Local Evaluation 21 Report for City of Valjevo

The Local Evaluation 21 self-assessment of your municipality's local process and progress for sustainable development has been successfully completed. Please find the results below.

Section 1 - Bar Charts

The bar charts are a graphic display of your score in each of the 11 evaluation criteria: * Chart A: Your overall score - total and by criteria * Chart B: Comparison of your score with the average score of all cities in the same population range * Chart C: Comparison of your score with the average score of all cities of your country

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Chart A: Overall Score

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Total score Local Relevance Political commitment Resources The Local Action Plan for Sustainable Development Implementation Management Participation Partnership Awareness Raising + Training Stability Integrated Approach Progress

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Chart B: Comparison with average score of all cities in same population range

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Total score Local Relevance Political commitment Resources The Local Action Plan for Sustainable Development Implementation Management Participation Partnership Awareness Raising + Training Stability Integrated Approach Progress

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Chart C: Comparison with average score of all cities of your country

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Total score Local Relevance Political commitment Resources The Local Action Plan for Sustainable Development Implementation Management Participation Partnership Awareness Raising + Training Stability Integrated Approach Progress

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Section 2 - Detailed Feedback

Details on your results for the 11 evaluation criteria are presented in text format below. Each criterion is briefly described and feedback on the municipality's results is provided that is based on the local authority input. The stakeholder organisation input is represented by an aggregated stakeholder comment for each criterion (please remember: for reasons of confidentiality, a minimum number of 2 responses from stakeholder organisations are required in order to be featured).

i - Local Relevance
In a local process for sustainable development, awareness of local problems and circumstances is of great importance in preparing sustainable solutions. Your local assessment is detailed and participatory and should ensure that the outcome of the process is very relevant to the local situation. In addition, issues that are felt to have a high priority within your locality are being addressed in your local action plan.

ii - Political commitment
Commitment on a political level has been demonstrated as a key factor for success in driving forward local processes for sustainable development. There seems to be only weak political commitment to linking your local work to the broader international movement and recognised principles of sustainable development. It appears that your council backing is strong enough to ensure that the local process and plan for sustainable development are followed through. The high level of political responsibility assigned will ensure sustainable development remains high on your local agenda.

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iii - Resources
Different types of resources - human, material and financial - are essential for a broad and integrative process and successful implementation. Your local authority's resource level appears to ensure that your process for sustainable development can be successfully completed. Regarding implementation of policies and activities, your resource level appears to be sufficient and regularly provided. (ERROR: No report text found for: 'c3_3' with value: '0.88'. Please report. )

iv - The Local Action Plan for Sustainable Development

A general vision, detailed goals, and concrete measures outlined in a local action plan are essential as a reference point for implementation. These serve as a platform for initiatives for local sustainable development. With a local action plan that sets out long term objectives as well as short term actions your municipality seems to be in a good position to achieve its sustainable development objectives.

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v - Implementation Management
The existence of evaluation mechanisms, feedback cycles and indicators ensures that the implementation is managed efficiently and outcomes can be made visible. With a cyclical, detailed evaluation scheme in place, sustainable development will become increasingly part of your local authority's daily practice, and will ensure long-term benefits. Furthermore, as your stakeholder organisations are involved, you will have fostered a transparent implementation and evaluation process, contributing to the overall success of the local action plan for sustainable development.

vi - Participation
A successful participation strategy will offer a range of stakeholder organisations the possibility both to be involved and to engage in local actions. Therefore, standard and innovative participation mechanisms are essential. The broad participation you have achieved is a good basis for shared implementation and increased awareness throughout your municipality. You may need to increase the use of formal mechanisms to ensure that the effects of the local process for sustainable development are integrated into local policy-making. Your process may otherwise lose credibility vis-a-vis stakeholder organisations and the public.

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vii - Partnership
Partnerships are essential not only as informal links to other local actors but as formalised co-operation towards sustainable development. As partnerships help to define a common interest, they are mutually beneficial between actors, and assist in the implementation of activities. The effectiveness of your partnerships depends on the range of partners involved, the level of formal commitment, and the availability of resources.

viii - Awareness Raising + Training

Capacity to act on sustainable development issues requires a level of understanding and awareness which in turn requires good communication strategies and training. You provide training to a wide range of actors involved in the local process for sustainable development, using a wide range of methods, ensuring a good level of understanding of sustainable development issues. Your awareness-raising activities are very varied and utilised to a high extent. This will help to ensure that stakeholder organisations and citizens in the municipality have a good awareness of sustainable development issues and activities.

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ix - Stability
A long-term character is a basic premise of local sustainable development. Local processes need to be properly resourced and should reach a phase of implementation in order to be successful. A stable sustainable development process requires a long-term vision as well as visible short term impacts of the action plan. This has been partly achieved in your local authority. Financial support is fairly secure in the short-term but needs to be extended to ensure that the local process for sustainable development is effective.

x - Integrated Approach
The integration of perspectives, issues and interests is very important. Sustainable development should become the guiding principle for decision-making within your local authority. Cross-departmental co-operation is essential to reflect the holistic nature of sustainable development. Your local authority appears to have anestablished mechanism to assess how sustainable development is incorporated in local plans, strategies and actions. This means that sustainable development has become a guiding principle in your local authority. The achievement of effective cross-departmental working within the administration is innovative and responds to the needs of sustainable development.

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xi - Progress
A successful local sustainable development process is more than just a paper copy of an Action Plan - it requires activities to be carried out and local policies to be changed in order to be effective. Sustainable development areas are divided into five aspects for this tool: viable economy, social equity, eco-efficiency, think globally act locally and urban management. Your local authority has achieved a balanced mix of strategic policy changes and immediate, visible action, and is therefore likely to achieve local sustainable development. Regarding your local activities, these are well spread over all aspects of sustainable development, and this integrated approach is good for the future sustainable development of your municipality. Your policy changes, are well spread over all aspects,, and this is likely to result in the balanced development of your municipality. The activities in your municipality relate to a substantial number of the main local concerns and may therefore be highly relevant to citizens. Your policy changes address a substantial number of your municipality's key priorities, and this will contribute to the solution of local problems.

The Local Evaluation 21 partner consortium hopes you find this assessment useful for your work. Please return to Local Evaluation 21 at www.localevaluation21.org again next year in order to follow your municipality's further progress.

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