20% Club First Meeting in Yokohama 2000
Steps toward Our Sustainable Cities
October 26, 2000
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
Organized by 20% Club for Sustainable Cities
Sponsored by KANAGAWA Prefecture
Theme: How to Evaluate the Progress and its Process
Keywords: Local Agenda 21, numerical target, environmental indicator, disclosure system, information-sharing, partnership, capacity-building, community involvement, etc.
Programme
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Opening
- Mr. Takashi Hirano, Secretary General, 20% Club Secretariat
- Mr. Roahan Kumara Dissanayake, Mayor of Matale, Sri Lanka
- Mr. Yukio Shimada, Director, Environmental Planning Division, Environment
& Agriculture Department, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
< Session 1 > Setting Targets, Review & Evaluation
The plenary discussion focused our search for local management tools that empower communities to establish their own trends towards sustainability and to identify how best to measure progress toward their objectives. Case studies were presented by each of the municipalities.
Introduction
Building-partnership in each phase of policy planning, implementation,and review
Assistant Prof. Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Faculty of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University
Case 1. Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, JAPAN
Environmental Management System in Setagaya Ward - a Method of Environmental Impact Assessment
Mr. Satoshi TAKADA, Environment & Disasters Countermeasures Department,
Setagaya Ward
Case 2. Toyonaka City, Osaka, JAPAN
Setting Targets / Its Review in Environmental Basic Plan and Toyonaka Agenda 21
Mr. Kenji KAWASAKI, Assistant Manager, Environment Planning Divition,
Toyonaka City
Case 3. The Coalition of Local Government for Environmental Initiative (COLGEI), JAPAN
Environmental indicators, common target among the member municipalities
Mr.Takahiro NAKAGUCHI, Director of Research Institute for Local Initiative of Environemtal Policies (RILIEP), JAPAN
< Session 2 > New Tools and Approaches through Partnership-Building
We explored the wide variety of tools and methods being employed by local governments in their movement towards sustainability. With the presentation of the successful examples of member or non-member municipalities, participants examined particularly the importance of partnership-building for transformation in several areas such as waste management, water management, and etc.
Case 4 Minamata City, Kumamoto, JAPAN
Environmental Model City, Minamata - Waste reduction, recycle, eco tourism, and ISO performance
Mr. Yoichi SEKI, Environmental Section, Minamata City
Case 5 Kaisei Town, Kanagawa, JAPAN
Partnership-Building for Waste reduction
Mr.Toru ENDO, Kaisei Town
Case 6 Gold Coast City, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
The Water Pricing Strategies and the Waterwise Campaign/
Community Education and Consultation
Mr.Stephen NOONAN, Financial Coordinator, Quality & Performance,
Gold Coast City Council
Case 7 Pusan City, KOREA
Food Waste Management@/@Separate Collection and Composting
Dr. Ockyung HUR, the Institute for Policy Development, Pusan Metropolitan City
Case 8 Iida City, Nagano, JAPAN
ISO-related Initiative in the City Hall and the Community-Wide Initiative for ISO Certification
Mr. Toshiaki KOBAYASHI, Chief, ISO Campaign Section,
Waterworks and Environment Division, Iida City
< Session 3 > Future Direction of 20% Club
Report of Questionnaire for 20 % Club First Meeting in Yokohama 2000
UNU The City Inspiration Initiative - A Project Summary