The European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management aims to mainstream an integrated approach to building sustainable cities and regions. It will have national training hubs that support cities and regions in implementing EU policies and initiatives in a systematic way using an Integrated Management System. The partnership will develop a capacity development portal with tools and materials to help trainers and cities implement sustainability practices. It is in the process of being established through working groups and meetings to finalize the partnership statutes and governance structure.

1. The European Partnership for Integrated
Sustainability Management
Dr. Pamela Mühlmann,
Project Officer,
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

2. Overview
Structure of the European Partnership
Launch Event and Partnership meeting
Open issue and the ongoing process

3. The European Partnership
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAINSTREAM
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT
OF SUSTAINABLE
CITIES AND REGIONS

4. Integrated Management System for
Sustainability (IMS)
• a framework for organising work
• a systematic, continuous process
• Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle but with
5th step and cross cutting elements
included
• Integrates different sectors, actors
and all sustainability factors in the
whole urban area
• Based on and harmonized with
EMAS /ISO 14.001
• To integrate different initiatives and
to implement them systematically

5. European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management
The mission:
Mainstream the integrated approach to build sustainable cities and regions.
MEMBERS
Supporting
members National training hubs:
(Universities, etc.) Supporting cities &regions
to implement EU policies
and initiatives in a
systematic way using IMS
(EU 2020, CoM, AC, RFSC, …)
Training, promotion, support
CLIENTS / BENEFICIARIES
City
City City
City City

6. National Training Hubs

7. The Role of the National Training Hubs
• Develop and maintain localised Capacity Development
Materials (web portal)
• Training workshops for local authorities
• Facilitate Peer reviews
• Promotion of EU policies and initiatives on local and
regional level
• Exchange of knowledge and training
materials/methods through the European Partnership

8. European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management
The mission:
mainstream integrated approach to build sustainable cities and regions.
MEMBERS
Supporting Capacity
members National training hubs: Development
(Universities, etc.) Supporting cities &regions Portal
to implement EU policies
and initiatives in a Practical tools and
systematic way using IMS contacts for trainers
(EU 2020, CoM, AC, RFSC, …) and cities to
implement EU
policies and
initiatives
Training, promotion, support
CLIENTS / BENEFICIARIES
City
City City
City City

9. www.localmanagement.eu

10. Capacity Development Portal
Existing materials will be gathered and
updated under one portal
Following the 5 Steps of the Integrated
Management System
Materials for
- Local Authorities
- Trainers
- Auditors
http://www.localmanagement.eu/index.php/champ:partnership

11. Partnership Administration
General Assembly • Highest decision making body
All members • Will function as a development
forum for the National Hubs
Advisory Executive Board • Will be formed by
Board Consists of 9 members representatives of the National
Training Hubs
• Legal representative of the
Secretariat Partnership
• Giving an outsider
expert opinion on • The leading operational organ
issues concerning of the Partnership.
the tasks of the
Partnership

12. Launch Event
European Partnership
at the Resilient Cities Conference, 4 June 2011

13. European Partnership
Meeting, 25/26 October 2011

14. Intensive Discussion
The role of the Training Hubs in relation the
European Partnership
The future of the European Partnership
Open issues

15. Open issues
Expansion of the Capacity Development Portal
Finalisation of the Partnership statute
Establishment of the Secretariat
Development of an action plan for the next year
Project development and cooperation possibilities
Partnership meetings

16. Actual Development
3 Working groups
- Partnership Governance
- Project Development
- Marketing & Communication
Partnership meeting planned for spring
2012

17. "Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success. “ H.Ford

18. Interested to join
Open process for interested organisations!
New perspectives and ideas welcome!
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19. Thank you for your attention!