Stakeholder Involvement Campaign

Working on the content alone is not enough - to succeed the local authorities have to initiate and increase the involvement of stakeholders in their work- not only the citizens, but also other departments, politicians, and special stakeholders for a certain topic have to be taken serious with their opinions and ideas.

Eight cities, four from Russia, three from Sweden and one from Finland have taken the challenge to introduce an integrated management system in their city administration with the help of increased stakeholder involvement. This is done in the MATRUSCHKA project, coordinated by UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat.

The cities have chosen a certain theme, varying from city planning and sustainable transport to implementation of the Aalborg commitments. At the same time they are paired with another city to exchange experiences and views through city visits.

To support the BSR cities with this new challenge the project consortium is working on a "Stakeholder Involvement Toolkit" which will be published on the Final Conference in March 2009. The toolkit will inspire local authorities to initiate, plan and conduct stakeholder involvement processes in their work and to become aware of the added value that involved stakeholders give to their work. The project will also provide a database filled with methods and good practices from cities in the Baltic Sea Region in different topics.

Are you interested? Want to be part of the creation of the Knowledge Management Database and let others know about good practices from your city? Take part in our Stakeholder Involvement Campaign!