Innovating on Local Agenda 21

HOW TO INCORPORATE SUSTAINABILITYCRITERIA IN URBAN ALLOTMENTS

According to urban zoning, accessibility, terrain, availability services and acoustic and thermal comfort.

Has a site inventory been carried out?

• Dividing the land (size, layout, orientation). • Native plant species that foster the ecological connectivity with the environment. • Crops and rotations according to the type of soil and climate. • Location of additional amenities: changing rooms and toilets, storage.• Irrigation system. • Other facilities: recreation area, seedbed, composting zone, nursery tables for people with reduced mobility, etc.

Yes

No

Is conserving biodiversity compatible with growing

produce?

Promotion measures Connectivity by means of green corridors, organic

fertilizer, managing adventitious agents, etc.

Phase II B

No

No

• Sustainable Farming/Growing Manual. • Agro-ecosystemic health cards.

Udalsarea 21, Basque Network of Municipalities for Sustainability Basque Government Alameda Urquijo Nº36 - 6ª planta, 48011 - Bilbao

Tel. 94 423 07 43 • [email protected] • www.udalsarea21.net

This infograph refers to the project submitted by Santurtzi Local Council: the "Herribaratze Project". It is a feasibility study regarding the setting up and design of urban allotments in the Santurzi municipal district, along with adopting

sustainable agricultural practices to grow crops there, submitted in the call for projects in innovation in local sustainable development that the Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.

Phase IV. Exploitationand training

Phase II C. Assessment of

the suitability to grow produce

Phase II B. Assessing the risk for human

health

Phase II A. Assessing the biodiversity

Phase I. Pre-selecting

site

Is it sufficiently suitable for growing produce? Physical (depth, texture, compaction), chemical (pH,

nutrients) and biological (activity, abundance, biodiversity) analysis

After applying corrective measures

No need for corrective measures PHASE III

Phase III. Designing the

allotments

NOT SUITABLE No

AFTER APPLYING COMPATIBILIZATION MEASURES - Physical separation: creating shelters - Appropriate agro-ecological techniques - User awareness raising (information, courses, rules)- Etc.

NO NEED FOR COMPATIBILIZATION MEASURES

Does it have a relevant ecological

value?Presence of species, communities and/or

ecosystem of conservation interest in the BAC

Could the soil be altered?- Field visit: hazardous waste or remains of a past activity that may have potentially polluted the soil are identified.- History of the use of the site (using the Basque Government cartography or Google Earth): to identify whether any activity that may have potentially polluted the soil has taken place at the site.- The site is located near to routes with high/medium traffic density, industrial areas or factories. - Other evidence (municipal records, neighbours, etc.)

Are the VIE-B values for "Other Uses" land use exceeded?

(See Act 1/2005)

Phase II CPhase II C

Phase II B

No

No NOT SUITABLE Report to IHOBE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NOT SUITABLE

NOT SUITABLE

HOW TO EMBARK ON THE SUSTAINABLE REFURBISHMENT OF BUILDINGS IN A DISTRICT

Objetives

Phases

• Cut energy consumption in housing. • Foster the use of renewable energies. • Improve the quality of life and health in residential homes.

Environmental

• Pursuit of funding: (municipal, regional and state). • Generate economic activity. • Reappraisal of refurbished housing units. • Cut heating costs.

Economic

• Improve the living conditions: modernising the housing units, enlarging the surface area. • Improve accessibility to the buildings.

Social

Phase I.Analysing

& obtaining data

• Drafting typological and general plans.

• Statistical data: Eustat, Local Council.

• Energy review of the building envelope.

• Surveys conducted with: - Heads of home owner's associations. - Local residents.

Phase 3.Management and funding

• Enabling proposals to be incorporated: - ITE (Building Technical Inspection). - Studying possible subsidies. - Pursuit of funding. - Funding scenarios.

Phase 2.Improvement

proposals

• Full accessibility to buildings. - Installing lifts. - Eliminating architectural barriers.

• Improving energy efficiency in (insulation).

• Extending to improve living conditions.

• Redensification: adding an additional storey.

• Introducing urban modifications.

• Installing Renewable Energy sources.

This infograph refers to the Durango Local Council project (Bizkaia): "Study to define criteria for the sustainable refurbishment of the San Fausto neighbourhood", submitted in the call for projects in

innovation in local sustainable development that the Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.

Citizen participation

General plans

Significant data from 10% of the participation of the neighbourhood

Setting up an email �account to send in information, queries, suggestions, etc.

ITE and funding.



HOW TO PREPARE A MUNICIPAL BYELAW TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE REFURBISHING

Approach when preparing a byelaw regarding refurbishing residential buildings, and for housing units and commercial premises.

• Establishing a score for the refurbishing work depending on the type to be carried out. • Byelaw model collated by the technicians and validated by the municipal politicians. • Adding a specific document (annex) to the project documents that includes all the sustainability measures envisaged in the project. • Establishing mandatory minimum conditions. • Establishing eco-efficiency, environmental and sustainability parameters with which the refurbishing works have to comply.

Meetings with the working parties.

Establishing a scope of application of the refurbishing work to be carried out.

Establishing the main purpose of the byelaw.

Phase I. Approach

Phase II. Establishing the purpose

Phase III. Setting up the

scope of application

Phase IV. Working on the

content of the byelaw

Phase V. Gathering

contributions

Final drafting of the byelaw.

