PRESUD

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PRE-SUD

• www.presud.org
• IDeA, Eurocities, UWE, Birmingham, Leipzig,
  Malmö, Newcastle, Nottingham, Tampere, Den Haag,
  Venice, Vienna

Jan Dictus
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PRE_SUD presentation

• What is PRE SUD ?
• Process
• Strengths, weaknesses

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PRE SUD what is pre sud?

• Life funded project (1.4 mill Euro)
• Three technical partners, nine cities
• Nov 2001 - Oct 2004
• OBJECTIVES
• Elaborate on the OECD Peer Review methodology
• Pilot a Peer Review tool in the partner cities
  over 3 years
• Implement action Plans to achieve improved
  Sustainable Development performance
• Demonstrate the utility of the Peer Review tool

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PRE_SUD pilot review

• Training of team members
• Data collection and study
• 4 day Pilot review
• Review manager and 5 officers from across the EU
• Interviews with Senior Officers, councillors,
  external agencies, etc
• Site visits
• Presentation of first results
• Report with recommendations
• Action plan for improvement
• Second review after 18 months

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PRE SUD corporate themes

• leadership
• democratic and community engagement
• performance management

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PRE SUD sustainable development themes

• Air
• Water
• Waste
• Natural Resources and Nature Conservation, Soil
• Integration of Environmental and Economic
  Policies
• Energy
• Transport
• Regional Co-operation
• Integration of Environmental and Social Policies
• Integration of Social and Economic Activities

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PRE SUD strengths

• Mixture of data and expert opinion
• Benchmarking is possible
• Peers are no threat
• External evaluation

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PRE SUD weaknesses

• Composition of review team
• Language and cultural differences
• Preparation time is difficult to find for
  practitioners
• Review time too short

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PRE SUD lessons

• Review team with more corporate and political
  weight
• Examine options for more effective communication
• More background information before the review
• Possibility of extending length of review to 5
  days

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PRE SUD

• www.presud.org
• IDeA, Eurocities, UWE, Birmingham, Leipzig,
  Malmo, Newcastle, Nottingham, Tampere, The Hague,
  Venice, Vienna