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Björn Grönholm, Head of Secretariat,

UBC Sustainable Cities Commission “We make it possible together!”. Björn Grönholm, Head of Secretariat,. UBC Commission on Sustainable Cities Based in Turku since 1997 International team of 10 professionals (for the moment )

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Björn Grönholm, Head of Secretariat,

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  1. UBC Sustainable Cities Commission “We make it possible together!” Björn Grönholm, Head of Secretariat,

  2. UBC Commission on Sustainable Cities Based in Turku since 1997 International team of 10 professionals (for the moment) Focusareas: Sustainability Management, Energy Management and Energy Efficiency, LocalClimateWork, Water management, Sustainable UrbanMobility and Sustainable MaritimePolicies

  3. Projects and staff June 2015 • Staff situation 1.3. 2015: (Pol, Ger, Ukr, Ita, Ned, Fin) • Grönholm Björn, Head of Secretariat • Kreutz-Hassinen Esther. Communication Coordinator.Project coordinator • Välimäki Jussi-Pekka, Financial manager • Aaltonen Stella Project manager • Ilola Agnieszka Project coordinator • Rusanen Maija Project coordinator (Ralph de Jong Project Coordinator) • Zinchuk Olena Project planner • Janne Rinne, Project planner • Elisa Bertieri, Assistant • Nicolina Grunér, Trainee • Running projects: • PRESTO Urban wastewater (final reporting stage) • Challenge SUMP /Europe • Civitas Dynamo Urban mobility • GreenCity Umeå Co-creation (final reporting stage) • Gulf of Finland Final reporting stage • Smart E-mobility Turku Smart Electromobility

  4. UBC Commission on Sustainable Cities • Co-chairs 2015 – 2017 • Dace Liepnice, City of Liepaja, Per-Arne Nilsson, City of Malmö, Risto Veivo, City of Turku • List of Advisory Board members / cities 2015 – 2017 • ESTONIA • Mr Andrus Jaadla City of Rakvere Theme: Smart City • FINLAND • Ms Saara Vauramo City of Lahti Theme: Climate Change • Mr Olli-Pekka Mäki City of Turku Theme: Biodiversity/Env. Protection • GERMANY • Ms RiekeMünchebergCity of Rostock Theme: Mobility (SUMP) • LATVIA • Ms SolvitaLurina City of Jelgava • LITHUANIA • Ms Indre Buteniene City of Klaipeda • POLAND • Ms DagmaraNagorka-Kmiezkiec City of Gdansk • SWEDEN • Mr Andreas Hedrén City of Växjö Theme: Water Management • Ms ÅsaAbrahamsson City of Malmö Theme: Circular economy • Ms/Mr tbc City of Örebro? Umeå? • DENMARK • Ms/Mr City of • NORWAY • Ms/Mr City of • RUSSIA • Ms/Mr City of • NOTE: UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting decided that the Advisory Board can add more members depending on • interest and needs of the UBC SCC work.

  5. UBC Sustainable Cities Commission budget 2015

  6. UBC Sustainable Cities Commission budget 2015

  7. UBC Sustainable Cities Commission Action Plan 2015 - 2016 • UBC Sustainable Cities Commission ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2016 • General situation • The UBC SCC is active in several large scale processes and different development projects, policy-, networking-, and capacity- • building activities prepared and supported by the UBC SCC secretariat in Turku. • New UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2015 – 2020 • UBC SCC will finalize the implementation of the current UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2010 – 2015 and has started the work • with planning the UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2015 – 2020. • EUSBSR implementation • The UBC SCC is strongly involved in the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The UBC SCC has received • flagship status for several projects and has been actively involved in several actions and flagship activities. • New EU Funding period 2014 – 2020 • Engagement of UBC member cities in international cross-border cooperation will be one of the main goals of the internal UBC SCC • activities. The UBC SCC will also put focus on engaging more cities in the operative activities. • Table 1: Running UBC SCC projects in 2015 and 2016 and Table 2: Project applications (decicions during autumn 2015) • Meeting and events • In 2015 the UBC SCC arranges the first Commission meeting back to back with the Urban Magma Conference in Malmö in 18 – 20 • March 2015. A second Commission meeting of the UBC SCC will take place in Turku 3 – 4 June in Turku. The UBC SCC will also be • present in the UBC Executive Board meeting in Dolina Charlotty Poland in 10 – 12 June 2015 and in the UBC General Conference in • Gdynia in October 2015. In 2016 the UBC SCC is planning to arrange two Commission meetings, preferable in the Baltic States, • Germany and Denmark. • EU Policy co-operation sustainable development and Global activity • In line with the working principles of the UBC, UBC SCC has also contributed strongly to Baltic Sea Regional and European policy co- • operation processes on cities’ regional governance and sustainable urban development. • UBC internal communication activities • As a general and ongoing task are the improvements of our communication activities. Please see http://www.ubc-sustainable.net/ • The first UBC Sustainability eBulletin was published in May 2015. • The UBC Good Practice Database has been an operative database of good practises in the BSR. • A UBC Sustainability survey will be planned in 2015 and carried out in 2016. • Björn Grönholm, Head of Secretariat, UBC – Sustainable Cities Commission

