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  • Low-carbon cities
  • Smart cities
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  • strategic management of sustainability

Target setting and measuring sustainable development in municipalities

A total of 36 municipalities joined forces to work on the monitoring of sustainable development. As a result, recommendations were issued for promoting sustainable development in municipalities and for supporting municipal sustainability work at the national level.

Results

Summary of project results 

  • Besides the workshops and discussions, the municipalities received expert support for promoting sustainable development and the tool MayorsIndicators to be used for monitoring sustainability.
  • The situation with respect to sustainable development in the participating municipalities was analysed to support their sustainability work.

Implemented by

  • MSDI Oy

Picture: Teemu Kuusimurto

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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