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Cities & Standards.

Cities & Standards. The Example of ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities. Breakfast-Meeting SETTING THE STANDARD: ENERGY MANAGEMENT for SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLANS. Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Europe. Overview. Starting points

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Cities & Standards.

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  1. Cities & Standards. The Example of ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities Breakfast-MeetingSETTING THE STANDARD: ENERGY MANAGEMENT for SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLANS Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Europe

  2. Overview Starting points A European Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities … About standards. ISO Technical Committee (TC) 268 – an overview Questions & answers In brief …

  3. A motivation to engage in standardisation

  4. Motivation toengage in standards • Growing awareness of the interconnectedness of urban development issues; • Increasing number (and confusion) of sustainabiity related commitments; • Obvious pressure to foster and mainstream sustainable development globally and through local action; • Political and factual emphasis on urban areas as part of the problem and part of the solution; • Relatively slow up-take of integrated sustainable development programmes in cities and towns in Europe and globally; • Lack of local capacities to implement sustainable urban development programmes; • Lack of clear mandates based on legal requirements; • Lack of commonly agreed (quality) criteria for sustainability management processes and support services • Growing number of initiatives to benchmarking and rating of cities based on indicators - including by the private sector – merely uncomparable and of diverting quality

  5. Urge to act • New, dynamic needs and action areas (adaptation; resilience; ‚smart‘, integrated Infrastructures); • inconsistent labels (smart city, resilient city, green city, blue city, healthy city) and instruments (metrics, indicators, management, planning) for local sustainability • Ongoing standardisation at international and European level (incl. already published standards) Innovation pressure • dynamic technology development • Increasing orientation towards ethics and impact of investments Insecure procedures • Overarching sustainability objectives on all levels (UN, EU, national) • Missing reference framework for sustainability management and indicators • Incoherent reporting between governmental levels

  6. Objectives Urban Transformation needs • Structural and procedural support • Leveraging by thematic and programmatic integration • Inclusiveness – in procedures and results LocalSustainabilityneeds • Localvaluesandobjectives • Coherence (multi-level governance) • Responsibility, reliability, bindingcharacter • Participation in implementation - Identification

  7. A European Reference Frameworkfor Sustainable Cities

  8. European SustainabilityFramework isgrowing(Main up-date) • Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (2017) • UN Urban Agenda (2016) • The Aalborg Commitments • (2004) • UN SDG (2015) • The EU Urban Agenda • (Amsterdam Pact, forthcoming • The EU Urban Thematic Strategy (2005) • EU Energy Union (2015) • The EU Sustainable • Development Strategy • (2006) • EU Green Infrastructure Strategy (2014) • Smart Cities Initiative (2014) • The Covenant of Mayors • (2008) • Mayors Adapt Initiative • (2014) • The EU Urban Reference Framework (2008) • EU Urban Mobility Package (2013) • The 7th Environmental Action Plan (2013) • Bristol, Leipzig, Marseille, Toledo • (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010) • EU Adaptation Strategy (2012) • The Territorial Agenda • (2008) • EU Biodiversity Strategy (2011) • The EU 2020 Strategy (2010)

  9. Complementary processes– or confusion?

  10. About standards

  11. A lifewithoutstandardwouldberatherdifficult … Source: Kim Christiansen, Denmark

  12. Sustainability in ISO standards– someexamples And specific : Anti-bribery Biofuels Business districts (IWA 2011) Ceramic tiles systems Cocoa Construction and construction products Cork Earth-moving machinery Events Information safety Nanotechnology Procurement Soil remediation Tourism Tractors ISO and CEN facilitatestandardization Horizontal All technical committees and working groups (shall) contributetosustainabledevelopment ISO 26000 Socialresponsibility ISO Guide 82 Guide for addressing sustainability in standards ISO/TC 268 Sustainabledevelopmentandresilienceofcommunities Management system Indicators Metrics Source: Kim Christiansen, Denmark

  13. Whatcan Standards support? Description – State of Technology (How) • Tecniques & Technologies • Procedures & Methods • Formal & informal Standards Comparability • Support todissemination („Mainstreaming‘) • Quality assuarance (e.g. forreference in procurementofconsultancyservicesortrainings) • ‚Peer topeer‘-approach forconfidence Orientation • Bridginginsecurities in implementation in caseoflacking legal requirements • Learning administration: reference, description, supportto ‚follow theexample‘ • Support in acting in uncertainty (newareasofworkandknowledge)

  14. ISO 371xx. A standard family for sustainable cities

  15. ISO 37101 – Managementsystem-Standard – Sustainable Development in Communities Aims Support of cities to become resilient, smart and sustainable; Cities and communities of any size, structure and type in developed and developing countries; Use in total or parts to improve sustainability performance; • But: communities that wish to get certified will need to comply with all requirements without exception in a coherent sustainability management system; Capacitizing cities and communities to establish local sustainability initiatives; Support sustainability purposes of a city or community and appropriate planning and management procedures for attainment.