  8. Proposal for the “UBC Commission on Sustainable Cities ” structure / roles / activities • …including “old” Energy-, Environment-, Transport Commissions • Co-chairs and advisory board 2015 - 2017 • Running / hosting a Secretariat (Responsible: UBC Sustainable Cities/ City of Turku) • Services: • Communication / Exchange of information (Responsible: The secretariat) • Web page, Updated email list, • Publications: Bulletin, newsletter, Social media etc. • Commission meetings and Video conference facility • Running projects (Responsible: The secretariat with respective cities & partners) • Coordination of projects in the name of UBC • Participation in projects in the name of UBC • Events (Responsible: The secretariat) • Arrangement of Conference or similar • Benchmarking (Responsible: The secretariat) • Arrange benchmarking events • Surveys and questionnaires • Training (Responsible: ? depending on the needs) • Arrangement of training, General training or tailor made • Consultation (Responsible: ? depending on the needs) • Arrangement of Consultation on request of UBC member cities or similar

  9. UBC Sustainable Cities Commission activities… • Meetings and workshops • Coordination of Projects • Publications, Bulletins, testing communication technology • Joint UBC Environmental Bulletin • Social media (Facebook, twitter, Adobe Connect Pro, Skype etc). • Policy activities • Sector related statements, EUSBSR, EU and National • Surveys Good Practise Databases • 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013www.ubcwheel.eu • Management of development projects

  10. UBC: PolicyLiaison & Coordination • HELCOM observer • CBSS Expertgroup on SustainableDevelopment • EuropeanSustainbleCities & Towns Conferencemember of preparationcommittee • ELTIS+ consortiumsupporter • EU Strategy for the BalticSeaRegioncommenting and involved in implementation • Flagship status PA1 PURE and PRESTO, PA4 BSR Innoship • Coordinationinvolvement PA 5, PA 8.4 • HAL / Turku processinvolvement • Communication with DG RegionalPolicy, DG Env, EU Interact • Communication with Funding Programmes • CoR Outlook paperEU Budget - IntegratingClimateChange for GREEN, SMART and INCLUSIVE GROWTH via the Committe of the Regions, DG RegionalPolicy etc.

  11. UBC EnvComprojects • ClimateChange(UBC Resolution,General Conference Pärnu 2007) • - CHAMP; Integrated Management Systems for ClimateChange • - BaltCica;Impact, costs, scenarios on adaptation • - GreenCitizens; Sustainable transport and logistics in Umeå • - Net-Com;Support to citiesinvolved in Covenant of Mayors • - Nordlead; Study and evaluation of successfactors in climatework • Maritimepolicies and development (based on UBC policystatements and memorandum) • - Innoship: Sustainableports • - Smartcomp(Central Baltic) Smart and sustainable innovations in Maritime industry • - SNOOP; Evaluation and measuring air emissions from ships • Urban wastewaters (based on UBC city proposals) • - PURE; wastewatertreatment, sludge, Successfulinvestments in Belarus • - PRESTO; wastewatertreatment, sludge, investments in Belarus • - WaterCluster (BSR Programme) • Finnish-Russian cooperation (based on successful cooperation and contacts) • - NEAT+; awareness raising in St Petersburg • - BSNA; awareness raising, videos and films, mobile applications and games for youth etc • - Gulf of Finland year 2014 preparations • Sustainable Urban Transport (based on UBC city requests) • - Eltis+, Sustainable and efficient transport • - Quest, Sustainable transport and good practises • - Rulla, Transport and mobility planning • - CivitasDynamo Sustainable transport systems in Europe • - New Bridges, rural urban interaction, quality of life, regional development • - Challenge (IEE Programme) • BalticUrban Forum for SmartCities

  12. Results & acheivements 2010 - 2015 • UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2010 – 2015. Part of UBC Strategy, • includeall UBC Commissions, coordinatedby UBC EnvCom • Projects • Appr 25 largeprojects 51,3 m € total / 5,3 m € budget (UBC EnvCom) • (Now 7 applicationsunderprogress) • ...includingapproximately 40 UBC membercities • Flagship statusPA1 PURE and PRESTO, PA4 BSR Innoship • MeetingsLargescaleconference 2011 and 7 commissionmeetings • Survey 1 in 2012 - 2013 • Publications8 EnvironmentalBulletins • - Publications both in paper and electronicalversion • - 2 Reneved web page, Good Practice database, Use of social media • Testing New media and workingmethods • - Different types of communications • - Broad participation in meetings • - Good testing of new technologies for efficient meeting management • Partner status Welldefinedreputation&wantedcooperationpartner in BSR • Highsuccess with projectapplications • Broad involvement of UBC member cities. New citiesinvolved in acitivites • High number of requests for joining projects/conferences • Broad participation in BSR projects, activities and EuropeanPolicymaking • - Good cooperation with other UBC Commissions • - Broad international staff in office

