Creating sustainable campuses and cities.

- How could or should participation and learning be developed between different actors and stakeholders?
Eddi Omrcen Environmental manager www.gu.se/miljo

Structure ofpresentation: 1)Some Challanges 2)About theUniversityofGothenburgandtheEMSimplementation 3)Participation,cooperation andlearning onnationalandlocal level 4)Some examples ofcentres andprojects 5)Conclusion

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SOME CHALLANGES!
We talk about sustainability but we focus primeraly on environmental issues. How can we work with sustainability?

We talk about internal cooperation but we focus on competition.

We talk about external cooperation but we dont know how. How can we create external cooperation?

How can we create internal cooperation?

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Facts
8 faculties 44 departments The Sahlgrenska Academy pharmacy, medicine, odontology and health care sciences The Faculty of Science The Faculty of Arts The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts The Faculty of Social Sciences School of Business, Economics and Law The Faculty of Education The IT Faculty

Gothenburg

37,000 students, 26,370 full-time students 134 educational programmes 2,127 courses

5,338 employees 385,800 square meters building area 500 million Euro total income/revenue

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CORE VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

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ORGANISATION

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Environmental management in Governmental Organizations

During 1997-2000 all Swedish Governmental organizations had to develop and implement an EMS University of Gothenburg began to implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) during 1998 and 1999 according to the recommendations given by the Swedish government, first in "Ecological sustainability" (1997) and "Integrating environmental issues in Governmental Organizations" (1996). In February 2000 the University Board decided that the objective for the university should be to recieve an ISO14001 certification. After six years of hard work the University in total finally achieved its ISO14001 certificate in January 2006, along with an EMAS registration.

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SD integration into mission

Whats in it for the University

- Supports the work of the teachers and researchers at the departments that do projects in sustainable development. - More money and support for sustainable development. - Good check on environmental law. - The Vice-Chancellor, the Deans and the Heads of Departments knows about the work with sustainable development and take part in a Environmental Audit every year. - The Diploma gives an added value to the work with the sustainable development.

The environmental objectives are divided into four strategically significant areas:
Objectives for the area Research and Postgraduate Education Objectives for the area Undergraduate Education Objectives for the area Collaboration with the Society Objectives for the area Internal Environmental Work: Impact on the climate: - Travel and Transport, - Energy use Consumption of resources: - Purchasing and Procurement, - Waste Management Use of Chemical Products Competence development/Staff Training

SD is now a strategic issue

Policy documents: - Strategic plan 2004-2006 - Vision and Objectives 2010 - New Strategy for Research and Education 2009-2012 - Faculty Commissions - Environmental Handbook

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Change in the Higher Education Act

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/7868/a/21540

5a was changed from 1 february 2006: In their activities, higher

education institutions shall promote sustainable development that ensures present and future generations a healthy and good environment, economic and social welfare and justice.

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Faculty commissions 2006-2008 Environment and Sustainable Development: - During 2006-2008 the faculties will make a plan for how to integrate sustainable development into their higher education and implement their plan.

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Regulation (2009:907) on environmental management in government departments

http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/20090907.htm (in Swedish) Valid from 2010-01-01

An authority shall, within the framework of its general mandate, have an environmental management system that integrates environmental considerations into the Agency's activities and in a systematic way take into account the activity of direct and indirect environmental impacts.

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A governmental initiated process (GIP) lead to locally initiated processes (LIP)

Today university environmental management gives support and guidelines to the government in order to improve the ways of implementing an environmental management system in further areas. In 2007 the University of Gothenburg got together with seven other universities a commission to set guidelines for improvement of reporting the work with environmental management back to the government. Hence, the knowledge and experiences of the implementing process at the universities are used when evaluating the whole process and opens for the universities to set the standards for coming issues (Swedish EPA, 2008)*. The University of Gothenburg was commissioned to review and update the guidelines Environmental management guide for government authorities (Swedish EPA, 2008)**. These guidelines are widely used by Swedish authorities when starting the implementing process.

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Implementation process of an environmental management system results in organisational learning (OL) and national learning (NL)

The learning within the organisation has been enhanced through the whole implementation process and the organisation has developed knowledge about the system at all levels that it is able to forward to others The University of Gothenburg has been asked to perform lectures about EMS for other authorities, including the Swedish EPA The University of Gothenburg has become a model in implementing an EMS and there are plenty of of other national and foreign universities that come visiting for bench-marking

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Monitor your results in an Environmental or Sustainability report. Gives you both quality and learning effects.