Approval by the relevant authority.

Phase VI. Final

document

Phase VII. Validation

This infograph refers to the Debegesa project: "Debabarrena Sustainable Refurbishing Byelaw, submitted in the call for projects in innovation in local sustainable development that the

Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.



HOW CAN THE QUALITY OF THE LOCAL AGENDA 21 PROCESS BE IMPROVED? LESSONS LEARNT

Objetives• Optimising the processes linked to the focus of the Local Agenda 21 in question. • Improving the quality results of the Local Agenda 21 in the medium‐long term. • Incorporating innovation aspects to the Local Agenda 21 process.

The system designed by Udalsarea 21 to measure the overall quality of the Local Agendas 21 operates by assessing 5 factors or focuses: Strategic focus, Mainstream

focus, Participatory focus, Operational focus and Sustainable focus.

OVERALL QUALITY: 5.5

UDALSAREA 21 average

Average overall quality and by focuses of the 47 �participant municipalities.

Source: Udalsarea 21

Strategic focus 5.6

Mainstream focus 5,5

Participatoryfocus 4,4

1086420

Operational focus

5,8

Sustainable focus

5,4

MethodologyIdentifying the specific and concrete areas to improve quality in the focus.

External and internal reflection to set up schemes

to achieve the objectives.

Defining a roadmapto get the schemes up and running.

Compilation of lessons learned from the process so

that they can be passed on to the US21 network.

Detecting curbs or difficulties to improve the quality

in those areas.

Detecting improvement goals or targets.

Phase I

Phase III

Phase IV

Phase V

Phase VI

Phase II

Lessons learnt Mainstream Focus Strategic focus

2Defining the policies and plans as the baseline to improve the organisation.

1 Improvement needs to be measured.

3The government team

as a lynchpin in the implementation.

4

5

6

7There is the ongoing challenge of incorporating the economic component of the Local Agenda 21.

8

Shared leadership as a condition for the sustainable development of the Local Agenda 21 in the medium-and long-term.

A flexible and stable coordinator and availability of resources are necessary instruments.

The assessment of public policies as an internal instrument to improve.

Decentralising the routing management and decision making.

This infograph refers to the following project: "Defining roadmaps to improve the quality of the Local Agenda 21 process for the Durango and Legazpi municipalities, in the mainstream and strategic focuses", submitted in the call for projects in

innovation in local sustainable development that the Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.



ECOLOGICAL PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SCATTERED POCKETS OF POPULATION

What does this

system involve?• Artificial or natural ponds or pools, that are shallow (0.2-1m) and with a slope less than 5%. • Installing a macrophyte plant filter (characteristic of wet zones) on the surface of the water by means of a mesh. • System suitable for: small populations (with under 2000 inhabitants) and which have and available land surface area of around 6.5 m2/inhabitant.

Phase I

• Preparing the site: cleaning the perimeter, fencing, preparing the disposal unit. • Planting macrophytes: 1) Installing the mesh. 2) Extracting solids. • Study of the suitability of the setting-site.

• Study of the characteristics of the population. • Study of the suitability of the setting-site.

• Monitoring the plant progress. • Improving the visual impact. • Analysis of the parameters of the effluent and monitoring for unpleasant smells.

Performance

DBO5: Biological Oxygen Demand); COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand; SS Solids in Suspension; P: Phosphorous; N: Nitrogen. *Source: Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, 2003

Reference DBO5 DQO SS P N (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

Zigoitia 85 305 164 55

Theoretical* 80-95 60-80 70-90 40-60 55-85 5-10 years

Approximate performance of the effluent (%)Sludge

Collection

Process Diagram

Roughing

Pre-treatment

Influent

Effluent

Slurry

*Recirculation

De-sanding and grease removal Sieving

FlushingPools

Pool Flushing

ObjetiveTo develop a methodology to

design and implement a wastewater treatment system in

treatment ponds using the floating macrophyte filter system

(FMF).

Designing

Phase IIImplemen-

tation

Phase IIIMonitoring and

Assessment

System Diagram

This infograph refers to the Zigoitia Water Consortium project: "Ecological with floating macrophyte plants in Etxabarri-Ibiña", submitted in the call for projects in innovation in local

sustainable development that the Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.



Effluent

Mesh

Reporting to society on the project status

in each phase

HOW TO GET A SUPRAMUNICIPAL PROCUREMENT SERVICE WITH SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA UP AND RUNNING

ObjetiveTo develop a methodology to create a sustainable procurement

service centralised among municipalities

Phase I. Analysis

Phase III. Operational and legal support

Phase VI. Piloting

Phase V. Implementation

Phase II. Cross-checking and validation

• Launching of first calls to tender.

• Setting up of an extranet.

• Analysis of governance and intentions.

• Economic, legal and technical, feasibility study.

• Changes to the internal regulatory system.

• Setting up of an extranet.

• Meetings with the people in charge of procurement procedures.

This inforgraph refers to the following Udaltalde 21 Nerbio Ibaizabal project: "Supramunicipal procurement with sustainability criteria purchasing centre in Nerbioi-Ibaizabal", submitted in the call for

projects in innovation in local sustainable development that the Udalsarea 21 network runs annually.



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