  13. Futuresteps • UBC Sustainability Action Programme • 2016 - 2021

  14. Project applications and preparation OngoingprojectapplicationsNameStrat. focusFunding WATER MANAGEMENT Urban flooding, hazardous subst. CLIMURBAN Urbanwater management BSR VB Improvedurbanwastewater IWAMA BSR/Watercleantech BSR VB. Improvedcapacity in WWTP WATERNETS BSR/Watercleantech BSR VB. Stormwater management iWatersStormwater management Central Baltic Prog. URBAN MOBILITY Turku CivitasCIVITASEccentricUrbanmobilityHorizon/Civitas Smartelectronicmobility ÄSL Eföli, E-bus TEKES Efficienturbanmobility in BSR Urbanmulti-modal UBC UrbanMobility BSR VB SMART URBAN PLANNING/ ENERGY EFFIENCY RebuildingbrownfieldareasBaltic UrbanLabBrownfield Central Baltic Prog. Lighthouse Project ”Smart City“ SmartCities&Communities Energy effiency Horizon Smart Cities Climatestreet/district Skanssi Climatedistrict Skanssi Skanssiarea 6-aika Resource efficientcities Resource efficiency SITRA CirculareconomyCircularEconomyBSR/CirculareconomySwedish Institute Advanced UrbanMobilityPlans Europe Sump – UpUrbanMobilityHorizon2020

  15. Project applications and preparation Involved UBC cities; Aarhus, Guldborgssund, Gdansk, Gävle, Helsinki, Jurmala, Jelgava, Kaliningrad, Kalmar, Kaunas, Kohtlajärve, Lahti, Lubeck, Malmö, Naestved, Pori, Riga, Rostock, Szczecin, Söderhamn, Tallinn, Tartu, Turku, Vilnius 24 UBC cities for the moment directly involved in project applications Other cities: Aachen, Berlin, Birmingham, Brasov, Brest, Copenhagen, Daugavpils, Grevesmuhlen, Hamburg, Ile de France, Krakow, Madrid, Munchen, Norrköping, Potsdam, Ruse, Sant Cugat, San Sebastian, Sofia, Stockholm, Thessaloniki, Torino, Turi, Västervik, Västerås 25 other cities Per 10 June 2015 Total budget for applications: 82.834.985 € UBC Sustainable Cities Commission own budget for 3 – 5 years: 3.676.241 €

  16. Planning process for the New Programme Introduction to the process in Örebro 20 May 2014 Workshop I in Riga 17 September 2014 Presentation to UBC Presidium February / March 2015 Workshop II in Malmö April 2015 Workshop III Turku June 2015 Finalization 11 – 12 June 2015 and presentation/ decision by UBC Executive Board UBC General Conference in October 2015 in Gdynia • UBC Sustainability Action Programme • 2016 - 2021

  17. UBC Sustainability Action Programme • 2016 - 2021 • UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2016-2021 • Stairway towards Sustainable Baltic Cities • The UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2016-2021 is the guiding document for the whole • network of the UBC, contributing to the development of a smart and sustainable Baltic Sea • Region. The programme gives a strategic direction to which topics we work with towards our • vision for the UBC cities in the future. Creating a smart and sustainable Baltic Sea Region is a • common and cross-sector effort. • The UBC Sustainability Action programme 2016-2021 – Stairway towards Sustainable Baltic • Cities will be adopted by the XIII UBC General Conference in October 2015 in Gdynia, Poland. • Our vision for Sustainable UBC cities until 2020 and beyond • “UBC cities will be climate-smart, providing a good ground for green economy to grow, while • being resource-efficient and sustainable in all their activities as well as protecting the • environment and waterbodies in the Baltic Sea Region. They will continue to be globally known • as forerunners to create a high quality living environment for their inhabitants.”