A report that shows how the EMS is structured, what targets we are working with and what results we have achieved. The environmental work becomes visible inside and outside the organisation. The management sees what it gets for the money. Its easier to get money for new projects. A way for the faculties and departments to show their results and unique actions. One can get external commissions in the environmental field. New: Making a report according to GRI, Global Reporting Initiative, level B and GRI checked, 2010
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Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV

Co-operation between University of Gothenburg & Chalmers University of Technology

TheCentreforEnvironmentandSustainability,GMV,inGteborg,Swedenisa networkorganisationatChalmersUniversityofTechnologyandUniversityof Gothenburg.Wepromoteresearchandeducationforsustainabledevelopment. GMVcreatesandencouragesresearchprojectsandmultidisciplinaryinitiatives. CooperationwiththebusinesscommunityinwesternSwedenaswellasthe provisionofinformationandeducationtothegeneralpublicare partofGMV's brief.Bothresearchandtrainingarefirmlyfoundedinexisting scientific disciplinesandmorethan500scientistsareinvolvedinGMV'sresearch network.Therearealsoover500externalpartnersinthenetwork.

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ABOUT GMV COOPERATION IS THE KEY!

Two universities working together for sustainable development In 2001 Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg started a co-operation platform for sustainable development and environmental research projects - the GMV Centre for Environment and Sustainability. GMV sprung out of the old environmental, co-operation organisation "the School of Environmental Science" started in the early nineties. GMV involves all faculties and departments at both universities as it is now widely realized that co-operation between different research areas is needed for universities seeking to contribute to sustainable development. The traditional end-of-pipe solutions to environmental problems are no longer sufficient in the face of global challenges such as climate change, food supply and increased energy demand. Multidisciplinary approach Natural scientists and social scientists, economists and engineers all have their role to play as society seeks to find sustainable solutions to such complex problems. Traditionally, however, it has been difficult to put interdisciplinary ideas into practice. Through the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, in Gteborg that initial threshold has been overcome. Research platform and scientific network GMV has succeeded in establishing a platform for interdisciplinary research projects and researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg. The GMV research network is the largest gathering of environmental scientists in Sweden comprising more than 500 members from all faculties at both universities and about 500 representatives from industry, local authorities and other environmental organisations.

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The network of researchers

Chalmers (Technology) Science

To create a research project

The Sahlgrenska Academy (Medicine+)

Applied and Fine Arts

External partner School of Business, Economics and Law Social Science

Education

Arts
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GMV AS COORDINATOR AND STIMULATOR GMV promotes research into sustainable development at all departments at both universities but does not pursue its own research. For researchers linked to the network, GMV offers a platform for projects that span several scientific disciplines and can also facilitate contact with industry and other researchers. GMV also promotes environmental research in the Gteborg region through special projects like GAME and by organising a number of activities directed at researchers, business representatives, politicians and the general public.

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Graduate schools GMV administer three graduate schools that deals with issues regarding sustainable development:
Climate and Mobility Climate & Mobility is a graduate school funded by University of Gothenburg. It is run by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, a co-operation organisation between University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. About twenty PhD-students are now participating in the graduate school. They represent five faculties at University of Gothenburg: Science, Social Science, Education, Art and Economics & Commercial Law. NMK PhD-students from the filed of Geology, Inorganic chemistry, Concrete Chemistry and Conservation get together in the graduate school. NMK is a cooperation between University of Gothenburg, Chalmers, the regional universitys of Dalarna and Gotland, the Knowledge Foundation (KKstiftelsen), local authorities and industries. Environment and Health The University of Gothenburg now launches a new graduate school to study the relationship between human health and the environment, from a number of different perspectives.

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Environment & Health - a multi-disciplinary graduate school

The University of Gothenburg have launched a new graduate school to study the relationship between human health and the environment, from a number of different perspectives. An initial 14 PhD-projects has been singled out to participate in the graduate school's first phase. An additional 10 projects will be initiated in the second phase, scheduled to start at the end of 2009. Thus, fully developed, the graduate school will comprise 24 PhD-projects, representing a variety of research departments at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, such as Medicine, Political Science, Philosophy, Chemistry, Work Science, Consumer Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Product and Production Development. The area of special interest for all projects in the graduate school is the overlap zone between the traditional environment and health research areas respectively. Both environmental and health perspectives are, directly or indirectly, to be considered in all projects. In this case we define the term "health" as the physical health and well being of humans, eg. disease and ability to function in society. The meaning of the term "environment" stretches from the classical definitions of environmental disturbances like air and water pollution, noise and radioactivity to other potentially health affecting phenomena, like life habits and psychosocial factors, primarily originating from societal organisation. The initial funding from University of Gothenburg is 20 million SEK. The graduate school is cofunded by Chalmers University of Technology and the Vstra Gtaland Region and co-ordinated by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (GMV).
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MISTRA URBAN FUTURES

www.mistraurbanfutures.se

Time frame Mistra Urban Futures:

