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  • scaling up good practices

Levers for a sustainable city (VIPU)

Skaalauksen alalajit: 1 Vahvistaminen eli paikallinen lisäarvo, 2 levittäminen eli toimivuus toisaalla, 3 valtavirtaistaminen eli muutos rakenteiden kautta

The project developed an operating model to support the scaling of good practices in sustainable urban development.

Results

  • The project ‘Levers for a Sustainable City’ (VIPU) developed new methods for scaling and tested how the means that have proven good can be turned into concrete actions in the municipalities.
  • The project also produced a set of criteria for identifying a good practice for sustainable urban development:
    • A good practice must have an impact on more than one dimension of sustainable development. The solution must find demand in the municipalities, the outcomes must be such that they can be proven, and the needs of different stakeholders must be taken into account at the different stages of the process. In order to be truly put to practice, the solutions must also be carefully documented. 

In collaboration with

  • Demos Helsinki
  • FCG
  • Tyrsky-Konsultointi

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See also

Accelerating Sustainable Development - Agenda 2030 Handbook for Municipalities

A handbook was compiled on sustainability management in municipalities. The handbook supports the interpretation and utilisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in cross-sectoral sustainable development at the local level. 

Work on challenge bundles

The aim of the project is to identify and solve joint sustainability challenges of cities, towns and municipalities. The challenge bundles were ‘inclusion and sense of community’, ‘green areas nearby and health’, ‘station districts’, and ‘circular economy and joint use’.
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