Realising Dreams: -Studit Visit - Bologna - 15rd
February 2011
The ecoBUDGET experience in
the City of Bologna
Eng. Raffaella Guêze
Municipality
of Bologna
ecoBUDGET LIFE project
> Period: 3 years (Sep 2001 – Aug 2004)
> Tot Funds: 2,3 mil. €
> Participants : Växjö, Bologna, Ferrara,
Lewes, Heidelberg, Dresden,
Amaroussion, Kalithea, ARPA, ICLEI
Spending within
natural limits!
Creation of the Local Implementation Team (LIT)
ecoBUDGET in Bologna has been promoted by the Environmental Quality Unit,
creating an opportunity to develop a collaborative path amongst different local
realities and the local government, institutions and other organisations. During
the first phase, a Local Implementation Team (LIT) was established in order to
integrate the main areas of expertise within and beyond the municipal
administration, thus guaranteeing an intersectoral approach.
Members of the LIT:
 Local Project Co-ordinator
 Environment Unit (Energy,soil and
sub-soil, noise, green areas,
electromagnetic pollution, air quality,
water)
 Mobility Department
 Urban Planning Department
 Local Public Transport Enterprise
 Municipal Enterprise for Water,
Energy and Waste
The starting point of ecoBUDGET
Stable
Climate (3)
Quiet Environment
(1)
Soil Quality
(1)
SER
Availability of
material (1)
Green
Areas (1)
The resources involved in
ecoBudget mostly mirror the
environmental
components
shown in the 2nd State of the
Environment Report (SER) of
the Municipality of Bologna,
with more than 100 indicators.
Once the main resources
were identified, a set of
indicators
which
best
represented those resources
was selected (approximately
1-3 indicators per resource,
as shown in figure).
Air Quality
(3)
The choice of the environmental resources considered in the local budget
activity was thus the result of co-operation that took into account not only the
priorities of environmental specialists but also the city’s priorities
The Environmental Master Budget and the Budget Balance
The
Master
Budget
and
the
Budget Balance are approved by
the
City
Council
and,
incorporated in its entirety as
one of the administration's main
tasks.
The administration received the
mandate to implement ecoBUDGET
measures in the authority.
Targets and actions
• The choice of mid term targets has often been influenced by targets
specified by national or European legal standards (e.g. air quality, waste
management, etc.)
• The planning of actions is undertaken by specific sector plans like the
energy plan, the traffic plan, the territorial structural plan etc.
• Actions have been described in detail within the Master Budget
document indicating responsibility for each action. Only actions formally
approved and financed in the monetary budget have been taken into
account
The path of ecobudget
2001 – 2004 ecoBudget LIFE project
 February 2003 Ratification 1st Master Budget
 May 2004 Ratification 1st Balance Budget
June 2004 Municipal administrative election
December 2004 ecoBudget Asia
October 2005 second ecoBudget cycle started
June 2009 Municipal administrative election
 January 2010 Realing Dreams
Master Budget 2011- Budget Balance 2010
The new structure for ecoBudget
•2 drafts of law
National and regional working groups
•national guidelines for the environmental budget
more emphasis to the action to reach targets
•action in the MB
their realisation into the BB
•add set of indicators for the performance of the municipality
•new political mandate target
RACCOLTA DIFFERENZIATA
35
30
trend indicator
%
25
28,3
29,4
30,9
24,4
21,8
22,6
2001
2002
20
15
10
comprehention of phenomenos
5
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
Master Budget 2006
 Mandate targets have been defined
 Short term
according to the priorities indicated
defined
within political programme mandate
results of undertaken measures by
targets have been
according
Sectoral Plans
to
expected
Integration with other planning instruments
Aalborg Commitments
(general targets)
Specifical targets
eco BUDGET
SER
ValSAT
Knowledge framework
Structural Plan
TARGETS
Actions, Plans
and Programmes
Evaluation, verification,
and monitoring of targets
Integration between targets
and actions, plans and programmes
Social
balance
financial
budget
Success factors
 Good planning of administrative aspects
 Involve the political sphere from the beginning
 Clear definition of responsibilities
 Define interlinkages with other processes and instruments
 Encourage debates during the Committee of the City Council
 Dissemination of the project not just in the administration, but also in the
enterprises (viz. public transport company) and to the citizens through articles,
website information, e-mails and other written communications.
Lessons Learned
Persuade and encourage the involvement of other departments of the
Municipality
Use the Environmental Master Budget to give a structure and a frame to the
other environmental work
Use the data on the environment as a requirement to consult local citizens
regularly
Confusion in the terminology
Departmentalism
No technicians responsible for each indicator
No documented routines for reporting
Choose to many indicators and not just key ones
No documented plan of actions with corresponding responsibilities
Than you!