Developing phase 2010-2011 Research, pilotprojects, implementation, 2x4 year, 2012-2019 Phase out of support from Mistra 2020-2021
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MISTRA URBAN FUTURES

About the centre The centres profile is defined by a number of concrete activities that have been selected to promote greater cooperation in the area of sustainable urban development. While contributing added value, these also offer something new in terms of both form and content. Making a difference is a primary criterion for selecting activities, as is offering a broadly-based operation generating new knowledge in new formats. Projects undertaken jointly by various partners form the centres core activity. The projects are designed to benefit from and contribute to the development of the centre. More than one partner is actively involved in each project since the aim is to generate knowhow at the interface between different fields of knowledge, and between the areas of research and practice. UF projects may also be associated, in part, with another organisation. International cooperation is developed by exchanging knowledge and experience between projects conducted on the various international platforms. Meeting places make UF a place to visit and revisit a place where stakeholders share their own knowledge and draw on that of others. Forms for meetings are structured to encourage inclusive dialogue with full freedom of expression. UF also develops cooperation by using existing meeting places for the public and special interest groups. Areas of knowledge are being established within the centre to gather knowledge within newlydefined fields. In future, the centre will be a source of new and pioneering knowledge for academic and practical applications. UFs international attractiveness is reinforced by a strong focus on these areas.
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MISTRA URBAN FUTURES

CONSORTIUM Chalmers University of Technology The Gteborg Region Association of Local Authorities City of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute The County Administrative Board of Vstra Gtaland Region Vstra Gtaland FINANCIAL AGENCIES Mistra (The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research) Sida (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS The Center for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures , University of Salford, Manchester UK Maseno University & Kisumu Action Team (KAT), Kisumo, Kenya College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), Tongji University , Shanghai, China African Center for Cities (ACC), University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Five major pilot projects starting in 2010 Mistra Urban Futures started operating on January 1, 2010. The organisation will make a real difference to the environment and the lives of people in the worlds cities. Within the framework of five major pilot projects that start in 2010, excellent, effective and relevant knowledge is developed in close collaboration between practitioners and researchers. The results will then serve as input for policy makers and citizens. The following five projects will start in 2010: 1. Multilevel Governance 2. Climate adapted urban structures 3. Urban empowerment: Cultures of participation and learning 4. Business-driven sustainable development 5. Urban games
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Five major pilot projects starting in 2010

1. Multilevel Governance The project aims to describe and analyse the effectiveness of collaboration both between different sectors and across multiple levels of governance regarding decision-support and policy development for sustainable urban development. Knowledge and experience from different types of collaborative processes between decision-makers and administrators in the Gothenburg area will be collected and evaluated by both practitioners and researchers. Examples of such processes include the Gothenburg Region Association of Local Authoritie's work with deliberative processes for sustainable growth, the process surrounding the public transport program (K2020), the vision of Western Gotaland "The god life" (the regional strategy for sustainable development), and the City of Gothenburg's work with the social dimension of sustainability (S2020).

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Five major pilot projects starting in 2010

2. Climate adapted urban structures The project focuses particularly on how different climate adaptation concepts - retreat, defence, attack - can be used in connection with urban development. It also examines potential economic, social and ecological consequences brought about by the various concepts. The project is limited to examining and evaluating the concepts of attack, defence and retreat in terms of gradual adaptation to future rises in sea level, as a result of climate change, in the Free Port area in Gothenburg, and possibly even northern Masthugget.

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Five major pilot projects starting in 2010

3. Urban empowerment: Cultures of participation and learning The project investigates how participation and learning can be developed with a focus on the north-eastern districts of Gothenburg. The project is linked to the City of Gothenburg 's Vision Angered" and the project S2020, as well as the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers' commitment to open a branch in Hammarkullen. The project's aim is to develop a culture of participation and learning relating directly to changes being planned in Hammarkullen. The project's specific focus is on residents' participation in this process. 4. Business-driven sustainable development The project focuses on entrepreneurship as a driving force for sustainable development and aims to, with a wide-ranging dialogue, systematize the knowledge and experience within the area. What obstacles and opportunities are considered universal? What would a model for evaluating and implementing business ideas for sustainable city development look like? 5. Urban games Common learning for sustainable development. This project focuses on the use of games and visualisation to understand the city as a complex system. The Centre of Visualization, City of Gothenburg and GRUL, which is GR's project on experience-based learning, are some of the participants in this project.
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CONCLUSION: SOME REALITIES!

We are working with sustainability!

We create and stimulate internal cooperation!

We create and stimulate external cooperation!

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MoreinformationabouttheworkforSustainableDevelopment atUniversityofGothenburgisavailableat: http://www.gu.se/miljo

Films about the sustainability work
The Sustainable University

The Sustainable Student

The Sustainable Laboratory

Sustainable Meetings

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