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Agenda 2030 in Asker Voluntary local review 2021 Content Opening Statement by mayor Lene Conradi ....................................4 Highlights........................................................................................5 Introduction ....................................................................................6 Methodology and process for implementing the SDGs ...................8 Incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals in local and regional frameworks ........................................................8 Institutional mechanisms for sustainable governance ....................... 11 Practical examples ........................................................................20 Sustainability pilots .........................................................................20 FutureBuilt, a collaboration for sustainable buildings and arenas .......20 Model projects in Asker ...................................................................20 Citizenship – evolving as a co-creation municipality ..........................24 Democratic innovation.....................................................................24 Arenas for co-creation and community work ....................................24 Policy and enabling environment ..................................................26 Engagement with the national government on SDG implementation ...26 Cooperation across municipalities and regions ................................26 Creating ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals and the VLR ........................................................................... 27 Leaving no one behind .....................................................................29 Structural issues ............................................................................ 30 Progress on Goals and targets .......................................................34 The U4SSC KPI Methodology ............................................................34 Key recommentations U4SSC KPI assessment .................................34 UNECE City profile - Asker ................................................................36 Means of implementation .............................................................38 Data harvesting and management ....................................................38 Centre for innovation and learning ....................................................38 Sustainable Asker – a programme to support implementation of the goals .............................................................38 Innovation projects .......................................................................... 41 Conclusion and next steps ............................................................44 Front page photo: Askers sustainability ambassadors at Norway Cup 2019 2 Asker kommune Agenda 2030 in Asker – Voluntary local review 2021 3 Opening Statement Highlights By Mayor Lene Conradi develop good solutions locally that also contribute Agenda 2030 commits us to achieve human well- Norwegian government. This will help overcome globally. The SDGs helped us to achieve that. If the being for all within the planetary boundaries. We need challenges in multi-level governance. We view this municipality is to succeed in translating the global to localize the Sustainable development goals and publication central to our further development, goals into local actions and practices, the SDGs must transform our operations accordingly. highlighting challenges and lessons learned, helping be integrated into all management, planning and to establish partnerships both locally and in the governance. The municipality of Asker has used the process of a global community. municipal merger to build the new municipality on We do this through our strategic planning processes, the SDGs. Our VLR process has been coordinated The model below is based on the Bold City Vision as part of the ordinary measurement and manage- with both the Voluntary subnational review submitted Framework1 and summarizes what we have achieved ment system and in the budget work. Asker is in the by The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional in Asker and our actions moving forward. process of developing its own set of statistics. We use Authorities (KS), and the VNR submitted by the national and international indicators where available, and try to make them locally relevant. In 2020, the three municipalities Hurum, Røyken Modell 1 Bold City Vision: and Asker were merged, forming a new and large Management is crucial in order to succeed in the Data - Policy - Action Standardization (Gathering data and gaining insights) municipality named Asker. In Asker municipality, sustainability work within our own organization. The Done To do we want to remain aware of our global responsibility SDGs both set the direction for municipal governan- √ KPI assessment by United for Smart Sustainable Cities • Better data management through SDG-taxonomy √ Received a UNECE City Profile, highlighting our main • Local indicators from more sources, like citizen science while working to achieve sustainable local communi- ce, as well as giving guidance as to how the individual SDG-related challenges • Regular KPI assessments to track progress ties. In order to do so, we utilized the UN Sustainable employee works in everyday life. Therefore, sustai- Development Goals (SDGs) as an overall and integral nable management and leadership development are framework when structuring and organizing the new part of the work of building a new municipality. Policy development municipality. Done To do √ Thorough methodology for localizing the SDGs • Increase broader inclusiveness in long- and short- term policy making The work with the SDGs has already inspired us to √ Municipal governance model built on the SDGs from municipal master plan to operations and budgets, making all political • Facilitating multiple helix participation in the Asker participated at the World Urban Forum 2020 work across political and professional divides. In proceedings take sustainability related issues into account development of thematic plans together with the Ministry of Local Government and addition, we see that the goals inspire our citizens, Modernization and the Ministry of foreign Affairs businesses and Non Governmental Organizations to share our work with implementing the SDGs and (NGOs). Innovation partnerships Organizational development Citizen engagement working with youth on that matter. The New York City Done Done Done Mayor’s Office invited me to produce a Voluntary We find that the SDGs give us many opportunities to √ Established a sustainability program to facili- √ Established a program for organizational √ Established local arenas to facilitate Local Review (VLR) to compile our understanding, tate partnerships with other societal actors, andleadership development with a citizenship, co-creation and partnership work together for the benefit of the Asker community like the business community and academic curriculum of sustainability, innovation for the SDGs methods and experiences working with localizing the – and in solidarity with the rest of the world. institutions and transformation √ Started a democratic innovation process √ Active role in establishing a national network √ Opened a Center for Innovation and Learning to support co-creation and real influence SDGs since 2016. of excellence for sustainable transformation on policy making I hope this will inspire continued efforts towards In this VLR, we have compiled an overview of what sustainable solutions, both locally and globally! To do To do To do • Broaden the base of partnerships across all • Participate in shaping and rolling out a • Strenghen possibilities for active citizen we have done so far to make the 17 SDGs relevant to sectors, focusing first on local SMEs and national program for sustainable leadership engagement through a location based our municipality, and how we will work to achieve the academic institutions central to us and organizational transformation approach to make sure no one is left behind • Adopt best practice projects from other • Seek out transformative projects that help • Increase and institutionalize the knowledge goals going forward. municipalities faster. “Steal with style” us take bigger leaps of development of sustainable development in all of the local community It was important for us, as politicians, to expand our perspective, steer in the right direction and Lene Conradi Project development Done To do √ FutureBuilt and Nordic Swan Ecolabelled buildings • Zero-emission construction sites √ FutureBike bicycle declaration • NADA – an innovative procurements project to document reduction of waste from construction sites √ Green loan financing • Regional center for Marine Pollution √ The Asker Youth Conference • Idea bank for sustainable daycare centers In Asker municipality, we want to remain aware of √ Night trek on the United Nations Day • Planning a shopping mall with only recycled or √ Local community hubs called “Citizen Square” second hand products our global responsibility while working to achieve √ OECD project “A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals sustainable local communities. 1 https://www.innoradar.eu/innovation/36657 4 Asker kommune Agenda 2030 in Asker – Voluntary local review 2021 5 Introduction Nesøya Holmen Asker sentrum Borgen Asker is a rural municipality2 located in the County of care. The municipality is home to 623 non-govern- Dikemark Vollen Viken, approximately 20 kilometres