  18. Green Urban economies • A leader in green urban economy is a city that provides favourable, green and efficient infrastructure and a suitable place for • Green and clean tech businesses. The city integrates sustainability aspects in all its own business activities, incl. e.g. green • Procurement and energy efficient buildings. This results in a higher quality of life for inhabitants, incl. job creation, welfare and a • clean living environment. • The Green and Clean Tech Business is one of the fastest growing business sectors globally. The “Green sector” is already a • big employer within several sub sectors like waste and water management, air emission monitoring and energy efficiency, port • management and maritime industry. Municipalities and cities have an important role in fulfilling the EU 2020 targets and have a • clear role for enabling green growth. Cities can strengthen sustainable growth through a range of policy instruments like • pricing, urban planning, regulations, public procurement and information, but as important are strong institutional fundamentals • including city leadership, effective governance and Private Public Partnerships. • Connected to growth, the concept of circular economy becomes more and more important: waste needs to be looked at as a • resource and all resources need to be managed more efficiently through their whole lifecycle. More resource efficiency, better • eco-design, waste prevention and reuse processes will bring savings to businesses (and cities), reduce greenhouse gas • emissions and also bring new growth and job opportunities. • Also the concepts of industrial symbiosis and share economy are more and more important for cities to get acquainted with • and to integrate into their plans and activities. Through encouraging the recycling of recourses between businesses and • promoting an increased collaboration and sharing of services and goods, cities will move closer to achieving their goal of being • smart and sustainable. • Our goal: • To make the UBC cities global green economy leaders which provides good opportunities for innovative green and clean tech • businesses and enable resource efficient economic activities. • To support UBC cities on the way to a circular economy • To make UBC cities sustainable in their own economic activities.

  19. Climate-smart Baltic Cities • Climate-smart leaders are cities that take climate change aspects into consideration in their entire decision making e.g. in • urban planning, mobility planning, energy related actions (efficiency, production), buildings etc. • UBC Cities want to take the leadership in becoming climate-smart, decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions and using • renewable energy sources efficiently. • UBC cities are key actors when it comes to combat climate change in the region. They are the actors to implement smart • climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and integrate them into their everyday actions. The change in the global • climate brings many new challenges for the local level and cities need to strive towards creating attractive, livable • environments for their citizens. Investing in local energy production brings the potential of energy independence as well as • new business opportunities in the city and the region. • Many UBC Cities are already forerunners in climate work, having set ambitious goals for cutting greenhouse gases and • becoming CO2 neutral cities between 2040 and 2050. Our intention is to support our cities to achieve their goals. • UBC is a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors and has established a Baltic Sea Region Covenant Club. • Our goal • To make the UBC cities climate change leaders in Europe and globally, to initiate and implement climate smart urban • development (incl. climate smart-sustainable districts, mobility models, energy efficient transport – building-planning)

  20. Sustainable Urban Ecosystems and Natural Resources • Attractive and prosperous UBC cities have clean and safe environments and they use all resources efficiently. Nature has a • valuable role for inhabitants and the general attractiveness of urban areas. Every city needs to have well-functioning green • areas and a sound environment. We strive for better urban planning that will be based on the Integrated Management • approach, planning parks, urban forests and recreational areas both to increase the well-being for the inhabitants and to • increase biodiversity in the urban area. Especially the integrated urban planning of urban brownfields is an essential issue • for UBC cities that are constantly growing and becoming denser. This topic also connects to the challenge of decreasing • hazardous substances, both in soil and in water bodies. • Our goal • To make UBC cities leaders in resource efficiency, sustainable urban planning and biodiversity • To have UBC cities that are ton toxic and have a rich biodiversity

  21. Baltic Sea and its catchment area • The Baltic Sea is a connecting element for all of us, the core of the region. At the same time the sea is one of the most polluted • water bodies of the world and a very vulnerable ecosystem. The Baltic Sea has a multifunctional role for the whole region; a • transport route, a source for fish and seafood, leisure and wellbeing, tourism and also a source for water. Many UBC member • cities are located close to the shore or are otherwise closely connected to the sea and its inland water bodies. • Due to alarming state of the Baltic Sea, improved water management has become an important goal for the countries around • the Baltic Sea. Smart planning in water issues in cities will help inhabitants and businesses to enjoy clear waters. Many UBC • cities are forerunners and have taken the leadership in protection of the regional waters and the Baltic Sea by implementing • voluntary actions for example in treatment of municipal wastewater. Leader cities will see the potential of the concept “from • waste to recourse” when dealing with for example sludge and manure. Integrated water management can be one the solution • for the challenges caused by climate change. In addition, it helps to battle the water pollution. Integrated Storm Water • management and Coastal area management are main topics for many of the UBC member cities close water areas. • Blue growth is a key area of interest for the Baltic Sea region much due to the above mentioned reasons. Many UBC cities have • big ports and are specialized in high quality shipbuilding. • Our goal • To make UBC cities leaders in integrated water management • To improve the ecological state of the Baltic Sea

  22. How we work • This Sustainability Action programme will be implemented through • project development and implementation on relevant sustainability related topics together with member cities • support for UBC cities through training and capacity building with existing tools and methods • networking with you, the member cities through regular commission meetings and specific conferences and seminars • exchange of good practices and information on sustainability related issues through the network • representation of the UBC member cities in sustainability matters on e.g. the EU level

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