysis Integrating ‘hard data’ from official public documentation with assessment of citizens Key activities End products Report Buy-in of local leaders Approved by the City Council Community budget for financing LAP Timeframe 2 months 3 months UNDP involvment: 10 months