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Making strategies happen –
motivation and tools for a local actor
Kajsa Rosqvist
City of Helsinki Environment Centre/ CITYWATER project
EU:n Itämeri-strategian kansallinen sidosryhmätilaisuus
Meren pelastaminen –teemaryhmä
5.6.2015 Turku
11.6.2015
WHY aren’t then all municipalities acting HUGE?
Challenges related to municipal water protection work
• Commitment – getting your message through
• Money
• Monitoring of own activies and impacts
• Lonely work – support, examples and tools
THE BALTIC SEA CHALLLENGE NETWORK
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…an activation tool and driving force for the Cities of Helsinki and Turku
to save the sea!
A network with a common vision
A clean, productive and shared Baltic Sea
Actions beyond minimum requirement
Local waters - Local actions – Local gains
SAMPLE OF ACTIONS IN HELSINKI AND TURKU
Two human resources for coordination of the networkWaste water management of ferries, cruisers, charter boats and leisure boatsHelsinki (2008) and Turku (2009) adopted Storm water wtrategiesTurku: Establishment of the Protection fund for the Archipelago SeaHelsinki: Donated professorship for Economics of Baltic Sea ProtectionMonitoring: State of the sea survey 2013 & 2014 by R/V Muikku
Cities as an example for farmers
Organic farming
Wetlands & buffers zones
Direct sowing
Plant cover on arable lands during winter
Agricultural land rental contracts - requirements on water protection
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TO MEET THE CHALLENGES IN WATER PROTECTION
The Baltic Sea Challenge provides
A framework and common goals to getpolitical and internal cross-sectoralcommitment in the cities
A network for support and motivation frompeers, sharing of work, visibility, best practices
Support for an action plan for yourorganisation enabeling monitoring of ownactivites, reallocation of resources and newresources
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At least one international event annuallyGood examples, e.g. Bank of actionsCommunication materials, e.g. Newsletter
2. Why should a local actor
invest in water protection?
What are the impacts, costs
and benefits of actions.
Providing financial and
ecological arguments for
water protection.
1. Realization of natural storm water management solutions:experiences on municipal decision-making and
implementation
A shift in thinking – from a problem to a resource,
letting the water be present instead of leading it away
Aims with the CITYWATER storm water solutions:
• water quality improvement and retention
• a natural, cost-effective and safe solution suiting the landscape
• pilot value: testing a best practice in an urban environment
Experiences -> tools for municipal water protection
In support for cities experiences and recommendations from the process will be collected
• City internal work - > form a cross-sectoral working group for support and commitment
• Consider (especially from project duration perspective)– Land ownership– City planning processes– Permits, statements and approval– Environmental impacts
• Budget – resource allocation (project/ investment programs)• What should be done when: Project phases (preface, planning,
construction) • Etc.
2. Cost-benefit analysis –arguments for water protection
• Water protection costs – But how much? And how big are the nutrient reductions? What can municipalities gain and how to take all benefits into account?
• Provides information to support decision-making in order to allocate resources efficiently
• All relevant impacts of the entire span of the measure or policy are taken into account
• Impacts are given monetary values, discounted to present values and summed up together
• The result of the CBA is the net present value (NPV): is the project socially worthwhile and is there a potential of increment in social welfare
Potential positive and
negative impacts of natural storm
management
Planning and construction
costs
Maintenance costs
Improved state of water systems: reduced solid
matter and nutrients causing
eutrophication
Traditional cost-efficiency- cheapest measure to achieve one target
Potential positive and
negative impacts of natural storm
management
Planning and construction
costs
Maintenance costs
Opportunity cost of required
land
Avoided flood damages
Avoided overflow floods
Avoided health risks
Avoided problems in
pump stations and wastewater
treatment plants
Avoided construction
and maintenance of
storm water dwells and pipes
Reduced transportation
of snowRecreational benefits for
citizens
Improved air quality
Reduced erosion
Improved state of water systems:
reduced solid matter and nutrients causing
eutrophication
Improved state of ecosystems
due to reduced harmful
substances and trash
Increased biodiversity
Increased biodiversity
CBA – a tool for identifying all impacts (especially overlooked benefits)
Five case studies from Baltic Sea Challenge network
Source: Google Maps (modified)
Pori
Turku
Lahti
Helsinki
Liepaja
Pictures by:
Suomen Ilmakuva Oy & Pori Water (Pori)
Eliisa Punttila (Turku)
Vilmars Bogovics, Liepaja Water (Liepaja)
Eila Palojärvi; City of Lahti (Lahti)
Mikael Kaplar / Studio POiNT (Helsinki)
Main steps of the CBA1. Specify the measures to be studied
2. Decide whose benefits and costs count
3. Identify all impacts, positive and negative
4. Predict the impacts quantitatively over the life of the project
5. Monetize all impacts
6. Discount benefits and costs to obtain present values
7. Compute the net present value for each measure
8. Perform sensitivity analysis to determine the uncertainty
9. Make a recommendation for municipalities
Recommendations -> tools for municipal water protection
1. Find the entire study report on www.citywater.fi
2. Implement different kinds of water protection measures and, when possible, prefer measures having connection to other fields of environmental protection
3. Put more effort in water protection research and data compilation (monitoring)
4. Use the cost-benefit analysis as a tool in water protection, if not in detail for smaller measures at least as a way of thinking in order to identify all impacts (especially benefits)
3. Environmental communication: Awarenss raising and strategical communication
• Survey among citizens in the Baltic countries
– Representative survey among 1500 persons (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
• Survey of local municipalities
– Web-based survey among the coastal municipalities of Estonia (26), Latvia (10), Lithuania (4) and Finland (32)
Communication strategy for municipalities
In conclusion so far -> strategical communication as a tool
for municipal water protectionCitizens• Interest is high but readiness to participate is moderate• Awareness not detailed, lack of knowledge on how to contribute• Local municipality an important actor for citizen
Muinicipalities• Responsibility felt for encouraging activity• Responsibility felt for raising awareness and engaging citizens• Lack of experience on communication even if the pollution risk
related to citizens are perceived as important
Role of communication -> empower citizen? Communication survey as a tool (ready in September 2015)
In conclusion on meeting challenges…
Found in August 2015 on www.citywater.fi
• Commitment & convincing: Find something concrete for politicians to commit to -a framework and common goals, city internal cross-sectoral working groups, cost-benefit analyses for arguments and impact
• Money: Find a framework to allocate resources in, project funding, relate work to city strategies
• Monitoring: An own action plan? Incorporated in projects? Thesis work?
• Lonely work: Join a network for support form peers -motivation, examples, tools
…so never stop communicating, networking, spreading and learning!
The CITYWATER project www.citywater.fiThe Baltic Sea Challenge www.balticseachallenge.net/The Baltic Sea Challenge in Facebook www.facebook.com/TheBalticSeaChallenge
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