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Nora Brüggemann Action Town Project Manager UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating

Introduction to the Action Town project and the NFP projects Action Town – SMART CSO conference, March, 15 th 2011 – London, UK. Nora Brüggemann Action Town Project Manager UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production. Project funded by:.

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Nora Brüggemann Action Town Project Manager UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating

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  1. Introduction to the Action Town project and the NFP projectsAction Town – SMART CSO conference,March, 15th 2011 –London, UK Nora Brüggemann Action Town Project Manager UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production Project funded by:

  2. Welcome to Action Town Overall Objective To stimulate partnerships between civil society organisations and their stakeholders (especially research community) to increase civil society involvement in SCP (sustainable consumption and production) research.. Foster knowledge transfer between CSOs and researchers with a focus on SCP through small-scale exploratory actions. Focus AND NEW: Contribute to effective change strategies for the Great Transition. Partners

  3. Roadmap development and workshop Project activitiesThe overview Review of state of the art in SCP research National focal points & orientation seminar Support seminar Dissemina-tion at the national and int. level • Exploratory actions by • ECODES • Green Liberty • MAMA-86 • TTGV • Exploratory actions by • ECODES • Green Liberty • MAMA-86 • TTGV Assessment seminar & Feasibility survey SMART CSO Event SMART CSO Event Nov. 2008 March 2009 Feb. 2010 March March 2010-March 2011 2011

  4. Presentation of NFP Exploratory Actions Action Town – SMART CSO conference,March, 15th 2011 –London, UK Janis Brizga: Chair of Green Liberty and Northern Alliance for Sustainable Development Anna Golubovska-Onisimova: Co-Founder and President of MAMA-86 Emrah Alkaya: Expert, Environmental Projects Group at Technological Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) Charles Castro: Director of Management Systems at ECODES (Spain)

  5. Exploratory actions by 4 CSOs

  6. Overview of Presentations of NFP Exploratory Actions • ECODES (Spain): Indicators for Sustainability in Financial Products • TTGV (Turkey): Actions towards the encouragement of the development of SCP Policies in Turkey among relevant stakeholders: An LCA approach for sustainable housing • Green Liberty (Latvia): Participatory SCP policy assessment • MAMA-86 (Ukraine): Development of an SCP policy in Ukraine

  7. Indicators for Sustainability in Financial Products

  8. Indicators for Sustainability in Financial ProductsCountry context

  9. Indicators for Sustainability in Financial ProductsExploratory action overview

  10. Indicators for Sustainability in Financial ProductsExploratory action overview 10

  11. Indicators for Sustainability in Financial ProductsLessons learnt

  12. Development of the SCP policy in Ukraine

  13. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context Ukraine

  14. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context Ukraine 14

  15. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context

  16. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context 16

  17. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context 17

  18. Development of the SCP policy in UkraineCountry context

  19. Actions towards the encouragement of the development of SCP Policies in Turkey among relevant stakeholders: An LCA approach for sustainable housing

  20. SCPTurKEYCountry context

  21. SCPTurKEYCountry context

  22. SCPTurKEYExploratory action overview

  23. SCPTurKEYExploratory action overview

  24. SCPTurKEYLessons learnt

  25. SCPTurKEYNational Workshop Number of Participants: 68

  26. SCPTurKEYImpressions

  27. Green Liberty -Participatory SCP policy assessment

  28. Participatory SCP policy assessmentCountry context

  29. Participatory SCP policy assessmentExploratory action overview

  30. Participatory SCP policy assessmentDriving forces DrivingForces

  31. Participatory SCP policy assessmentStrategies

  32. Planning & Regulation • Regional development • Effective data collection; • Higher standards and control; • Regulation for heating season • Better public participation • Regulated beginning of heating season • Economic instruments • Subsidies for fuel shift; • Higher energy costs, excise tax on fossil fuels; • Real estate tax reductions for efficient housing • Communication tools • Sharing good practice; • Public discussions on values and comfort (good life); • Better cooperation, involvement and other partnership with local community. • Trainings • Technologies • Availability of equipment; • Better infrastructure Participatory SCP policy assessmentPolicy instruments: housing sector Energy efficiency, planning, Renewable resources and Behavior

  33. Lifestyle change Information about environmentally friendly food Choose local! Choose seasonal! Rights to know; information for consumers Environmentally friendly fast food Systems of provision Subsidies for organic food producers and distributers Building trust between farmers and consumers Ilgtspējīgas transporta loģistika kā tikt līdz veikaliem Short supply chains Self provision Stricter regulation Agricultural production Higher taxes on agricultural chemicals (integrating external costs) Education and information to farmers Subsidies for organic farmers Support for cooperation Participatory SCP policy assessmentPolicy instruments: food sector

  34. Information campaigns to support public transport Free public transport for certine social groops Subsidies to public transport Education and communication Attractivness of public transport Accessibility of public transport Public transport Public transport lains Territorial planning Subsidies to sustainable transport Watchdog implementation Funding infrastructure development All transport Practical projects at schools to deal with public vs private dillemma Acsize tax on fossile fuels Increase parcing price Planning Stakeholder cooperation Information campaigns to support sustainable transport Everyone a byce Safe velo infrastructure (lanes, parking) Sustainable trasport Participatory SCP policy assessmentPolicy instruments: transport sector

  35. Participatory SCP policy assessmentConclusions • Need to change not only individual, but also collective behavior (behavior is determined not only by external, but also by internal factors); • Apply combination of strategies – efficiency strategy is not enough. We have to change markets, systems of provision, social structures and culture; • There is a need for multistakholder cooperation (pyramid of change).

  36. Discussion on Learnings in the Pilot Projects and Ways Forward for CSO-Research PartnershipsAction Town – SMART CSO conference,March, 15th 2011 –London, UK Janis Brizga: Chair of Green Liberty and Northern Alliance for Sustainable Development Ferda Ulutas: Coordinator of Environmental Projects Group at Technological Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) Emrah Alkaya: Expert, Environmental Projects Group at Technological Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) Charles Castro: Director of Management Systems at ECODES (Spain)

  37. Thank you for your participation! For further questions, please contact: Nora Brüggemann nora.brueggemann@scp-centre.org Action Town NFP project presentations and discussions

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