  16. ISO 37101 – Purposes and Issues Cities and communities shall identify, weight and document relevant purposes and issues for achieving their sustainability targets 6 purposes: • Attractiveness • Preservationandimprovementofenvironment • Resilience • Responsibleresourceuse • SocialCohesion • Well-being 12 issues • Governance, empowerment and engagement; • Education and capacity building; • Innovation, creativity and research; • Health and care in the community; • Culture and community identity; • Living together, interdependence and mutuality; • Economy and sustainable production and consumption; • Living andworkingenvironment; • Safetyandsecurity; • Community infrastructures; • Mobility; • Biodiversityandecosystemservices

  17. ISO 37120 Overview ISO 37120 includes 100 indicators (46 core and 54 supporting), which are structured around the following 17 themes Economy Governance Telecommunications Education Health Transportation Energy Recreation Urban Planning Environment Safety Wastewater Finance Shelter Water & Sanitation Fire & Emergency Response Solid Waste @wccitydata

  18. Questions & Answers Who is addressed by standards? • All thatwouldengage in localsustainabilityplanningandmanagement, localgovernments in particular (formanagementprocedures, procurement). • Companies, investors, auditors Whatisthestateofprocess? • Somestandardsarepublished (ISO 37101, ISO 37120). Somepilotstoinformrevision. Who can engage? • All. Also citiesandtheirassociationsareinvitedtoparticipate in standardisationeitherdirectlyorthroughpublicconsultations. Who produces and publishes standards? • Working groupsbased on work item proposals. • Procedureinvolvesseveralstepsofcommenting at national and international level. • Publicationisdoneby ISO followingballotingprocedure.

  19. Questions & Answers Do cities need to follow ISO 371xx? • No. Cities mayusestandards, ifwished (Motto: ‚Learnfromothers ‘; ‚frompilottomainstream‘). Are standards mandatory? Or could they be? • Standards arevoluntary. • Theycouldgetmandatorythroughself-commitmentorcertification. Also, onceintroduced, procedurestendtobe durable. • References in legal textcouldgenerateobligation. A legal reference, however, wouldbelegallyandtechnicallyassessed. Then, obligationisgeneratedbylegislation, not bythestandarditself. Itcanbeassumedthat, then, thegovernmentwould like toseetheobligationestablished, anyways Is a benchmarking intended or established? • Not implicit. Itisintendedthatperformanceismeasuredagainstambition. However, thirdpartiesmightofferbenchmarking – aslongascitieswould like tovoluntaryparticipatetherein (eg. World Council on City Data).

  20. Questions & Answers Are cities obliged to use certain indicators? • No. Applicationisvoluntary, unlessparticipation in programmeof a thirdpartyisenvisaged (eg. WCCD) • The managementsystemaccordingto ISO 37101 supportsprioritizationbased on matrixwithsix ‚purposes‘ and 12 ‚issues‘. Monitoring ofperformancealongtheseprioritiesmayuse ISO 37120 indicators. Is ISO 37120 applicable in EU? • To a limited extend: certaindatamight not beabledelineatetothegiven administrative bordersofcities. • The revisedstandard 37120 mightbeabletosupportimplementationof UN SDG and RFSC. Is ISO 371xx ‚economy friendly‘? • Yes, but also not ‚hostile‘ topublicsector. Core aspectsinclude ‚foresight‘, ‚reliability‘, ‚monitoringandverification. • The 371xx familiycanbeusedasreferencedocumentforeducation, consultation, auditsaswellasitsupport a commonterminology.

  21. Questions & Answers • Localdebates will besupported, not replaced, through: • ISO 37101 aims at capacitizingcitiesandcommunitiestobettercoordinatetheparticipatorydevelopmentandimplementationof a localsustainabilityprogrammewithin a reliableprocedure. The standardsupports ‚goodgovernance‘ bydescribing a coherent, community-basedmanagementapproachincludingguidanceto ‚smartness‘ and ‚resilience‘. A practicalguidanceforcities on the ‚how‘ isunderdevelopment (ISO 37104). The ‚what‘ islefttolocaldecision-making. • ISO 37120 recommends a selectionofindicatorsforlocalreporting on life-quality. The selectionisvoluntaryandbased on localpriorities. • ISO 37150 provides a referenceframeworkfor ‚smart urban infrastructures‘ based on usecases. Will standards replace or influence local policy processes?

  22. In brief • Cities increasingly are considered ‘global players’ for sustainable development.. • Global policyprocessesforsustainabledevelopmentconsidercitiesasintegratedpartofpolicydevelopmentandimplementation.. • Reliable procedures and supporting instruments can help cities to implement cities’ commitments effectively and efficiently and prove performance. • Standards can serve cities as reference and quality assurance in their sustainability processes dienen.

  23. Thank you! holger.robrecht@iclei.org

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