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Application of toolsName of the case study Name of tool Description of tool - character If the annual audit reveals that the municipality is not improving its environmental standard, exclusion from the network is possible. For each Dogme there are 3 sub-goals defined, and different ways to measure them. See table below.
Click for the goals of the 3 Dogmes(.pdf) The main characteristic of Dogme 2000 is the political commitment, where the city council signs the Dogme document. The participants commit themselves to have these Dogme´s audited each year by a certified accountant. If they do not show progress compared to last years audit, the municipality can be excluded from the network. The main idea is that the three Dogme´s include the entire municipality´s activities and environmental impacts; therefore it is the municipality´s entire progress according to the Dogme 2000s that has to be evaluated. This concept has several advantages: The political commitment motivates for a serious effort to improve on the three Dogme´s. It also legitimises the environmental departments’ demands to other departments. This gives the Dogme 2000 a potentially strong role internally, integrating sustainable issues in the municipality’s different policies. This is also strongly supported by the annual audit, where the auditors´ interviews 20-60 persons in the municipal administration (including the involved politicians) about their contribution to Dogme and the initiatives included in Dogme. From this, the municipality can compare this audit with last years audit, and with other municipalities´ audits.
In some of the participating municipalities, Dogme is used as a coordinating and collecting tool for the various sustainable policies in the municipality. Amongst the participating municipalities, Dogme functions as a forum for exchanging experiences, knowledge, innovations etc. between the participants. Also, it has the potential of making common environmental actions within the Dogme network more visible and known to other stakeholders in the municipality, and thereby enforcing Dogme as an environmental policy. Dogme 2000 is gradually becoming nationally and internationally recognised, and has been internationally awarded twice (Latest in 2003 from "Les Eco Maires", in the category "European Cities") Indicators and monitoring are the characteristics of Dogme Description of tool - availability Description of tool - existing Description of tool - adaptation What tools were used to assess sustainability? Dogme 2000 More information |