The Reference Framework for European Sustainable Cities (RFSC) is an online toolkit designed to help cities promote and enhance their work on integrated sustainable urban development. It is available free of charge to all European local authorities and offers practical support in integrating sustainability principles into local policies and actions. Find out more at www.rfsc.eu. Click through this general presentation to find out about how to link two tools. Follow the concrete case of Agenda 21 and get the most out of it.

1. Check integrated approach &
develop monitoring system.develop monitoring system.
The case of Agenda 21
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2. Check Integrated Approach and Develop a Monitor
System (linked) ‘* V Agenda 21’
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3. Our city decided to check/improve our Local
Agenda 21. The Local Agenda 21 will be part of
the long term Development Strategy (15 years).
The motivation to use the RFSC is to check theThe motivation to use the RFSC is to check the
sustainability of existing documents, programs
and projects. The RFSC is thought to measure
the initial phase and end results of a strategy,
program or project

5. Comment field

6. Use of comments field
• Helps with selecting priorities and decide about impact
• Arguments for the score and judgement
• Stimulate exchange of arguments and communication with• Stimulate exchange of arguments and communication with
team members and stakeholders
• Source of evaluation, score and judgement (e.g.
Development Plan , page 56- 60)
• Reminder to look up things at a later stage
• Reminder to talk with chef, deputy mayor, mayor et cetera
about the objectives, priorities, commitment et cetera

8. Comment field:
- interpretation of results
- next steps
- etc.

9. Type of conclusions and further actions
• The main priorities of our concept Agenda 21 are focusing on
environmental priorities
• Also some economic objectives have a high priority (this is
due to our declining mining industry and the need to attractdue to our declining mining industry and the need to attract
and develop new economic activities
• Achieving sustainable urban development (key objective 20)
is also a high priority
• Check with staff members of other department the priorities
chosen
• Present the overview to the deputy major and ask if the
Agenda 21 should be improved for certain key objectives

11. “At this stage of development of the
updated Agenda 21 we are not expecting
a large impact on this objective of
sustainable and integrated urban development”sustainable and integrated urban development”
ideas about possible
synergies, conflicts
and trade-offs

13. Conclusion,
interpretation,
next steps

14. Type of conclusions and further actions
• The main priorities of our concept Agenda 21 are focusing on
environmental priorities
• Use the evaluation of our concept Agenda 21 to intensify the
cooperation and communication with the departments ofcooperation and communication with the departments of
Economics and Social Affairs.
• Discuss with the Director of the city possible improvements
in the domain of governance
• Advice the City Council and Mayor to strengthen some parts
of our concept plan and to imbed it better in our City
Development Strategy

16. Now build a monitor system linked
(voluntary choice) to your selected
priorities in the tool ‘check thepriorities in the tool ‘check the
integrated approach

17. Library with hundreds
of indicators
and/or add your
own indicators

18. Key
indicators
Secondary
indicators
Select the indicators for your
monitor system out of the library

23. Overview of
selected key
indicators

25. Comment field:
- conclusion
- actions
- next steps

26. Part of table produced to fill is with reference
values, actual values, target values