Six points for guidance in developing Local Agenda 21

1. Managing and improving the local authority's own environmental performance

Corporate commitment

Staff training and awareness raising

Environmental management systems

Environmental budgeting

Policy integration across sectors

2. Integrating sustainable development aims into the local authority's policies and activities

Green housekeeping

Land use planning

Transport policies and programmes

Economic development

Tendering and purchase/provider splits

Housing services

Tourism and visitor strategies

Health strategies

Welfare, equal opportunities and poverty strategies

Explicitly 'environmental' services

3. Awareness raising and education

Support for environmental education

Awareness-raising events

Visits and talks

Support for voluntary groups

Publication of local information

Press releases

Initiatives to encourage behaviour change and practical action

4. Consulting and involving the general public

Public consultation processes

Forums

Focus groups

'Planning for real'

Parish Maps

Feedback mechanisms

5. Partnerships

Meetings, workshops and conferences

Working groups/advisory groups

Rounds Tables

Environment City Model

Partnership initiatives

Developing-world partnerships and support

6. Measuring monitoring and reporting on progress towards sustainability

Environmental monitoring

Local state of the environment reporting

Sustainability indicators

Targets

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Strategic environmental assessment

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