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Citizen Council for Sustainability
Published on 02 January 2021
Spain
Cataluña
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About this good practice
Barcelona's network of allies for sustainability is currently made up of more than 1,500 entities, companies, professional associations, universities, schools, facilities and public institutions. All these organizations are represented in the Citizen Council for Sustainability (CCS) on a democratic basis.
The Citizen Council for Sustainability is consultative and participation city body acting in sustainability-related areas. It is a promoter of the Citizen Commitment for Sustainability 2012-2022 and provides a road map for moving towards creating more sustainable city.
The CCS represents different groups and sectors involved in achieving objectives of the Citizen Commitment to Sustainability and has become a promoter of new strategies for engagement, co-responsibility and participation of citizens' organizations.
The Citizen Council for Sustainability is consultative and participation city body acting in sustainability-related areas. It is a promoter of the Citizen Commitment for Sustainability 2012-2022 and provides a road map for moving towards creating more sustainable city.
The CCS represents different groups and sectors involved in achieving objectives of the Citizen Commitment to Sustainability and has become a promoter of new strategies for engagement, co-responsibility and participation of citizens' organizations.
Expert opinion
European citizens are increasingly reclaiming participatory spaces to create a better society: greener, more just and inclusive. Fora and structures building on Agenda 21 processes like the Citizen Council for Sustainability in Barcelona should gain ground across Europe to provide occasions for discussing and planning the transformations that we have to see happening in our cities if we want to reach carbon neutrality and live in a toxic-free urban environment. Citizens are the real motor of any meaningful change in this regard and policymakers should understand this. The good practice at hand is fully aligned with the overarching objectives of the European Green Deal and its replication into other European cities is highly recommended.
Resources needed
The direct costs are mainly human resources: One full-time person to coordinate and the team of the CCS Secretariat to work on advising, accompanying and supporting.
Evidence of success
It promoted the first Citizen Commitment to Sustainability - Barcelona's Agenda 21– a widely agreed document that defined principles, objectives and lines of action for the 2002-2012 period.This process led to the formulation of new, cross-cutting goals for the following 10 years from 2012 to 2022.
Development of the Barcelona Climate Plan on 2018.
On 2019, the Climate Emergency Committee was created, to produce the content of the Barcelona Climate Emergency Declaration.
Development of the Barcelona Climate Plan on 2018.
On 2019, the Climate Emergency Committee was created, to produce the content of the Barcelona Climate Emergency Declaration.
Potential for learning or transfer
Considering difficulties of public consultations in order to provide an efficient management of ecosystem services the CCS provides a highly dynamic and decisive transfer tool.
The methodology and procedure used to create the CCS are easily transferable to other interested city or administrative councils.
The methodology and procedure used to create the CCS are easily transferable to other interested city or administrative councils.
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Organisation
Barcelona City Council
Spain
Cataluña
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