Sustainable Development

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Sustainable Development

• The politics, the strategy and possibilities for
  implementation in national politics.
• Morten Nordlie, Head of Cultural and
  Environmental Affairs The municipality of Oslo,
  district Sagene

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Some facts District Sagene

• 13,7 increase in population the last 10 years.
• 1996 26 249
• 2006 30 414
• Between 4000 og 5000 new housing developments
  will lead to an estimated increase of the
  population between 8000 10000 within the next
  few years.
• Highest population density in Oslo in 2005, about
  9,6 persons pr. decare (square 1000 meters)
• No increase in park and recreational areas the
  last 10 years. In 1994 there was 44 persons pr.
  decare recreational areas. The coming 5-10 years
  it is expected 70 persons pr. decar due to
  housing development.

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The Scandinavian welfare state model

• Representative democracy,- with major
  responsibility for welfare production and local
  development.
• Sinking poll (election participation) sinking
  local interest?
• A model under pressure? wish for increased
  partipation and recruitment to political
  processes.

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A politically (locally) supported and desired
development

• The district council has been involved and
  supported the new initiatives and development
  projects
• The council wanted to win experiences with the
  development of its own role in relationship with
  new democratic processes. Keep ones hands off.
• A wish from the local politicians to get help and
  initiatives from the citizens, to change the
  development of our local community.

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Local democratic goals and challenges related to
the Sagene projects

• Arrange for long term democratic and local
  involvement.
• Give the local initiative economical framework
  conditions and administrative resources, so they
  can function as a participant and supplier of
  premises to complex, cross-sectortal and
  time-consuming changes and development processes.

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Organisational model
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Local demoractic objectives and challenges

• Realization of good and visible subprojects
  within a sector based sustainable development
• Wall art project
• Public park project
• Sagene 2020
• Arendal Street
• Drøbak Street 1
• open methods / open possibilites
• Things- Take Time. Smaller visible
  results.

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Volunteerism in transformationDistrict
Sagenes cooperation with volunteers and NGOs
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Three forms for support and cooperation with the
volunteer agencies

• Membership based agency
• Strengthen local participation and activity
• Basic funding. Allotted due to criteria
  concerning objectives and agency size. Ex. a
  fixed allottment to a youth sportsorganisation.
• Idealistic agency
• A desire for diversity and expansion within a
  certain service
• Ideal organisations are encouraged to assist
  public objectives or to create actiivity within
  areas in which only the volunteers are active.
• Non-commercial welfare production
• Civil society can contribute a more economical,
  better and more flexible service than many public
  services.
• Outsourcing to the ideal organizations
• Nursing homes, activity centers, community
  centers,etc.

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Local identity building and method testing

• Give power to local development processes to
  strengthened citizen satisfaction and positive
  local identity.
• It works ! We want and we can ! Concrete
  experiences that change is possible.
• Experiences that can be developed further to
  other sectors and common solutions in the
  community.
• Increased desire for participation and political
  interest.
• Town meetings, café dialogues, social-cultural
  gatherings, conferences, stands and models

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Volunteer Conference

• 50 representatives from a variety of
  organizations
• 8 from different politcal parties
• 10 from the district administration (all
  departments represented)

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Themes

• Volunteer activity
• Organizationss activities and their impact on
  the local community.
• Builders of democracy
• The organizations own organizing - schools for
  learning democratic process.
• Buliders of community
• Most organizations have the objective of doing
  something for others what are the most
  important needs in a community?
• Cooperation between the organizations and the
  municipal district
• What are the best ways to structure our
  cooperation?

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Holistic efforts for child and youth welfare

• Cooperation between Child and youth advisory
  council and Committee for sports activities.
• Broad based use of the recreational fields and
  facilities, Voldsløkka and Bjølsenhall.
• Citywide Plan for Urban Development of sports and
  recreation
• Social integration efforts within the
  neighborhood sports clubs.

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Strengthened framework conditions is a vital
factor for further developing of local communities

• Predictability and long-term commitment in the
  cooperation with the district
• Access to local meeting places, arenas and public
  hall/offices, and predictability in the use of
  these.
• Coordination and interconnection of activities
  for children and different visiting services.
• Activity calendar.

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Local change and challenges sustainable
development demands interdisiplinary
understanding and efforts.

• There are economic ristrictions for local
  interdisiplinary efforts.
• A need for long term perspectives for change.
• Improved competancy and increased knowledge about
  methods and techniques are necessary for good,
  lasting change.

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Two important conditions

• Strengthen the work with interdisiplinary
  policies within the national adminstration a
  thought for Norways new Minister for Government
  Administration and Reform?
• Resources at the local municipal level/ county to
  supprt local initiatives and their struggle /
  work within a very sectorized reality - partly
  in order to succeed with own initiatives and
  partly as an agent to influence public sector and
  sustainable development.

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Politics is the desire for change!

• Mobilization for a sustainable development
  Democracy building
• We need
• Longterm national and local strategy in order to
  realize change
• Concurring national and municiple resources
• Distribution av resources at the local level, for
  eksampel Volunteer centers
• Open policies for how to deal with conflicts of
  interest and methods to work for sustainable
  development.
• Stimulate for a diversity of volunteer agencies.