Implementing ecoBUDGET
in Asian Local Governments
Implementing ecoBUDGET
in Asian Local Governments
A co-operation project between Europe and Asia
eng. Raffaella Guêze
Municipality of Bologna
Environmental Quality Unit
Fifth European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns
• ecoBUDGET concept
• ecoBUDGET project in Asia
• ecoBUDGET experience in Bologna
CONTENTS
ecoBUDGET CONCEPT
The “environmental budget” adopting the same principles as a financial budget, provides a set of indicators and relative short term targets for the planning, monitoring and reporting of the consumption of natural resources within the municipal territory, as a result of sustainability-oriented policy
ecoBUDGET is an environmental management tool designed specifically for local authorities and first implemented by ICLEI in 1987.
ecoBUDGET experience in Bologna
THE CITY OF BOLOGNA - GENERAL INFORMATION
Capital of the Crucial railway and motorway junction Emilia-Romagna Region
Population: Strong presence of small and medium 373.592 inhabitants industry (Emilian model)
Land area: Biggest middle ages city center in Europe 140,846 Km2 (restricted traffic zone)
ecoBUDGET LIFE PROJECT
The adoption of the ecoBUDGET method in Bologna started in September 2001, thanks to the European ecoBUDGET project, funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme
The positive result of this experience led the municipality to adopt ecoBudget as a stable environmental budgeting system for the city
The project, co-ordinated by the city of Växjö (Sweden) under the ICLEI technical assistance, led to the ecoBUDGET implementation in different European cities (Greece, Italy, Sweden, UK)
In 2004, the LIFE project closed the first ecoBudget cycle
THE DOCUMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET
The Master Budget defines critical and priority resources, indicators, targets and actions plan to reach the target
The Budget Balance shows the achievements of the targets
The Set of context indicators refers about the trend of the selected indicators
HERE WE ARE
Ist ECOBUDGET CYCLE
L.I.T. APRIL 2002
MASTER BUDGET FEBRUARY
2003
BUDGET BALANCE MAY 2004
IInd ECOBUDGET CYCLE
MASTER BUDGET JULY 2006
BUDGET BALANCE ? APRIL 2007
MASTER BUDGET ‘07 ? JUNE 2007
?
December 2004 Ecobudget Asia started
• New Structural Plan
ON GOING
• UNICA project
• Social balance
• Context indicators
• Economic aspects
• Integration with SEA
• Aalborg Commitments
• Social sphere
ecoBUDGET Asia
Programme Asia-Urbs, Europe - Asia co-operation
Duration 36 months (December 2004 - December 2007)
Total cost 983.510 €
EU funding 733.060 €
Partners
» Bologna Municipality (Italy) - co-ordinator
» Guntur Municipal Corporation (India)
» Växjö Municipality (Sweden)
» Province of Bohol (Philippines)
ecoBUDGET ASIA
Transfer to the Asian partners the experiences gained by European
partners from the previous project ( Bologna- Italy and Vaxjo-Sweden)
MAIN GOALS
Activities:International workshops, field visites, seminars
Technical consultancy and distance learning courses
MUNICIPALITY OF GUNTUR
GUNTUR District
• Area 45,79 km
• population: 511.992 inhabitants• 270 km from Hyderabad, Guntur is the Head Quarters of the Guntur
district
• Guntur is a very Popular Commercial Centre. It is the Production, Marketing and Distributing centre of Agricultural produce like Chillies, Onions, Corriander, and also for tobaco
www.gunturcorporation.com
1st WORKSHOP IN BOLOGNAThe Mayor of Bologna with project delegations
Working sessions
Guntur delegation Bohol delegation Vaxjo delegation
THE GUNTUR ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER BUDGET
Res
ou
rces
(rel
ated
to
issu
es) Indicator Current value
Long-term target Short term targetvalue (March 2007) Source/justification
Monitoring of the quality(number of parametersmonitored)
1 (Only ResidualChlorine)
14 (with full fledgedlaboratory) by 2010
14 (with indicative figure)
The number of parameterschecked is instrumental to a bettercontrol and thus a better quality ofwater
Wat
er Q
ualit
y
Frequency of themonitoring(n. analysis per month,at each reservoir, on abasis of 30 samples perday)
2 (on 1 parameter)5 (on 14 parameters)
by 20102 (on 14 parameters)
To monitor the water morefrequently and regularly helps inidentifying the proper measures toimprove the quality
Monitoring of loss ofwater in the pipelines
Water supplythrough pipedNetwork covered:80% area; throughTankers 20% area,but water quantity isnot quantified
Address to Minimisethe losses to minimumfrom both piped andtanker supply by 2010
Quantity of water throughTankers is going to bequantified and the supplymonitored through aspecific software
The loss of water is a waste of thenatural resource ‘water’ andcauses severe financial losses tothe municipal corporation and tothe community
Wat
er q
uant
ity
Supply of potable water[Condition of thetargets: Liters percapita per day (LPCD)and supply of hours per7 days]
110 LPCD, no 24hour water supply
135 LPCD and theentire city will have 24hrs water supply by2015
120 LPCD and at least 4pilot areas of 24 hourwater supply
Guntur is currently below thenational standards for delivering ofwater quality.
City councillors
In autumn 2006, the Guntur’s city council approved the Environmental Master Budget
City councillors
FIELD VISITS IN GUNTURWaste treatment plant
1st Field visit (June 2005). Bologna municipal experts did some inspections in Guntur environmental management.
WASTE was considered the critical issue.
House-to-house separate wastecollection
2nd Field Visit (September 2006). The HERA enviromental Manager provided a useful Technical support on waste management system.
Sweepers
NEXT STEPS
• 4th Workshop in Växjö (April 2007)
• Asia Budget Balance ratification
• Final conference in India and Philippines
(Autumn 2007)
• Project Results
Citizenship participation is recommended
LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR
Define an Action plan identifying a person responsible for each action
Identify a technical person responsible for each indicator
Find a strong relationship between indicator results and action contributions
We can sustain the dream to create a poverty-free world!
(Muhammad Yunus - The Nobel Peace Prize 2006)
More info: www.ecobudget-asia.net [email protected]
Thank you!
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