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Building a Sustainable Region

Building a Sustainable Region. Outline. Introduction Structure of the GVRD Sustainable Region Initiative (SRI) Q&A. Presented by: Jennie Moore, Strategic Initiatives Division Corporate Strategies Department Greater Vancouver Regional District.

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Building a Sustainable Region

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  1. Building a Sustainable Region

  2. Outline • Introduction • Structure of the GVRD • Sustainable Region Initiative (SRI) • Q&A Presented by: Jennie Moore, Strategic Initiatives Division Corporate Strategies Department Greater Vancouver Regional District

  3. The Greater VancouverRegional District (GVRD) • Canada’s only unamalgamated major metro area • A municipal federation comprising 21 municipal members and one electoral area

  4. Greater Vancouver

  5. GVRD – Who we are and what we do

  6. Sustainable Region Initiative

  7. ‘3 by 3 by 3’ Approach • 3 components of sustainability • environmental • economic • social • 3 time scales • short (projects) • medium (plans) • long (visions) • 3 organizational scales • corporate • regional governance • partner

  8. 1. Sustainability Based Organization • Management commitment • Staff engagement • Sustainability Report

  9. 2. Regional Mandates • New perspectives • Turning ideas Into action • Cooperative governance • Looking ahead and doing it now

  10. Turning Ideas Into Action

  11. 3. Building Partnerships • 21 municipalities • Other governments • Private and civil sector • Community outreach

  12. “Taking Care of the Region Every Day”A partner in the Sustainable Region Initiative www.gvrd.bc.ca/sustainability

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